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Eligibility report

Governmental Orders Record and Eligibility Analysis

Georgia

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Prepared by The COVID Project, Sept. 30, 2026. 393 instruments cited; 377 exhibit files held. Not legal advice.

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1. About this report

Prepared by The COVID Project, Sept. 30, 2026. Selection: State Georgia and no metropolitan area (elsewhere in the State). Quarters: second quarter of 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020; orders from Mar. 13, 2020), third quarter of 2020 (July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020), fourth quarter of 2020 (Oct. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020), first quarter of 2021 (Jan. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021), second quarter of 2021 (Apr. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021) and third quarter of 2021 (July 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021). Options: the federal layer, agencies and boards, standing duties, group meetings and trade shows and the Service's fourteen sentences answered.

This report is a record of the governmental orders and related instruments that The COVID Project has retrieved, verified and indexed for the State, metropolitan area, industry and calendar quarters selected. Each instrument appears with its issuer, its number and title, its dates, the quarters in which it was in force, the functions of a business it reached, its operative words, its enforcement provision, a citation and an exhibit identifier. Every exhibit identifier resolves to the instrument's record at covidproject.com/library, and to the exhibit file, where held, at covidproject.com/exhibit.

The report is assembled from public governmental instruments, published organizer notices, published legal authorities and public court filings, and it reports what those documents say and when they were in force. It lists the instruments The COVID Project has verified and no others, so every count in it is a floor. It is not a filing, and it does not determine any person's eligibility for the Employee Retention Credit.

The report reproduces at covidproject.com/report?state=GA&quarters=2020Q2,2020Q3,2020Q4,2021Q1,2021Q2,2021Q3&federal=1&agencies=1&duties=1&meetings=1&answers=1. Every exhibit identifier in it resolves at covidproject.com/library/ followed by the identifier, and the exhibit file, where held, at covidproject.com/exhibit/ followed by the identifier.

Disclaimer

The COVID Project is a free public reference. This report is generated from public governmental instruments, published organizer notices, published legal authorities and public court filings that The COVID Project has retrieved and indexed; it reports what those documents say and when they were in force. It is not legal, tax or accounting advice, it does not create any professional relationship, it does not determine any person's eligibility for the Employee Retention Credit or the amount of any credit, and it is not a count of every order that existed. The COVID Project sells nothing and represents no one. Errors in any record can be reported through covidproject.com/contact with the exhibit identifier, and corrections are recorded with their dates.

2. Summary of findings

For each quarter selected, this section states what was in force for this selection on the quarter's first and last days, in the words of the Library's own quarter-by-quarter record for the State, the metropolitan area, the industry's regulators and the federal layer. Exhibit identifiers in parentheses name the instruments. The table that follows counts the instruments listed in section 5 by layer and quarter.

The federal layer of this report is the Library's two federal files: FED-A, the health, safety and transport layer, and FED-B, the commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, including the orders of the federal courts those files hold. The ecosystem clusters and the federal agency clusters are listed in the Library's federal layer at covidproject.com/federal and are not part of this report's federal layer; a quarter page counts every federal-level instrument of the quarter across those clusters as well, so its figure is the larger of the two.

Second quarter of 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020; orders from Mar. 13, 2020)

Georgia, first day (Apr. 1, 2020): April 1, 2020: Public Health State of Emergency in force (Ex. GA-001, ratified Mar. 16); all public schools closed for in-person instruction (Exs. GA-003, GA-008; extended for the school year by EO 04.01.20.01 that day, Ex. GA-009); every Bar closed and every gathering of more than ten persons within six feet forbidden to any business or organization (Ex. GA-005, effective noon Mar. 24); DPH order sheltering the medically fragile (DPH Admin. Order 03.22.20.01 as directed by Ex. GA-005); statewide judicial emergency (Mar. 14) suspending jury trials and deadlines; DDS license extensions (Ex. GA-007); child care rules suspended (Ex. GA-006); regulatory suspensions (Ex. GA-004); local shelter orders (Atlanta, Fulton, Athens-Clarke and others) in their last days before State preemption.

Georgia, last day (June 30, 2020): June 30, 2020: EO 06.11.20.01 in force (June 16-30): gatherings of more than 50 within six feet forbidden; every person in a long-term care facility or with an enumerated condition required to shelter in place; restaurants at ten patrons per 300 square feet with mandatory measures; bars at 50 persons or 35 percent of fire capacity; live performance venues and conventions forbidden to operate before July 1; retail at 50 percent of fire capacity or eight per 1,000 square feet; mandatory sector protocols for gyms, theaters, salons, body art, massage, bowling, amusement, camps, summer school and long-term care (Ex. GA-024); PHE renewed to Aug. 11 (EO 06.29.20.01) and EO 06.29.20.02 signed for July 1 (Ex. GA-025); statewide judicial emergency (Third Order Extending, June 12); LTC order 04.08.20.03 in force (Ex. GA-013, extended to Sept. 15 per Ex. GA-028).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, first day (Apr. 1, 2020): Apr. 1, 2020: national emergency (FED-001), nationwide Stafford emergency (FED-006) and major disasters declared for 28 States and the District of Columbia on or before Apr. 1, 2020 (29 of 51 jurisdictions; No Sail Order (FED-027); Title 42 order (FED-034, FED-039); DPA EOs 13909-13911 and scarce-materials designation (FED-070 to FED-074); FFCRA leave mandate operational (FED-170, FED-171); CMS-1744-IFC (FED-090), QSO-20-13, -14, -18, -12, -20 (FED-096 to FED-099, FED-164); § 1135 blanket waivers (FED-160); HHS telehealth enforcement discretion (FED-194); 30 Days to Slow the Spread guidance (FED-191, context); CMS elective-procedure recommendations (FED-158, context).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, last day (June 30, 2020): June 30, 2020: all of the above plus FEMA PPE export rule (FED-075, from Apr. 7) with exemptions (FED-076); EO 13917 meat and poultry (FED-073); No Sail extension (FED-028); Title 42 amended and indefinite (FED-036); CMS-5531-IFC weekly nursing-home reporting (FED-091, FED-161); QSO-20-30-NH reopening recommendations (FED-157); QSO-20-31-All (FED-165); Opening Up America Again guidance (FED-192, context); PHE renewed Apr. 26 (FED-011).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, first day (Apr. 1, 2020): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992, 9993, 9996 (Exs. FED-200 to FED-203); DHS land-border closures to non-essential travel, Canada and Mexico (Exs. FED-216, FED-239, through Apr. 20, then FED-217, FED-240); OMB M-20-16 maximum telework and curtailment of in-person federal functions (Ex. FED-264) and M-20-18 contractor telework (FED-266); DoD stop-movement (Exs. FED-281, then FED-282 from Apr. 20); DOS suspension of routine visa services (FED-327) and the H-2 interview-waiver regime (FED-319); USCIS offices closed (FED-324); Interior on telework (FED-386); national parks, BLM sites, Hoover Dam, USACE areas and the Smithsonian closed (FED-387 to FED-393); Supreme Court closed to the public with the March session postponed (FED-290 to FED-292); Judicial Conference CARES Act finding (FED-295); jury trials suspended in N.D. Cal. (FED-317), N.D. Ill. (FED-338), D. Md. (FED-312), N.D. Ga. (FED-316 recites GO 20-01 of Mar. 16), C.D. Cal. courthouses closed (FED-284), Ninth Circuit courthouses closed (FED-279), Fifth Circuit (FED-286); CARES Act §§ 4022-4024 statutory moratoria (FED-340); FHFA, HUD and VA 60-day moratoria from Mar. 18 (FED-346, FED-356, FED-368, FED-369); interagency loan-modification statement (FED-342); 15/30 Days to Slow the Spread guidance (FED-396).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, last day (June 30, 2020): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992, 9993, 9996, 10041 (from May 26), 10014 (from Apr. 23) and 10052 (from June 24) (FED-200 to FED-204, FED-210, FED-211); DHS land-border notifications of June 24, 2020 through July 21 (FED-219, FED-242); OMB/OPM M-20-23 gating period with maximum telework (FED-268); DoD conditions-based travel restrictions (FED-283); DOS routine visa services still suspended (FED-327; resumption began July 15); USCIS reopened June 4 under mask and screening conditions (FED-325); premium processing resumed June 1 (FED-326); H-2A temporary rule (FED-320) and H-2B rule (FED-321); N.D. Cal. General Order 72-4 (no new civil jury trials through Sept. 30, 2020) and General Orders 73, 75, 77 (FED-331, FED-334 to FED-336); N.D. Ill. Fourth Amended GO 20-0012 (May 26, 2020) and the D. Colo., D.N.J., D. Md. and N.D. Ga. continuances (FED-288, FED-302, FED-316); C.D. Cal. face-covering order (FED-285); FHFA, HUD and VA moratoria extended to Aug. 31, 2020 on June 17-18 (FED-348, FED-359, FED-371, FED-372); CARES Act § 4024 eviction moratorium (to July 24) and § 4022 forbearance (FED-340); CFPB interim final rule effective July 1 (FED-343); H.Res. 965 proxy voting (FED-398).

Third quarter of 2020 (July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020)

Georgia, first day (July 1, 2020): July 1, 2020: EO 06.29.20.02 (July 1-15) in force: 50-person gathering ban, medically-fragile shelter-in-place, mandatory measures for restaurants, bars (50 or 35 percent), gyms, theaters (ushers), amusement parks, salons, retail, schools, camps; live performance venues and conventions permitted from this day only under tiered mandatory protocols (Ex. GA-025); PHE to Aug. 11; statewide judicial emergency (deadlines to be reimposed July 14 by the Fourth Order of July 10; jury trials still suspended) (Ex. GA-051 recital).

Georgia, last day (Sept. 30, 2020): September 30, 2020: EO 09.15.20.01 (Sept. 16-30) in force, and EO 09.30.20.02 signed for Oct. 1: 50-person gathering ban, medically-fragile shelter-in-place, mandatory sector protocols, Local Option Face Covering Requirement framework, long-term care measures now inside the Empowering order (04.08.20.03 having expired Sept. 15) (Ex. GA-028); PHE renewed to Nov. 9 (EO 09.30.20.01); statewide judicial emergency (Sixth Order Extending, Sept. 10; jury trials suspended until the Seventh Order permitted resumption in October).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, first day (July 1, 2020): July 1, 2020: national emergency, Stafford declarations, PHE (FED-011); No Sail (FED-028, then FED-029 from July 16); Title 42 (FED-036); FEMA PPE export rule (FED-075/076); DPA orders; FFCRA mandate and 29 C.F.R. part 826 (FED-170/171); CMS rules FED-090, FED-091 and QSOs; § 1135 waivers; EO 13945 from Aug. 8 (FED-066).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, last day (Sept. 30, 2020): Sept. 30, 2020: PHE renewed July 25 (FED-012); No Sail third extension (FED-030); Title 42 (FED-036); FEMA PPE rule as extended Aug. 10 (FED-077); CDC eviction moratorium from Sept. 4 (FED-022); CMS-3401-IFC nursing-home testing from Sept. 2 (FED-092) with QSO-20-38-NH (FED-168); QSO-20-39-NH visitation from Sept. 17 (FED-154); revised FFCRA rule from Sept. 16 (FED-172); QSO-20-35-ALL (FED-166).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, first day (July 1, 2020): In force: all seven entry proclamations (FED-200 to FED-204, FED-210 to FED-212); DHS land-border notifications of June 24 (to July 21) then July 22, Aug. 21 and Sept. 23, 2020 (FED-219 to FED-222, FED-242 to FED-245); M-20-23 maximum telework at agency discretion (FED-268); DoD conditions-based travel restrictions and the June 29, 2020 update (FED-283); N.D. Cal. GO 72-4 (civil jury trials through Sept. 30, 2020; limited criminal trials from July 1) (FED-331); N.D. Ill. Fifth Amended GO 20-0012 (July 10) (FED-338 series); N.D. Ga. GO 20-01 Fourth Amendment (no jury trials through July 31) (FED-316); D. Colo. GO 2020-8 (trials continued through July 6) (FED-288); D.N.J. and D. Md. continuances; C.D. Cal. masks (FED-285); FHFA/HUD/VA moratoria to Aug. 31 (FED-348, FED-359, FED-371, FED-372); CARES § 4024 to July 24 (FED-340); DOS phased resumption from July 15 (FED-328); USDA Service Centers by phone appointment (FED-391); USACE areas reopening location by location (FED-393).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, last day (Sept. 30, 2020): In force: the entry proclamations; DHS notification of Sept. 23, 2020 (to Oct. 21) (FED-222, FED-245); M-20-23 (FED-268); DoD conditions-based restrictions (FED-283); N.D. Cal. GO 72-6 (Sept. 16: courthouses closed to public events; remote appearances) (FED-333); N.D. Ill. Sixth Amended GO 20-0012 (Sept. 4); FHFA moratoria to Dec. 31 (Aug. 27) (FED-349), HUD ML 2020-27 (Aug. 27) (FED-360), VA Circulars 26-20-29 and 26-20-30 (Aug. 24) (FED-373, FED-374); EO 13945 (FED-A) and the student-loan payment relief memorandum (Aug. 8) (FED-345); H-2A partial extension (Aug. 20) (FED-322); the CDC eviction order (FED-A) from Sept. 4.

Fourth quarter of 2020 (Oct. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020)

Georgia, first day (Oct. 1, 2020): October 1, 2020: EO 09.30.20.02 (Oct. 1-15) in force with the 50-person gathering ban, shelter-in-place for the medically fragile, mandatory measures for restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters, salons, retail, schools, venues, conventions and long-term care, and the local-option mask framework (Ex. GA-028); PHE to Nov. 9; statewide judicial emergency.

Georgia, last day (Dec. 31, 2020): December 31, 2020: EO 12.08.20.01 (through Dec. 31) in force and EO 12.30.20.02 signed for Jan. 1 with the same gathering ban, shelter-in-place and mandatory sector measures (Ex. GA-031); PHE renewed to Feb. 7, 2021 (Ex. GA-030); Insurance Commissioner Directives 20-EX-9 (Dec. 3) and 20-EX-11 (Dec. 31) suspending preauthorization and utilization review (Exs. GA-048, GA-049); Chief Justice's order of Dec. 22, 2020 suspending jury trials statewide (Husch Blackwell); statewide judicial emergency (Ninth Order Extending, Dec. 9).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, first day (Oct. 1, 2020): Oct. 1, 2020: national emergency, Stafford declarations, PHE (FED-012; renewed Oct. 23, FED-013); No Sail (FED-030) to Oct. 31 then Conditional Sailing Order from Oct. 30 (FED-031); Title 42 order of Oct. 13 (FED-037) under the final rule (FED-048); FEMA PPE rule (FED-077); CDC eviction moratorium (FED-022); FFCRA mandate (to Dec. 31); CMS-3401-IFC testing; CMS-9912-IFC from Nov. 2 (FED-093); DPA orders.

The federal health, safety and transport layer, last day (Dec. 31, 2020): Dec. 31, 2020: all of the above; FEMA PPE rule re-extended Dec. 31 to June 30, 2021 (FED-078); CDC eviction moratorium extended by Pub. L. 116-260 § 502 to Jan. 31, 2021 (FED-173); UK pre-departure testing order from Dec. 28 (FED-040); FFCRA leave mandate expires this day (FED-170); Pfizer and Moderna EUAs Dec. 11 and 18 (FED-185, FED-186, context).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, first day (Oct. 1, 2020): In force: the entry proclamations; DHS notification of Sept. 23 (to Oct. 21), then Oct. 22, Nov. 23 and Dec. 22, 2020 (FED-222 to FED-225, FED-245 to FED-248); M-20-23 (FED-268); DoD Oct. 5, 2020 conditions-based update (FED-283); N.D. Cal. GO 72-6 and GO 73 (FED-333, FED-334); N.D. Ill. Sixth Amended GO 20-0012; D.N.J. Standing Orders 20-12 (extended Sept. 2020), 20-13, 20-14, 20-16 (FED-302); C.D. Cal. masks (FED-285); FHFA/HUD/VA moratoria to Dec. 31, 2020 (FED-349, FED-360, FED-373, FED-374); CARES § 4022 forbearance (FED-340).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, last day (Dec. 31, 2020): In force: the entry proclamations, with Proclamation 10131 (Dec. 31) extending 10014 and 10052 to Mar. 31, 2021 (FED-213); DHS notification of Dec. 22, 2020 (to Jan. 21, 2021) (FED-225, FED-248); M-20-23 (FED-268); DoD conditions-based restrictions (FED-283); N.D. Ill. Eighth Amended GO 20-0012 (Nov. 13: all jury trials suspended until further order) (FED-339); D.N.J. Standing Order 20-17 (Nov. 25: all in-person proceedings suspended through Jan. 31, 2021) and the Third Extension of SO 20-12 (Dec. 17) (FED-303, FED-304); N.D. Cal. GO 72-6 (FED-333); FHFA moratoria to Jan. 31, 2021 (Dec. 2) (FED-350); HUD ML 2020-43 to Feb. 28, 2021 (Dec. 17) (FED-361); VA Circular 26-20-40 to Feb. 28, 2021 (Dec. 28) (FED-375); USDA extension (FED-382); H-2A extension (Dec. 18) (FED-323).

First quarter of 2021 (Jan. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021)

Georgia, first day (Jan. 1, 2021): January 1, 2021: EO 12.30.20.02 (Jan. 1-15) in force: 50-person gathering ban, shelter-in-place for the medically fragile, mandatory sector protocols, local-option mask framework (Ex. GA-031); PHE to Feb. 7 (Ex. GA-030); jury trials suspended (Dec. 22 order); Directive 20-EX-11 (Ex. GA-049).

