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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 17 / Thursday, January 28, 2021 / Presidential Documents
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Presidential Documents
Memorandum of January 21, 2021

Memorandum To Extend Federal Support to Governors Use of the National Guard To Respond to COVID19 and To Increase Reimbursement and Other Assistance Provided to States Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security 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. 51215207 the Stafford Act, and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, I hereby order as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Consistent with the nationwide emergency declaration concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 COVID19 pandemic on March 13, 2020, it is the policy of my Administration to combat and respond to COVID19 with the full capacity and capability of the Federal Government to protect and support our families, schools, and businesses, and to assist State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments to do the same, to the extent authorized by law.
Sec. 2. Support of Operations or Missions to Prevent and Respond to the Spread of COVID19. a The Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with mission requirements including geographic proximity, request pursuant to 32 U.S.C. 502f that all State and territorial governors order National Guard forces to perform duty to fulfill mission assignments, on a fully reimbursable basis, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA issues to the Department of Defense for the purpose of supporting State, local, Tribal, and territorial emergency assistance efforts under the Stafford Act.
b FEMA shall fund 100 percent of the cost of activities associated with all mission assignments for the use of the National Guard under 32 U.S.C.
502f to respond to COVID19, as authorized by sections 403 42 U.S.C.
5170b, 502 42 U.S.C. 5192, and 503 42 U.S.C. 5193 of the Stafford Act.
c This section supersedes prior Presidential Memoranda requesting the use of the National Guard to respond to the COVID19 emergency to the extent they are inconsistent with this memorandum.
Sec. 3. Assistance for Category B Emergency Protective Measures. a In accordance with sections 403 42 U.S.C. 5170b and 502 42 U.S.C. 5192
of the Stafford Act, FEMA shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, make available under Category B of the Public Assistance program such assistance as may be required by States including territories and the District of Columbia, local governments, and Tribal governments to provide for the safe opening and operation of eligible schools, child-care facilities, healthcare facilities, non-congregate shelters, domestic violence shelters, transit systems, and other eligible applicants. Such assistance may include funding for the provision of personal protective equipment and disinfecting services and supplies.
b FEMA shall make assistance under this section available at a 100
percent Federal cost share until September 30, 2021.

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