[House Document 105-217]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-217


 
   ORDERING THE SELECTED RESERVE OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

  HIS DETERMINATION THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO AUGMENT THE ACTIVE ARMED 
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EFFECTIVE CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS IN 
       AND AROUND SOUTHWEST ASIA, PURSUANT TO 10 U.S.C. 12304(f).




  February 24, 1998.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
        Committee on National Security and ordered to be printed

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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                    

59-011                      WASHINGTON : 1998       




To the Congress of the United States:

    Pursuant to title 10, United States Code, section 12304, I 
have authorized the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, when it is not 
operating as a Service within the Department of the Navy, to 
order to active duty Selected Reserve units and individuals not 
assigned to units to augment the Active components in support 
of operations in and around Southwest Asia.
    A copy of the Executive order implementing this action is 
attached.

                                                William J. Clinton.
  The White House, February 24, 1998.



                            Executive Order

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    Ordering the Selected 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 sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States 
Code, I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the 
active armed forces of the United States for the effective 
conduct of operations in and around Southwest Asia. Further, 
under the stated authority, I hereby authorize the Secretary of 
Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to 
the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the 
Department of the Navy, to order to active duty any units, and 
any individual members not assigned to a unit organized to 
serve as a unit, of the Selected Reserve.
    This order is intended only to improve the internal 
management of the executive branch and is not intended to 
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its 
agencies, its officers, or any person.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, February 24, 1998.

                                
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