[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 109 (Friday, June 5, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 34955-34956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12431]


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                Memorandum of June 2, 2020

                
Providing Continued Federal Support for 
                Governors' Use of the National Guard To Respond to 
                COVID-19 and To Facilitate Economic Recovery

                Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense [and] the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-
                5207 (the ``Stafford Act''), and section 502 of title 
                32, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Policy. It continues to be the policy of the 
                United States to foster close cooperation and mutual 
                assistance between the Federal Government and the 
                States and territories in the battle against the threat 
                posed by the spread of COVID-19, especially as the 
                United States transitions to a period of increased 
                economic activity and recovery in those areas of the 
                Nation where the threat posed by COVID-19 has been 
                sufficiently mitigated. To date, activated National 
                Guard forces around the country have provided critical 
                support to Governors as the Governors work to address 
                the needs of those populations within their respective 
                States and territories especially vulnerable to the 
                effects of COVID-19, including those in nursing homes, 
                assisted living facilities, and other long-term care or 
                congregate settings. This need to focus efforts to 
                protect especially vulnerable populations from the 
                threat posed by COVID-19 will persist. Therefore, to 
                continue to provide maximum support to the States and 
                territories as they make decisions about the responses 
                required to address local conditions in their 
                respective jurisdictions with respect to combatting the 
                threat posed by COVID-19 and, where appropriate, 
                facilitating their economic recovery, I am taking the 
                actions set forth in section 2 of this memorandum:

                Sec. 2. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent 
                Federal cost share for the States' and territories' use 
                of National Guard forces authorized pursuant to my 
                prior memoranda dated March 22, 28, and 30, 2020, and 
                April 2, 7, and 13, 2020, each titled ``Providing 
                Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National 
                Guard to Respond to COVID-19,'' and my prior memoranda 
                dated April 20 and 28, 2020, and May 8 and 20, 2020, 
                each titled ``Providing Continued Federal Support for 
                Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to 
                COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic Recovery,'' shall 
                extend to, and shall be available for orders of any 
                length authorizing duty through August 21, 2020. Such 
                orders include duty necessary to comply with health 
                protection protocols recommended by the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention of the Department of 
                Health and Human Services or other health protection 
                measures agreed to by the Department of Defense and the 
                Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department 
                of Homeland Security.

                Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this 
                memorandum 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.

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                    (b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent 
                with applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This memorandum 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.
                    (d) The Secretary of Defense is authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, June 2, 2020

[FR Doc. 2020-12431
Filed 6-4-20; 11:15 am]
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