[House Document 118-53]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-53  

 
AUTHORIZATION 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 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, TO ORDER TO ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS 
                   AND UNITS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ORDERING THE SELECTED RESERVE OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 
ACTIVE DUTY, PURSUANT TO 10 U.S.C. 12304(f); PUBLIC LAW 94-286, SEC. 1; 
                             (90 STAT. 517)





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    July 14, 2023.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed  

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To the Congress of the United States:
    In accordance with section 12304(f) of title 10, United 
States Code, I am providing notice that I have authorized 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 Department of the Navy, to order to active duty 
members and units of the Selected Reserve and appropriately 
designated Individual Ready Reserve members, without the 
consent of the member concerned, pursuant to 12304(a) of title 
10, United States Code. Reserve mobilizations under this 
authorization are not to exceed 3,000 total members at any one 
time, of whom not more than 450 may be members of the 
Individual Ready Reserve. These Reserve Component forces are to 
augment the active forces for Operation Atlantic Resolve to 
enhance the United States' ability to sustain its heightened 
level of presence and operations in support of United States 
European Command.
    A copy of the Executive Order I have issued is enclosed.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 13, 2023.





















                            Executive Order

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  Ordering 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 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 Atlantic Resolve in and around the United 
States European Command's area of responsibility. 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, not to 
exceed 3,000 total members at any one time, of whom not more 
than 450 may be members of the Individual Ready Reserve, as 
they deem necessary, 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.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 13, 2023.

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