[House Document 116-113]
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NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN 
 MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE 
                                  DUTY

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE SELECTED 
  RESERVE AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE OF THE 
ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1631; PUBLIC LAW 94-
                     412, SEC. 301; (90 STAT. 1257)

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 March 31, 2020.--Referred jointly to the Committees on Armed Services 
    and Transportation and Infrastructure, and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, March 27, 2020.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: Effective today, in accordance with 
section 301 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), 
section 12302 of title 10, United States Code and sections 
2127, 2308, 2314, 3735 of title 14, United States Code, I am 
authorizing the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard, to order 
units and individual members of the Selected Reserve, and 
certain Individual Ready Reserve members, to active duty to 
augment the active forces for the effective conduct of 
coronavirus disease response. This authority is necessary to 
ensure the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland 
Security can properly conduct operations required to meet our 
evolving security challenges and to support the United States 
Government response to COVID-19.
    A copy of the Executive Order I issued is enclosed.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

                          Executive Order

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National Emergency Authority To Order the Selected Reserve and Certain 
 Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active 
                                  Duty

    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 
including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), and in furtherance of Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 
2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a 
national emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new) 
coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's 
healthcare systems, I hereby order as follows:
    Section 1. Emergency Authority. To provide additional 
authority to the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security 
to respond to the national emergency declared by Proclamation 
9994, the authorities under section 12302 of title 10, United 
States Code, and sections 2127, 2308, 2314, and 3735 of title 
14, United States Code, are invoked and made available, 
according to their terms, to the Secretaries of Defense and 
Homeland Security. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air 
Force, at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard 
when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, are 
authorized to order to active duty not to exceed 24 consecutive 
months, such units, and individual members of the Ready Reserve 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned, not to 
exceed 1,000,000 members on active duty at any one time, as the 
Secretary of Defense and, with respect to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security consider necessary. The Secretary of Defense 
or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, will 
ensure appropriate consultation is undertaken with relevant 
state officials with respect to the utilization of National 
Guard Reserve Component units activated under this authority.
    Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall 
be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
    (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department 
or agency, or the head thereof; or
    (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or 
legislative proposals.
    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
applicable law and subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law 
or in equity by any party against the United States, its 
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
agents, or any other person.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, March 27, 2020.

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