National Guard

(a) Establishment Title 32, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Definitions In section 101— (A) in paragraphs (4) and (6), by striking Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia both places it appears and inserting and Puerto Rico; and (B) in paragraph (19), by striking the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia and inserting or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (2) Branches and organizations In section 103, by striking the District of Columbia,. (3) Units: location; organization; command In subsections (c) and (d) of section 104, by striking the District of Columbia, both places it appears. (4) Availability of appropriations In section 107(b), by striking the District of Columbia,. (5) Maintenance of other troops In section 109— (A) in subsections (a), (b), and (c), by striking the District of Columbia, each place it appears; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking (or commanding general in the case of the District of Columbia). (6) Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities In section 112(h)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking the District of Columbia,; and (B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3), as amended, as paragraph (2). (7) Enlistment oath In section 304, by striking or the District of Columbia,. (8) Adjutants general In section 314— (A) in subsections (a) and (d), by striking the District of Columbia, both places it appears; and (B) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and redesdignating subsection (d), as amended, as subsection (b). (9) Detail of regular members of Army and Air Force to duty with National Guard In section 315, by striking the District of Columbia, each place it appears. (10) Discharge of officers; termination of appointment In section 324(b), by striking or the District of Columbia,. (11) Relief from National Guard duty when ordered to active duty In subsections (a) and (b) of section 325— (A) by striking or the District of Columbia both places it appears; and (B) by striking or the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, both places it appears. (12) Courts-martial of National Guard not in Federal service: composition, jurisdiction, and procedures; convening authority In sections 326 and 327, by striking the District of Columbia, each place it appears. (13) Active Guard and Reserve duty: Governors authority In section 328, by striking or the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, each place it appears. (14) Training generally In section 501(b), by striking the District of Columbia,. (15) Participation in field exercises In section 503(b), by striking the District of Columbia,. (16) National Guard schools and small arms competitions In section 504(b), by striking Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia and inserting or Puerto Rico,. (17) Army and Air Force schools and field exercises In section 505, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking and the Virgin Islands or of the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia and inserting or the Virgin Islands. (18) National Guard Youth Challenge Program In section 509— (A) in subsection (c)(1)— (i) by striking or, in the case of the District of Columbia, with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard,; and (ii) by striking or the commanding general; (B) in subsection (g)(2), by striking and the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard (if the District of Columbia National Guard is participating in the Program); (C) in subsection (j)— (i) by striking or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard; and (ii) by striking or the commanding general both places it appears; (D) in subsection (k), by striking and, if the Program is carried out in the District of Columbia, with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard; and (E) in subsection (l)(1), by striking the territories, and the District of Columbia and inserting and the Territories. (19) Issue of supplies In section 702— (A) in subsection (a), by striking or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia; and (B) in subsections (b), (c), and (d), by striking Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia each place it appears and inserting or Puerto Rico. (20) Purchases of supplies from Army or Air Force In subsections (a) and (b) of section 703, by striking the District of Columbia, both places it appears. (21) Accountability: relief from upon order to active duty In section 704, by striking the District of Columbia,. (22) Property and fiscal officers In section 708— (A) in subsection (a), by striking and the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia,; and (B) in subsection (d), by striking the District of Columbia,. (23) Accountability for property issued to the National Guard In subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 710, by striking the District of Columbia, each place it appears. (24) Disposition of obsolete or condemned property In section 711, by striking the District of Columbia,. (25) Disposition of proceeds of condemned stores issued to National Guard In paragraph (1) of section 712, by striking the District of Columbia,. (26) Property loss; personal injury or death In section 715(c), by striking or the District of Columbia. (b) Conforming amendments (1) Federal District defined (A) In general Section 101 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (20) Federal District means the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in section 111 of the Washington, DC. Residents Voting Act.. (B) With regards to Homeland Defense activities Section 901 of title 32, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (2) by striking the District of Columbia,. (2) Title 10, United States Code Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (A) Definitions In section 101— (i) in subsection (a)— (I) in paragraph (1), by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District; and (II) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (19) The term Federal District means the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in section 111 of the Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act.; (ii) in paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (c), by striking Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia both places it appears and inserting and Puerto Rico; and (iii) in subsection (d)(5), by striking the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia and inserting or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (B) Disposition on discharge In section 771a(c), by striking Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia and inserting or Puerto Rico. (C) TRICARE coverage for certain members of the National Guard and dependents during certain disaster response duty In section 1076f— (i) in subsections (a) and (c)(1), by striking (or, with respect to the District of Columbia, the mayor of the District of Columbia) both places it appears; and (ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking the District of Columbia,. (D) Payment of claims: availability of appropriations In paragraph (2)(B) of section 2732, by striking or the District of Columbia. (E) Members of Army National Guard: detail as students, observers, and investigators at educational institutions, industrial plants, and hospitals In section 7401(c), by striking the District of Columbia,. (F) Members of Air National Guard: detail as students, observers, and investigators at educational institutions, industrial plants, and hospitals In section 9401(c), by striking the District of Columbia,. (G) Ready Reserve: failure to satisfactorily perform prescribed training In section 10148(b), by striking (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard). (H) Chief of the National Guard Bureau In section 10502(a)(1), by striking or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard. (I) Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau In section 10505(a)(1)(A), by striking or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard. (J) Other senior National Guard Bureau officers In subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 10506(a)(1), by striking or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard both places it appears. (K) National Guard Bureau: general provisions In section 10508(b)(1), by striking the District of Columbia,. (L) Commissioned officers: original appointment; limitation In section 12204(b), by striking Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia and inserting and Puerto Rico. (M) Reserve components generally In section 12301(b), by striking (or, in the case of the District of Columbia National Guard, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard). (N) National Guard in Federal service: call In section 12406, by striking or, in the case of the District of Columbia, through the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia. (O) Result of failure to comply with standards and qualifications In section 12642(c), by striking States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia and inserting States or Puerto Rico. (P) Limitation on relocation of National Guard units In section 18238, by striking or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia. (c) Transfer of personnel and assets The Secretary of Defense shall transfer the personnel and assets of the District of Columbia National Guard to the Maryland National Guard.