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Executive Order 13910

Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 17001 (Mar. 26, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump · United States (Federal)

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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
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).