Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act to the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation To Respond to the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Vol. 85

Tuesday,

No. 97

May 19, 2020

Part III

The President

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Executive Order 13922--Delegating Authority Under the Defense

Production Act to the Chief Executive Officer of the United States

International Development Finance Corporation To Respond to the COVID-

19 Outbreak

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Title 3--

The President

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Executive Order 13922 of May 14, 2020

Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production

Act to the Chief Executive Officer of the United States

International Development Finance Corporation To

Respond to the COVID-19 Outbreak

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950,

as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the ``Act''), and

section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is

hereby ordered as follows:

19 Outbreak

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950,

as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the ``Act''), and

section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is

hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13,

2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the

Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), I

declared a national emergency recognizing the threat

that the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2

poses to our Nation's healthcare systems. In

recognizing the public health risk, I noted that on

March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced

that the outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by

SARS-CoV-2) can be characterized as a pandemic.

To ensure that our country has the capacity,

capability, and strong and resilient domestic

industrial base necessary to respond to the COVID-19

outbreak, it is the policy of the United States to

further expand domestic production of strategic

resources needed to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak,

including strengthening relevant supply chains within

the United States and its territories. It is important

to use all resources available to the United States,

including executive departments and agencies (agencies)

with expertise in loan support for private

institutions

o the COVID-19 outbreak,

including strengthening relevant supply chains within

the United States and its territories. It is important

to use all resources available to the United States,

including executive departments and agencies (agencies)

with expertise in loan support for private

institutions. Accordingly, I am delegating authority

under title III of the Act to make loans, make

provision for purchases and commitments to purchase,

and take additional actions to create, maintain,

protect, expand, and restore the domestic industrial

base capabilities, including supply chains within the

United States and its territories (``domestic supply

chains''), needed to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Sec. 2. Delegation of Authority Under Title III of the

Act. (a) Notwithstanding Executive Order 13603 of March

16, 2012 (National Defense Resources Preparedness), and

in addition to the delegation of authority in Executive

Order 13911 of March 27, 2020 (Delegating Additional

Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect

to Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the

Spread of COVID-19), the Chief Executive Officer of the

United States International Development Finance

Corporation (DFC) is delegated the authority of the

President conferred by sections 302 and 303 of the Act

(50 U.S.C. 4532 and 4533), and the authority to

implement the Act in subchapter III of chapter 55 of

title 50, United States Code (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555,

4556, and 4560).

l Development Finance

Corporation (DFC) is delegated the authority of the

President conferred by sections 302 and 303 of the Act

(50 U.S.C. 4532 and 4533), and the authority to

implement the Act in subchapter III of chapter 55 of

title 50, United States Code (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555,

4556, and 4560).

(b) The Chief Executive Officer of the DFC may use

the authority under sections 302 and 303 of the Act, in

consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the

Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary

of Homeland Security, and the heads of other agencies

as he deems appropriate, for the domestic production of

strategic resources needed to respond to the COVID-19

outbreak, or to strengthen any relevant domestic supply

chains.

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(c) The loan authority delegated by this order is

limited to loans that create, maintain, protect,

expand, or restore domestic industrial base

capabilities supporting:

(i) the national response and recovery to the COVID-19 outbreak; or

(ii) the resiliency of any relevant domestic supply chains.

(d) Loans extended using the authority delegated by

this order shall be made in accordance with the

principles and guidelines outlined in OMB Circular A-

11, OMB Circular A-129, and the Federal Credit Reform

Act of 1990, as amended (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).

) the resiliency of any relevant domestic supply chains.

(d) Loans extended using the authority delegated by

this order shall be made in accordance with the

principles and guidelines outlined in OMB Circular A-

11, OMB Circular A-129, and the Federal Credit Reform

Act of 1990, as amended (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).

(e) The Chief Executive Officer of the DFC shall

adopt appropriate rules and regulations as may be

necessary to implement this order.

Sec. 3. Termination. The delegation of authority in

this order shall expire upon termination of the 2-year

period during which the requirements described in

section 302(c)(1) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4532(c)(1)) are

waived pursuant to title III of division B of the

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

(Public Law 116-136).

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

uthority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,

create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,

enforceable at law or in equity by any party against

the United States, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

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