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79–011 2017

115th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–73 

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 13223 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 13223, 

PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1601 

OCTOBER 23, 2017.—Referred to the Committee on Armed Services and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, October 20, 2017. 

Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the National Emergencies Act 

(50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), I report that I have signed an Executive 

Order amending Executive Order 13223 (Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain 

Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation), which provided additional authorities to certain executive departments and agencies in furtherance of the national emergency declared in Proclamation 7463 of September 14, 2001 (Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks). This amendment makes available to the Secretaries concerned the authorities set forth in section 688 and section 690 of 

title 10, United States Code. In the case of the Secretaries of the 

Army, Navy, and Air Force, such authority shall be exercised subject to the direction of the Secretary of Defense. 

I have enclosed a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 13223 

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 the objectives of Proclamation 7463 of September 14, 2001 (Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks), which declared a national emergency by reason of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York and Pennsylvania and against the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate 

threat of further attacks on the United States, and in order to provide the Secretary of Defense additional authority to manage personnel requirements in a manner consistent with the authorization 

provided in Executive Order 13223 of September 14, 2001 (Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the 

Secretary of Transportation), it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Amendment to Executive Order 13223. Section 1 of Executive Order 13223 is amended by adding at the end: ‘‘The authorities available for use during a national emergency under sections 688 and 690 of title 10, United States Code, are also invoked 

and made available, according to their terms, to the Secretary concerned, subject in the case of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, 

and Air Force, to the direction of the Secretary of Defense.’’ 

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. 

(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. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 20, 2017. 

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