Providing Continued Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To Facilitate Economic Recovery
| Citation | 85 FR 23203 |
| Record Number | 2020-08958 |
| Published date | 24 April 2020 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
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Part IV
The President
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Memorandum of April 20, 2020--Providing Continued Federal Support for
Governors' Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19 and To
Facilitate Economic Recovery
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 80 / Friday, April 24, 2020 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Memorandum of April 20, 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 is the policy of the United
States to take measures to assist State and territorial
Governors under the Stafford Act in their responses to
all threats and hazards to the American people in their
respective States and territories. On March 13, 2020, I
declared a national emergency recognizing the threat
that COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel (new)
coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (``the virus''), and
the virus poses to the Nation's healthcare systems. I
also determined that same day that the COVID-19
outbreak constituted an emergency, of nationwide scope,
pursuant to section 501(b) of the Stafford Act (42
U.S.C. 5191(b)). Considering the profound and unique
public health risks posed by the ongoing outbreak of
COVID-19, the need for close cooperation and mutual
assistance between the Federal Government and the
States and territories is greater than at any time in
recent history. This need remains as the United States
continues to battle the public health threat posed by
the virus, while transitioning to a period of increased
economic activity and recovery in those areas of the
Nation where the threat posed by the virus has been
sufficiently mitigated. 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 the virus and, where
appropriate, facilitating their economic recovery, I am
taking the actions set forth in sections 2, 3, and 4 of
this memorandum:
Sec. 2. One Hundred Percent Federal Cost Share. To
maximize assistance to the Governors of the States of
Alabama, Alaska, and Delaware to facilitate Federal
support with respect to the use of National Guard units
under State control, I am directing the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of
Homeland Security to fund 100 percent of the emergency
assistance activities associated with preventing,
mitigating, and responding to the threat to public
health and safety posed by the virus that these States
undertake using their National Guard forces, as
authorized by sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b) and 503
(42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act.
Sec. 3. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent
and Respond to the Spread of COVID-19. I am directing
the Secretary of Defense, to the maximum extent
feasible and consistent with mission requirements
(including geographic proximity), to request pursuant
to 32 U.S.C. 502(f) that the Governors of the States of
Alabama, Alaska, and Delaware order National Guard
forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments,
on a fully reimbursable basis, that FEMA issues to the
Department of Defense for the purpose of
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supporting their respective State and local emergency
assistance efforts under the Stafford Act.
Sec. 4. Termination and Extension. The 100 percent
Federal cost share for the States' and territories' use
of National Guard forces authorized pursuant to this
memorandum, and 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,'' shall extend
to, and shall be available for orders of any length
authorizing duty through, May 31, 2020.
Sec. 5. 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.
(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, April 20, 2020
[FR Doc. 2020-08958
Filed 4-23-20; 11:15 am]
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