H.R. 8091 · 116th Congress
Uniform National Guard Implementation To End this Disaster Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Cheri Bustos
- Introduced
- 2020-08-22
- Latest action
- 2020-08-22 · Introduced in House
Summary
Uniform National Guard Implementation To End this Disaster Act or the UNITED Act
This bill requires the federal government to pay states for 100% of the cost of National Guard duty in connection with the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The requirement applies retroactively.
Presidential memoranda issued on August 3, 2020, required most states to pay 25% of the cost for such duty beginning on August 21, 2020, but maintained a 100% federal cost share for Texas and Florida.