[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



ORDERING SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE MEMBERS 
 OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 106-51)

  The Speaker pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed:
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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