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Creates a Space National Guard as the reserve component of the U.S. Space Force and makes it part of the organized militia of seven named States. The bill transfers specified personnel and units into that force, establishes a Director for the Space National Guard with a defined rank and reporting line, and limits growth to only the personnel expressly provided.
Requires the new Space National Guard to use only facilities, infrastructure, and installations that existed before the law’s enactment (with very limited exceptions), directs the Air Force and the National Guard Bureau to implement the changes within one year, and requires briefings to congressional defense committees annually for five years. It also adds and updates statutory language in Titles 10 and 32 to define and incorporate the Space National Guard in federal law.
Amends section 101 to insert definitions and references to the Space National Guard and the Space National Guard of the United States; redesignates existing paragraphs (6) and (7) as (8) and (9); and updates subsection (c) and (d) text to include the Space National Guard alongside the Air National Guard.
Inserts a new paragraph (8) adding 'The Space National Guard of the United States.' to section 10101.
Amends section 101 of title 32 by inserting references to the Space National Guard and the Space National Guard of the United States, redesignating paragraphs (8) through (19) as (10) through (21), and adding new paragraphs (8) and (9) defining the Space National Guard and the Space National Guard of the United States.
Adds new sections 10115, 10116, and 10117 to chapter 1003 defining the Space National Guard of the United States' composition, status as a component of the Space Force when in Federal service, and status when not in Federal service; also adds corresponding entries to the chapter table of sections.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced March 11, 2025 by Michael Dean Crapo · Last progress March 11, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate