[House Document 113-169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-169

 
  ORDERING THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE 
               MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY

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                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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 A NOTICE AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE AND HOMELAND SECURITY 
  TO ORDER THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL 
READY RESERVE TO ACTIVE DUTY TO AUGMENT THE ACTIVE FORCES IN SUPPORT OF 
                      OPERATION UNITED ASSISTANCE




  November 12, 2014.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 16, 2014.
Hon. John A. Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Effective today, pursuant to sections 121 
and 12304 of title 10, United States Code, I am authorizing the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
order the Selected Reserve and certain members of the 
Individual Ready Reserve to active duty to augment the active 
forces in support of Operation United Assistance, providing 
humanitarian assistance and consequence management related to 
the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the West Africa region. The 
authorities that have been invoked will ensure the Department 
of Defense can properly sustain the military operations 
required in this effort.
    A copy of the Executive Order I have issued is enclosed.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                            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 Operation United Assistance, which is providing 
support to civilian-led humanitarian assistance and consequence 
management support related to the Ebola virus disease outbreak 
in West Africa. In furtherance of this operation, under the 
stated authority, I hereby authorize 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, 
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 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.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, October 16, 2014.