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revise the appropriation for the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, for the purchase and exchange of property between the state and the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, and to declare an emergency.

SB41 adjusts the state's budget for building a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls and authorizes the state to buy and sell property with the Sioux Falls Development Foundation to support the project. The bill also declares the matter an emergency so it can take effect immediately rather than waiting for the standard effective date.

limit the deployment of the National Guard for federal service.

This bill prevents South Dakota's National Guard from being deployed into active combat unless Congress formally declares war or explicitly authorizes the deployment under the Constitution. The state governor is required to take all necessary steps to enforce this restriction. The bill defines "active-duty combat" to include direct participation in armed conflicts, hazardous duties related to foreign conflicts, and duties involving weapons of war.

To urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to take no action to employ military forces of the United States in active-duty combat unless the United States Congress has passed an official declaration of war and to bring troops home who are engaged in unconstitutional foreign conflicts.

This resolution urges the U.S. Congress and President to require a formal declaration of war before using American military forces in combat and to bring home troops currently involved in conflicts the resolution considers unconstitutional. It does not change South Dakota state law but instead expresses the state legislature's position on federal military policy.