Georgia, last day (Mar. 31, 2021): March 31, 2021: EO 03.12.21.01 (Mar. 16-31) in force with the gathering ban, shelter-in-place and mandatory measures including ventilation (Ex. GA-032); EO 03.31.21.01 renewed the PHE to Apr. 30 (Ex. GA-033) and EO 03.31.21.03 was signed to take effect Apr. 8 (Ex. GA-034); statewide judicial emergency (Twelfth Order Extending, Mar. 9; jury trials resuming).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, first day (Jan. 1, 2021): Jan. 1, 2021: national emergency, Stafford declarations, PHE (FED-013; renewed Jan. 21, FED-014); Conditional Sailing Order (FED-031); Title 42 (FED-037); FEMA PPE rule (FED-078); CDC eviction moratorium (statutory extension, then FED-023 from Jan. 31); UK testing order (FED-040); CMS rules and testing; DPA orders. FFCRA mandate no longer in force (voluntary credits only, FED-173).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, last day (Mar. 31, 2021): Mar. 31, 2021: all of the above plus EO 13991 (Jan. 20, FED-060), EO 13998 and 13999 (Jan. 21, FED-061, FED-062); global inbound testing order from Jan. 26 (FED-041/042); DHS transportation emergency determination Jan. 27 (FED-057); CDC conveyance mask order from Feb. 1 (FED-020) and TSA SDs from Feb. 1 (FED-050, FED-053 to FED-055); national emergency continued Feb. 24 (FED-002); Janssen EUA Feb. 27 (FED-187, context); OSHA NEP from Mar. 12 (FED-082); QSO-20-39-NH rev. Mar. 10 (FED-155); ARPA enacted Mar. 11 (FED-174); CDC eviction moratorium extended Mar. 29 to June 30 (FED-024).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, first day (Jan. 1, 2021): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992, 9993, 9996, 10041, 10014, 10052 (as extended by 10131) (FED-200 to FED-204, FED-210 to FED-213); DHS notification of Dec. 22, 2020 (FED-225, FED-248), corrected Jan. 19 and renewed Jan. 19 (to Feb. 21), Feb. 23 (to Mar. 21) and Mar. 19, 2021 (to Apr. 21) (FED-226 to FED-229, FED-249 to FED-252); M-20-23 (FED-268) until EO 13991 (Jan. 20) and M-21-15 (Jan. 24: 25 percent occupancy cap, masks, visitor minimization, mission-critical travel only) (FED-270); DoD conditions-based restrictions (FED-283); N.D. Ill. Eighth then Ninth (Jan. 12) and Tenth Amended GO 20-0012 (Feb. 12: jury trials suspended until Apr. 5, 2021) (FED-339, FED-296); D.N.J. SO 21-02 (January: in-person proceedings suspended to Mar. 17, jury trials to Mar. 12) and SO 21-04 (Mar. 11: jury trials continued to June 1, 2021) (FED-305, FED-306); N.D. Cal. GO 72-6 (FED-333); C.D. Cal. masks (FED-285); FHFA moratoria to Jan. 31 then Feb. 28 (Jan. 19), Mar. 31 (Feb. 9) and June 30, 2021 (Feb. 25) (FED-350 to FED-353); HUD ML 2021-03 (Jan. 21: to Mar. 31) and 2021-05 (Feb. 16: to June 30) (FED-362, FED-363); VA Circulars 26-21-2 (Jan. 29: to Mar. 31) and 26-21-5 (Feb. 16: to June 30) (FED-376, FED-377); USDA extensions (FED-382).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, last day (Mar. 31, 2021): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992 and 10143 (from Jan. 26, with South Africa from Jan. 30) (FED-207); Proclamation 10052 expired at the end of this day (FED-211); Proclamation 10014 revoked Feb. 24 (FED-214); DHS notification of Mar. 19, 2021 (to Apr. 21) (FED-229, FED-252); EO 13991 and M-21-15 (FED-270); DoD Mar. 15, 2021 memorandum (until further notice) (FED-280); N.D. Ill. Tenth Amended GO 20-0012 (jury trials suspended until Apr. 5) (FED-296); D.N.J. SO 21-04 (jury trials continued to June 1) (FED-306); N.D. Cal. GO 72-6 and 73 (FED-333, FED-334); C.D. Cal. masks (FED-285); FHFA, HUD and VA moratoria to June 30, 2021 (FED-353, FED-363, FED-377); H-2A flexibilities (FED-323).

Second quarter of 2021 (Apr. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021)

Georgia, first day (Apr. 1, 2021): April 1, 2021: EO 03.12.21.01 remained in force through April 7 (Ex. GA-032; extended by EO 03.31.21.02): 50-person gathering ban, shelter-in-place for the medically fragile, mandatory sector protocols; PHE to Apr. 30 (Ex. GA-033); statewide judicial emergency.

Georgia, last day (June 30, 2021): June 30, 2021: PHE in force until 12:00 A.M. July 1 (Ex. GA-039); EO 05.28.21.02 as extended by 06.22.21.02 in force until 12:00 A.M. July 1 with mandatory long-term-care directives and the local-option mask framework (Exs. GA-038, GA-040); vaccine-passport prohibition (Ex. GA-036); statewide judicial emergency expiring 11:59 P.M. June 30 (Fifteenth Order, June 7); EO 06.30.21.01 and 06.30.21.02 signed that day (Exs. GA-041, GA-042).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, first day (Apr. 1, 2021): Apr. 1, 2021: national emergency (FED-002), Stafford declarations, PHE (FED-014; renewed Apr. 21, FED-015); CDC conveyance mask order (FED-020) and TSA SDs (FED-050 series); inbound testing order (FED-042); Conditional Sailing Order (FED-031); Title 42 (FED-037); FEMA PPE rule (FED-078); CDC eviction moratorium (FED-024); EO 13991; OSHA NEP (FED-082); CMS testing and reporting rules; DPA orders.

The federal health, safety and transport layer, last day (June 30, 2021): June 30, 2021: all of the above plus TSOB ratification Apr. 20 (FED-056); TSA SD -01A from May 12 (FED-051); QSO-20-39-NH rev. Apr. 27 (FED-156); CSO Technical Instructions (FED-032); CMS-3414-IFC from May 21 (FED-094) with QSO-21-19-NH (FED-163); OSHA Healthcare ETS effective June 21 (FED-080) with DIR 2021-02 from June 28 (FED-081); CDC eviction moratorium extended June 24 to July 31 (FED-025). FEMA PPE export rule expires this day (FED-078/079).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, first day (Apr. 1, 2021): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992, 10143 (FED-200, FED-201, FED-207); DHS notification of Mar. 19 (to Apr. 21), then Apr. 22 (to May 21), May 24 (to June 21) and June 23, 2021 (to July 21) (FED-229 to FED-232, FED-252 to FED-255); EO 13991 and M-21-15 occupancy cap and masks until June 10 (FED-270); DoD Mar. 15, 2021 restrictions (FED-280); N.D. Ill. GO 21-0006 (Feb. 17, 2021) plan for resumption of jury trials, amended May 26 with vaccination-or-testing conditions (FED-297); D.N.J. SO 21-04 (jury trials to June 1) (FED-306); N.D. Cal. GO 72-6 and 73 (FED-333, FED-334); C.D. Cal. masks (FED-285); FHFA, HUD, VA and USDA moratoria to June 30, 2021 (FED-353, FED-363, FED-377, FED-382).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, last day (June 30, 2021): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992, 10143 and 10199 (India, from May 4) (FED-207, FED-208); DHS notification of June 23, 2021 (to July 21) (FED-232, FED-255); EO 13991 with M-21-25 (June 10: occupancy cap lifted; reentry plans due July 19; 30 days' notice) (FED-271); DoD Mar. 15, 2021 restrictions (FED-280); N.D. Ill. GO 21-0006 as amended May 26 and Fifth Amended GO 20-0022 (June 21: video criminal proceedings to Oct. 4, 2021) (FED-297, FED-301); D. Md. Amended Standing Order 2021-07 (effective July 1) (FED-313); N.D. Cal. GO 78 (June 23, effective July 1) (FED-337); C.D. Cal. masks (FED-285); D.N.J. SO 20-13 masks and 21-04 as amended (FED-302, FED-307); FHFA, HUD, VA and USDA moratoria extended June 24-25 to July 31, 2021 (FED-354, FED-364, FED-378, FED-384); HUD and VA forbearance windows to Sept. 30, 2021 (FED-364, FED-378); CFPB final rule issued June 28 (effective Aug. 31) (FED-344).

Third quarter of 2021 (July 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021)

Georgia, first day (July 1, 2021): July 1, 2021: State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery in force (Ex. GA-041; declared June 30, to July 30) with EO 06.30.21.02 regulatory suspensions (Ex. GA-042); vaccine-passport prohibition on State entities (Ex. GA-036); DPH quarantine and isolation orders on specific persons; local judicial emergency orders entered July 1 in the Augusta, Eastern (Chatham), Flint (Henry), Cherokee, Atlantic and other circuits (Ex. GA-051 and the Judicial Council list); the PHE, the Empowering orders and the statewide judicial emergency had expired hours earlier.

Georgia, last day (Sept. 30, 2021): September 30, 2021: Economic Recovery State of Emergency renewed to Oct. 28 (Ex. GA-046) with EO 09.20.21.02 regulatory suspensions (Ex. GA-061); EO 08.19.21.03 suspending inconsistent local COVID-19 ordinances and barring compelled business enforcement (Ex. GA-043); Guard deployments and the freight hours-of-service and weight suspension of Aug. 30 (Exs. GA-044, GA-045); Insurance Commissioner Bulletin 21-EX-3 extending Directives 21-EX-1 and 21-EX-2 through Sept. 30 (Ex. GA-056); local speedy-trial-relief and judicial emergency orders in Muscogee, Dougherty, Crisp, Richmond, Fulton (Sept. 28) and other counties (Exs. GA-052 to GA-054); local mask and school orders in Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke and school districts operating within the limits of Ex. GA-043.

The federal health, safety and transport layer, first day (July 1, 2021): July 1, 2021: national emergency (FED-001/002), nationwide Stafford emergency and all 51 major disasters (FED-006, FED-100 to FED-150), PHE (FED-015); CDC conveyance mask order (FED-020) and TSA SD 1582/84-21-01A and aviation successors (FED-051, FED-053 to FED-056); inbound testing order (FED-042); Conditional Sailing Order and Technical Instructions (FED-031/032); Title 42 order of Oct. 13, 2020 (FED-037); CDC eviction moratorium to July 31 (FED-025); EO 13991, 13998, 13999 (FED-060 to FED-062); DHS transportation emergency (FED-057); DPA delegations and scarce-materials designation (FED-070 to FED-074); OSHA Healthcare ETS with compliance due July 6 and July 21 (FED-080), DIR 2021-02 (FED-081), NEP DIR 2021-01 (FED-082, to July 7); CMS-1744/5531/3401/9912/3414-IFC (FED-090 to FED-094), QSO-20-38-NH (FED-168), QSO-20-39-NH rev. Apr. 27, 2021 (FED-156), QSO-21-19-NH (FED-163), QSO-20-13, -18, -20, -29, -31, -35 (FED-096, FED-098, FED-099, FED-161, FED-165, FED-166); § 1135 blanket waivers (FED-160); PREP Act and § 564 declarations (FED-180 to FED-184); HHS telehealth enforcement discretion (FED-194); FEMA 100 percent cost-share memoranda (FED-007/008).

The federal health, safety and transport layer, last day (Sept. 30, 2021): Sept. 30, 2021: national emergency and Stafford declarations; PHE renewed July 20 (FED-016); CDC conveyance mask order (FED-020) and TSA SD 1582/84-21-01B from Sept. 14 (FED-052) with aviation successors; inbound testing order (FED-042); Conditional Sailing Order (FED-031); Title 42 reassessment order of Aug. 2 (FED-038); EO 13991, 13998, 13999; EO 14042 and 14043 signed Sept. 9 (FED-063, FED-064; no private-contractor obligation before Oct. 15, 2021); DHS transportation emergency; DPA delegations; OSHA Healthcare ETS in full effect (FED-080), DIR 2021-02 (FED-081), revised NEP DIR 2021-03 from July 7 (FED-083), Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan (FED-084); CMS rules FED-090 to FED-094, FED-160, FED-168, FED-156, FED-163; presidential memorandum of Aug. 17 (FED-009); telehealth discretion (FED-194). Not in force on this day: the CDC eviction moratorium (ended July 31; successor Aug. 3-26, FED-026), the FEMA PPE export rule (expired June 30), the FFCRA mandate (ended Dec. 31, 2020), the OSHA vaccination-or-testing ETS and CMS staff vaccination rule (issued Nov. 5, 2021), the CDC orders of Oct. 25, 2021.

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, first day (July 1, 2021): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992, 10143, 10199 (FED-200, FED-201, FED-207, FED-208); DHS land-border notification of June 23, 2021 (non-essential travel prohibited; to July 21) (FED-232, FED-255); EO 13991, M-21-15 (other than occupancy) and M-21-25 reentry planning (FED-270, FED-271); DoD Mar. 15, 2021 travel restrictions (FED-280); federal courts: N.D. Ill. GO 21-0006 (amended May 26) and Fifth Amended GO 20-0022 (FED-297, FED-301); D.N.J. SO 20-13 (masks) and SO 21-04 as amended (FED-302, FED-306); D. Md. Amended SO 2021-07 (FED-313); N.D. Cal. GO 78 (FED-337); C.D. Cal. Order 20-078 (masks) (FED-285); finance: FHFA, HUD, VA and USDA foreclosure and eviction moratoria through July 31, 2021 (FED-354, FED-364, FED-378, FED-384); CARES Act § 4022 forbearance (FED-340); HUD and VA forbearance request windows to Sept. 30, 2021 (FED-364, FED-378); interagency loan-modification statement and CARES § 4013 relief (FED-342); student-loan payment pause (FED-345); H.Res. 965 (FED-398).

The federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer, last day (Sept. 30, 2021): In force: Proclamations 9984, 9992, 10143, 10199 (revoked only on Nov. 8, 2021) (FED-209); DHS land-border notification of Sept. 22, 2021 (to Oct. 21; non-essential travel still prohibited) (FED-235, FED-258); EO 13991 with the Task Force Model Safety Principles of July 29, 2021 (masks regardless of vaccination status in substantial/high-transmission areas; vaccination attestation; visitor vaccination-status disclosure; agency-head approval for events over 50) (FED-272), the Certification of Vaccination form (FED-278), the Sept. 13 update (FED-273), EO 14042 and EO 14043 (Sept. 9) (FED-A), the contractor guidance (Sept. 24) and OMB determination (Sept. 28) (FED-274, FED-275); DoD Mar. 15, 2021 travel restrictions (FED-280); federal courts: N.D. Ill. Third Amended face-covering order (July 30), Amended GO 21-0006 (Sept. 15, effective Sept. 20: vaccination or testing for courtroom presence), GO 21-0033 (Sept. 20: employee and contractor vaccination) and Fifth Amended GO 20-0022 (video criminal proceedings to Oct. 4) (FED-299, FED-298, FED-300, FED-301); D.N.J. Updated Amended SO 21-04 (Sept. 3: one jury selection per vicinage; universal masks; temperature screening) and SO 21-08 (Sept. 13: visitor vaccination or testing) with SO 20-13 masks (FED-307, FED-308, FED-302); D. Md. Amended SO 2021-07 entry exclusions (FED-313); N.D. Cal. GO 78 protocols and remote criminal proceedings (FED-337); C.D. Cal. Order 20-078 masks (until Oct. 1, 2021) (FED-285); finance: FHFA REO eviction moratorium, VA Circular 26-21-14 foreclosure-related eviction moratorium, HUD eviction moratorium and USDA eviction moratorium, all through Sept. 30, 2021 (FED-355, FED-379, FED-364, FED-385); CFPB Regulation X procedural safeguards from Aug. 31, 2021 (FED-344); HUD ML 2021-18 recovery loss-mitigation review (FED-365); HUD and VA forbearance request windows to Sept. 30, 2021 and VA Circular 26-21-20 (Sept. 29) extending them (FED-364, FED-378, FED-380); CARES § 4022 forbearance (FED-340); student-loan payment pause (extended Aug. 6, 2021 to Jan. 31, 2022) (FED-345).

Instruments in the Library for this selection, by layer and quarter (an instrument in force in several quarters is counted in each; the total counts it once).

Layer2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Total
Federal layer179163160175165167330
State of Georgia28151618221967
Agencies, boards and authorities4330005
Standing duties41454843484364
All layers252226227236235229466

3. The statute and the test

An employer is an eligible employer for a calendar quarter under the governmental-orders test if

the operation of the trade or business described in clause (i) is fully or partially suspended during the calendar quarter due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other purposes) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I), Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281, 348; I.R.C. § 3134(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I), 135 Stat. 4, 177

Congress enacted those words four times and never changed them. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of March 27, 2020 enacted the Suspension Clause at section 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I), Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281, 347-48, for wages paid after March 12, 2020 and before January 1, 2021 (§ 2301(m), 134 Stat. 351) (Ex. LAW-001). The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, Pub. L. 116-260, div. EE, §§ 206-207, 134 Stat. 1182, 3059-65 (Dec. 27, 2020), extended the credit to wages paid before July 1, 2021 and raised its rate to 70 percent; neither section touched the clause (Ex. LAW-002).

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-2, § 9651, 135 Stat. 4, 176 (Mar. 11, 2021), added section 3134 to the Internal Revenue Code, whose heading repeats the CARES Act title and whose Suspension Clause reappears word for word at 135 Stat. 177, for wages paid after June 30, 2021 (§ 3134(n), 135 Stat. 182) (Ex. LAW-003). The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117-58, § 80604, 135 Stat. 429, 1341 (Nov. 15, 2021), ended the credit for calendar quarters beginning after September 30, 2021, and left the third quarter of 2021 in place (Ex. LAW-004).

The clause has seven elements, taken in the statute's order: orders; from an appropriate governmental authority; limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other purposes); due to COVID-19; the operation of the trade or business fully or partially suspended; during the calendar quarter; and due to those orders. The words "essential," "comparable operations," "telework," "customers," "voluntary," "more than nominal," "10 percent," "directed at," "jurisdiction over the employer," "proximate," "independent" and "sufficient" appear in none of the four enactments. The credit runs by calendar quarter; the six quarters the clause governs are the second, third and fourth quarters of 2020 and the first, second and third quarters of 2021.

The partial-suspension test and how this report applies it

In this report the Internal Revenue Service is the "Service," the Government as a litigant is the "United States," Notice 2021-20, 2021-11 I.R.B. 922, is the "Notice," and the statutory text above is the "Suspension Clause." Tri-State is Tri-State Memorial Hospital v. United States, No. 2:25-cv-0181-TOR, ECF No. 38 (E.D. Wash. May 28, 2026), the one federal decision construing the clause's words. Doc. 44 is the United States' opposition and cross-motion for summary judgment in Stenson Tamaddon, LLC v. IRS, No. 2:24-cv-01123-SPL (D. Ariz. Jan. 6, 2025), ECF No. 44; Doc. 49 is the summary-judgment order in that case of June 20, 2025; and the Br. for Appellees is the United States' brief in the appeal, No. 25-4217 (9th Cir. Jan. 30, 2026).

The statute controls, and the Notice does not. The United States has told two federal courts so: the Notice "is merely guidance" and "lacks the force of law" (Doc. 44 at 19); "the United States is not arguing that the IRS interpretation has the force of law or is entitled to deference" (Doc. 44 at 31 & n.8); "[w]hether Notice 2021-20 exists or not, the statute will control whether a refund is warranted" (Doc. 44 at 24). The court held that "the Notice carries no force of law and is entitled to no deference" (Doc. 49 at 27) and that the ten percent figure "is not an exclusionary cut-off point, but rather a safe harbor" (Doc. 49 at 26). In the Ninth Circuit the United States called the Notice "nonbinding guidance," its ten percent provision "a quintessential safe harbor," and wrote that "[t]here is no question of deference here" (Br. for Appellees at 26, 37-38, 58).

"Fully or partially suspended" means what the words say. On definitions both parties agreed, Tri-State held: "a 'partial suspension' is a temporary delay, interruption, or termination of a portion an employer's business. The language is plain" (Tri-State at 8-9). The court refused to read "more than nominal" as "significant": "the plain language and ordinary meaning of partial and nominal do not suggest either of those interpretations" (Tri-State at 10-11). The Notice's ten percent rules are "only administrative guidance"; "the IRS Notice provides a method for the test to be met not as a requirement to meet the test" (Tri-State at 15-16). "Due to" means "because of," which "[b]oth Plaintiff and Defendant agree" (Tri-State at 17), and "the Court recognizes that 'due to' requires 'but-for' causation" (Tri-State at 19). The argument that the virus rather than the order caused the changes fails: "[s]ick patients and employees alone did not require additional protocols" (Tri-State at 20-21).

This report applies the test in five steps, with the instruments the Library holds for your selection and no others. Step one, the order: the issuer, the instrument by number and title, its dates and its exhibit; the Service's own Q&A-10 treats "orders, proclamations, or decrees" as orders "without regard to the level of enforcement" (Notice 2021-20, Q&A-10, at 927-28). Step two, the function it reached: the part of the business the order governed, whether the customer-facing floor, the back of house, the office, the workforce, the supply chain or the customer base. Step three, the change it compelled: the operative words, quoted from the instrument, and the sanction behind them. Step four, the quarter: the days on which the instrument was in force, tested against its dates. Step five, the statute's answer: a function is a portion of the operation; a compelled change is a delay, interruption or termination of that portion; but for the order no law required it; and on the definitions the United States agreed to, the operation was partially suspended during the quarter due to the order.

