REPORT REGARDING FULL-TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

SEC. 519A. REPORT REGARDING FULL-TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. (a) Report Required.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding how it is determined whether to authorize full-time National Guard duty in response to the covered national emergency. (b) Elements.—The report under this section shall include the following: (1) The number of requests described in subsection (a). (2) The number of such requests approved and the number of requests denied. (3) For each such request— (A) the time elapsed from receipt of request to disposition of request; and (B) whether costs (including pay and benefits for members of the National Guard) were a factor in determining whether to grant or deny the request. (4) For each such request approved, an estimate of the time between approval and the time when the first such member of the National Guard was placed on full-time National Guard duty in response to such request. (5) For each such request denied, the reason for denial and how such denial was explained to the requestor. (6) A description of how the process of review for such requests differed from previous requests for a determination whether to authorize full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code. (7) Recommendations of the Secretary to improve the review of such requests in order to better respond to such requests. (c) Definitions.—In this section: (1) The term “covered national emergency” means the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to COVID-19. (2) The term “full-time National Guard duty” has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.