Federal Support for Governors’ Use of the National Guard to Respond to Coronavirus
March 29, 2020
Providing Federal Support for Governors’ Use of the National Guard to Respond to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Washington, D.C. – By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the “Stafford Act”), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to take measures to assist State Governors in their responses to all threats and hazards to the American people in their respective States and territories.
