Appointments During National Emergency
Headline: Emergency Appointments Authority Made Available to Defense Secretary
What it does: The order makes emergency appointment authority under section 603 of title 10 available to the Secretary of Defense.
- Allows the Department of Defense to use emergency appointment authority under section 603.
- States the order does not create legal rights enforceable against the government.
- Requires the order to be sent to Congress and published in the Federal Register.
Summary
This order invokes the emergency appointments authority at section 603 of title 10 and makes that authority available to the Secretary of Defense to further respond to the national emergency declared in Proclamation 7463 (September 14, 2001).
It affects the Department of Defense and staffing decisions during the declared emergency. The order also says it does not create any legal right for people or agencies to enforce in court, and it directs that the order be sent to Congress and published in the Federal Register.
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