§ 906. Requests for funding assistance

A Governor of a State may request funding assistance for the homeland defense activities of the National Guard of that State from the Secretary of Defense. Any such request shall include the following:

• (1) The specific intended homeland defense activities of the National Guard of that State.
• (2) An explanation of why participation of National Guard units or members, as the case may be, in the homeland defense activities is necessary and appropriate.
• (3) A certification that homeland defense activities are to be conducted at a time when the personnel involved are not in Federal service.