text: SECTION 1. FUNDING FOR EQUIPMENT RESET AND OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDS OF THE 
                NATIONAL GUARD.
  
      (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
              (1) In his testimony before the Commission on the National 
          Guard and Reserves, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, 
          Lieutenant General Blum, warned about equipment shortfalls for 
          the Army National Guard and Air National Guard stating that 
          ``88 percent of the forces that are back here in the United 
          States are very poorly equipped today in the Army National 
          Guard. And in the Air National Guard for the last three 
          decades, they have never had a unit below C2 in equipment 
          readiness''.
              (2) In the March 1, 2007, report of the Commission on the 
          National Guard and Reserves, the Commission observes that--
                      (A) while the operational tempo of the reserve 
                  components of the Armed Forces has increased 
                  substantially, resourcing has not kept pace;
                      (B) the lack of sufficient and ready equipment is a 
                  problem common to both the active and reserve 
                  components of the Armed Forces;
                      (C) the equipment readiness of the Army National 
                  Guard is unacceptable and has reduced the capability of 
                  the United States to respond to current and additional 
                  major contingencies, whether foreign and domestic; and
                      (D) while the budget of the President for fiscal 
                  year 2008 includes large increases in funds for 
                  equipment for the National Guard, historical practice 
                  in the Department of Defense indicates that Army plans 
                  for projected funding increases for equipment for the 
                  Army National Guard are not reliably carried through.
              (3) According to the Commission on the National Guard and 
          Reserves, procurement for the Army National Guard during the 
          period from 1999 through 2005 has been reduced significantly 
          from amounts proposed for such procurement before that period. 
          The budget for fiscal year 2001 indicated that the Army planned 
          to expend $1,346,000,000 in fiscal year 2004 for procurement 
          for the Army National Guard, but the budget for fiscal year 
          2006 revealed that the Army expended only $578,400,000 for 
          procurement for the Army National Guard in fiscal year 2004. 
          Similarly, the budget for fiscal year 2001 indicated that the 
          Army planned to expend $1,625,000,000 in fiscal year 2005 for 
          procurement for the Army National Guard, but the budget for 
          fiscal year 2006 revealed that the Army planned to expend only 
          $660,900,000 for procurement for the Army National Guard in 
          fiscal year 2005.
              (4) According to the Commission on the National Guard and 
          Reserves, the difference between the amounts proposed for 
          procurement for the Army National Guard for fiscal years 2003 
          through 2005 and the amounts actually expended for such 
          procurement in such fiscal years was atypical and extreme.
              (5) According to a January 2007 report of the Government 
          Accountability Office, inventories of equipment for the 
          National Guard in the United States have decreased because of 
          overseas operations, particularly inventories of the Army 
          National Guard. The Comptroller General found that State 
          officials expressed concerns about having enough equipment to 
          respond to large scale natural or man made disasters such as 
          Hurricane Katrina.
              (6) The Comptroller General found that before current 
          overseas operations began, the majority of the combat forces of 
          the Army National Guard were supplied with approximately 65 to 
          79 percent of their required equipment. As of November 2006, 
          nondeployed Army National Guard forces nationwide still had 
          approximately 64 percent of the total amount of authorized 
          dual-use equipment, including authorized substitute items, 
          based on their warfighting missions even as overseas and 
          domestic missions have expanded.
      (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
              (1) In general.--There is hereby authorized to be 
          appropriated for the Department of Defense for the Army 
          National Guard and the Air National Guard for equipment reset 
          requirements of the Army National Guard and the Air National 
          Guard, and to otherwise remedy other equipment shortfalls of 
          the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, in order to 
          bring the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard to 
          full equipment readiness, amounts as follows:
                      (A) For fiscal year 2008:
                              (i) For procurement of National Guard and 
                          Reserve Equipment, $2,100,000,000, with such 
                          amount to be available for the Army National 
                          Guard.
                              (ii) For Operation and Maintenance, Army 
                          National Guard, $1,300,000,000.
                              (iii) For other equipment procurement and 
                          reset, $4,360,000,000, of which--
                                      (I) $2,600,000,000 shall be 
                                  available for the Army National Guard; 
                                  and
                                      (II) $1,760,000,000 shall be 
                                  available for the Air National Guard.
                              (iv) For National Guard Personnel, Air 
                          Force, $280,000,000.
                              (v) For Operation and Maintenance, Air 
                          National Guard, $720,000,000.
                      (B) For each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013:
                              (i) For procurement of National Guard and 
                          Reserve Equipment, $575,000,000, with such 
                          amount to be available for the Army National 
                          Guard.
                              (ii) For Operation and Maintenance, Army 
                          National Guard, $1,300,000,000.
                              (iii) For other equipment procurement and 
                          reset, $4,360,000,000, of which--
                                      (I) $2,600,000,000 shall be 
                                  available for the Army National Guard; 
                                  and
                                      (II) $1,760,000,000 shall be 
                                  available for the Air National Guard.
                              (iv) For National Guard Personnel, Air 
                          Force, $280,000,000.
                              (v) For Operation and Maintenance, Air 
                          National Guard, $720,000,000.
              (2) Supplement not supplant.--The amounts authorized to be 
          appropriated by paragraph (1) for a fiscal year and account 
          specified in that paragraph is in addition to any other amounts 
          authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for 
          such fiscal year for such account.
      (c) Report on Defense Industrial Base.--
              (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
          the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
          submit to Congress a report assessing the capability, during 
          the 5-year period beginning on October 1, 2007, of the defense 
          industrial base of the United States to produce the equipment 
          to be procured using amounts applicable amounts authorized to 
          be appropriated by subsection (b).
              (2) Recommendations.--If the assessment in the report under 
          paragraph (1) includes a determination that the defense 
          industrial base does not have the capability to produce 
          equipment as described in that paragraph, the report shall also 
          include such recommendations as the Secretary considers 
          appropriate for actions, including investments, necessary to 
          develop that capability.
target: Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for the Army and Air National Guards for equipment reset (resupply) requirements, and to otherwise remedy other equipment shortfalls in order to bring the Army and Air National Guards to full equipment readiness.
  
  Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on the capability of the U.S. defense industrial base to produce the necessary equipment.
feat_title: A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of Defense to address the equipment reset and other equipment needs of the National Guard, and for other purposes.