§10504 Chief of National Guard Bureau: annual reports

Summary

The Chief of the National Guard Bureau must send an annual report to the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force, about the condition of the National Guard and its ability to do its missions. The report is made with the Army and Air Force secretaries and can be sent in classified and unclassified forms. The Secretary of Defense must then send that report to Congress each year, at the same time the Secretary’s annual report under section 113(c) is sent, and may add comments. Not later than January 31 of each of calendar years 2018 through 2020, the Chief, working with the Secretary of Defense, must give a special report to Congress, homeland security committees, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Council of Governors, the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force, and the commanders of U.S. Northern Command, Indo‑Pacific Command, and Cyber Command. That report must identify the personnel, training, and equipment the non‑Federalized National Guard needs to support civilian authorities and to do prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery for natural and man‑made disasters during the “covered period” (the fiscal year after the report). To make the report, the Chief must consult governors and civilian leaders, collect and check State data, list needs by Emergency Support Function and by FEMA region, assess civilian capability gaps reported to DHS, consider DoD/DHS/State threat and risk assessments, and review State budgets to support those needs.