Sec. 518. STUDY ON REAPPORTIONMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD FORCE STRUCTURE BASED ON DOMESTIC RESPONSES

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## SEC. 518 STUDY ON REAPPORTIONMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD FORCE STRUCTURE BASED ON DOMESTIC RESPONSES ###

(a)Study The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine whether to reapportion the current force structure of the National Guard based on wartime and domestic response requirements. The study shall include the following elements: ####

(1)An assessment of how domestic response missions affect recruitment and retention of qualified personnel, especially in States— #####

(A)with the lowest ratios of National Guard members to the general population; and #####

(B)that are most prone to natural disasters. ####

(2)An assessment of how domestic response missions affect the ability of the National Guard of a State to ability to staff, equip, and ready a unit for its Federal missions. ####

(3)A comparison of the costs of a response to a domestic incident in a State with— #####

(A)units of the National Guard of such State; and #####

(B)units of the National Guards of other States pursuant to an emergency management assistance compact. ####

(4)Based on the recommendations in the 2021 report of the National Guard Bureau titled “Impact of U.S. Population Trends on National Guard Force Structure”, an assessment of— #####

(A)challenges to recruiting members of the National Guard; #####

(B)allocating mission sets to other geographic regions; #####

(C)the ability to track and respond to domestic migration trends in order to establish a baseline for force structure requirements; #####

(D)the availability of training ranges for Federal missions; #####

(E)the availability of transportation and other support infrastructure; and #####

(F)the cost of operation in each State. ####

(5)In light of the limited authority of the President under section 104(c) of title 32, United States Code, an assessment of whether the number of members of the National Guard is sufficient to reapportion force structure to meet the requirements of domestic responses and shifting populations. ###

(b)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of the study under subsection (a). ###

(c)State Defined In this section, the term “State” includes the various States and Territories, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.