[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 71 (Thursday, April 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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 REPORT RELATIVE TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 
 14059 OF DECEMBER 15, 2021, 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 TO ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE CAN PROPERLY SUSTAIN ITS SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST 
                              BORDER--PM 9

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:

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, United 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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