,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bb1         
#bjbj,mrs4 ,bustos 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,haaland1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,ms4
 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,san  
,nicolas1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,thompson  
of ,california1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4      
,lynch1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mrs4   
,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,ms4    
,titus1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mrs4 
,dingell1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 and ,ms4      
,blunt ,rochester7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to provide to ,states the total
 amount of funds for the costs to the   
,states of activating the ,national     
,guard in response to the ,,covid-#ai   
pandemic4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,uniform ,national  
,guard ,implementation ,to ,end this    
,disaster ,act or the ,,united ,act4    
#b4 ,funding assistance for ,national   

,guard duty relating to ,,covid-#ai     
pandemic  7a7 ,requirement ,for purposes
 of providing funds to a ,governor of a 
,state under sections #ijb and #ije of  
title #cb1 ,united ,states ,code1 for   
members of the ,national ,guard ordered 
to active duty under section #ejb7;f7 of
 such title for duty in connection with 
the ,,covid-#ai public health emergency1
 the ,secretary of ,defense shall pay   
the total amount of the costs of such   
duty1 regardless of whether such members
 were so ordered before the date of the 
enactment of this ,act4  7b7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term ,,covid-#ai public health         
emergency means the public health       
emergency related to the coronavirus    
#bjai declared by the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services pursuant to
 section #cai of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d74   
7#b7 ,the term ,governor of a ,state    
means the following3 7,a7 ,the ,governor
 of a ,state or the ,commonwealth of    

,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1 or the ,virgin    
,islands4  7,b7 ,the commanding general 
of the ,district of ,columbia ,national 
,guard4