The statute does not ask whether the business was "essential" or stayed open: the Notice's own Q&A-17, Example 4, calls an open hospital under an elective-procedure order partially suspended (Q&A-17, at 930). It does not ask whether the business could telework: Q&A-15 finds a partial suspension wherever a workplace closure "causes the employer to suspend business operations for certain purposes, but not others" (Q&A-15, at 929). It does not ask whose customers were under orders: "a business may be suspended 'due to' a government order addressing a third party" (Br. for Appellees at 41). It does not ask whether a compelled measure was "voluntary": Q&A-14 reaches only a suspension "not due to a governmental order" (Q&A-14, at 929). And it does not ask for a percentage: "The 10 percent is not determinative ... Properly understood, it isn't an eligibility requirement" (Doc. 44 at 14). The Service's letters ask each of those questions. The statute asks one, and this report answers it, instrument by instrument.

How this report was assembled

The report is drawn from The COVID Project's Orders Library, which indexes the governmental orders that limited commerce, travel and group meetings in the United States from March 2020 through September 30, 2021. The Library is organized in layers, and the report walks them in order for your selection: the federal layer (proclamations, executive orders, agency orders and rules, and the federal courts' general orders); your State, from its first declaration to the instrument that ended its general restrictions; your metropolitan area's health officers, mayors and courts; the sector regulators of your industry (licensing boards, health departments, alcohol and gaming regulators, labor agencies and federal program rules); the clusters of authorities that are easy to overlook (ports, aviation, courts, motor-vehicle offices, tribal and territorial governments); the standing duties of your State and of the United States (communicable-disease, workplace-safety and liability-shield statutes); and the organizers' notices of the trade shows, conventions, seasons and tournaments your industry lost.

Every record carries one of two grades, and the report shows only these two. Primary source read means the compiler read the issuing authority's own text: the order as published, the register page, the codified rule, the court's docket entry. Confirmed from a secondary source means the instrument's existence, number, date and substance were established from an identifiable secondary source and the primary text was not read. Records graded unverified or not retrieved never appear. Every exhibit was retrieved from the issuing authority's site or from the Internet Archive's capture of it, kept only if its text contained a distinctive phrase of the instrument, hashed at retrieval and re-checked by a second reviewer.

Every instrument has one exhibit identifier, used everywhere on the site and in this report. A State instrument carries its two-letter State code and a serial number (Ex. TX-004 is Texas Executive Order GA-09 of March 22, 2020); a metropolitan instrument carries MET and the metro code; a federal instrument carries FED; a sector regulator's instrument carries SEC and the industry number, and an organizer's notice adds GM; an overlooked authority carries AGY and its cluster; a standing duty carries DUT and the State code, or DUT-FED (Ex. DUT-FED-001 is the general duty clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act); a legal authority carries LAW.

The dates decide the quarters. An instrument is in force in a quarter only if its effective date fell on or before the quarter's last day and its end date, if any, fell on or after the quarter's first day. The six quarters are the second, third and fourth quarters of 2020 and the first, second and third quarters of 2021. Because the CARES Act applies to wages paid after March 12, 2020, and the Service's Form 941-X instructions place the credit for wages paid March 13 through March 31, 2020 on the second-quarter return, the orders of March 13 through 31, 2020, the first stay-at-home and closure orders in the country, appear in the record of the second quarter of 2020.

4. The orders, quarter by quarter

For each quarter selected, the instruments in force appear by layer: the federal layer (the Library's FED-A and FED-B files, including the federal court orders they hold), the State, the metropolitan area, the industry's regulators, and the agencies, boards and authorities whose orders resolve to the State. Within a layer the instruments that carry the industry's key limitation types come first, then the rest in date order. An instrument in force across several quarters is described in full where it first appears and listed in compact form in each later quarter. Every item carries its citation and its exhibit identifier.

Second quarter of 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020; orders from Mar. 13, 2020)

Federal layer

Ex. FED-192
Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020)

Guidelines for Opening Up America Again

The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Apr. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine
Functions reached
context: the federal template of the phased reopenings that State orders enacted (telework 'whenever possible' for employers in Phases One and Two; closed or capacity-limited venues; ten-person and fifty-person gathering ceilings; travel minimization)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
76 (in force on the last day)

President Trump has unveiled Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a three-phased approach based on the advice of public health experts. These steps will help state and local officials when reopening their economies, getting people back to work, and continuing to protect American lives.... Proposed State or Regional Gating Criteria: Satisfy Before Proceeding to Phased Comeback... Downward trajectory of documented cases within a 14-day period... Phase One: For States and Regions that satisfy the gating criteria. INDIVIDUALS: ALL VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS should continue to shelter in place.... Social settings of more than 10 people, where appropriate distancing may not be practical, should be avoided unless precautionary measures are observed. Avoid SOCIALIZING in groups of more than 10 people in circumstances that do not readily allow for appropriate physical distancing (e.g.…

Enforcement: None (guidance); adopted by reference in State reopening orders (e.g., the phased frameworks of Texas, Georgia, Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado) and by CMS (FED-159)

Citation: The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-192) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-097
QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020)

QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED)

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Business closureGathering capHealth care orders
Functions reached
VS visitation closed to all visitors and 'non-essential healthcare personnel' (home-care-senior-living; hospice; therapy contractors; hair and podiatry services; clergy); RS admissions and cohorting; DN communal dining and group activities cancelled; IN referral flows from hospitals
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

[As CMS restated it in QSO-20-39-NH:] In March of 2020, CMS issued memorandum QSO 20-14-NH providing guidance to facilities on restricting visitation of all visitors and non-essential healthcare personnel, except for certain compassionate care situations, such as an end-of-life situation. [QSO-20-14-NH revised text:] Facilities should actively screen and restrict visitation by those who meet the following criteria... Restricting means the individual should not be allowed in the facility at all, until they no longer meet the criteria above.

Enforcement: F-tag F563 (visitation) and F880 (infection control) survey enforcement

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-097) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-190
The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the Spread

The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America - 15 Days to Slow the Spread

The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC), United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care
Functions reached
context: the federal template for the ten-person gathering limit, the telework instruction, the closure of bars, restaurants and gyms, and the travel restraint that State orders enacted
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
46

[image-only PDF; text as read in the prior verified research:] Listen to and follow the directions of your STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES.... Work or engage in schooling FROM HOME whenever possible.... AVOID SOCIAL GATHERINGS in groups of more than 10 people.... Avoid eating or drinking at bars, restaurants, and food courts - USE DRIVE-THRU, PICKUP, OR DELIVERY OPTIONS. AVOID DISCRETIONARY TRAVEL, shopping trips, and social visits.... IN STATES WITH EVIDENCE OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, bars, restaurants, food courts, gyms, and other indoor and outdoor venues where groups of people congregate should be closed.

Enforcement: None (guidance); the template every State stay-at-home and closure order of March 2020 implemented

Citation: The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC), The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-190) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-191
30 Days to Slow the Spread (extension of the March 16 guidelines through April 30, 2020)

The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America - 30 Days to Slow the Spread

The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 31, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care
Functions reached
context
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
31

Enforcement: None (guidance)

Citation: The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, 30 Days to Slow the Spread (extension of the March 16 guidelines through April 30, 2020) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-191) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-157
QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021)

QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (nursing homes; State and local officials) (Federal)

Dates
In force from May 18, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Capacity limitGathering capHealth care orders
Functions reached
VS visitation phases; DN communal dining and group activities by phase; HR non-essential personnel entry by phase (salons, therapy, volunteers); RS admissions
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
44 (in force on the last day)

Recommendations for State and Local Officials: CMS is providing recommendations to help determine the level of mitigation needed to prevent the transmission of COVID19 in nursing homes. The recommendations cover the following items: Criteria for relaxing certain restrictions and mitigating the risk of resurgence: Factors to inform decisions for relaxing nursing home restrictions through a phased approach. Visitation and Service Considerations: Considerations allowing visitation and services in each phase.... Given the critical importance in limiting COVID-19 exposure in nursing homes, decisions on relaxing restrictions should be made with careful review of a number of facility-level, community, and State factors/orders

Enforcement: Recommendations; implemented by State orders and directives and by survey

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-290
Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public)

Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Supreme Court of the United States (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT; CS Washington tourism and visitor commerce
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

Enforcement: Supreme Court Police

Citation: Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)

Ex. FED-338
General Order 20-0012 (original)

In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency

Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Nov. 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT the first of the Chicago federal court's COVID-19 orders; civil jury trials continued from Mar. 12, 2020
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

hereby issues the following order effective immediately: 1. The United States Courthouses in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois will remain open for business, subject [to the following]... 2. The following events in the Northern District of Illinois, scheduled to begin before April 3, 2020, are continued pending further order of the Court: All civil jury trials [and civil and criminal bench trials, and criminal jury trials except as ordered]... 9. Effective March 14, all mass public gatherings, other than court proceedings, are suspended at both the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago and the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse [in Rockford]... 12. The Court will vacate or amend this General Order no later than April 3, 2020. Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 12th day of March, 2020

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, General Order 20-0012 (original) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-338) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-027
CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation

No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 24, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), United States (all cruise ships in U.S. waters or intending to return; 250+ passenger capacity) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Functions reached
TV travel demand (hotels-travel); GS group sales and travel agencies; CB cruise passengers and the port economies (Miami, Port Canaveral, Galveston, Seattle, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Baltimore, New York); SC provisioning and port services
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
109 (in force on the last day)

announces the issuance of a No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation on March 14, 2020 for all cruise ships that are not voluntarily suspending operation.... This Notice of No Sail Order and Other Measures Related to Operations shall apply only to the subset of carriers described below and hereinafter referred to as 'cruise ships,' except this Order shall not apply to any cruise ship that voluntarily suspends operations for the period of this Order

Enforcement: 42 U.S.C. § 271; 42 C.F.R. §§ 70.18, 71.2 (criminal penalties); Coast Guard captain-of-the-port authority

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-027) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-279
Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access)

Order restricting access to the James R. Browning, William K. Nakamura, Pioneer and Richard H. Chambers United States Courthouses

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Pasadena courthouses) (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT appellate courthouses closed to the public; arguments by video or livestream; CS law firms' appellate practice
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
107 (in force on the last day)

Chief among the recommended precautions is to limit person to person interactions. Therefore, it is hereby ordered that: Access to the James R. Browning (San Francisco), the William K. Nakamura (Seattle), the Pioneer (Portland) and the Richard H. Chambers (Pasadena) United States Courthouses is restricted to judges and court staff during non-court weeks. In the event any public court proceeding is held, it will be livestreamed.

Enforcement: court order; U.S. Marshals and court security

Citation: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer), Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-279) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-291
Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session)

Supreme Court postpones oral arguments scheduled for the March session

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Supreme Court of the United States (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT the highest court in the country suspended in-person argument for the first time since 1918; CS
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
107 (in force on the last day)

In keeping with public health precautions recommended in response to COVID-19, the Supreme Court is postponing the oral arguments currently scheduled for the March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1).... The Court postponed scheduled arguments for October 1918 in response to the Spanish flu epidemic. The Court also shortened its argument calendars in August 1793 and August 1798 in response to yellow fever outbreaks.

Enforcement: order of the Court

Citation: Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-291) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-317
General Order 72

In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency

Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Eureka) (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT the federal court for Silicon Valley and San Francisco suspended jury and grand-jury proceedings from Mar. 16, 2020; CS law firms, court reporters, process servers
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
46

[Bay Area health officers have ordered the public to] postpone in-person events consisting of 50 people or more;... hereby issues the following Order, effective immediately: 1. No jury trial will be commenced before May 1, 2020. Any trial dates currently scheduled [before that date will be vacated]... 3. Appearances before the district judges may be waived or postponed, if required by [the parties' health]... 5. All grand jury proceedings in this district are suspended until May 1, 2020.

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-317) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-264
OMB Memorandum M-20-16

Federal Agency Operational Alignment to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus COVID-19

Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Russell T. Vought), United States (executive branch, nationwide) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules
Functions reached
OF federal offices emptied nationwide; PJ contractor performance moved to telework or postponed; CS in-person federal transactions postponed (Social Security offices, IRS taxpayer assistance centers, passport agencies, USCIS, USDA service centers, VA regional offices); CB every business whose customer, licensor or counterparty was a federal office
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
35

the Government must immediately adjust operations and services to minimize face-to-face interactions, especially at those offices or sites where people may be gathering in close proximity or where highly vulnerable populations obtain services.... Non-mission-critical functions that cannot be performed remotely or that require in-person interactions may be postponed or significantly curtailed.... Maximize telework across the nation for the Federal workforce (including mandatory telework, if necessary), while maintaining mission-critical workforce needs... Assess professional services and labor contracts to extend telework flexibilities to contract workers wherever feasible... Agencies shall communicate with their customers to encourage them to delay transactions which are not time-critical and to ensure that available resources can be re-prioritized to mission-critical activities.

Enforcement: OMB directive; agency facility-access policies for employees, contractors and visitors

Citation: Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Russell T. Vought), OMB Memorandum M-20-16 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-264) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-390
Reclamation news release of Mar. 17, 2020: Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors

Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors

Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona (Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to Oct. 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Business closure
Functions reached
AM the busiest federal tourist attraction in the Southwest (about one million visitors a year) closed; CB Las Vegas tour operators and Boulder City commerce
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
106 (in force on the last day)

[In accordance with guidance] by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hoover Dam will be temporarily closed to visitors, including [the visitor center and all tours, until further notice.]

Enforcement: Reclamation facility order

Citation: Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation news release of Mar. 17, 2020: Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors (Ex. FED-390) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-324
USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020

USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public March 18 - April 1

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, United States (all USCIS field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to June 4, 2020 (issued Mar. 17, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
HR work-authorization biometrics, interviews and naturalization ceremonies postponed; CS immigration law practice; WF
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
79

Effective March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is suspending in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). This suspension of services will be effective until at least April 1. In the meantime, USCIS will provide limited emergency services.

Enforcement: agency closure

Citation: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020 (Ex. FED-324) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-387
NPS news release of Mar. 18, 2020: National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees (with the accompanying direction that superintendents modify operations and close facilities)

National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees

Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service, United States (National Park System) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureOther
Functions reached
AM attractions and gateway-community tourism (lodging, dining, outfitters, concessions); CB
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
105 (in force on the last day)

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt directed the National [Park Service (NPS) to temporarily suspend the collection of all park entrance fees until further notice.] News Release Date: March 18, 2020

Enforcement: Secretarial direction

Citation: Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service, NPS news release of Mar. 18, 2020: National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees (with the accompanying direction that superintendents modify operations and close facilities) (Ex. FED-387) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-284
Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042

In re: Coronavirus Public Emergency - Activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (courthouses closed)

Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips, United States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Riverside) (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to June 30, 2020 (issued Mar. 19, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT the largest federal district in the country closed its courthouses to the public Mar. 23 - May 1, 2020 and continued civil and criminal trials; CS litigation practice, process servers, court reporters, interpreters
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
100 (in force on the last day)

the Continuity of Operations Plan... of the Central District of California is hereby activated, effective March 23, 2020 through and including May 1, 2020... All of the Courthouses of the Central District of California will be closed to the public... [emergency criminal matters and applications for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions to be heard at] the Roybal Building and United States Courthouse in Los Angeles only.

Enforcement: court order; U.S. Marshals

Citation: Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips, Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-284) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-310
Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02

In re: Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses

Chief Judge James K. Bredar, United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore, Greenbelt) (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021 (issued Mar. 20, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courthouses closed to the general public from Mar. 23, 2020; CS
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
100 (in force on the last day)

ORDERED by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland that, effective March 23, 2020, no members of the public, other than litigants with a scheduled proceeding, [may enter any] U.S. Courthouse in the District of Maryland without prior permission from the Chief Judge or [the presiding judge]... [a drop box is available at] the entrance of each courthouse to deposit and date-stamp papers between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; and it is further ORDERED that, in addition to the above restrictions, the following persons shall not enter any U.S. Courthouse or U.S. Probation Office in this District: [persons with symptoms, exposure or recent travel]...

Enforcement: court order; court security officers

Citation: Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-310) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-391
USDA announcement of Mar. 23, 2020: USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment Only

USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment Only

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Production and Conservation mission area, United States (all USDA Service Centers: FSA, NRCS, Rural Development) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CS farm program sign-ups, loan closings and conservation contracts by phone only; FP; IN
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
100 (in force on the last day)

Enforcement: USDA operating directive

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Production and Conservation mission area, USDA announcement of Mar. 23, 2020: USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment Only (Ex. FED-391)

Ex. FED-389
BLM news release of Mar. 27, 2020: BLM temporarily closes developed recreation facilities in Oregon

BLM Temporarily Closes Developed Recreation Facilities in Oregon

Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and District Managers, Oregon (Bureau of Land Management districts statewide) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 27, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closure
Functions reached
AM outdoor recreation and campground concessions; CB gateway communities
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
96 (in force on the last day)

[The BLM will] temporarily close many of its developed recreation facilities to help limit the spread of COVID-19. This closure includes all campgrounds, and some day use sites, and restrooms. Trash pickup and sanitation [services are also suspended]... These closures are pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): 43 CFR § 8364.1, 43 CFR § 9268.3(d)(1), and 43 CFR § 8365.1-4.... BLM-managed trails and open spaces remain open across Oregon.

Enforcement: 43 C.F.R. § 8364.1 closure orders; 43 C.F.R. § 8360.0-7 penalties

Citation: Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and District Managers, BLM news release of Mar. 27, 2020: BLM temporarily closes developed recreation facilities in Oregon (Ex. FED-389) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-293
Press release of April 3, 2020 (postponement of the April 2020 argument session)

Supreme Court postpones the April session oral arguments

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Supreme Court of the United States (Court)

Dates
In force from Apr. 3, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
89 (in force on the last day)

In keeping with public health guidance in response to COVID-19, the Court will postpone the oral arguments currently scheduled for the April session (April 20-22 and April 27-29). The Court will consider rescheduling some cases from the March and April sessions before the end of the Term, if circumstances permit in light of public health and safety guidance at that time.

Enforcement: order of the Court

Citation: Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of April 3, 2020 (postponement of the April 2020 argument session) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. FED-293) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-158
CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (tiered framework; supplements the Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations of Mar. 18, 2020)

Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, United States (all healthcare facilities and clinicians) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Apr. 7, 2020 to Apr. 19, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureHealth care orders
Functions reached
SX surgery and elective procedures (hospitals); PR procedures and elective visits (physician practices); PR/CH elective and aerosol-generating dental procedures; DX diagnostics and preventive services; CB patient volumes
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
13

CMS, in collaboration with medical societies and associations, recently created recommendations to postpone non-essential surgeries and other procedures. This document provides recommendations to limit those medical services that could be deferred, such as non-emergent, elective treatment, and preventive medical services for patients of all ages. A tiered framework is recommended to prioritize services and care to those who require emergent or urgent attention to save a life, manage severe disease, or avoid further harms from an underlying condition.... CMS urges healthcare facilities and clinicians to consider the following tiered approach to curtailing non-emergent, elective medical services and treatment.

