[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 REPORT OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATIVE TO RESERVE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
        FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 20

  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 Armed Services.

To the Congress of the United States:
  I have today, pursuant to section 12304 of title 10, United States 
Code, authorized the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, when it is not 
operating as a service within the Department of 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 
mobilizations category and designated essential under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary concerned. These reserves will augment the 
active components in support of operations in and around the former 
Yugoslavia related to the conflict in Kosovo.
  A copy of the Executive order implementing this action is attached.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, April 27, 1999.

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