119-s963

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 963 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 963

 To establish the Space National Guard.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Risch, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. 
 Blackburn, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Armed Services

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To establish the Space National Guard.

 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 ``Space National Guard Establishment 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD.

    (a) Establishment.--

    (1) In general.--There is established a Space National 
 Guard that is part of the organized militia of the States 
 specified in paragraph

    (3) , active and inactive, that--
        (A) is a space force;
        (B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, 
 under the sixteenth clause of 

section 8, article I of 
 the Constitution;
            (C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or 
 partly at Federal expense; and
            (D) is federally recognized.

    (2) Reserve component.--The Space National Guard shall be 
 the reserve component of the Space Force all of whose members 
 are members of the Space National Guard.

    (3) States specified.--The States specified in this 
 paragraph are--
        (A) Alaska.
        (B) California.
            (C) Colorado.
            (D) Florida.
        (E) Hawaii.
        (F) New York.
        (G) Ohio.

    (b) Composition.--

    (1) Director of the space national guard.--
        (A) In general.--The Director of Space Operations 
 for the National Guard Bureau shall be transferred to 
 the Space National Guard and be known as the Director 
 of the Space National Guard.
        (B) Rank.--The Director of the Space National Guard 
 shall carry the rank of Brigadier General and shall 
 report to the Director of the Air National Guard.

    (2) Transfer of space operations.--
        (A) In general.--The staff assigned to space 
 operations in the National Guard Bureau and the units 
 specified in subparagraph
        (B) shall be transferred to 
 the Space National Guard.
        (B) Units specified.--The units specified in this 
 subparagraph are the following:
            (i) 213th Space Warning Squadron, Alaska 
 Air National Guard.
            (ii) 148th Space Operations Squadron, 
 California Air National Guard.
            (iii) 216th Electromagnetic Warfare 
 Squadron, California Air National Guard.
            (iv) 234th Intelligence Squadron, 
 California Air National Guard.
            (v) 137th Space Warning Squadron, Colorado 
 Air National Guard.
            (vi) 138th Electromagnetic Warfare 
 Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard.
            (vii) 233d Space Group, Colorado Air 
 National Guard.
            (viii) 233d Space Communications Squadron, 
 Colorado Air National Guard.
            (ix) 233d Space Group, Det-1 (Combat 
 Training Detachment) Colorado Air National 
 Guard.
            (x) 114th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, 
 Florida Air National Guard.
            (xi) 150th Electromagnetic Warfare 
 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard.
            (xii) 109th Electromagnetic Warfare 
 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard.
            (xiii) 126th Intelligence Squadron, Ohio 
 Air National Guard.
            (xiv) 222nd Command and Control Squadron, 
 New York Air National Guard.

    (3) Prohibition on additional personnel.--
        (A) In general.--There shall be no personnel 
 assigned or allocated to the Space National Guard other 
 than the personnel provided for by paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) .
        (B) Assistant adjutant general.--Each Space 
 National Guard unit shall be organized under the 
 Assistant Adjutant General for the Air Force in the 
 State in which the unit is located on the day before 
 the enactment of this Act.
            (C) Effect on states.--Except as provided in 
 paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) , no State shall receive any 
 additional personnel, to include any general officer or 
 staff, to assist with the administration and operation 
 of the Space National Guard.

SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON MILITARY FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND 
 INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Space National Guard shall make use of 
facilities, infrastructure, and installations constructed before the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

    (b) Prohibition on New Construction.--Except as provided by 
subsection

    (a) , no additional facility, infrastructure, or installation 
shall be constructed or modified to accommodate the Space National 
Guard.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD.

    (a) Requirement.--Except as specifically provided by this Act, the 
Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
shall implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

    (b) Briefing Required.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, 
 the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of the Space Force, 
 and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall jointly 
 provide to the congressional defense committees (as defined in 
 

section 101 of title 10, United States Code) a briefing on the 
 status of the implementation of the Space National Guard 
 pursuant to this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

    (2) Elements.--The briefing required by paragraph

    (1) shall 
 address--
        (A) the current missions, operations and 
 activities, personnel requirements and status, and 
 budget and funding requirements and status of the Space 
 National Guard; and
        (B) such other matters with respect to the 
 implementation and operation of the Space National 
 Guard as the Secretary and the Chiefs jointly determine 
 appropriate to keep Congress fully and currently 
 informed on the status of the implementation of the 
 Space National Guard.

SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-

    (1) Title 10, united states code.--Title 10, United States 
 Code, is amended--
        (A) in 

section 101--
            (i) in subsection
            (c) --
            (I) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking 
 ``and the Air National Guard'' and 
 inserting ``, the Air National Guard, 
 and the Space National Guard'';
            (II) by redesignating paragraphs

    (6) and

    (7) as paragraphs

    (8) and

    (9) , 
 respectively; and
            (III) by inserting after paragraph

    (5) the following new paragraphs:
 ``

    (6) The term `Space National Guard' means that part of 
 the organized militia of the States specified in 

section 2

    (a)

    (3) of the Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2025, 
 active and inactive, that--
 ``
        (A) is a space force;
 ``
        (B) is trained, and has its officers appointed 
 under the sixteenth clause of 

section 8, article I of 
 the Constitution;
 ``
            (C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or 
 partly at Federal expense; and
 ``
            (D) is federally recognized.
 ``

    (7) The term `Space National Guard of the United States' 
 means the reserve component of the Space Force all of whose 
 members are members of the Space National Guard.''; and
            (ii) in subsection
            (d) --
            (I) in paragraph

    (4) , by striking 
 ``or inactive Air National Guard'' and 
 inserting ``, in the inactive Air 
 National Guard, in the inactive Space 
 National Guard,''; and
            (II) in paragraph

    (5) , by striking 
 ``or the Air National Guard of the 
 United States'' and inserting ``, the 
 Air National Guard of the United 
 States, or the Space National Guard of 
 the United States''; and
        (B) in 

section 10101--
            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , 
 by inserting ``the following'' before the 
 colon; and
            (ii) by adding at the end the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (8) The Space National Guard of the United States.''.

    (2) Title 32, united states code.--

Section 101 of title 32, 
 United States Code is amended--
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``and the Air 
 National Guard'' and inserting ``the Air National Guard 
 of the United States, and the Space National Guard'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``and the Air 
 National Guard'' and inserting ``, the Air National 
 Guard, and the Space National Guard'';
            (C) by redesignating paragraphs

    (8) through

    (19) as 
 paragraphs

    (10) through

    (21) , respectively; and
            (D) by inserting after paragraph

    (7) the following 
 new paragraphs:
 ``

    (8) The term `Space National Guard' means that part of 
 the organized militia of the States specified in 

section 2

    (a)

    (3) of the Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2025, 
 active and inactive, that--
 ``
        (A) is a space force;
 ``
        (B) is trained, and has its officers appointed 
 under the sixteenth clause of 

section 8, article I of 
 the Constitution;
 ``
            (C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or 
 partly at Federal expense; and
 ``
            (D) is federally recognized.
 ``

    (9) The term `Space National Guard of the United States' 
 means the reserve component of the Space Force all of whose 
 members are members of the Space National Guard.'';
        (E) in paragraph

    (21) , as redesignated by 
 subparagraph
            (C) , by striking ``or the Air National 
 Guard of the United States'' and inserting ``, the Air 
 National Guard of the United States, or the Space 
 National Guard of the United States''.

    (b) Reserve Components.--Chapter 1003 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--

    (1) by adding at the end the following new sections:
``

Sec. 10115. Space National Guard of the United States: composition
 ``The Space National Guard of the United States is the reserve 
component of the Space Force that consists of--
 ``

    (1) federally recognized units and organizations of the 
 Space National Guard; and
 ``

    (2) members of the Space National Guard who are also 
 Reserves of the Space Force.
``

Sec. 10116. Space National Guard: when a component of the Space Force
 ``The Space National Guard while in the service of the United 
States is a component of the Space Force.
``

Sec. 10117. Space National Guard of the United States: status when 
 not in Federal service
 ``When not on active duty, members of the Space National Guard of 
the United States shall be administered, armed, equipped, and trained 
in their status as members of the Space National Guard.''; and

    (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of such 
 chapter, by adding at the end the following new items:

``10115. Space National Guard of the United States: composition.
``10116. Space National Guard: when a component of the Space Force.
``10117. Space National Guard of the United States: status when not in 
 Federal service.''.
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