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S. 4544: A bill to specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

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S. 4544: A bill to specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-09 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

A bill to specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Plain summary

This bill requires the federal government to pay states for 100% of the cost of National Guard duty for a mission assignment validated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to certain declarations related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The bill applies to declarations, with respect to COVID-19, of major disasters, emergencies, national emergencies, and public health emergencies.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

A bill to specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-s4544 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116