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posted ago by DRan ago by DRan +13 / -0

The Conservative Treehouse article link

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the “Act”) (50 U.S.C. 4533), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 303(a)(7)(B) of the Act, that action is necessary to avert shortfalls in critical Department of Defense supply chains that would severely impair national defense capability.

Memorandum link

(7) Waiver authorized The requirements of paragraphs (1) through (6) may be waived—

(A) during a period of national emergency declared by the Congress or the President; or

(B) upon a determination by the President, on a nondelegable basis, that action is necessary to avert an industrial resource or critical technology item shortfall that would severely impair national defense capability.

Defense Production Act pdf link Pages 12-15 of the Act is what we are looking at.

Is this going to be Ukraine related, Taiwan related ("lab leak" distraction), or something else?