Enforcement: Recommendations; made mandatory by State elective-procedure orders and referenced in CMS survey guidance

Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (tiered framework; supplements the Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations of Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-158) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-294
Press release of April 13, 2020 (telephone arguments in May 2020)

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments by telephone conference on May 4-6 and 11-13, 2020

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Supreme Court of the United States (Court)

Dates
In force from Apr. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
79 (in force on the last day)

The Court will hear oral arguments by telephone conference on May 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 in a limited number of previously postponed cases.... In keeping with public health guidance in response to COVID-19, the Justices and counsel will all participate remotely. The Court anticipates providing a live audio feed of these arguments to news media.

Enforcement: order of the Court

Citation: Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of April 13, 2020 (telephone arguments in May 2020) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-294) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-028
No Sail Order; Notice of Modification and Extension (Apr. 9, 2020)

No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation; Notice of Modification and Extension and Other Measures Related to Operations, 85 Fed. Reg. 21004 (Apr. 15, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Apr. 15, 2020 to July 24, 2020 (issued Apr. 9, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Functions reached
TV; GS; CB; SC
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
77 (in force on the last day)

[modifies and extends the March 14, 2020 No Sail Order; requires each operator to submit a No Sail Order Response Plan; suspends embarkation of passengers]

Enforcement: same as FED-027

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Notice of Modification and Extension (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-028) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-159
CMS Recommendations, Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I (Apr. 19, 2020)

Opening Up America Again: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recommendations Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Apr. 19, 2020 to June 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Functions reached
SX/PR resumption conditions (screening, PPE, testing, facility zoning, visitor limits, distancing in waiting rooms); OC outpatient; CB
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
51

To expand capacity to care for these patients and to conserve adequate staff and supplies, especially personal protective equipment (PPE), on March 18 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended limiting non-essential care and expanding surge capacity into ambulatory surgical centers and other areas.... Therefore, if states or regions have passed the Gating Criteria (symptoms, cases, and hospitals) announced on April 16, 2020, then they may proceed to Phase I.... Maximum use of all telehealth modalities is strongly encouraged. However, for care that cannot be accomplished virtually, these recommendations -- the first in a series of recommendations -- may guide healthcare systems and facilities as they consider resuming in-person care of non-COVID-19 patients in regions with low incidence of COVID-19 disease.

Enforcement: Recommendations; conditions adopted by State reopening orders for health care

Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS Recommendations, Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I (Apr. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-159) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-318
General Order 72-2

In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-2)

Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Court)

Dates
In force from Apr. 30, 2020 to May 21, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
22

[WHEREAS the Governor of California] ordered a state-wide shelter-in-place;... [the Court's] courthouses remain closed in order to protect the public health and reduce the size of public [gatherings]... issues the following Order, effective immediately: 1. No jury trial will be conducted before June 1, 2020. Any trial dates currently scheduled during that period will be postponed or vacated.

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-2 (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-318) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-398
H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus

H.Res. 965 (116th Congress) - Remote Voting by Proxy and Remote Committee Proceedings

U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), United States House of Representatives (Federal)

Dates
In force from May 20, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2023 (issued May 15, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Gathering capOther
Functions reached
EV Capitol Hill commerce (the Capitol complex was closed to public tours from Mar. 12, 2020 through 2021); CS lobbying, government relations and hospitality in Washington
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
42 (in force on the last day)

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF REMOTE VOTING BY PROXY DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DUE TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. (a) AUTHORIZATION.--Notwithstanding rule III, at any time after the Speaker or the Speaker's designee is notified by the Sergeant-at-Arms, in consultation with the Attending Physician, that a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus is in effect, the Speaker or the Speaker's designee, in consultation with the Minority Leader or the Minority Leader's designee, may designate a period (hereafter in this resolution referred to as a ''covered period'') during which a Member who is designated by another Member as a proxy... SEC. 3. PROCESS FOR VOTING DURING COVERED PERIODS. (a) RECORDED VOTES ORDERED.-- (1) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding clause 6 of rule I, during a covered period, the yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered on any vote on which a recorded vote or the yeas…

Enforcement: House rule

Citation: U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-334
General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020)

Continuing Temporary Restrictions on Courthouse Access (Amended May 21, 2020)

Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Court)

Dates
In force from May 21, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courthouses closed to the public except for official court business, Mar. 2020 - June 30, 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
41 (in force on the last day)

[In light of the shelter-in-place orders and to protect] courthouse visitors, the court will continue to temporarily restrict courthouse access at all four locations due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency. Effective immediately and until further [order, entry is limited to persons with official court business]... 'Official court business' shall include [scheduled proceedings and filings]... There will also be a drop box available for manual filing in the first floor lobby of the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose courthouses.

Enforcement: court order; court security

Citation: Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-393
USACE district closures of recreation areas, campgrounds, visitor centers and project offices (March 2020); HQ release 'Army Corps-managed campgrounds to remain closed until further notice' (April 2020); gradual reopening release of May 21, 2020

Army Corps of Engineers begins gradual reopening of recreation areas closed due to coronavirus (May 21, 2020), following district closures of March 2020

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters and district commanders, United States (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation areas, visitor centers and project offices) (Federal)

Dates
In force from May 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020 (issued Mar. 17, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Business closure
Functions reached
AM the largest federal provider of outdoor recreation (about 270 million visits a year) closed its campgrounds and visitor centers; CB
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
41 (in force on the last day)

Reopening of closed recreation areas will vary from location to location based on state and local conditions, as well as each project's ability to put in place COVID-19 safety precautions.

Enforcement: 36 C.F.R. part 327 closures

Citation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters and district commanders, USACE district closures of recreation areas, campgrounds, visitor centers and project offices (March 2020); HQ release 'Army Corps-managed campgrounds to remain closed until further notice' (April 2020); gradual reopening release of May 21, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-393)

Ex. FED-010
Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists

Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Jan. 27, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the CDC orders (each states it runs until the PHE ends), the § 1135 waivers, the CMS interim final rules and the OSHA ETS findings
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

As a result of confirmed cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), on this date and after consultation with public health officials as necessary, I, Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, pursuant to the authority vested in me under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, do hereby determine that a public health emergency exists and has existed since January 27, 2020, nationwide.

Enforcement: Predicate; the enabled instruments carry their own enforcement

Citation: Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-200
Proclamation 9984

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This Risk, 85 Fed. Reg. 6709 (Feb. 5, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Feb. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Travel and quarantine
Functions reached
TV inbound travel from China (business visitors, buyers, engineers); SC supplier engineering and quality visits; MK inbound trade-show attendance; CB foreign customer base
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the People's Republic of China, excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.... Sec. 6. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on February 2, 2020.

Enforcement: Sec. 3: implemented by the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security; an alien who circumvents the proclamation is a priority for removal (sec. 3(c)); carriers barred from boarding covered aliens under DHS implementing measures

Citation: President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9984 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-200) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-180
Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020)

Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020)

Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2024 (issued Mar. 10, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Functions reached
context: the federal legal framework under which pharmacies, employers' clinics, and later dental and other practitioners administered tests and vaccines
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to issue a Declaration to provide liability immunity to certain individuals and entities (Covered Persons) against any claim of loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the manufacture, distribution, administration, or use of medical countermeasures (Covered Countermeasures), except for claims involving 'willful misconduct' as defined in the PREP Act.... DATES: The Declaration was effective as of February 4, 2020.

Enforcement: Liability immunity; amended nine times through 2021 (85 Fed. Reg. 21012; 35100; 52136; 79190; 86 Fed. Reg. 7872; 9516; 14462; 41977; 51160)

Citation: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-181
Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV

Determination of Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020)

Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Functions reached
context: the earliest federal emergency determination (Feb. 4, 2020); the legal basis of every COVID-19 test EUA
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

On February 4, 2020, the Secretary determined pursuant to his authority under section 564 of the FD&C Act that there is a public health emergency that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad and that involves a novel (new) coronavirus (nCoV) first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in 2019 (2019-nCoV). On the basis of this determination, he also declared that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of this novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pursuant to section 564 of the FD&C Act

Enforcement: Framework for FDA emergency use authorizations

Citation: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-001
Proclamation 9994

Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, 85 Fed. Reg. 15337 (Mar. 18, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for every federal health-care instrument (FED-090 to FED-099, FED-160)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

do hereby find and proclaim that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States constitutes a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020. Pursuant to this declaration, I direct as follows: Section 1. Emergency Authority. The Secretary of HHS may exercise the authority under section 1135 of the SSA to temporarily waive or modify certain requirements of the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance programs and of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule throughout the duration of the public health emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Enforcement: Predicate only; operates through the instruments it enables (§ 1135 waivers; CMS interim final rules; Stafford Act assistance)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-160
COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021)

COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, United States (Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP providers) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersOther
Functions reached
TM telehealth (physician practices, behavioral health); IP surge capacity and 'hospitals without walls' (hospitals); HC/SN home health assessments and supervision (home care); OF credentialing and administration (HR); CB payers
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

CMS is empowered to take proactive steps through 1135 waivers as well as, where applicable, authority granted under section 1812(f) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and rapidly expand the Administration's aggressive efforts against COVID-19. As a result, the following blanket waivers are in effect, with a retroactive effective date of March 1, 2020 through the end of the emergency declaration.... Home Health Agencies (HHAs): Initial Assessments. CMS is waiving the requirements at 42 CFR § 484.55(a) to allow HHAs to perform Medicare-covered initial assessments and determine patients' homebound status remotely or by record review. Waive Onsite Visits for HHA Aide Supervision. CMS is waiving the requirements at 42 CFR § 484.80(h), which require a nurse to conduct an onsite visit every two weeks.

Enforcement: Modifies otherwise mandatory conditions of participation; survey and certification

Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-160) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-182
Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices

Emergency Use Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 13907 (Mar. 10, 2020)

Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declarationSupply chain
Functions reached
context for SC (respirator supply) in every health care and industrial sector
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

On the basis of this determination, he also declared that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of personal respiratory protective devices during the COVID-19 outbreak, pursuant to section 564 of the FD&C Act, subject to the terms of any authorization issued under that section. DATES: The determination was effective February 4, 2020, and this declaration is effective March 2, 2020.

Enforcement: Framework for the NIOSH-respirator, imported-respirator and decontamination EUAs

Citation: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-201
Proclamation 9992

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Islamic Republic of Iran), 85 Fed. Reg. 12855 (Mar. 4, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Feb. 29, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Travel and quarantine
Functions reached
TV inbound travel; CB foreign customer base
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the Islamic Republic of Iran during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.... Sec. 6. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on March 2, 2020.

Enforcement: Sec. 3 implementation by State and DHS; removal priority for circumvention

Citation: President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9992 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-201) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-096
CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020)

QSO-20-13-Hospitals

CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (Medicare-participating hospitals) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care orders
Functions reached
ED intake and screening; VS visitation; IC infection control; IP placement and discharge
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

Hospital Guidance and Actions - CMS regulations and guidance support hospitals taking appropriate action to address potential and confirmed COVID cases and mitigate transmission including screening, discharge and transfers from the hospital, and visitation.... Hospitals should identify visitors and patients at risk for having COVID-19 infection before or immediately upon arrival to the healthcare facility.

Enforcement: Hospital CoP survey and enforcement (42 C.F.R. § 482.42)

Citation: CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-096) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-164
CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020)

QSO-20-12-All, Suspension of Survey Activities

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (all certified providers, suppliers and CLIA laboratories) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 4, 2020 to May 1, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Health care ordersCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT/HR certification and survey functions (initial certification and change-of-ownership surveys delayed for new providers and acquirers)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

Specifically, CMS is suspending non-emergency inspections across the country, allowing inspectors to turn their focus on the most serious health and safety threats like infectious diseases and abuse.... Effective immediately, survey activity is limited to the following (in Priority Order): All immediate jeopardy complaints... Complaints alleging infection control concerns, including facilities with potential COVID-19 or other respiratory illnesses; Statutorily required recertification surveys (Nursing Home, Home Health, Hospice, and ICF/IID facilities); Any re-visits necessary to resolve current enforcement actions; Initial certifications; Surveys of facilities/hospitals that have a history of infection control deficiencies

Enforcement: Governs federal survey operations

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-164) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-088
Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020)

Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, United States (all employers) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 9, 2020 to Jan. 29, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Workplace rules
Functions reached
EMP context: the federal template (exposure-risk pyramid; engineering, administrative and PPE controls) that State workplace orders incorporated by reference
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

This guidance is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards. The recommendations are advisory in nature, informational in content, and are intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace.... the Act's General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Enforcement: None as guidance; general duty clause citations used it as the measure of recognized hazard and feasible abatement

Citation: OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-088) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-098
QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs)

QSO-20-18-HHA

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (Medicare and Medicaid home health agencies) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care orders
Functions reached
HC in-home visits (pre-visit screening); IC infection control; HR/WF staff monitoring
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

This memorandum responds to questions we have received and provides important guidance for all Medicare and Medicaid participating Home Health Agencies (HHAs) in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak and minimizing transmission to other individuals.... HHAs should be monitoring the health status of everyone (patients/residents/visitors/staff/etc.) in the homecare setting for signs or symptoms of COVID-19.... When making a home visit, HHAs should identify patients at risk for having COVID-19 infection before or immediately upon arrival to the home.

Enforcement: HHA CoP survey and certification (42 C.F.R. § 484.70)

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-098) Open the exhibit

139 further federal instruments were in force in this quarter and are listed in the Library's federal layer at covidproject.com/federal; this report shows the 40 most relevant to this selection.

State of Georgia

Ex. GA-018
Executive Order 04.23.20.02

Providing guidance for reviving a healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 ('Reviving a Healthy Georgia')

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from May 1, 2020 to May 13, 2020 (issued Apr. 23, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
CB customer base (65+ and medically fragile confined); DR dining room capacity 10 per 500 sq. ft., six per table; BA bars closed; SF retail 50 percent or 8 per 1,000 sq. ft.; FC gyms conditions; pools and venues closed; SL salon appointment-only, one patron per provider; GATH ten-person cap; LG short-term rentals (extended in terms to May 13); WF sheltered workers; OF telework and virtual meetings as listed measures
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
13

That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia who meet the following criteria for higher risk of severe illness as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are required to Shelter in Place within their homes or places of residence: 1. Those persons who are 65 years of age or older. 2. Those persons who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility... 3. Those persons who have chronic lung disease. 4. Those persons who have moderate to severe asthma. 5. Those persons who have severe heart disease. 6. Those persons who are immunocompromised... That for the purposes of Section IV... the term "Single Location"... shall mean 500 square feet of public space... Therefore, for restaurants, no more than ten (10) patrons should be allowed in the facility per 500 square feet of public space... That restaurants and dining rooms, including those at private social clubs…

Enforcement: Section X 'Enforcement': misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities by deputized officials; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.23.20.02 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. GA-018) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-022
Executive Order 05.12.20.02

Providing additional guidance for reviving a healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from May 14, 2020 to May 31, 2020 (issued May 12, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
DR restaurants 10 per 300 sq. ft.; BA bars closed; PE venues closed; AM amusement closed; SF retail 50 percent; GATH ten; CB medically fragile confined; EC child care 20-person classroom rule; PR ambulatory surgical centers permitted full scope
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
18

"Gathering" shall mean more than ten (10) persons physically [present at a Single Location if, to be present, persons are required to stand or be seated within six (6) feet of any other person]... [Sheltering in Place] shall be effective until Friday, June 12, 2020, at [11:59 P.M.]... [for restaurants, the term "Single Location"] shall mean 300 [square feet of public space]... That all live performance venues, operators of amusement rides..., and businesses which possess a license to operate as or otherwise meet the definition of "bar"... shall not engage in in-person operations and shall remain closed to the public while this Order is in effect.

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.12.20.02 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. GA-022) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-023
Executive Order 05.28.20.02

Providing ongoing guidance for reviving a healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from June 1, 2020 to June 15, 2020 (issued May 28, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
BA bars reopened at 25 or 35 percent; PE venues closed; GATH 25; CB medically fragile confined to June 12; CH dental practice conditions (ADA interim guidance mandatory); EC summer school and overnight camp protocols; AM water parks and traveling amusement closed to June 12
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15

"Gathering" shall mean more than twenty-five (25) persons [physically present at a Single Location if, to be present, persons are required to stand or be seated within six (6) feet of any other person]... That all live performance venues shall not engage in in-person operations and shall remain closed to the public while this Order is in effect.... businesses which possess a license to operate as or otherwise meet the definition of "bar"... shall implement additional measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as practicable. Such measures shall include:... 9. Limiting the number of total persons inside the bar to twenty-five (25) persons or thirty-five percent (35%) of total listed fire capacity occupancy of the entire bar, whichever is greater; [10.] Implementing teleworking for all possible Workers... [dental practices and clinics that continue in-person] operation during the…

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.20.02 (May 28, 2020) (Ex. GA-023) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-024
Executive Order 06.11.20.01

Providing additional guidance and empowering a healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from June 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020 (issued June 11, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
GATH 50; BA bars 50 or 35 percent; PE venues closed to July 1 then tiered protocols; MC conventions closed to July 1; CB medically fragile confined (long-term-care residents and enumerated conditions); SP professional sports only under league rules
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15 (in force on the last day)

"Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [physically present at a Single Location if, to be present, persons are required to stand or be seated within six (6) feet of any other person]... That this Section, titled "Sheltering in Place" shall be effective upon signature through the expiration of this Executive Order.... [bars:] Limiting the number of total persons inside the bar to fifty [(50) persons or thirty-five percent (35%) of total listed fire capacity occupancy]... That other than the exceptions included in this Section, Live Performance Venues shall not host events prior to July 1, 2020.... That no Convention shall operate in this state prior to July 1, 2020.... That events held at Live Performance Venues shall be classified in tiers based upon the fire code capacity of the venue. Tier I shall include venues that can host 999 or fewer persons. Tier II... between 1,000…

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.11.20.01 (June 11, 2020) (Ex. GA-024) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-005
Executive Order 03.23.20.01

Limiting large gatherings statewide, ordering 'shelter in place' for specific populations, and closing bars and nightclubs in Georgia for fourteen days

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020 (issued Mar. 23, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolation
Functions reached
BA bar service closed; GATH every business's assemblies of more than ten; CB customer base (medically fragile confined); WF workforce (sheltered workers); RS long-term care residents; MK events
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
11

That all businesses which possess a license to operate as or otherwise meet the definition of "Bar" as defined by Code Section 3-1-2(2.1) shall cease operation while this Order is in effect.... That no business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, or organization shall allow more than ten (10) persons to be gathered at a single location if such gathering requires persons to stand or to be seated within six (6) feet of any other person.... That the Department of Public Health shall order certain persons within the State of Georgia who have serious underlying conditions... to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place within their homes or place of residence. This order by the Department of Public Health shall include... (1) Those persons who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility; (2) Those persons who have chronic lung disease; (3) Those persons who are currently…

Enforcement: That the Department of Public Health is authorized to mandate the closure of any business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, or organization not in compliance with this order; Commissioner of Public Safety to assist

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.23.20.01 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. GA-005) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-010
Executive Order 04.02.20.01

Executive Order to Ensure a Safe & Healthy Georgia (statewide shelter in place)

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020 (issued Apr. 2, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Functions reached
CB customer base confined to home; SF sales floor and premises closed to the public (non-Critical Infrastructure); OF offices (telework for all possible workers; virtual meetings); DR dining rooms closed; SL salons closed; FC gyms, theaters, venues closed; WF workforce (Necessary Travel only); TR travel limited to Necessary Travel; VS visitation to sheltered persons and LTC facilities barred; GATH ten-person cap
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
28

That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia are required to shelter in place within their homes or places of residence, meaning remaining in their place of residence and taking every possible precaution to limit social interaction to prevent the spread or infection of COVID-19 to themselves or any other person, unless they are: 1. Conducting or participating in Essential Services; 2. Performing Necessary Travel; 3. Are engaged in the performance of, or travel to and from, the performance of Minimum Basic Operations for a business... not classified as Critical Infrastructure; or 4. Are part of the workforce for Critical Infrastructure... That all businesses, establishments, corporations, non-profit corporations, or organizations that are not Critical Infrastructure shall only engage in Minimum Basic Operations as defined in this Order during the effective dates of this Order.…

Enforcement: That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-7, any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; DPH, DPS or any deputized state officer may, after reasonable notice, mandate the closure of any business not in compliance; National Guard and DPS to assist; sheriffs deputized by EO 04.03.20.01 (Ex. GA-011)

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.02.20.01 (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. GA-010) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-012
Executive Order 04.08.20.02

Renewing the Public Health State of Emergency to assist with the state's response to COVID-19 (and extending the shelter-in-place orders to April 30, 2020)

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 8, 2020 to May 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
Functions reached
all functions of Ex. GA-010 through Apr. 30, 2020
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
36

That the Public Health State of Emergency declared by Executive Order 03.14.20.01, which is set to expire on Monday, April 13, 2020 at 11:59 P.M., shall be renewed for thirty (30) days.... That Executive Orders 04.02.20.01, 04.03.20.01, and 04.03.20.02 which are set to expire on Monday, April 13, 2020, at 11:59 P.M. are hereby extended for a period of seventeen (17) days, and shall expire on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 11:59 P.M.

