[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H3572-H3573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  ORDERING THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL 
  READY RESERVE OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 118-53)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Carter of Georgia) laid before the

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House the following message from the President of the United States; 
which was read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to 
the Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed:

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.

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