[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 71 (Thursday, April 27, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE READY RESERVE OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY 
 TO ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
               OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 118-35)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and referred to 
the Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Effective today, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) and section 12302 of title 10, 1United States Code, and 
in order to respond to the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 14059 of December 15, 2021 (Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons 
Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade), I am authorizing the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to order to 
active duty such units and individual members of the Ready Reserve 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned as the Secretary 
concerned considers necessary, consistent with the terms of section 
12302 of title 10, United States Code. The authorities that have been 
invoked will ensure the Department of Defense can properly sustain its 
support of the Department of Homeland Security concerning international 
drug trafficking along the Southwest Border.
  A copy of the Executive Order I have issued is enclosed.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, April 27, 2023.

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