32 USC § 906 - Requests for funding assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t32/s906"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "32 USC § 906 - Requests for funding assistance"
title_number: 32
title_name: "NATIONAL GUARD"
section_number: "906"
section_name: "Requests for funding assistance"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "HOMELAND DEFENSE ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 512(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1879.)"
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# § 906. Requests for funding assistance

A Governor of a State may request funding assistance for the homeland defense activities of the National Guard of that State from the Secretary of Defense. Any such request shall include the following:

**(1)** The specific intended homeland defense activities of the National Guard of that State.

**(2)** An explanation of why participation of National Guard units or members, as the case may be, in the homeland defense activities is necessary and appropriate.

**(3)** A certification that homeland defense activities are to be conducted at a time when the personnel involved are not in Federal service.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 512(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1879.)