Alaska National Guard Rural Community Revival Act

Rural National Guard modernization plan

This bill would require the Secretary of the Army to create an Army National Guard Rural Revival and Modernization Plan within 90 days of enactment. The plan would audit armories, readiness centers, training sites, and ranges in remote areas, including the Arctic, and map needs for cold-weather training, logistics hubs, and resilient communications. It would propose ways to fill vacant Guard billets with targeted recruitment and retention steps like remote duty pay, signing bonuses, educational stipends, and possible short-term rotations. The plan would lay out facility and energy upgrades such as microgrids, secure satellite communications, hangars, and cold-weather runways, and would evaluate public-private partnerships and data-sharing authorities. The Secretary would brief congressional defense committees within 180 days and send a final report with the President's next budget request; the plan itself would not appropriate funds but would assess funding options including 10 U.S.C. § 2805.