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Memorandum on Order Under the Defense Production Act Regarding General Motors Company

Order Under the Defense Production Act Regarding General Motors Company

President (Memorandum for the Secretary of HHS) · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
DPA § 101 (50 U.S.C. 4511)
Issued
2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27
End
Performed (GM-Ventec contract of Apr. 8, 2020; 30,000 ventilators) (read as 2020-04-08)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to Apr. 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Supply chain
Addressees
  • General Motors Company
  • Secretary of HHS
Functions reached
  • PF (compelled production at a named manufacturer)
  • SC (its suppliers)
  • DS (customers displaced by priority orders)
Collection
Manufacturing SEC-10

Operative words

The Secretary shall use any and all authority available under the Act to require General Motors Company to accept, perform, and prioritize contracts or orders for the number of ventilators that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

Enforcement

DPA § 103

Notes

The first DPA production order of the pandemic; Kokomo, Indiana plant converted to ventilators

Retrieval note

Not located in the Federal Register API; text read from the NARA-preserved whitehouse.gov page.

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