,,ii #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #beii ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,july #ca1 #bjbe ,mr4 ,rounds introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,armed ,services ,a ,,bill ,to provide for modifications to the ,state ,partnership ,program selection analysis4 #a4 ,state partnership program selection analysis ,the ,secretary of ,defense shall make such changes to ,department of ,defense ,instruction #eaaa4bj 7relating to the ,state ,partnership ,program7 7or a successor instruction7 as may be necessary to ensure that1 in performing selection analysis for the ,state ,partnership ,program under section #cda of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 the ,chief of the ,national ,guard ,bureau-- 7#a7 considers the number of current partnerships assigned to the ,national ,guard of a ,state2 and 7#b7 gives preference to ,states that have only one active assigned country under the program4