text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Students Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. NATIONAL GUARD SUPPORT FOR STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO KEEP 
                SCHOOLS SAFE FROM VIOLENCE.
  
      (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 32, United States Code, is 
  amended by inserting after section 112 the following new section:
  ``Sec. 112a. Support for State and local efforts to keep schools safe 
                from violence
      ``(a) Funding Assistance.--The Secretary of Defense may provide 
  funds to the Governor of a State who submits to the Secretary a plan 
  for the National Guard to supplement State and local efforts to keep 
  schools safe from violence that satisfies the requirements of 
  subsection (c). Such funds shall be used for the following:
              ``(1) The pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, 
          gratuities, travel, and related expenses, as authorized by 
          State law, of personnel of the National Guard of that State 
          used, while not in Federal service, for the purpose of 
          supplementing State and local efforts to keep schools safe from 
          violence.
              ``(2) The operation and maintenance of the equipment and 
          facilities of the National Guard of that State used for the 
          purpose of supplementing State and local efforts to keep 
          schools safe from violence.
              ``(3) The procurement of services and equipment, and the 
          leasing of equipment, for the National Guard of that State used 
          for the purpose of supplementing State and local efforts to 
          keep schools safe from violence. However, the use of such funds 
          for the procurement of equipment may not exceed $5,000 per 
          item, unless approval for procurement of equipment in excess of 
          that amount is granted in advance by the Secretary of Defense.
      ``(b) Use of Personnel Performing Full-Time National Guard Duty.--
  (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, personnel 
  of the National Guard of a State may, in accordance with the plan 
  referred to in subsection (c) with respect to the State concerned, be 
  ordered to perform full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) 
  of this title for the purpose of supplementing State and local efforts 
  to keep schools safe from violence.
      ``(2)(A) A member of the National Guard serving on full-time 
  National Guard duty under orders authorized under paragraph (1) shall 
  participate in the training required under section 502(a) of this title 
  in addition to the duty performed for the purpose authorized under that 
  paragraph. The pay, allowances, and other benefits of the member while 
  participating in the training shall be the same as those to which the 
  member is entitled while performing duty for the purpose of 
  supplementing State and local efforts to keep schools safe from 
  violence. The member is not entitled to additional pay, allowances, or 
  other benefits for participation in training required under section 
  502(a)(1) of this title.
      ``(B) To ensure that the use of units and personnel of the National 
  Guard of a State pursuant to a plan referred to in subsection (c) does 
  not degrade the training and readiness of such units and personnel, the 
  following requirements shall apply in determining the activities 
  supplementing State and local efforts to keep schools safe from 
  violence that units and personnel of the National Guard of a State may 
  perform:
              ``(i) The performance of the activities may not adversely 
          affect the quality of that training or otherwise interfere with 
          the ability of a member or unit of the National Guard to 
          perform the military functions of the member or unit.
              ``(ii) National Guard personnel will not degrade their 
          military skills as a result of performing the activities.
              ``(iii) The performance of the activities will not result 
          in a significant increase in the cost of training.
              ``(iv) In the case of activities supplementing State and 
          local efforts to keep schools safe from violence that are 
          performed by a unit organized to serve as a unit, the 
          activities will support valid unit training requirements.
      ``(3) A unit or member of the National Guard of a State may be 
  used, pursuant to a plan referred to in subsection (c) that is approved 
  by the Secretary of Defense under this section, to provide services or 
  other assistance (other than air transportation) to an organization 
  eligible to receive services under section 508 of this title if--
              ``(A) the plan specifically recognizes the organization as 
          being eligible to receive the services or assistance;
              ``(B) in the case of services, the performance of the 
          services meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
          subsection (a) of section 508 of this title; and
              ``(C) the services or assistance is authorized under 
          subsection (b) or (c) of such section or in the plan.
