[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 1, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18407-18408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06985]


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                Executive Order 13912 of March 27, 2020

                
National Emergency Authority To Order the 
                Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual 
                Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 
                U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and in furtherance of 
                Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a 
                National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus 
                Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a national 
                emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new) 
                coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's 
                healthcare systems, I hereby order as follows:

                Section 1. Emergency Authority. To provide additional 
                authority to the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland 
                Security to respond to the national emergency declared 
                by Proclamation 9994, the authorities under section 
                12302 of title 10, United States Code, and sections 
                2127, 2308, 2314, and 3735 of title 14, United States 
                Code, are invoked and made available, according to 
                their terms, to the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland 
                Security. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air 
                Force, at the direction of 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 Navy, are authorized to order to active duty not 
                to exceed 24 consecutive months, such units, and 
                individual members of the Ready Reserve under the 
                jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned, not to exceed 
                1,000,000 members on active duty at any one time, as 
                the Secretary of Defense and, with respect to the Coast 
                Guard when it is not operating as a service in the 
                Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security consider 
                necessary. The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security, as applicable, will ensure 
                appropriate consultation is undertaken with relevant 
                state officials with respect to the utilization of 
                National Guard Reserve Component units activated under 
                this authority.

                Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.

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                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    March 27, 2020.

[FR Doc. 2020-06985
Filed 3-31-20; 11:15 am]
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