Authority To Order the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty To Address International Drug Trafficking
Authorizes Ready Reserve Activation to Address International Drug Trafficking
What it does
Federal defense and homeland security leaders must use section 12302 authority to order Ready Reserve members to active duty to address the international drug trafficking emergency.
Real-world impact
- Reservists may be ordered to active duty to counter international drug trafficking.
- Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard reservists are directly affected.
- Calls depend on applicable law and availability of appropriations.
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Summary
This order gives the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department authority to call members of the Ready Reserve to active duty in response to the national emergency on international drug trafficking. It authorizes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard reservists to be ordered to active duty when leaders consider it necessary under the law. The order requires actions to follow applicable law, be subject to available funding, and does not create new enforceable legal rights.
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