[House Document 106-51]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     
106th Congress 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-51
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    AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ACTIVATION OF SELECTED U.S. RESERVE UNITS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE SECRETARY OF 
  TRANSPORTATION 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, OR ANY MEMBER IN THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE 
  MOBILIZATIONS CATEGORY AND DESIGNATED ESSENTIAL




   April 21, 1999.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed


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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
69-011                     WASHINGTON : 1999




To the Congress of the United States:

    I have today, pursuant to section 12304 of title 10, United 
States Code, 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, under their respective jurisdictions, 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, or any member in the Individual Ready Reserve 
mobilizations category and designated essential under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned. These 
reserves will augment the active components in support of 
operations in and around the former Yugoslavia related to the 
conflict in Kosovo.
    A copy of the Executive order implementing this action is 
attached.
                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, April 27, 1999.


                            Executive Order

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  Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Individual Ready Reserve 
               Members 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 the former Yugoslavia 
related to the conflict in Kosovo. 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, under their respective jurisdictions, 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, or 
any member in the Individual Ready Reserve mobilization 
category and designated as essential under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary concerned, and to terminate the 
service of those units and members ordered to active duty.
    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, April 27, 1999.

                                  
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