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Sec. 115 · S. 51

Capital National Guard

Title I — State of Washington, D.C. › Subtitle B — Seat of Government of the United States

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

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