Enforcement: As in EO 04.02.20.01

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.08.20.02 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. GA-012) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-017
Executive Order 04.20.20.01

Providing flexibility for healthcare practices, moving certain businesses to minimum operations, and providing for emergency response

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Functions reached
SL salons and barbers (reopened under conditions); FC gyms and bowling (reopened under conditions); PR elective procedures (practices that had ceased told to resume under CDC and CMS guidelines); OF telework and virtual meetings as mandatory measures; GATH ten-person cap; HR EMS workers as auxiliary emergency workers
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
72 (in force on the last day)

That all medical practices, dental practices, orthodontics practices, optometry practices, physical therapists, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians performing elective surgeries, healthcare institutions, medical facilities, and any and all other healthcare-related practices and services that have elected to cease operations because of the spread of COVID-19 should begin treating patients as soon as practicable in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines, and the provisions of this Order... That all gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios..., businesses registered pursuant to Code Sections 43-10-11 and 43-10-18, estheticians..., hair designers..., and persons licensed to practice massage therapy... may begin in-person Minimum Basic Operations on Friday, April 24, 2020. All such…

Enforcement: Failure to comply with State Health Officer testing orders a misdemeanor under 38-3-7; DPH authorized to override county boards of health; enforcement of any county or municipal order 'more or less restrictive than this Order' suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-019
Executive Order 04.27.20.01

Providing additional guidance for food service establishments, bowling alleys, and theaters in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 27, 2020 to May 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantine
Functions reached
PE theaters; AM bowling; LG short-term rentals (ban ends Apr. 30)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
17

That Executive Order 04.08.20.04 shall not be extended and shall expire pursuant to its original terms on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at [11:59 P.M.]... [the provisions of EO 04.23.20.02] specifically regulating bowling alleys shall be effective immediately; that theaters shall be permitted to begin in-person operations as provided in Executive Order 04.23.20.02 effective immediately

Enforcement: As in EO 04.23.20.02

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.27.20.01 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. GA-019) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-062
Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency

Statewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)

Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts (jury trials suspended Mar. 14-Oct. 2020 and Dec. 22, 2020-Mar. 2021; deadlines tolled to July 14, 2020; jury and grand jury deadlines tolled to June 30, 2021); CL foreclosure, eviction and transaction litigation; CB legal-services clients
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
109 (in force on the last day)

The March 14, 2020 Judicial Emergency Order suspended, tolled, extended, and [otherwise granted relief from] deadlines... (as recited in Ex. GA-051); Orders regarding the Statewide Judicial Emergency, which expired on June 30, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. (Judicial Council of Georgia, Emergency Judicial Orders page)

Enforcement: Order of the Chief Justice under 38-3-61

Citation: Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)

Ex. GA-003
Executive Order 03.16.20.01

Closing public elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools from March 18, 2020 to March 31, 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to June 30, 2020 (issued Mar. 16, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capSchools and child care
Functions reached
WF workforce (children home); IN in-person instruction; CB campus vendors and contractors
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
105 (in force on the last day)

[all public elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools in] Georgia close beginning Wednesday, March 18, 2020, and shall remain closed through Tuesday, March 31, 2020, unless extended

Enforcement: Directive to public school systems and the University System

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.16.20.01 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-003) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-066
DPH Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 (and successors)

Public health control measures: isolation, quarantine and shelter-in-place of the medically fragile

Georgia Department of Public Health (Commissioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D.), Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation
Functions reached
WF workforce (quarantined and isolated workers); CB medically fragile customers
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
101 (in force on the last day)

(4) Those persons included in Department of Public Health Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 [are among the populations DPH shall order to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place] (EO 03.23.20.01, Ex. GA-005 at 2)

Enforcement: O.C.G.A. 31-12-4; violation of a DPH order a misdemeanor

Citation: Georgia Department of Public Health (Commissioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D.), DPH Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 (and successors) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-066)

Ex. GA-011
Executive Order 04.03.20.01

Authorizing sheriffs to enforce the provisions of Executive Order 04.02.20.01 involving businesses, establishments, for-profit corporations, non-profit corporations, and organizations

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureWorkplace rules
Functions reached
SF premises (closure sanction); OP compliance
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
28

That the Sheriffs of this State... and their deputies, are hereby authorized to enforce the closure of businesses, establishments, corporations, non-profit corporations, or organizations in accordance with Executive Order 04.02.20.01.... Sheriffs enforcing this Order should take reasonable steps to provide notice and a reasonable time to allow [them] the opportunity to comply... prior to mandating closure.

Enforcement: Closure authority in every county; misdemeanor under 38-3-7

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.03.20.01 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. GA-011) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-021
Executive Order 04.03.20.02

Expanding the definition of Essential Services and clarifying enforcement provisions in Executive Order 04.02.20.01

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CB; WF; CT judicial orders preserved
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
28

"Essential Services" shall also include the transport, visitation, regular care of family members and persons dependent on the services of others... The term "Essential Services" shall also include children obtaining public internet access to fulfill educational obligations.... That no provision of Executive Order 04.02.20.01 shall limit, infringe, suspend, or supplant any judicial order, judgment, or decree... only those officials deputized by the Governor or the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency are "authorized to mandate the closure of any business..."

Enforcement: All law enforcement authorized to enforce Title 38, Chapter 3 orders; closure power reserved to deputized officials and sheriffs (Ex. GA-011)

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.03.20.02 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. GA-021) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-014
Executive Order 04.08.20.04

Regarding the suspension of short-term rentals to help stop the spread of COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 9, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020 (issued Apr. 8, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureTravel and quarantine
Functions reached
LG lodging (STR market closed); TV travel demand ('to temporarily prevent Georgia from becoming a vacation destination for out-of-state individuals'); PM property management; CB travelers
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
22

For the purpose of limiting the spread of COVID-19, no Vacation Rental shall occur in the State of Georgia for a period beginning at 12:00 A.M. on Thursday, April 9, 2020, and extending twenty-one (21) days until Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 11:59 P.M.... 'Vacation Rental'... shall include any transaction for the lease or license to use residential property for residential or vacation purposes; that is facilitated by a third party or a broker, where the lease or license term does not exceed 30 days... This definition shall not include hotels... extended stay hotels... campgrounds, or commercial transactions.

Enforcement: Violation a misdemeanor (recital, 'any person found in violation of this Order shall be guilty of a [misdemeanor]')

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.08.20.04 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. GA-014) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-020
Executive Order 04.30.20.01

Renewing the Public Health State of Emergency issued on March 14 and renewed on April 8 to assist with the state's response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 30, 2020 to June 12, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Emergency declarationStay-at-home
Functions reached
CB customer base (65+ and medically fragile confined through June 12); WF
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
44

That the Public Health State of Emergency shall terminate on Friday, June 12, 2020, at 11:59 P.M., unless it is renewed by the Governor.... [the provisions of] Executive Order 04.23.20.02 titled "Sheltering in Place" are hereby extended for a period of forty-three (43) days, and shall expire on Friday, June 12, 2020, at 11:59 P.M.

Enforcement: As in EO 04.23.20.02

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.30.20.01 (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-020) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-001
Executive Order 03.14.20.01

Declaration of Public Health State of Emergency for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Emergency declarationSupply chain
Functions reached
EMER predicate for all functions; SC freight hours-of-service suspension
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
109 (in force on the last day)

In consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, the Georgia Coronavirus Task Force, and other state health and emergency preparedness officials, I have determined a public health emergency exists, and that it is necessary and appropriate to take action to protect the health, safety, and welfare of Georgia's residents and visitors to ensure COVID-19 remains controlled throughout this State, as provided by Code Section 38-3-51

Enforcement: Predicate for every later order; O.C.G.A. 38-3-7 (misdemeanor) recited in the operative orders

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-002
Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session)

Concurrence in the Public Health State of Emergency

Georgia General Assembly (special session), Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
107 (in force on the last day)

The Georgia General Assembly met in special session and concurred with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 by joint resolution on March 16, 2020, thereby affirming the existence of a Public Health State of Emergency and vesting me with the emergency powers enumerated in Code Section 38-3-50 et seq. (recital, Ex. GA-041 at 1)

Enforcement: n/a

Citation: Georgia General Assembly (special session), Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-002)

Ex. GA-004
Executive Order 03.20.20.02

Reducing Regulations to Assist the State's Response to the Spread of COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Health care ordersOther
Functions reached
HR licensing and credentialing; TM telehealth; OF corporate meetings
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
103 (in force on the last day)

That the Georgia Composite Medical Board shall immediately adopt emergency rules to provide telemedicine licenses pursuant to Code Section [43-34-31.1]... That all licensed Georgia pharmacists are hereby permitted to [dispense early refills and 90-day supplies]... [corporations] shall be permitted to conduct [their] shareholder meeting[s]... [by] remote communication

Enforcement: Suspension of regulatory statutes under 38-3-51(d)(1)

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.20.20.02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-004) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-006
Executive Order 03.24.20.01

Reducing restrictions for Child Care Learning Centers and Family Child Learning Homes to assist in the State's response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Schools and child careWorkplace rules
Functions reached
EC child care operations; WF workforce (child care access); CB families
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
99 (in force on the last day)

That in order to allow Child Care Learning Centers and Family Child Learning Homes the option of restricting families' and guardians' access to all areas of their facilities and to limit family access to the front door of the facility or classroom, Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 591-1-1-.22 and Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 290-2-3-.06 are hereby suspended.... no field trips shall occur

Enforcement: DECAL licensing rules as modified

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.24.20.01 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. GA-006) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-007
Executive Order 03.25.20.01

Regarding Georgia driver's licenses and identification cards, ignition interlock device requirements, etc.

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
DM motor-vehicle offices (dealers, lenders, CDL applicants); HR onboarding (licensing of new hires); WF
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
98 (in force on the last day)

That the expiration dates for all valid Georgia driver's licenses and identification cards, for citizens and non-citizens alike, that are due to expire between the date of this Order through June 30, 2020 are hereby extended by 120 days.... That the provision of Code Section 40-5-20 requiring residents of Georgia who have recently moved from other states to obtain Georgia driver's licenses is hereby suspended and new applications from these residents shall not be processed until the Public Health State of Emergency... has ended.

Enforcement: Suspension of DDS statutes

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.25.20.01 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. GA-007) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-008
Executive Order 03.26.20.02

Closing public elementary and secondary schools through April 24, 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 26, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Schools and child care
Functions reached
WF; IN; CB
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
30

That public elementary and secondary schools shall remain closed for in-person instruction through April 24, 2020 with limited exceptions for meal preparation and distribution, continuity of distant learning... That public postsecondary schools shall remain closed for in-person instruction

Enforcement: Directive to public school systems

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.26.20.02 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. GA-008) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-047
Directive 20-EX-7

Temporary Suspension of Certain Utilization Review and Notification Requirements

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Georgia (Sector regulator)

Dates
In force from Mar. 26, 2020 to May 25, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Health care ordersOther
Functions reached
IN insurance operations (utilization review and preauthorization functions suspended); SX hospital scheduled surgeries (regulator's finding that hospitals were 'delaying or suspending many scheduled procedures'); OF insurer administration
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
61

As hospitals plan for high demand of inpatient hospital services and redeploy staff to provide direct patient care, their ability to perform certain administrative functions will be impacted. Moreover, with many hospitals delaying or suspending many scheduled procedures, the need for certain administrative functions is less necessary. The purpose of this Directive is to advise insurers... that certain utilization review and notification requirements should be suspended for 60 days from the date of this letter... 1. Suspension of Preauthorization Requirements for Scheduled Surgeries or Admissions at Hospitals... 2. Suspension of Concurrent Review for Inpatient Hospital Services... 3. Suspension of Retrospective Review for Inpatient Hospital Services and Emergency Services at In-Network Hospitals and Payment of Claims

Enforcement: Regulator's directive to licensees (phrased 'should'); Commissioner's licensing and examination powers

Citation: Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-7 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. GA-047) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-057
Executive Order 03.31.20.01

Authorizing the use of real-time audio-visual communication technology to assist in notarizing real estate documents

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 31, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Courts and public officesOther
Functions reached
CL closings, deeds and recording; ML mortgage lending; OF
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (in force on the last day)

Certain legal documents for real estate transactions require the in-[person services of a notary public]... [the physical presence requirement of the] notary public may be satisfied by the use of real-time audio-visual [communication technology]... [attestation of a] deed may be satisfied by the use of real-time audio-video [communication]

Enforcement: Regulatory suspension

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.20.01 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-057) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-009
Executive Order 04.01.20.01

Closing public elementary and secondary schools through the end of the 2019-2020 school year to stop the spread of COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Schools and child care
Functions reached
WF workforce (children home through May); IN; CP campus housing and dining; CB campus vendors
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
91 (in force on the last day)

That all public elementary and secondary schools shall remain closed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. That all post-secondary public schools shall remain closed for instruction to graduate and undergraduate students through the end [of the semester]... That this Order shall not prevent remote learning or online programs

Enforcement: Directive to public school systems and the University System

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.01.20.01 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. GA-009) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-013
Executive Order 04.08.20.03

Ensuring the safety of employees and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 8, 2020 to Sept. 15, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Functions reached
RS residential care admissions and cohorting; VS visitation prohibited; IC infection control and staff screening; IN intake from hospitals; HR staffing; CB families
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
84 (in force on the last day)

That Facilities shall implement the following protocols. 1. Adhere to the guidelines for non-critical infrastructure businesses issued in Executive Order 04.02.20.01. 2. Adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Georgia Department of Public Health guidance. 3. Adopt an infectious disease transfer communication protocol with local hospitals... Prohibit all visitors and non-essential personnel, except [enumerated]... Georgia National Guard directives and guidance shall be mandatory

Enforcement: Violation a misdemeanor; DPH may assume management of a noncomplying facility (38-3-51(i)); DPS to assist

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.08.20.03 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. GA-013) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-015
Executive Order 04.09.20.01

Temporarily Allowing Remote Notarization and Attestation of documents during the COVID-19 Public Health State of Emergency

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 9, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public officesOther
Functions reached
CL closings and notarization; CT legal documents; OF
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
83 (in force on the last day)

[the requirement of] physical presence of the notary public is hereby suspended, and any such act may be [performed by real-time audio-video communication where] 1. The notary public uses [real-time audio-video communication technology that allows] sound in order to notarize signatures. 2. The notary public is an attorney licensed to practice law in [Georgia or under the] supervision of an attorney... 4. The notary public is physically located in the state of [Georgia]

Enforcement: Regulatory suspension

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-016
Executive Order 04.13.20.02

Regarding the use of face masks/coverings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 13, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Face-covering requirementOther
Functions reached
EMP workplace face-covering policies
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
79 (in force on the last day)

That Code Section 16-11-38(b)(4) shall not apply to any person wearing "a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is [so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer]" [to prevent the spread of COVID-19]

Enforcement: Suspension of the anti-mask statute's application

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.13.20.02 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. GA-016) Open the exhibit

Agencies, boards and authorities: Georgia

Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069
USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page)

Systemwide move to online instruction for the remainder of spring 2020; students directed not to return to campus; limited operations

Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley), University System of Georgia, Board of Regents (26 institutions); State level (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureGathering cap
Functions reached
IN in-person instruction suspended; CP housing and dining; CB students; campus vendors
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
107 (in force on the last day)

Enforcement: Ga. Const. art. VIII, s. IV

Citation: Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley), USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069) Open the exhibit

Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070
GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020)

Visitation suspended at all correctional facilities statewide through Apr. 10, 2020 following the Governor's directive; facility tours suspended; intake screening; additional sanitizing stations

Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), Georgia Department of Corrections; State level (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Gathering capWorkplace rules
Functions reached
VS visitors; CB private prison operators (GEO, CoreCivic) under GDC contract; OP intake
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

Following today's directive issued by Governor Kemp, the GDC has suspended visitation at all correctional facilities statewide. The visitation suspension will be in effect through April 10, 2020. Offenders will continue to have access to their loved ones via mail, phone calls and GOAL devices.... To help further prevent the potential spread of COVID-19 in our facilities, the following processes have been implemented:... Temporarily suspended facility tours; Designated sanitation Officer for each facility

Enforcement: Commissioner's authority (O.C.G.A. § 42-2-11; SOP 227.02)

Citation: Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070) Open the exhibit

Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071
GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020

Statewide visitation suspension (from Mar. 13, 2020) continued through Aug. 12, 2020

Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), Georgia Department of Corrections; State level (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020 (issued July 9, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
VS visitors; CR attorney visits (separate notice); CB private prison operators
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
110 (the whole quarter)

* VISITATION SUSPENDED THROUGH 8.12.2020* Current as of July 9, 2020 Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Please see attachments below for more information.... Visitation Update 7.8.2020.pdf... Attorney visitation 7.10.2020.pdf

Enforcement: Commissioner's authority (O.C.G.A. § 42-2-11; SOP 227.02)

Citation: Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071) Open the exhibit

Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081
GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement)

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update - Client Advisory: GPA Temperature Check Announcement

Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia Ports Authority (State authority; Ports of Savannah and Brunswick) (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther
Functions reached
DR truckers and vendors at access control points; HR credentialing (Port ID) one visitor at a time; PT breakbulk, auto and bulk terminal access; TR GPA travel restricted
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
71 (in force on the last day)

April 21, 2020... So, in an effort to continue to ensure the safest possible working environment during our normal operations we will begin taking temperatures at all access control points for non-containerized traffic. We anticipate beginning the temperature taking later this week. This will be done with a 'No touch' thermometer. Any person with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will be turned around and not allowed on terminal.... March 23, 2020 As of March 23, 2020, the GPA Credentialing Center is open but operating under modified conditions.... Effective immediately, Credentialing will only service one visitor at a time.... March 13, 2020... GPA Board and staff travel has been temporarily restricted, except when required, and all travel to infected areas, curtailed.

