SUN Act

Reports on domestic National Guard use

This bill would require the President to send Congress a report within 15 days after deploying National Guard members inside the United States under title 10 or any other authority. The 15-day rule would not apply to Stafford Act disaster responses to natural or weather events. The report would have to state the precise legal basis and goals and any evidence supporting them. It would have to describe effects on the situation, including any interactions between Guard members and civilians engaged in or threatening violence. The report would include state and local law enforcement reports about those interactions and their view on the propriety of the deployment. The report would estimate the total federal cost, including indirect Department of Defense costs. The President would also have to certify that the deployment would not interfere with the Armed Forces' ability to respond to a Stafford Act disaster.