Bill Text: TX HB184 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements for activation of the Texas National Guard into active combat duty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-13 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB184 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB184-Introduced.html
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By: Slaton | H.B. No. 184 |
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relating to certain requirements for activation of the Texas | ||
National Guard into active combat duty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 437, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 437.0055 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 437.0055. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION REQUIRED FOR ACTIVE | ||
COMBAT DUTY ACTIVATION OF TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD. (a) In this | ||
section, "active combat duty" means active military service | ||
through: | ||
(1) participation in an armed conflict in a foreign | ||
state; | ||
(2) performance of a hazardous service relating to an | ||
armed conflict in a foreign state; or | ||
(3) performance of a duty through an instrumentality | ||
of war. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the | ||
Texas National Guard may be activated into active combat duty only | ||
if the United States Congress: | ||
(1) officially declares war in accordance with Clause | ||
11, Section 8, Article I, United States Constitution; or | ||
(2) takes other official action in accordance with | ||
Clause 15, Section 8, Article I, United States Constitution. | ||
(c) The governor shall take all actions necessary to comply | ||
with this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |