The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Defense Production Act § 102 (50 U.S.C. § 4512)
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-23
- End
- for the duration of the national emergency (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Supply chain
- Addressees
- the Secretary of HHS (delegate)
- every person accumulating designated scarce materials
- Functions reached
- SC PPE procurement and inventory of every employer
- RT retail of designated materials
- DS wholesale distribution
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Operative words
Sec. 2. Delegation of Authority to Prevent Hoarding. (a) The Secretary is delegated the following: (i) the authority of the President conferred by section 102 of the Act to prevent hoarding of health and medical resources necessary to respond to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States, including the authority to prescribe conditions with respect to the accumulation of such resources, and to designate any material as a scarce material, or as a material the supply of which would be threatened by persons accumulating the material either in excess of reasonable demands of business, personal, or home consumption, or for the purpose of resale at prices in excess of prevailing market prices
Enforcement
DPA § 103 criminal penalties (50 U.S.C. § 4513); Department of Justice COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force
Notes
Made accumulation of designated PPE 'in excess of reasonable demands of business... consumption' a federal crime from Mar. 25, 2020 (HHS designation, FED-074).