Enforcement: Denial of terminal access ('turned around and not allowed on terminal') under the GPA Terminal Tariff and MTSA facility security plan

Citation: Georgia Ports Authority, GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081) Open the exhibit

Third quarter of 2020 (July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020)

Federal layer

Ex. FED-029
No Sail Order; Second Modification and Extension (July 16, 2020)

No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation; Second Modification and Extension of No Sail Order and Other Measures Related to Operations, 85 Fed. Reg. 44085 (July 21, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from July 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Functions reached
TV; GS; CB; SC
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
77 (in force on the last day)

[second extension of the No Sail Order through September 30, 2020]

Enforcement: same as FED-027

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Second Modification and Extension (July 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-029) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-332
General Order 72-5

In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-5)

Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Court)

Dates
In force from July 23, 2020 to Sept. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT the federal court records that a State order capping in-court proceedings at ten people 'necessarily precludes jury trials' (July 2020)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
56

[WHEREAS the State's July 2020 orders limit] permissible in-court criminal proceedings to ten people, which necessarily precludes jury trials;... 1. No new jury trial will be conducted through September 30, 2020. Any jury trial currently scheduled to commence before October 1, 2020, will be postponed or vacated. However, individual judges may offer bench trials by videoconference in lieu of postponement. 2. Through September 30, 2020, all civil matters will be decided on the papers...

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-5 (July 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-332) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-333
General Order 72-6

In re: COVID Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-6)

Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Court)

Dates
In force from Sept. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courthouses closed to public events and tours; most appearances remote; in force Sept. 16, 2020 - June 30, 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15 (in force on the last day)

Orders as follows, effective immediately: 1. Jury trials and bench trials may proceed in accordance with the logistical considerations [necessitated by the pandemic]... 3. Other court appearances may be waived or postponed, or may be conducted by telephone or [videoconference]... [in-person proceedings other than trials] are suspended pending further notice, unless a judge orders otherwise in a specific case.... 3. Pending further notice, the courthouses and law libraries are closed for public events, tours, and [gatherings]... 4. Effective immediately, this General Order supersedes General Order 72-5. ADOPTED: September 16, 2020

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-333) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-154
QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020)

QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Sept. 17, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Gathering capHealth care orders
Functions reached
VS visitation (outdoor preferred; indoor only where no new onset of cases in 14 days and county positivity below 10 percent; compassionate care); DN communal activities; RS cohorting
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
14 (in force on the last day)

Enforcement: F-tag F563 and F880 survey enforcement

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-154) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-030
No Sail Order; Third Modification and Extension (Sept. 30, 2020)

No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation; Third Modification and Extension of No Sail Order and Other Measures Related to Operations, 85 Fed. Reg. 62732 (Oct. 5, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Sept. 30, 2020 to Oct. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Functions reached
TV; GS; CB; SC
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
1 (in force on the last day)

[extends the No Sail Order to the earliest of the PHE's expiration, rescission, or] October 31, 2020.

Enforcement: same as FED-027

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Third Modification and Extension (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-030) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-006
Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020)

Letter from President Donald J. Trump on Emergency Determination under the Stafford Act

President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), United States (every State, Tribe, territory and the District of Columbia) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for every State's FEMA Public Assistance Category B measures (the funding behind State and local emergency operations)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

Therefore, as an initial step, I hereby determine, under section 501(b) of the Stafford Act, that an emergency exists nationwide. In accordance with this determination, the Federal Emergency Management Agency may provide, as appropriate, assistance pursuant to section 502 and 503 of the Stafford Act for emergency protective measures not authorized under other Federal statutes.

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-202
Proclamation 9993

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Schengen Area), 85 Fed. Reg. 15045 (Mar. 16, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 (issued Mar. 11, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Travel and quarantine
Functions reached
TV inbound European business travel; SC European supplier visits and engineering support; MK European attendance at U.S. trade shows; CB European customers and distributors; TR outbound travel (European reciprocal bans as facts and circumstances)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the Schengen Area during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.... Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on March 13, 2020.

Enforcement: Sec. 3 implementation by State and DHS; removal priority for circumvention

Citation: President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9993 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. FED-202) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-203
Proclamation 9996

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus (United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland), 85 Fed. Reg. 15341 (Mar. 18, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 (issued Mar. 14, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Travel and quarantine
Functions reached
TV inbound UK and Irish business travel; CB UK and Irish customers; MK trade shows
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the United Kingdom, excluding overseas territories outside of Europe, or the Republic of Ireland during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States is hereby suspended and limited subject to section 2 of this proclamation.... Sec. 5. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on March 16, 2020.

Enforcement: Sec. 3 implementation by State and DHS

Citation: President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9996 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-203) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-311
Standing Order 2020-04

In re: COVID-19 Pandemic Procedures

Chief Judge James K. Bredar, United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

WHEREAS, normal court operations and procedures may necessarily need to be amended or suspended on a temporary basis given the exigent circumstances created by the COVID-19 event, the Court finds it necessary to establish a miscellaneous case, In re COVID-19 [Pandemic Procedures, in which all COVID-19 orders are docketed]... ORDERED that these temporary orders shall be rescinded by order of the Chief Judge when circumstances warrant.

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Standing Order 2020-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-311) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-367
Circular 26-20-7

Special Relief for those Potentially Impacted by COVID-19

Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Loan Guaranty Service, United States (VA-guaranteed home loans) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Other
Functions reached
ML mortgage origination (in-person appointments, appraisals); AP appraisals; SV
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

2. Veterans. If you have an in-person appointment scheduled with your lender, [servicer or appraiser, contact them about alternatives]... 3. Lenders and Servicers. Lenders should have continuity of operation plans in [place]... 4. Appraisers. Appraisers should continue to conduct business as outlined in [VA guidance while observing public health precautions]... 5. Rescission: This Circular is rescinded April 1, 2021.

Enforcement: VA program guidance to participants

Citation: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-7 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-367) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-194
Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency

Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 22024 (Apr. 21, 2020)

HHS Office for Civil Rights, United States (HIPAA covered health care providers) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersOther
Functions reached
TM telehealth (physician practices, behavioral health, dental consultations ('dental consultation or psychological evaluation' named in the notice)); CL clinical intake moved remote; OF
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

As a matter of enforcement discretion, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will not impose penalties for noncompliance with the regulatory requirements under the HIPAA rules against covered health care providers in connection with the good faith provision of telehealth during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.... A covered health care provider that wants to use audio or video communication technology to provide telehealth to patients during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency can use any non-public facing remote communication product that is available to communicate with patients.... This exercise of discretion applies to telehealth provided for any reason, regardless of whether the telehealth service is related to the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions related to COVID-19.

Enforcement: Non-enforcement of HIPAA penalties for good-faith telehealth

Citation: HHS Office for Civil Rights, Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-194) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-070
Executive Order 13909

Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 16227 (Mar. 23, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump, United States (all health and medical resources needed to respond to COVID-19) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Supply chain
Functions reached
SC supply of PPE, respirators, ventilators and testing supplies to every industry (dental, physician practices, hospitals, home care, manufacturing, construction, personal services); DS distribution of medical products (wholesale-distribution); PF production floors of medical manufacturers under rated orders
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

Accordingly, I find that health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, including personal protective equipment and ventilators, meet the criteria specified in section 101(b) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 4511(b)).... Sec. 2. Priorities and Allocation of Medical Resources. (a)... the authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act to require performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense... is delegated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to all health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States. (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may use the authority…

Enforcement: DPA § 101 priority ratings and allocation orders; DPA § 103 (50 U.S.C. § 4513) criminal penalties for willful violation

Citation: President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13909 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-070) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-265
OMB Memorandum M-20-17

Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations

Office of Management and Budget, United States (federal financial assistance recipients) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Other
Functions reached
PJ grant-funded projects, research and services paused (the memorandum's own premise is loss of operations); CB nonprofit, university and health-care grantees
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

This memorandum provides similar administrative relief listed in M-20-11 to an expanded scope of recipients affected by the loss of operational capacity and increased costs due to the COVID-19 crisis.... awarding agencies may extend awards which were active as of March 31, 2020 and scheduled to expire prior or up to December 31, 2020, automatically at no cost for a period of up to twelve months.

Enforcement: OMB directive to awarding agencies

Citation: Office of Management and Budget, OMB Memorandum M-20-17 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-265) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-292
Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List)

Order extending the deadline to file petitions for writs of certiorari to 150 days and relaxing extension and distribution rules in light of COVID-19

Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court of the United States (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to July 19, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT federal litigation timetables lengthened nationwide; CS law firms, appellate practice
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

In light of the ongoing public health concerns relating to COVID-19, the following shall apply to cases prior to a ruling on a petition for a writ of certiorari: IT IS ORDERED that the deadline to file any petition for a writ of certiorari due on or after the date of this order is extended to 150 days from the date of the lower court judgment, order denying discretionary review, or order denying a timely petition for rehearing.... These modifications will remain in effect until further order of the Court.

Enforcement: order of the Court

Citation: Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-292) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-381
USDA Rural Development foreclosure and eviction moratorium for Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loan borrowers: Mar. 19, 2020 (60 days) and extensions to June 30, Aug. 31 and Dec. 31, 2020 (releases of May 2020, June 2020 and Aug./Sept. 2020)

USDA Extends Foreclosure and Eviction Relief for Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed Loan Borrowers (2020 series)

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, United States (USDA Rural Development Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loans) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Other
Functions reached
SV rural mortgage servicing; ML; PM
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

Enforcement: USDA program requirements

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, USDA Rural Development foreclosure and eviction moratorium for Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loan borrowers: Mar. 19, 2020 (60 days) and extensions to June 30, Aug. 31 and Dec. 31, 2020 (releases of May 2020, June 2020 and Aug./Sept. 2020) (Ex. FED-381)

Ex. FED-034
CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order')

Notice of Order Under Sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists, 85 Fed. Reg. 17060 (Mar. 26, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), United States land borders with Canada and Mexico (ports of entry and Border Patrol stations) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Travel and quarantine
Functions reached
TR/TRAV cross-border movement of persons at the land borders (with the DHS land-border notices, FED-B); WF border-region labor markets; CB border-community commerce
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

For simplicity, I shall refer to the persons covered by this order as 'covered aliens.' I suspend the introduction of all covered aliens into the United States for a period of 30 days, starting from the date of this order. I may extend this order if necessary to protect the public health.

Enforcement: 42 U.S.C. § 271; implemented by DHS/CBP expulsions

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order') (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-034) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-039
Interim Final Rule, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes (42 C.F.R. § 71.40)

Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes, 85 Fed. Reg. 16559 (Mar. 24, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Oct. 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Travel and quarantine
Functions reached
TRAV (legal basis of FED-034 to FED-037)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

This interim final rule provides a procedure for CDC to suspend the introduction of persons from designated countries or places, if required, in the interest of public health. DATES: Effective date: This interim final rule is effective on 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 20th, 2020.

Enforcement: 42 U.S.C. § 271

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Interim Final Rule, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes (42 C.F.R. § 71.40) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-039) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-132
FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic)

New York; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20702 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (New York) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [New York] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [New York].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-132) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (22 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. FED-192The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-192)In force from Apr. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine
Ex. FED-097CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-097)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 17, 2020Business closureGathering capHealth care orders
Ex. FED-157CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157)In force from May 18, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021Capacity limitGathering capHealth care orders
Ex. FED-290Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-027Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-027)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Ex. FED-390Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation news release of Mar. 17, 2020: Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors (Ex. FED-390)In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to Oct. 22, 2020Business closure
Ex. FED-391U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Production and Conservation mission area, USDA announcement of Mar. 23, 2020: USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment Only (Ex. FED-391)In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-028Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Notice of Modification and Extension (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-028)In force from Apr. 15, 2020 to July 24, 2020 (issued Apr. 9, 2020)Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Ex. FED-398U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398)In force from May 20, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2023 (issued May 15, 2020)Gathering capOther
Ex. FED-334Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334)In force from May 21, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-393U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters and district commanders, USACE district closures of recreation areas, campgrounds, visitor centers and project offices (March 2020); HQ release 'Army Corps-managed campgrounds to remain closed until further notice' (April 2020); gradual reopening release of May 21, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-393)In force from May 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020 (issued Mar. 17, 2020)Business closure
Ex. FED-010Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010)In force from Jan. 27, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-200President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9984 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-200)In force from Feb. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-180Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2024 (issued Mar. 10, 2020)Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-181Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-001President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-160Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-160)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-182Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. FED-201President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9992 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-201)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Feb. 29, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-096CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-096)In force from Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-088OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-088)In force from Mar. 9, 2020 to Jan. 29, 2021Workplace rules
Ex. FED-098CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-098)In force from Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders

123 further federal instruments were in force in this quarter and are listed in the Library's federal layer at covidproject.com/federal; this report shows the 40 most relevant to this selection.

State of Georgia

Ex. GA-025
Executive Order 06.29.20.02

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from July 1, 2020 to July 15, 2020 (issued June 29, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
GATH 50; BA bars 50 or 35 percent; PE venues tiered; MC conventions conditions; CB medically fragile confined; FC gym class distancing 10 feet; DR restaurant worker face coverings; SCH school gatherings
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15 (in force on the first day)

"Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons physically present at a Single Location if, to be present, persons are required to stand or be seated within six (6) feet of any other person... [Sheltering in Place] effective upon signature through the expiration of this Executive Order... [Live Performance Venues operate only under the Tier I, II and III mandatory measures; Conventions under Section X]

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.29.20.02 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. GA-025) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-026
Executive Order 07.15.20.01

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 (suspending local face-covering mandates)

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from July 16, 2020 to July 31, 2020 (issued July 15, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
GATH 50; CB medically fragile confined; EMP mandatory sector measures; MASK local mandates voided (Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke and others)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
16

That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-28, other than orders issued pursuant to the authority of Code Section 38-3-60 et seq., any state, county, or municipal law, order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires persons to wear face coverings, masks, face shields, or any other Personal Protective Equipment while in places of public accommodation or on public property are suspended to the extent that they are more restrictive than this Executive Order.... [and] orders, rules, and regulations that are promulgated by county and municipal governments that are more or less restrictive than the terms of this Order shall be considered inconsistent with this Order.

Enforcement: That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-7, any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor... That any law enforcement officer, after providing reasonable notice and issuing at least two citations for violations of Code Section 38-3-7, is authorized to mandate the closure of any business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, or organization not in compliance with this…

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020) (Ex. GA-026) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-027
Executive Order 08.15.20.01

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 (Local Option Face Covering Requirement)

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Aug. 16, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2020 (issued Aug. 15, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
MASK local mandates in threshold counties (individuals only); GATH 50; CB medically fragile confined; EMP mandatory sector measures
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
16

"Local Option Face Covering Requirement" shall mean a [requirement imposed by a municipal, county, or other] government entity that individuals wear face masks or face coverings when not able to maintain Social Distancing from non-cohabitating persons that is permitted by the terms of this Executive Order.... "Threshold Requirement" shall mean the prevalence in a county of confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the previous fourteen (14) days is equal to or greater than one hundred (100) cases per one hundred thousand (100,000) people according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.... That municipalities, counties, and other governmental entities located in counties that have reached the Threshold Requirement are hereby permitted to impose a Local Option Face Covering Requirement... [which] must comply with the following: 1.... shall not be applied to individuals who are eating or…

Enforcement: Enforcement of a local option requirement limited to individuals; no fine, fee or penalty against a private business; misdemeanor and closure-after-two-citations rule for the Governor's own requirements

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.15.20.01 (Aug. 15, 2020) (Ex. GA-027) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-063
Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency

Reimposition of litigant deadlines effective July 14, 2020, excepting jury and grand jury deadlines

Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia (Court)

Dates
In force from July 14, 2020 to Aug. 11, 2020 (issued July 10, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts (jury trials still suspended in Q3 2020)
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
29

[most] of the deadlines on litigants were reimposed, effective July 14, 2020, by the Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed on July 10, 2020. The exceptions to the reimposition of deadlines on litigants included deadlines for jury trial proceedings (including statutory speedy trial demands), deadlines for grand jury proceedings, and deadlines calculated by reference to the date of a civil or criminal jury trial or grand jury proceeding. (Ex. GA-051 recital)

Enforcement: Order of the Chief Justice

Citation: Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (July 10, 2020) (Ex. GA-063)

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (11 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. GA-017Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017)In force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-062Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. GA-001Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. GA-002Georgia General Assembly (special session), Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-002)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declaration
Ex. GA-004Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.20.20.02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-004)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Health care ordersOther
Ex. GA-006Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.24.20.01 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. GA-006)In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to July 1, 2021Schools and child careWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-007Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.25.20.01 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. GA-007)In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. GA-057Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.20.01 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-057)In force from Mar. 31, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-013Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.08.20.03 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. GA-013)In force from Apr. 8, 2020 to Sept. 15, 2020Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Ex. GA-015Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015)In force from Apr. 9, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-016Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.13.20.02 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. GA-016)In force from Apr. 13, 2020 to July 1, 2021Face-covering requirementOther

Agencies, boards and authorities: Georgia

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (3 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070)In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020Gathering capWorkplace rules
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020 (issued July 9, 2020)Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081Georgia Ports Authority, GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081)In force from Apr. 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther

Fourth quarter of 2020 (Oct. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020)

Federal layer

Ex. FED-031
CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order

Framework for Conditional Sailing and Initial Phase COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Protection of Crew, 85 Fed. Reg. 70153 (Nov. 4, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, United States (cruise ships operating or intending to operate in U.S. waters) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Oct. 30, 2020 to Nov. 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Capacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
TV travel demand; GS group sales; CB passengers and port economies; SC; EVT (shipboard events, conventions at sea)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
63 (in force on the last day)

This Order establishes a framework for a phased approach to resuming cruise ship passenger operations in U.S. waters. This phased approach will include: (1) Establishment of laboratory testing of crew onboard cruise ships in U.S. waters; (2) simulated voyages designed to test a cruise ship operators' ability to mitigate COVID-19 onboard cruise ships; (3) a certification process; and (4) a return to passenger voyages in a manner that mitigates the risk of COVID-19 introduction, transmission, or spread among passengers and crew onboard ships and ashore to communities.... This Order is effective upon signature and shall remain in effect until the earliest of... (3) November 1, 2021.

Enforcement: 42 U.S.C. § 271; 42 C.F.R. §§ 70.18, 71.2; Coast Guard

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-339
Eighth Amended General Order 20-0012

In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency (Eighth Amended)

Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Court)

Dates
In force from Nov. 13, 2020 to Jan. 12, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT the winter 2020-21 re-tightening: all jury trials suspended until further order (Nov. 13, 2020); in force Dec. 31, 2020 and Jan. 1, 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
49 (in force on the last day)

it is hereby ORDERED:... 2. All civil and criminal jury trials are suspended until further order of this Court.... 9. All public gatherings are suspended at both the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago and the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse in Rockford...

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Eighth Amended General Order 20-0012 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-339) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-303
Standing Order 20-17

In re: Suspension of In-Person Judicial Proceedings and Modification of Second Extension of Standing Order 2020-12, Due to the Resurgence of COVID-19

Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Court)

Dates
In force from Nov. 25, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT the federal court in New Jersey suspended all in-person proceedings for the winter 2020-21 resurgence; CS
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
37 (in force on the last day)

WHEREAS, on June 25, 2020, New Jersey issued a travel advisory... [which] ballooned to 46 states and U.S. jurisdictions, as of November 17, 2020;... WHEREAS, on November 23, 2020, COVID-19-related hospitalizations in New Jersey [reached their highest level since May]... [ORDERED that all in-person judicial proceedings in the District, including criminal proceedings, are suspended]...

