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This bill, known as the Defend the Guard Act, proposes to establish new laws in Minnesota regarding the deployment of the Minnesota National Guard. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It defines "active duty combat" as participation in armed conflict, performance of hazardous service relating to armed conflict in a foreign state, or performance of duties through an instrumentality of war. 2. It prohibits the Minnesota National Guard, or any member thereof, from being released into active duty combat unless the U.S. Congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken official action to explicitly call forth the Minnesota National Guard for the purpose of executing the laws of the union, repelling an invasion, or suppressing an insurrection. 3. It allows the Governor to consent to the deployment of the Minnesota National Guard for defense support and civil authority missions within the United States and its territories, as provided under federal law.