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Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-124 Context (guidance or announcement) Confirmed from a secondary source

Release, Secretary Esper Enhances National Guard's Rapid COVID-19 Response (Mar. 28, 2020)

Secretary Esper enhances National Guard's rapid COVID-19 response

National Guard Bureau · Department of Defense / National Guard Bureau (Federal)

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Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
Department of Defense / National Guard Bureau
Level
Federal
Authority
Secretary of Defense approval of Mar. 27, 2020 implementing Ex. 001
Issued
2020-03-28 Mar. 28, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationOther
Addressees
  • public; State Guards
Functions reached
  • WF
  • HR
Character
context
Collection
Defense installations and the National Guard AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD

Operative words

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Friday authorized a federal status for some National Guard missions in states and territories which have federal emergency declarations stemming from the pandemic.... Until Friday's approval by Secretary Esper, most Guard members were serving under SAD.... Secretary Esper's Title 32 (502 F, United States Code) approval Friday authorizes a state activation that is federally funded. In this duty status, the change is how it's paid for in the long run: Guard members remain under the control of their governors.

Enforcement

Explains the mechanism of Exs. 001-021: Governors' orders, federal funding, State control

Retrieval note

File slug date reflects the fetch; release dated Mar. 28, 2020.