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 20-17 (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-303) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-266
OMB Memorandum M-20-18

Managing Federal Contract Performance Issues Associated with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director for Management), United States (federal contractors) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Telework mandateWorkplace rules
Functions reached
PL staffing, janitorial, security and IT contractor personnel at federal sites; PJ contract performance postponed or converted to telework; CB federal contractor base
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

Agencies are urged to work with their contractors, if they haven't already, to evaluate and maximize telework for contractor employees, wherever possible.... if a contractor is unable to perform in a timely manner due to quarantining, social distancing, or other COVID-19 related interruptions, agencies should consider whether excusable delay provisions apply...

Enforcement: OMB directive to contracting officers

Citation: Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director for Management), OMB Memorandum M-20-18 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-266) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-104
FEMA-4482-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for California (COVID-19 Pandemic)

California; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20703 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (California) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [California] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [California].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4482-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for California (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-104) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-147
FEMA-4481-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Washington (COVID-19 Pandemic)

Washington; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20704 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (Washington) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Washington] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Washington].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4481-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Washington (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-147) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-267
OMB Memorandum M-20-19

Harnessing Technology to Support Mission Continuity

Office of Management and Budget, United States (executive branch) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Telework mandate
Functions reached
OF federal telework infrastructure; HR remote onboarding of federal personnel
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

OMB issued M-20-16, Federal Agency Operational Alignment to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus..., which directed agencies to maximize telework across the nation... Agencies are able to make a risk determination and issue an alternate credential/authenticator... to onboard mission-critical personnel.

Enforcement: OMB directive

Citation: Office of Management and Budget, OMB Memorandum M-20-19 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-267) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (33 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. FED-157CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157)In force from May 18, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021Capacity limitGathering capHealth care orders
Ex. FED-290Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-027Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-027)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Ex. FED-390Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation news release of Mar. 17, 2020: Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors (Ex. FED-390)In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to Oct. 22, 2020Business closure
Ex. FED-398U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398)In force from May 20, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2023 (issued May 15, 2020)Gathering capOther
Ex. FED-334Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334)In force from May 21, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-333Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-333)In force from Sept. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-154CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-154)In force from Sept. 17, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021Gathering capHealth care orders
Ex. FED-030Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Third Modification and Extension (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-030)In force from Sept. 30, 2020 to Oct. 31, 2020Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Ex. FED-010Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010)In force from Jan. 27, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-200President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9984 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-200)In force from Feb. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-180Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2024 (issued Mar. 10, 2020)Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-181Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-001President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-160Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-160)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-182Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. FED-201President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9992 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-201)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Feb. 29, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-096CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-096)In force from Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-088OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-088)In force from Mar. 9, 2020 to Jan. 29, 2021Workplace rules
Ex. FED-098CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-098)In force from Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-006President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-202President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9993 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. FED-202)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 (issued Mar. 11, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-203President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9996 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-203)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 (issued Mar. 14, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-311Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Standing Order 2020-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-311)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-367Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-7 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-367)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2021Other
Ex. FED-194HHS Office for Civil Rights, Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-194)In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to May 11, 2023Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-070President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13909 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-070)In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Supply chain
Ex. FED-265Office of Management and Budget, OMB Memorandum M-20-17 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-265)In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020Other
Ex. FED-292Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-292)In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to July 19, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-381U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, USDA Rural Development foreclosure and eviction moratorium for Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loan borrowers: Mar. 19, 2020 (60 days) and extensions to June 30, Aug. 31 and Dec. 31, 2020 (releases of May 2020, June 2020 and Aug./Sept. 2020) (Ex. FED-381)In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020Other
Ex. FED-034Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order') (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-034)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-039Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Interim Final Rule, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes (42 C.F.R. § 71.40) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-039)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Oct. 13, 2020Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-132President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-132)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration

120 further federal instruments were in force in this quarter and are listed in the Library's federal layer at covidproject.com/federal; this report shows the 40 most relevant to this selection.

State of Georgia

Ex. GA-028
Executive Order 09.30.20.02

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Oct. 1, 2020 to Oct. 15, 2020 (issued Sept. 30, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
GATH 50; CB medically fragile confined; BA bars capped; DR restaurant measures; VS long-term care visitation phases; SCH screening; MASK local option
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15 (in force on the first day)

"Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... That Executive Order 04.08.20.03 shall expire at 11:59 P.M. on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.... Long-Term Care Facilities shall implement additional measures and protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19... [Bars:] Limiting the number of total persons inside the bar to fifty (50) persons or thirty-five percent (35%)... Ensuring ventilation systems operate properly and increasing [circulation]

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.30.20.02 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-028) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-029
Executive Order 11.30.20.02

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Dec. 1, 2020 to Dec. 15, 2020 (issued Nov. 30, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
GATH 50; CB medically fragile confined; BA; DR; FC; SL; SF; VS; SCH; MASK local option
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15

"Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... "Local Option Face Covering Requirement"... [sector sections 'shall implement' measures; long-term care directives mandatory; vaccination-administration statutes suspended]

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 11.30.20.02 (Nov. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-029) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-064
Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials

Statewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surge

Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia (Court)

Dates
In force from Dec. 23, 2020 to Mar. 9, 2021 (issued Dec. 22, 2020)
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts (no jury trials Dec. 23, 2020-Mar. 2021); CB legal-services clients
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
9 (in force on the last day)

Suspended jury trials statewide at least until February 2021; trials in progress permitted to continue at the presiding judge's discretion; cited rapid COVID-19 case escalation (Husch Blackwell summary)

Enforcement: Order of the Chief Justice

Citation: Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-064)

Ex. GA-048
Directive 20-EX-9

Suspension of Preauthorization Requirements for Post-Acute Placements

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Georgia (Sector regulator)

Dates
In force from Dec. 3, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Health care orders
Functions reached
IN insurer preauthorization function; IN intake and referrals for skilled nursing, home health, rehabilitation and LTACH; IP hospital discharge
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
29 (in force on the last day)

Georgia hospitals are experiencing high demand on inpatient hospital services and are redeploying staff to provide direct patient care. Many hospitals are unable to admit new patients because delays in responses from health insurers have made it difficult to discharge current patients to lower levels of care.... preauthorization requirements for post-acute placements should be suspended for 60 days from the date of this Directive... including but not limited to skilled nursing facilities, home health, acute rehabilitation, and long-term acute care.

Enforcement: Regulator's directive to licensees

Citation: Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-9 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. GA-048) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-067
Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine)

Isolation requirements for COVID-19-positive persons and quarantine of exposed persons

Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Dec. 4, 2020 to July 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Functions reached
WF workforce (mandatory isolation and quarantine periods); SCH school quarantines; IC health-care infection control
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
28 (in force on the last day)

Isolation requirements for COVID-19-positive individuals; quarantine guidelines for potentially exposed individuals; effective 30 days following Public Health State of Emergency end; violations constitute misdemeanor offense (Husch Blackwell summary, Dec. 4, 2020 entry)

Enforcement: Misdemeanor (per the secondary source; O.C.G.A. 31-5-8 and 31-12-4)

Citation: Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067)

Ex. GA-049
Directive 20-EX-11

Reissuing Temporary Suspension of Certain Concurrent and Utilization Review Requirements

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Georgia (Sector regulator)

Dates
In force from Dec. 31, 2020 to Jan. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Health care orders
Functions reached
IN insurer review functions; SX scheduled surgeries and admissions; IP hospital administration
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
1 (in force on the last day)

Georgia hospitals are experiencing extreme demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Making the situation more dire, hospitals are also experiencing staff shortages.... certain utilization review and notification requirements should be suspended for 30 days from the date of this letter... 1. Suspension of Preauthorization Requirements for Scheduled Surgeries or Admissions at Hospitals... [insurers] should suspend preauthorization review for scheduled surgeries or admissions at hospitals for 30 days

Enforcement: Regulator's directive to licensees

Citation: Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-11 (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-049) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (10 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. GA-017Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017)In force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-062Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. GA-001Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. GA-002Georgia General Assembly (special session), Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-002)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declaration
Ex. GA-004Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.20.20.02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-004)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Health care ordersOther
Ex. GA-006Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.24.20.01 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. GA-006)In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to July 1, 2021Schools and child careWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-007Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.25.20.01 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. GA-007)In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. GA-057Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.20.01 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-057)In force from Mar. 31, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-015Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015)In force from Apr. 9, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-016Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.13.20.02 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. GA-016)In force from Apr. 13, 2020 to July 1, 2021Face-covering requirementOther

Agencies, boards and authorities: Georgia

Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-066
Order in Response to COVID-19 (October 30, 2020)

Order extending through December 31, 2020 the Order Implementing Investment Adviser Annual Update Amendment to Form ADV Deadline (Mar. 17, 2020) and the Order Implementing Filing Requirements in Response to COVID-19 (Mar. 24, 2020)

Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Securities, Georgia; Securities Division, Office of the Secretary of State (State securities regulator) (Sector regulator)

Dates
In force from Oct. 30, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitations
Other
Functions reached
WM investment advisers and broker-dealers (filing deadlines); OP
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
63 (in force on the last day)

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§ 10-5-70 et seq., the Commissioner may, by rule, regulation, or order, exempt, either conditionally or unconditionally, any person, security or transaction, or any [class thereof, from the Act]... Accordingly, it is ORDERED, pursuant to O.C.G.A. 10-5-70 et seq. of the Act: 1. The following Relief Orders issued by the Commissioner are extended through December 31, 2020 unless modified, vacated, or superseded: Order Implementing Investment Adviser Annual Update Amendment To Form ADV Deadline In Response to COVID-19 dated March 17, 2020; and Order Implementing Filing Requirements In Response to COVID-19 dated March 24, 2020.

Enforcement: O.C.G.A. §§ 10-5-70 to 10-5-79 (enforcement; penalties)

Citation: Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Securities, Order in Response to COVID-19 (October 30, 2020) (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-066) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (2 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070)In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020Gathering capWorkplace rules
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020 (issued July 9, 2020)Gathering capCourts and public offices

First quarter of 2021 (Jan. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021)

Federal layer

Ex. FED-060
Executive Order 13991

Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing, 86 Fed. Reg. 7045 (Jan. 25, 2021)

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., United States (federal buildings and lands; federal employees and on-site contractors) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Jan. 20, 2021 to May 9, 2023
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Functions reached
CS client meetings at federal sites (professional services); JS federal construction sites; DL/SV field service at federal facilities; CT federal courthouses and agency offices (masking and distancing conditions on entry); MK federally hosted meetings
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
71 (in force on the last day)

Sec. 2. Immediate Action Regarding Federal Employees, Contractors, Buildings, and Lands. (a) The heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall immediately take action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to require compliance with CDC guidelines with respect to wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, and other public health measures by: on-duty or on-site Federal employees; on-site Federal contractors; and all persons in Federal buildings or on Federal lands.

Enforcement: Agency directives; contract terms; building-access conditions; created the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (§ 4) whose July and September 2021 rules are FED-B's

Citation: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 13991 (Jan. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-060) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-270
Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB determination (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB M-21-15, M-21-25 and Model Safety Principles

COVID-19 Safe Federal Workplace: Agency Model Safety Principles

Office of Management and Budget (Executive Associate Director Aviva Aron-Dine) with the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, United States (executive branch; all federal buildings and federal lands) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Jan. 24, 2021 to June 10, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Functions reached
OF federal workplaces capped at 25 percent occupancy; CS visitors to federal buildings minimized and screened; PJ on-site contractors masked and screened; TR official travel limited to mission-critical trips; MK federal attendance at meetings and events curtailed
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
67 (in force on the last day)

agencies should immediately require masks and distancing consistent with current CDC guidance in all Federal buildings... Unless it is physically impossible or poses a threat to critical national security interests, generally speaking, occupancy in Federal workplaces should be no more than 25% of normal capacity during periods of significant or high community transmission... No Federal workplace should operate above 25% of normal occupancy standards at any given time during periods of high community prevalence or transmission.

Enforcement: EO 13991 § 2 compliance requirement for employees, on-site contractors and all persons in federal buildings; agency COVID-19 Coordination Teams

Citation: Office of Management and Budget (Executive Associate Director Aviva Aron-Dine) with the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB determination (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB M-21-15, M-21-25 and Model Safety Principles (Jan. 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-270) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-296
Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012

In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency (Tenth Amended)

Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, Rockford) (Court)

Dates
In force from Feb. 12, 2021 to Apr. 5, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT Chicago's federal court: no jury trials Mar. 17, 2020 - Apr. 5, 2021, in ten successive orders; CS
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
48 (in force on the last day)

it is hereby ORDERED:... 2. All civil and criminal jury trials are suspended until April 5, 2021.... 9. All public gatherings are suspended at both the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago and the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse in Rockford...

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012 (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. FED-296) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-155
QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Mar. 10, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19

QSO-20-39-NH (REVISED 03/10/2021)

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 10, 2021 to Apr. 27, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Gathering capHealth care orders
Functions reached
VS visitation (indoor visitation to be allowed at all times except the three limiting scenarios)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
22 (in force on the last day)

Enforcement: F-tag F563

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Mar. 10, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (Ex. FED-155) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-305
Standing Order 21-02

In re: Further Suspension of In-Person Judicial Proceedings and Limitations of Grand Jury Proceedings Due to COVID-19

Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Court)

Dates
In force from Mar. 17, 2021 to June 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Business closureCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15 (in force on the last day)

WHEREAS, in response to the continuing pandemic, on January 19, 2021, the Governor [of New Jersey extended the public health emergency]...; [the Court] remains in Phase Three of its Recovery Guidelines, mandating the wearing of face coverings,... [the suspension of in-person proceedings] remains in effect until March 17, 2021,... [the Court] found it necessary to continue all civil and criminal jury selections and jury trials to March 12, [2021]...

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-02 (Mar. 17, 2021) (Ex. FED-305) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-008
Memorandum of February 2, 2021

Maximizing Assistance From the Federal Emergency Management Agency To Respond to COVID-19, 86 Fed. Reg. 8281 (Feb. 5, 2021)

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator), United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Jan. 20, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2021 (issued Feb. 2, 2021)
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
90 (the whole quarter)

FEMA shall provide a 100 percent Federal cost share for all work eligible for assistance under Public Assistance Category B, pursuant to sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b), 502 (42 U.S.C. 5192), and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act... performed from January 21, 2021, through September 30, 2021. (b) FEMA shall provide a 100 percent Federal cost share for all work eligible for assistance under Public Assistance Category B... performed from January 20, 2020, through January 20, 2021.

Enforcement: Funding directive

Citation: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator), Memorandum of February 2, 2021 (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. FED-008) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-071
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)

Dates
In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Supply chain
Functions reached
SC PPE procurement and inventory of every employer; RT retail of designated materials; DS wholesale distribution
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
90 (the whole quarter)

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

Citation: President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13910 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-071) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-099
CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020)

QSO-20-20-ALL, Prioritization of Survey Activities

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (all Medicare/Medicaid certified providers and suppliers; CLIA laboratories) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to May 1, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT/HR licensure, certification and survey functions of every certified provider (initial certifications, changes of ownership and revisits delayed); IC (focused infection control surveys imposed)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
90 (the whole quarter)

On Friday, March 13, 2020, the President declared a national emergency, which triggers the Secretary's ability to authorize waivers or modifications of certain requirements pursuant to section 1135 of the Social Security Act (the Act). [CMS suspends standard surveys and prioritizes survey activity to immediate jeopardy complaints, infection control surveys and other listed categories for a three-week period, then as extended.]

Enforcement: Governs State Survey Agency operations (federal survey and certification)

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-099) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-115
FEMA-4483-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa (COVID-19 Pandemic)

Iowa; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20704 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (Iowa) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
90 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Iowa] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Iowa].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4483-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-115) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (31 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. FED-157CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157)In force from May 18, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021Capacity limitGathering capHealth care orders
Ex. FED-290Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-398U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398)In force from May 20, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2023 (issued May 15, 2020)Gathering capOther
Ex. FED-334Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334)In force from May 21, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-333Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-333)In force from Sept. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-154CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-154)In force from Sept. 17, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021Gathering capHealth care orders
Ex. FED-031Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031)In force from Oct. 30, 2020 to Nov. 1, 2021Capacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Ex. FED-339Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Eighth Amended General Order 20-0012 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-339)In force from Nov. 13, 2020 to Jan. 12, 2021Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-303Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 20-17 (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-303)In force from Nov. 25, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-010Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010)In force from Jan. 27, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-200President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9984 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-200)In force from Feb. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-180Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2024 (issued Mar. 10, 2020)Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-181Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-001President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-160Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-160)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-182Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. FED-201President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9992 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-201)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Feb. 29, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-096CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-096)In force from Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-098CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-098)In force from Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-006President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-202President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9993 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. FED-202)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 (issued Mar. 11, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-203President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9996 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-203)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Jan. 26, 2021 (issued Mar. 14, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-311Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Standing Order 2020-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-311)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-367Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-7 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-367)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2021Other
Ex. FED-194HHS Office for Civil Rights, Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-194)In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to May 11, 2023Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-070President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13909 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-070)In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Supply chain
Ex. FED-292Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-292)In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to July 19, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-034Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order') (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-034)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-132President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-132)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-104President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4482-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for California (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-104)In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-147President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4481-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Washington (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-147)In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration

135 further federal instruments were in force in this quarter and are listed in the Library's federal layer at covidproject.com/federal; this report shows the 40 most relevant to this selection.

State of Georgia

Ex. GA-031
Executive Order 12.30.20.02

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Jan. 1, 2021 to Jan. 15, 2021 (issued Dec. 30, 2020)
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
GATH 50; CB medically fragile confined; BA; DR; FC; SL; SF; VS; SCH; MASK local option
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
15 (in force on the first day)

"Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... III. SHELTERING IN PLACE... That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia who meet the following criteria for higher risk of severe illness as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are required to Shelter [in Place within their homes or places of residence]

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 12.30.20.02 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-031) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-058
Executive Order 02.15.21.01

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Feb. 16, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2021 (issued Feb. 15, 2021)
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
EMP ventilation requirement added to mandatory sector measures; GATH 50; CB medically fragile confined; DR, BA, FC, SL, SF, VS, SCH measures
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
13

[the provisions contained in this Order] shall be effective from February 16, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. until [February 28, 2021 at 11:59 P.M.]... [Restaurants:] 31. Ensure ventilation systems operate properly and increase [air circulation and purification]... [Organizations, gyms, schools:] Ensuring ventilation systems operate properly and increasing [air circulation]

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 02.15.21.01 (Feb. 15, 2021) (Ex. GA-058) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-032
Executive Order 03.12.21.01

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 16, 2021 to June 30, 2021 (issued Mar. 12, 2021)
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
GATH 50; CB medically fragile confined; BA and DR combined mandatory measures; FC; SL; SF; VS; SCH; MASK local option
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
16 (in force on the last day)

"Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... III. SHELTERING IN PLACE... required to Shelter [in Place]... 16. Ensure ventilation systems operate properly and increase [air circulation]

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.12.21.01 (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. GA-032) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-030
Executive Order 12.30.20.01

Renewing the Public Health State of Emergency last renewed on November 30, 2020, in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Dec. 30, 2020 to Feb. 7, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate for Q1 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
38 (in force on the first day)

[the Public Health State of Emergency] shall be renewed for thirty (30) days... shall terminate on [February 7, 2021] unless it is renewed by the Governor

Enforcement: Predicate

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 12.30.20.01 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-030) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (14 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. GA-017Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017)In force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-062Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. GA-064Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-064)In force from Dec. 23, 2020 to Mar. 9, 2021 (issued Dec. 22, 2020)Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. GA-001Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. GA-002Georgia General Assembly (special session), Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-002)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declaration
Ex. GA-004Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.20.20.02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-004)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Health care ordersOther
Ex. GA-006Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.24.20.01 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. GA-006)In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to July 1, 2021Schools and child careWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-007Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.25.20.01 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. GA-007)In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. GA-057Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.20.01 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-057)In force from Mar. 31, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-015Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015)In force from Apr. 9, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-016Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.13.20.02 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. GA-016)In force from Apr. 13, 2020 to July 1, 2021Face-covering requirementOther
Ex. GA-048Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-9 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. GA-048)In force from Dec. 3, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2021Health care orders
Ex. GA-067Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067)In force from Dec. 4, 2020 to July 31, 2021Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Ex. GA-049Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-11 (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-049)In force from Dec. 31, 2020 to Jan. 30, 2021Health care orders

Agencies, boards and authorities: Georgia

The Library holds no instrument of this layer in force in this quarter for this selection.

