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Executive Order 13223

Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation

Signed by George Walker Bush on September 14, 2001.

Later amended
Signed recordSeptember 14, 2001

The date the President signed it.

Publication record66 FR 48201

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

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eo-13223
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Power & Politics. (2026, October 28). Executive Order 13223: Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-13223

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 13223: Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-13223.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 13223: Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-13223}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-13223; official source: Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/09/18/01-23359/ordering-the-ready-reserve-of-the-armed-forces-to-active-duty-and-delegating-certain-authorities-to; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Later record

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Amended by EO 13253, January 16, 2002; EO 13286, February 28, 2003; EO 13814, October 20, 2017;
See Proclamation 7463, September 14, 2001 (66 FR 48199); Notice of September 12, 2002 (67 FR 58317); Notice of September 10, 2003 (68 FR 53665); Notice of September 10, 2004 (69 FR 55313); Notice of September 8, 2005 (70 FR 54229)

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

Federal Register table of later actionsAmended by: EO 13253, January 16, 2002; EO 13286, February 28, 2003; EO 13814, October 20, 2017; See: Proclamation 7463, September 14, 2001 (66 FR 48199); Notice of September 12, 2002 (67 FR 58317); Notice of September 10, 2003 (68 FR 53665); Notice of September 10, 2004 (69 FR 55313); Notice of September 8, 2005 (70 FR 54229)

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