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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015	Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020)Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19…	OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-077	Temporary Closure of Three Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 15, 2020): Region 2 (Manhattan), Region 7 (Detroit), Region 13 (Chicago)Temporary Closure of Three Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures	National Labor Relations Board, Office of Public Affairs	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053	USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020)USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1	USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-078	Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 19, 2020): Region 8 (Cleveland), Region 15 (New Orleans)Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-060	Suspension of Routine Visa Services (Mar. 20, 2020)Suspension of Routine Visa Services	Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs	United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-090	Updates on NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 20, 2020): Region 20 (San Francisco) and Region 27 (Denver)Updates on NLRB Office Closures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-091	Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 23, 2020): Region 28 (Phoenix)Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures	National Labor Relations Board	National Labor Relations Board (independent federal agency)Federal	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-055	USCIS alert extending the suspension of in-person services until at least May 3, 2020 (posted late March 2020), followed by a further extension to June 4, 2020USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public Until at Least May 3	USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020)Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-017	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020)Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the…	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018	Memorandum, Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020)Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the…	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021	Memorandum, Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 16, 2020)Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-003	Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (Apr. 20, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(21)Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency	Secretary of Homeland Security (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), through USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-022	Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 24, 2020)Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)…	OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs	United States Department of Labor, OSHA (federal agency)Federal	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-004	Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 28843 (May 14, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(23)Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency	Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	May 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005	Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 51304 (Aug. 20, 2020)Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain…	Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Aug. 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-006	Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency: Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 82291 (Dec. 18, 2020)Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency	Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Dec. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-014	Temporary final rule, Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers, 86 Fed. Reg. 28198 (May 25, 2021)Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker…	Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Secretary of Labor	United States Department of Homeland Security (USCIS) and Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification) (federal agencies)Federal	May 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read

OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015)
National Labor Relations Board, Office of Public Affairs, Temporary Closure of Three Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 15, 2020): Region 2 (Manhattan), Region 7 (Detroit), Region 13 (Chicago) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-077)
USCIS, USCIS alert, USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18-April 1 (posted Mar. 17, 2020; effective Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-053)
National Labor Relations Board, Temporary Closure of Two Regional Offices Due to Possible COVID-19 Exposures (Mar. 19, 2020): Region 8 (Cleveland), Region 15 (New Orleans) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-078)
Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Suspension of Routine Visa Services (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-060)
National Labor Relations Board, Updates on NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 20, 2020): Region 20 (San Francisco) and Region 27 (Denver) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-090)
National Labor Relations Board, Updates on Temporary NLRB Office Closures (Mar. 23, 2020): Region 28 (Phoenix) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-091)
USCIS, USCIS alert extending the suspension of in-person services until at least May 3, 2020 (posted late March 2020), followed by a further extension to June 4, 2020 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-055)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Respiratory Protection and the N95 Shortage Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-016)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance for Use of Respiratory Protection Equipment Certified under Standards of Other Countries or Jurisdictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-017)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-018)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Discretion in Enforcement when Considering an Employer's Good Faith Efforts During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-021)
Secretary of Homeland Security (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (Apr. 20, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(21) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-003)
OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Memorandum, Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-022)
Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 28843 (May 14, 2020), adding 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(23) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-004)
Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 51304 (Aug. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-005)
Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, Temporary final rule, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency: Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 82291 (Dec. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-006)
Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, Temporary final rule, Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers, 86 Fed. Reg. 28198 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-014)

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