118 STAT. 1878 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 ‘‘§ 901. Definitions ‘‘In this chapter: ‘‘(1) The term ‘homeland defense activity’ means an activity undertaken for the military protection of the territory or domestic population of the United States, or of infrastructure or other assets of the United States determined by the Secretary of Defense as being critical to national security, from a threat or aggression against the United States. ‘‘(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. ‘‘§ 902. Homeland defense activities: funds ‘‘(a) The Secretary of Defense may provide funds to a Governor to employ National Guard units or members to conduct homeland defense activities that the Secretary, determines to be necessary and appropriate for participation by the National Guard units or members, as the case may be. ‘‘§ 903. Regulations ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to imple ment this chapter. ‘‘§ 904. Homeland defense duty ‘‘(a) FULL TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY.—All duty performed under this chapter shall be considered to be full time National Guard duty under section 502(f) of this title. Members of the National Guard performing full time National Guard duty in the Active Guard and Reserve Program may support or execute home land defense activities performed by the National Guard under this chapter. ‘‘(b) DURATION.—The period for which a member of the National Guard performs duty under this chapter shall be limited to 180 days. The Governor of the State may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense, extend the period one time for an addi tional 90 days to meet extraordinary circumstances. ‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO REQUIRED TRAINING.—A member of the National Guard performing duty under this chapter shall, in addi tion to performing such duty, participate in the training required under section 502(a) of this title. 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 per forming the duty under this chapter. 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. ‘‘(d) READINESS.—To ensure that the use of units and personnel of the National Guard of a State for homeland defense activities does not degrade the training and readiness of such units and personnel, the following requirements shall apply in determining the homeland defense activities that units and personnel of the National Guard of a State may perform: ‘‘(1) The performance of the activities is not to affect adversely 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.
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