      ``(c) Plan Requirements.--A plan to supplement State and local 
  efforts to keep schools safe from violence under this subsection 
  shall--
              ``(1) specify how personnel of the National Guard of that 
          State are to be used in supplementing State and local efforts 
          to keep schools safe from violence;
              ``(2) certify that those operations are to be conducted at 
          a time when the personnel involved are not in Federal service;
              ``(3) certify that participation by National Guard 
          personnel in those operations is service in addition to 
          training required under section 502 of this title;
              ``(4) certify that any engineer-type activities (as defined 
          by the Secretary of Defense) under the plan will be performed 
          only by units and members of the National Guard;
              ``(5) include a certification by the Attorney General of 
          the State (or, in the case of a State with no position of 
          Attorney General, a civilian official of the State equivalent 
          to a State attorney general) that the use of the National Guard 
          of the State for the activities proposed under the plan is 
          authorized by, and is consistent with, State law; and
              ``(6) certify that the Governor of the State or a civilian 
          law enforcement official of the State designated by the 
          Governor has determined that any activities included in the 
          plan that are carried out in conjunction with Federal law 
          enforcement agencies serve a State law enforcement purpose.
      ``(d) Examination of Plan.--(1) Before funds are provided to the 
  Governor of a State under this section and before members of the 
  National Guard of that State are ordered to full-time National Guard 
  duty as authorized in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall 
  examine the adequacy of the plan submitted by the Governor under 
  subsection (c).
      ``(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of Defense 
  shall carry out paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretary of 
  Education.
      ``(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply if--
              ``(A) the Governor of a State submits a plan under 
          subsection (c) that is substantially the same as a plan 
          submitted for that State for a previous fiscal year; and
              ``(B) pursuant to the plan submitted for a previous fiscal 
          year, funds were provided to the State in accordance with 
          subsection (a) or personnel of the National Guard of the State 
          were ordered to perform full-time National Guard duty in 
          accordance with subsection (b).
      ``(e) End Strength Limitation.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
  (2), at the end of a fiscal year there may not be more than 4,000 
  members of the National Guard--
              ``(A) on full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) 
          of this title to perform activities supplementing State and 
          local efforts to keep schools safe from violence pursuant to an 
          order to duty; or
              ``(B) on duty under State authority to activities 
          supplementing State and local efforts to keep schools safe from 
          violence pursuant to an order to duty with State pay and 
          allowances being reimbursed with funds provided under 
          subsection (a)(1).
      ``(2) The Secretary of Defense may increase the end strength 
  authorized under paragraph (1) by not more than 20 percent for any 
  fiscal year if the Secretary determines that such an increase is 
  necessary in the national security interests of the United States.
      ``(f) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
  Congress on an annual basis a report regarding the assistance provided 
  and activities carried out under this section during the preceding 
  fiscal year. Each report shall include the following:
              ``(1) The number of members of the National Guard excluded 
          under subsection (e)(1) from the computation of end strengths.
              ``(2) A description of the activities to supplement State 
          and local efforts to keep schools safe from violence that were 
          conducted under plans referred to in subsection (c) with funds 
          provided under this section.
              ``(3) An accounting of the amount of funds provided to each 
          State.
              ``(4) A description of the effect on military training and 
          readiness of using units and personnel of the National Guard to 
          perform activities under the plans to supplement State and 
          local efforts to keep schools safe from violence.
      ``(g) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
  construed as a limitation on the authority of any unit of the National 
  Guard of a State, when such unit is not in Federal service, to perform 
  law enforcement functions authorized to be performed by the National 
  Guard by the laws of the State concerned.
      ``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
              ``(1) The term `Governor of a State' means, in the case of 
          the District of Columbia, the Commanding General of the 
          National Guard of the District of Columbia.
              ``(2) The term `State' means each of the several States, 
          the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a 
          territory or possession of the United States.''.
      (b)  Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
  chapter 1 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
  to section 112 the following new item:
  
  ``112a. Support for State and local efforts to keep schools safe from 
                              violence.''.
target: Save Our Students Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide funds to states submitting specified plans for the National Guard to supplement state and local efforts to keep schools safe from violence.
feat_title: A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize National Guard support for State and local efforts to keep schools safe from violence, and for other purposes.