Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Mike Crapo
Introduced
Summary
Creates a Space National Guard as the reserve component of the U.S. Space Force. It would establish a federally recognized, space-focused National Guard built from specified Air National Guard units and require use of existing facilities.
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- Guard members and units: The bill would transfer listed space operations staff and enumerated Air National Guard units into the Space National Guard and make all members part of the Space Force reserve. It would limit personnel assignments to those units listed.
- States and command: Seven States — Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, New York, and Ohio — are the only ones named to host Space National Guard units and each unit would remain organized under that State's Assistant Adjutant General for the Air Force.
- Leadership and law: It would create a Director of the Space National Guard at the rank of brigadier general who reports to the Director of the Air National Guard and would add new definitions and sections to Title 10 and Title 32 to integrate the component.
- Facilities and oversight: The Space National Guard would use facilities and installations constructed before enactment and generally could not build or modify sites to accommodate it. The bill would require implementation within one year and joint briefings to congressional defense committees within 90 days and annually for 5 years on missions, personnel, and budget needs.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Create a Space National Guard
If enacted, this bill would create a Space National Guard in seven States: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, New York, and Ohio. It would transfer listed Air National Guard space, electromagnetic warfare, and intelligence units and certain National Guard Bureau space staff into that Guard. The bill would make the Space National Guard the reserve component of the U.S. Space Force, set the Director's rank and reporting lines, and add new legal definitions in Title 10 and Title 32.
Implementation Deadline and Annual Briefings
If enacted, the bill would require officials to finish implementing the Act within one year of enactment. The Secretary of the Air Force, the Space Force Chief, and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau must brief congressional defense committees within 90 days and then annually for five years on missions, personnel, and budget. These requirements would increase oversight and force timely reporting of personnel and funding needs to Congress.
Ban New Space Guard Facilities
If enacted, the bill would require the Space National Guard to use facilities built before the law's enactment. It would bar building or modifying new facilities, infrastructure, or installations to house the Guard except for narrow exceptions in the Act. This limits new federal construction spending but could restrict local facility expansion or contracting opportunities.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Cosponsors
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
James Risch
ID • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Alex Padilla
CA • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Michael Bennet
CO • D
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Rick Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Lisa Murkowski
AK • R
Sponsored 3/12/2025
Bernie Moreno
OH • R
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 4/4/2025
Jon Husted
OH • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Roger Marshall
KS • R
Sponsored 6/24/2025
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