    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [April 27, 1999]
    [Page 648]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Ordering Reserves to Active Duty To Support
    Military Action in Kosovo
    April 27, 1999

    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.

    Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of
    this message. The Executive order is listed in Appendix D at the end of
    this volume.