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2024 U.S. Code
Title 32 - National Guard
Chapter 5 - Training
Sec. 510 - Authorization for FireGuard Program

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Citation 32 U.S.C. § 510 (2024)
Section Name §510. Authorization for FireGuard Program
Section Text

(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense may use members of the National Guard to carry out a program to aggregate, analyze, and assess multi-source remote sensing information for interagency partnerships in the detection and monitoring of wildfires, and to support any emergency response to such wildfires. Such a program shall be known as the "FireGuard Program".

(b) Contracts and Agreements.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with a qualified individual or entity for the performance of duties to supplement members of the National Guard in carrying out the FireGuard Program under subsection (a).

(2) In association with a contract or cooperative agreement entered into under paragraph (1) with a qualified individual or entity, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, in coordination with relevant State, local, and commercial entities, shall execute a memorandum of understanding with the qualified individual or entity, which shall clearly delineate the roles, responsibilities, functions, timelines, and end dates for the transition of the duties to be performed under the contract or cooperative agreement.

(3) In this subsection, the term "qualified individual or entity" means—

(A) any individual who possesses a requisite security clearance for handling classified remote sensing data for the purpose of wildfire detection and monitoring; or

(B) any corporation, firm, partnership, company, nonprofit, Federal agency or sub-agency, or State or local government, with contractors or employees who possess a requisite security clearance for handling such data.
Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, §515(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 248; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title III, §352(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1857.)
Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

2024—Pub. L. 118–159 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
Publication Title United States Code, 2024 Edition, Title 32 - NATIONAL GUARD
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 32 - NATIONAL GUARD
CHAPTER 5 - TRAINING
Sec. 510 - Authorization for FireGuard Program
Contains section 510
Date 2024
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2025
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 137 Stat. 248
138 Stat. 1857
Public Law References Public Law 118-31, Public Law 118-159
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