Emergency Response Authority Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes governors, with the Secretary of Defense's consent, to use Active Guard and Reserve National Guard members for short-term State disaster response duty on a reimbursable basis.
Who Benefits and How
States could gain a new way to deploy Active Guard and Reserve personnel for disaster preparation and response, which could improve emergency response capacity.
Who Bears the Burden and How
States would have to reimburse the Federal Government for the manpower costs of that duty, and the Defense Department would need to administer approvals, reimbursements, and liability rules.
Key Provisions
- Creates a new State disaster response duty authority for Active Guard and Reserve members.
- Requires State reimbursement of fully burdened manpower costs for the duty.
- Limits the duration of the duty and allows Defense Department-approved extensions.
- Provides that the United States is not liable for claims arising from that State duty.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes governors, with the Secretary of Defense's consent, to use Active Guard and Reserve National Guard members for short-term State disaster response duty on a reimbursable basis.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill authorizes governors, with the Secretary of Defense's consent, to use Active Guard and Reserve National Guard members for short-term State disaster response duty on a reimbursable basis.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- State governments seeking additional National Guard disaster response capacity
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- State governments responsible for reimbursing federal manpower costs
- Defense officials administering the new duty authority
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
State governments that must reimburse the Federal Government for the manpower costs of the duty, State governments using Active Guard and Reserve personnel for disaster response, The Federal Government as a defendant for claims arising from State disaster response duty
Positive-direction: State governments using Active Guard and Reserve personnel for disaster response, The Federal Government as a defendant for claims arising from State disaster response duty
Negative-direction: State governments that must reimburse the Federal Government for the manpower costs of the duty
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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