July 31, 2025
Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
To provide for modifications to the State Partnership Program selection analysis.
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.