SUN Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4998 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4998

 To provide for congressional oversight of domestic use of the reserve 
        components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 19, 2025

Mr. Liccardo (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. 
Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Min, 
  Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Tran, Mr. Panetta, Ms. 
Velazquez, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. 
  Morrison, Mr. Fields, Mr. Whitesides, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Levin, Ms. 
 Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Ivey, Mr. 
 Veasey, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Scanlon, 
  Ms. Crockett, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. McBride, Mr. 
   Horsford, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Rivas, Ms. 
Stansbury, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Garcia of Texas, and Ms. Escobar) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for congressional oversight of domestic use of the reserve 
        components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding the Use of the National 
Guard Act'' or the ``SUN Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF DOMESTIC USE OF THE RESERVE 
              COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), not later 
than 15 days after the date on which the President deploys or otherwise 
uses members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces at a location 
in the United States pursuant to chapter 13 or 15 of title 10, United 
States Code, or any other law or authority--
            (1) the President shall submit to Congress a report on the 
        use or deployment that includes--
                    (A) the precise legal basis and goals of the 
                President for the deployment or other use, including 
                any evidence substantiating the assessment of the 
                President;
                    (B) a description of the effect of such deployment 
                or use on any situation identified in such 
                justification, including any specific reports of any 
                interactions between members of the Armed Forces and 
                civilians engaged in violence or threats of violence;
                    (C) reports from local and State law enforcement 
                agencies describing any such interactions, including 
                the extent of actual violence or threat of violence, 
                and the assessment of such agencies of the propriety of 
                deployment or other use of members of the Armed Forces;
                    (D) an identification of the total cost to the 
                Federal Government of such deployment or use, including 
                any indirect costs borne by the Department of Defense 
                and civilians called up to serve in the National Guard; 
                and
                    (E) a certification that such deployment or use of 
                the members of the reserve component will not interfere 
                with the ability of the Armed Forces to respond in the 
                event of a disaster that could be covered by a 
                presidential declaration under the Robert T. Stafford 
                Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
                5121 et seq.); and
            (2) the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall provide to 
        Congress a briefing on whether the deployment or use of the 
        reserve components resulted in a reduction of violence and met 
        the stated goals identified by the President under paragraph 
        (1)(A).
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the 
use or deployment of members of the Armed Forces at a location in the 
United States pursuant to a presidential declaration under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) in response to a natural disaster or other weather-
related event.
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