Introduced in Senate

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2599 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2599

To provide for modifications to the State Partnership Program selection 
                               analysis.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2025

  Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for modifications to the State Partnership Program selection 
                               analysis.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM SELECTION ANALYSIS.

    The Secretary of Defense shall make such changes to Department of 
Defense Instruction 5111.20 (relating to the State Partnership Program) 
(or a successor instruction) as may be necessary to ensure that, in 
performing selection analysis for the State Partnership Program under 
section 341 of title 10, United States Code, the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau--
            (1) considers the number of current partnerships assigned 
        to the National Guard of a State; and
            (2) gives preference to States that have only one active 
        assigned country under the program.
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