,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ae1
 #bjbe,mr4 ,padilla 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,schiff1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 
and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7 introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for   
congressional oversight of domestic use 
of the ,national ,guard1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safeguarding the   
,use of the ,national ,guard ,act or the
 ,,sun ,act4  #b4 ,congressional        
oversight of domestic use of the        
,national ,guard  7a7 ,in general       
,except as provided in subsection 7b71  
not later than #ae days after the date  
on which the ,president deploys or      
otherwise uses members of the ,national 
,guard at a location in the ,united     
,states pursuant to chapter #ac or #ae  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 or 
any other law or authority1 the         

,president shall submit to ,congress a  
report on the use or deployment that    
includes-- 7#a7 the precise legal basis 
and goals of the ,president for the     
deployment or other use1 including any  
evidence substantiating the assessment  
of the ,president2  7#b7 a description  
of the effect of such deployment or use 
on any situation identified in such     
justification1 including any specific   
reports of any interactions between     
members of the ,national ,guard and     
civilians engaged in violence or threats
 of violence2  7#c7 reports from local  
and ,state law enforcement agencies     
describing any such interactions1       
including the extent of actual violence 
or threat of violence1 and the          
assessment of such agencies of the      
propriety of deployment or other use of 
members of the ,national ,guard2  7#d7  
an estimate of the total cost to the    
,federal ,government for the entirety of
 the deployment or use1 including any   
indirect costs to the ,department of    

,defense2 and  7#e7 a certification that
 such deployment or use of the members  
of the ,national ,guard will not        
interfere with the ability of the ,armed
 ,forces to respond in the event of a   
disaster that could be covered by a     
presidential declaration under the      
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq474  7b7          
,exception ,subsection 7a7 shall not    
apply with respect to the use or        
deployment of members of the ,national  
,guard at a location in the ,united     
,states pursuant to a presidential      
declaration under the ,robert ,t4       
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq47 in response to 
a natural disaster or other             
weather-related event4