3/27/2020

CORONAVIRUS/MILITARY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “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… Emergency Authority. To provide additional authority to the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to respond to the national emergency.”

-Donald Trump, “National Emergency Authority To Order the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty,” govinfo.gov, Mar. 27, 2020

[Note: Read the full Executive Order signed by Donald Trump.]