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Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-002 Order Primary source read

Memorandum of March 28, 2020, 85 Fed. Reg. 18409 (Apr. 1, 2020)

Providing Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID-19

President Donald J. Trump · United States (President; National Guard of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Guam and Puerto Rico) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States (President; National Guard of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Guam and Puerto Rico)
Level
Federal
Authority
Stafford Act; 32 U.S.C. 502
Issued
2020-03-28 Mar. 28, 2020
Effective
2020-03-28
End
Sec. 4: 100 percent cost share 'shall terminate 30 days from the date of this memorandum' (Apr. 27, 2020), extended by later memoranda (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Mar. 28, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationOther
Addressees
  • Secretary of Defense
  • FEMA
  • Governors of FL, LA, MD, MA, NJ, Guam, Puerto Rico
Functions reached
  • WF Guard members ordered to duty
  • HR USERRA obligations
Collection
Defense installations and the National Guard AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD

Operative words

to request pursuant to 32 U.S.C. 502(f) that the Governors of the States of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, and New Jersey and the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico order National Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments

Enforcement

Sec. 2 FEMA 100 percent funding; Sec. 4 termination clause also applies to the Mar. 22 memorandum

Notes

Adds five States and two territories.

Retrieval note

File slug lists MI and TX loosely; the memorandum names FL, LA, MD, MA, NJ, GU and PR.

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