{"id":16441,"date":"2021-01-21T22:21:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T22:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/21\/feds-will-again-pick-up-full-cost-of-national-guards-ongoing-pandemic-missions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:23:44","slug":"feds-will-again-pick-up-full-cost-of-national-guards-ongoing-pandemic-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/01\/21\/feds-will-again-pick-up-full-cost-of-national-guards-ongoing-pandemic-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds will again pick up full cost of National Guard\u2019s ongoing pandemic missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

National Guard deployments related to ongoing pandemic relief efforts will again be reimbursed fully by the federal government<\/a> under a new executive order signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move affects the ongoing missions of almost 23,000 guard troops in all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia. Biden also extended the funding coverage by six more months, until Sept. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has reimbursed states nearly $3 billion in costs related to the National Guard missions, dating back to March 2020. When those missions started, President Donald Trump ordered 100-percent reimbursement of those costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that changed last summer, when the White House changed most state missions to a 75-percent reimbursement agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t