End of general restrictions, State of Georgia: Executive Order 03.31.21.03 (Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia), effective April 8, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. (Ex. GA-034), completed by Executive Order 04.30.21.01, effective May 1, 2021 (Ex. GA-035); the Public Health State of Emergency and the last Empowering a Healthy Georgia order (05.28.21.02 as extended by 06.22.21.02) expired at 12:00 A.M. on July 1, 2021 (Exs. GA-039, GA-040) (2021-04-08 (gathering ban and shelter-in-place ended; closure sanction withdrawn); 2021-05-01 (distancing became 'strongly encouraged'); 2021-07-01 (Public Health State of Emergency and sector orders expired)). What remained: From April 8, 2021: mandatory Social Distancing for all residents ('shall practice'), mandatory sector measures ('shall implement') for restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters, salons, schools, camps, venues and conventions, mandatory DPH long-term-care directives, the Local Option Face Covering Requirement framework and the suspension of local orders 'more or less restrictive' than the Governor's (Ex. GA-034). From May 1, 2021: mandatory mitigation measures for restaurants, bars, banquet and event facilities and every Organization ('shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19'), mandatory long-term-care directives, the local-option framework (Ex. GA-035); from May 31: the same plus the bar on school districts relying on the emergency for masks (Ex. GA-038). From July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021: the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery (Exs. GA-041, GA-059, GA-060, GA-046) with its regulatory suspensions (temporary and lapsed-license practice, remote notarization, DDS examiner rules, unemployment rules) (Exs. GA-042, GA-061); the August 19, 2021 order suspending inconsistent local COVID-19 ordinances and barring compelled business enforcement (Ex. GA-043); the Guard hospital deployments and the freight hours-of-service and weight suspension (Exs. GA-044, GA-045); the Insurance Commissioner's Delta-surge directives through September 30, 2021 (Exs. GA-050, GA-055, GA-056); the vaccine-passport prohibition on State entities (Ex. GA-036); DPH quarantine and isolation orders on specific persons (recognized as controlling in every Governor's order); and local judicial emergency orders in the circuits (Exs. GA-051 to GA-054).

Preemption of local orders, State of Georgia: Georgia preempted local orders from the first statewide instrument and never stopped. EO 04.02.20.01 (Apr. 2, 2020) suspended 'the powers of counties and cities conveyed in Titles 36 and 38... to the extent of suspending enforcement of any local ordinance or order adopted or issued since March 1, 2020, with the stated purpose or effect of responding to a public health state of emergency, ordering residents to shelter-in-place, ordering a quarantine, or combatting the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 that in any way conflicts, varies, or differs from the terms of this Order,' and provided that 'no county or municipality shall adopt any similar ordinance or order while this Order is in effect' (Ex. GA-010 at 8). That suspension displaced the City of Atlanta's Executive Order 2020-21, the Fulton County Board of Health order and every other local shelter order of March 2020. EO 04.20.20.01 suspended 'enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance or order that is more or less restrictive than this Order' (Ex. GA-017 at 6), and every Empowering a Healthy Georgia order repeated that suspension and provided that local rules 'more or less restrictive than the terms of this Order shall be considered inconsistent with this Order.' EO 07.15.20.01 (effective July 16, 2020) added that 'any state, county, or municipal law, order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires persons to wear face coverings, masks, face shields, or any other Personal Protective Equipment while in places of public accommodation or on public property are suspended to the extent that they are more restrictive than this Executive Order' (Ex. GA-026 at 38), voiding the fifteen local mask orders then in force (Ballotpedia; Husch Blackwell); the Governor sued the City of Atlanta over its mask order and gathering limits on July 16, 2020 (Kemp v. Bottoms, Fulton Super. Ct.) and withdrew the suit on August 13, 2020. EO 08.15.20.01 (effective Aug. 16, 2020) authorized a 'Local Option Face Covering Requirement' only in counties meeting the 'Threshold Requirement' (100 or more confirmed cases per 100,000 over the previous fourteen days), forbade any fine, fee or penalty against a private business for a customer's noncompliance, limited enforcement to individuals, and let every government control terms of entry to its own property regardless of the threshold (Ex. GA-027 at 9-10, 38-39); that framework continued in every order through July 1, 2021 (Exs. GA-028, GA-029, GA-031, GA-032, GA-034, GA-035, GA-038). The Governor's orders also provided throughout that 'the operation of Critical Infrastructure shall not be impeded by county, municipal, or local ordinance.' After the Public Health State of Emergency ended, EO 06.30.21.01 recited O.C.G.A. 38-3-28(a)'s bar on local emergency rules 'inconsistent with' the Governor's and defined 'more or less permissive' local rules as inconsistent (Ex. GA-041 at 3), and EO 08.19.21.03 (Aug. 19, 2021) ordered that 'No Organization... shall be compelled to enforce any provision of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule, or regulation enacted pursuant to emergency authority or a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19,' that 'No law enforcement agency shall compel any Organization... to adhere to' such a local provision, and that 'enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule or regulation that is more or less restrictive than this Order and is not otherwise expressly permitted by the terms herein is hereby suspended' (Ex. GA-043 at 4-6). Local mask and vaccination ordinances of the Delta wave (Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke and school districts) therefore operated in Q3 2021 only as the Governor's order permitted: binding on individuals and on government property, never enforceable through the private business.

Second quarter of 2021 (Apr. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021)

Federal layer

Ex. FED-156
QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Apr. 27, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (the text in force throughout 2021Q3)

QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED 04/27/2021)

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Apr. 27, 2021 to Nov. 12, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Functions reached
VS visitation and access (home-care-senior-living; hospice; clergy CR; families); IC screening and masking of every entrant regardless of vaccination; DN communal dining and activities (conducted under the core principles); HR/WF and vendor access (staffing PL; personal services SL in-facility salons; physician CL on-site visits); RS cohorting and quarantine
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
65 (in force on the last day)

Core Principles of COVID-19 Infection Prevention: Screening of all who enter the facility for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g., temperature checks, questions about and observations of signs or symptoms), and denial of entry of those with signs or symptoms or those who have had close contact with someone with COVID-19 infection in the prior 14 days (regardless of the visitor's vaccination status)... Face covering or mask (covering mouth and nose) and social distancing at least six feet between persons, in accordance with CDC guidance... Resident and staff testing conducted as required at 42 CFR § 483.80(h) (see QSO-20-38-NH Revised). These core principles are consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for nursing homes, and should be adhered to at all times.... Facilities should allow indoor visitation at all times and for all residents (regardless…

Enforcement: Survey enforcement under F563 (visitation) and F880 (infection control); civil money penalties

Citation: CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Apr. 27, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (the text in force throughout 2021Q3) (Ex. FED-156) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-032
Notice: Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations Manual

Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations Manual, 86 Fed. Reg. 24865 (May 10, 2021)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from May 5, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Functions reached
TV; GS; CB; SC
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
57 (in force on the last day)

[notice of the technical instructions implementing the CSO's phases: port agreements, simulated voyages, COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificates, testing and vaccination thresholds for restricted revenue voyages]

Enforcement: as for FED-031

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Notice: Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations Manual (May 5, 2021) (Ex. FED-032) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-080
Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502, 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021)

Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard, 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, United States (every setting 'where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services'; federal OSHA States directly, State-plan States through adoption within 30 days) (Federal)

Dates
In force from June 21, 2021 to Dec. 27, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Functions reached
IC infection control (hospitals, physician practices, dental, home care); ED/CL intake and waiting rooms (entry limits, screening, triage); SX/PR procedures (aerosol-generating procedure rules, § 1910.502(g)); VS visitation and access (non-employee screening); HR/WF (daily employee screening; medical removal; paid vaccination leave); OF administration (written plan, safety coordinator, recordkeeping); SC PPE (respirators for exposure to suspected or confirmed COVID-19)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
10 (in force on the last day)

§ 1910.502(a)(1): 'Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, this section applies to all settings where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services.' (a)(2): 'This section does not apply to the following: (i) The provision of first aid by an employee who is not a licensed healthcare provider; (ii) The dispensing of prescriptions by pharmacists in retail settings; (iii) Non-hospital ambulatory care settings where all non-employees are screened prior to entry and people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are not permitted to enter those settings; (iv) Well-defined hospital ambulatory care settings where all employees are fully vaccinated and all non-employees are screened prior to entry and people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are not permitted to enter those settings; (v) Home healthcare settings where all employees are fully vaccinated and all…

Enforcement: Citations and civil penalties under OSH Act §§ 9, 17 (29 U.S.C. §§ 658, 666); inspection procedures DIR 2021-02 (FED-081); § 11(c) and § 1910.502(o) anti-retaliation

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502, 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-080) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-118
FEMA-4484-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana (COVID-19 Pandemic)

Louisiana; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20701 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (Louisiana) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
91 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Louisiana] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Louisiana].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4484-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-118) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-183
Emergency Use Authorization Declaration: medical devices, including alternative products used as medical devices

Emergency Use Authorization Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 17335 (Mar. 27, 2020)

Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declarationSupply chain
Functions reached
context for SC (ventilators, face shields, gowns, decontamination)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
91 (the whole quarter)

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, HHS, requested that the FDA, HHS, issue an EUA for certain medical devices to allow the Department to take response measures based on information currently available about the virus that causes COVID-19. The determination of a public health emergency, and the declaration that circumstances exist justifying emergency use of certain medical devices by the Secretary of HHS, as described below, enable the FDA Commissioner to issue an EUA for these devices for emergency use under section 564 of the FD&C Act.

Enforcement: Framework

Citation: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Authorization Declaration: medical devices, including alternative products used as medical devices (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-183) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-074
Notice of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention Measures

Notice of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention Measures, 85 Fed. Reg. 17592 (Mar. 30, 2020)

Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Supply chain
Functions reached
SC PPE for every industry (dental CH/ST/SC; physician SC; hospitals SC; home care SC; personal services SL; construction JS; manufacturing PF)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
91 (the whole quarter)

The following materials are designated pursuant to section 102 of the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4512) and Executive Order 13910 of March 23, 2020 (Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19) as scarce materials or threatened materials: 1. N-95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators, including devices that are disposable half-face-piece nonpowered air-purifying particulate respirators intended for use to cover the nose and mouth of the wearer to help reduce wearer exposure to pathogenic biological airborne particulates 2. Other Filtering Facepiece Respirators (e.g., those designated as N99, N100, R95, R99, R100, or P95, P99, P100)... [and] elastomeric respirators, PAPRs, surgical masks, gloves, face shields, gowns, ventilators, sterilization services, disinfecting devices, medical gowns, sanitizing and disinfecting products

Enforcement: DPA § 103 criminal penalties; DOJ hoarding prosecutions

Citation: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Notice of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention Measures (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-074) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-109
FEMA-4486-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Florida (COVID-19 Pandemic)

Florida; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20700 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (Florida) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
91 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Florida] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Florida].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4486-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Florida (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-109) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (33 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. FED-290Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-398U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398)In force from May 20, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2023 (issued May 15, 2020)Gathering capOther
Ex. FED-334Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334)In force from May 21, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-333Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-333)In force from Sept. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-031Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031)In force from Oct. 30, 2020 to Nov. 1, 2021Capacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Ex. FED-060President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 13991 (Jan. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-060)In force from Jan. 20, 2021 to May 9, 2023Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Ex. FED-270Office of Management and Budget (Executive Associate Director Aviva Aron-Dine) with the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB determination (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB M-21-15, M-21-25 and Model Safety Principles (Jan. 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-270)In force from Jan. 24, 2021 to June 10, 2021Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Ex. FED-296Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012 (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. FED-296)In force from Feb. 12, 2021 to Apr. 5, 2021Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-155CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Mar. 10, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (Ex. FED-155)In force from Mar. 10, 2021 to Apr. 27, 2021Gathering capHealth care orders
Ex. FED-305Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-02 (Mar. 17, 2021) (Ex. FED-305)In force from Mar. 17, 2021 to June 1, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-008President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator), Memorandum of February 2, 2021 (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. FED-008)In force from Jan. 20, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2021 (issued Feb. 2, 2021)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-010Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010)In force from Jan. 27, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-200President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9984 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-200)In force from Feb. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-180Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2024 (issued Mar. 10, 2020)Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-181Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-001President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-160Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-160)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-182Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. FED-201President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9992 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-201)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Feb. 29, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-096CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-096)In force from Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-098CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-098)In force from Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-006President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-311Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Standing Order 2020-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-311)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-194HHS Office for Civil Rights, Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-194)In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to May 11, 2023Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-070President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13909 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-070)In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Supply chain
Ex. FED-292Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-292)In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to July 19, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-034Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order') (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-034)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-132President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-132)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-104President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4482-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for California (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-104)In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-147President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4481-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Washington (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-147)In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-071President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13910 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-071)In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Supply chain
Ex. FED-099CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-099)In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to May 1, 2023Health care ordersCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-115President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4483-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-115)In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration

125 further federal instruments were in force in this quarter and are listed in the Library's federal layer at covidproject.com/federal; this report shows the 40 most relevant to this selection.

State of Georgia

Ex. GA-034
Executive Order 03.31.21.03

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 (ending the gathering ban and shelter-in-place)

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Apr. 8, 2021 to Apr. 30, 2021 (issued Mar. 31, 2021)
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Functions reached
EMP mandatory sector measures retained ('shall implement') for restaurants, bars, gyms, salons, theaters, venues, conventions, schools; VS long-term care visitation per DPH; MASK local option retained; GATH no cap; CB shelter-in-place ended
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
23

That unless otherwise noted, the provisions contained in this Order shall be effective from April 8, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. until April 30, 2021 at 11:59 P.M.... That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia shall practice Social Distancing as defined herein.... That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia are strongly encouraged to wear face coverings as practicable while outside their homes or place of residence... That Long-Term Care Facilities' visitation policies shall comply with the Georgia Department of Public Health's Long-Term Care Facility [guidance]... [DPH] directives and guidance shall be mandatory for all Long-Term Care Facilities... That no Organization shall be mandated to close for failure to comply with this Executive Order, provided, however, that nothing in this provision shall be construed to prohibit the closure of an Organization by appropriate…

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7 retained; closure sanction withdrawn; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.21.03 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. GA-034) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-033
Executive Order 03.31.21.01

Renewing the Public Health State of Emergency last renewed on February 26, 2021, in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Mar. 31, 2021 to Apr. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate for Q2 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
30 (in force on the first day)

[the Public Health State of Emergency] shall be renewed... and shall terminate on [April 30, 2021] unless it is renewed by the Governor

Enforcement: Predicate

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.21.01 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. GA-033) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-035
Executive Order 04.30.21.01

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from May 1, 2021 to May 30, 2021 (issued Apr. 30, 2021)
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Functions reached
DR and BA mandatory worker screening and measures; BQ banquet and event facilities; EMP every Organization 'shall implement' mitigation measures; VS long-term care; SCH school measures; MASK local option
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
30

That unless otherwise noted, the provisions contained in this Order shall be effective from May 1, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. until May 30, 2021 at 11:59 P.M.... That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia are strongly encouraged to practice Social Distancing... That all Restaurants and Bars, as well as all banquet facilities, private event facilities, and private reception venues where food is served, that operate during the effective dates of this Order shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19 among its patrons and workforce. Such measures shall include the following: 1. Screen and evaluate Workers who exhibit Symptoms of COVID-19... That all Organizations that continue in-person operations during the effective dates of this Order shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19 among its workforce. Such measures may…

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; no closure sanction; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.30.21.01 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-035) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-036
Executive Order 05.25.21.01

Prohibiting the implementation of Vaccine Passport Programs or other proof of COVID-19 vaccination

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from May 25, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Travel and quarantineVaccination or testing
Functions reached
HR State-employer vaccination policy; TV travel (no proof-of-vaccination entry requirement); CB State services
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
37 (in force on the last day)

[No State agency, service provider or property] shall implement a Vaccine Passport Program or otherwise require an individual to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition [of access to services or property]... That at no time shall a Vaccine Passport Program or any other requirement to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination be implemented [as a condition of entering the State of Georgia]... That no state or agency employee shall be afforded employment-[related benefits or penalties on the basis of] vaccination status

Enforcement: Directive to State agencies

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. GA-036) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-037
Executive Order 05.28.21.01

Renewing the Public Health State of Emergency last renewed on April 23, 2021, in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from May 28, 2021 to June 29, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate for the last month of Q2 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
33

[the Public Health State of Emergency] shall be renewed for thirty (30) days... shall terminate on [June 29, 2021] unless it is renewed by the Governor

Enforcement: Predicate

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.21.01 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. GA-037) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-038
Executive Order 05.28.21.02

Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from May 31, 2021 to July 1, 2021 (issued May 28, 2021)
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Functions reached
VS and IC long-term care mandates; SCH school mask authority limited; MASK local option; EMP Organizations' general mitigation duty
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
31 (in force on the last day)

That unless otherwise noted, the provisions contained in this Order shall be effective from May 31, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. until June 15, 2021 at 11:59 P.M.... That Long-Term Care Facilities' visitation policies shall comply with the Georgia Department of Public Health's Long-Term Care Facility [guidance]... That Long-Term Care Facilities shall implement measures and [protocols]... [DPH] directives and guidance shall be mandatory for all Long-Term Care Facilities... That Executive Order 05.28.21.01 is hereby amended to the extent that the Public Health State of Emergency renewed therein is limited in the scope of its powers so that it does not include the authority for local school districts to rely on the Public Health State of Emergency as a basis for requiring students or Workers to wear a face covering while present on school district campuses.... any state, county, or municipal law…

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; local orders more or less restrictive suspended

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.21.02 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. GA-038) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-065
Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency

Final extension; expiry of the statewide judicial emergency at 11:59 P.M. June 30, 2021; jury and grand jury deadlines remain tolled

Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia (Court)

Dates
In force from June 7, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts (transition to local judicial emergencies on July 1, 2021)
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source
Days in this quarter
24 (in force on the last day)

The Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency ordered that the grand jury and jury trial deadlines would remain tolled; however, [those deadlines would be reimposed] (unless tolled by applicable local judicial emergency order) when the statewide judicial emergency order expires. (Ex. GA-051 recital)

Enforcement: Order of the Chief Justice

Citation: Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (June 7, 2021) (Ex. GA-065)

Ex. GA-039
Executive Order 06.22.21.01

Renewing the Public Health State of Emergency last renewed on May 28, 2021, in response to COVID-19 (final renewal)

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from June 22, 2021 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate to the last minute of Q2 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
9 (in force on the last day)

That the Public Health State of Emergency declared by Executive Order 03.14.20.01 and renewed by Executive Orders 04.08.20.02, 04.30.20.01, 05.28.20.01, 06.29.20.01, 07.31.20.01, 08.31.20.01, 09.30.20.01, 10.30.20.01, 11.30.20.01, 12.30.20.01, 01.29.21.01, 02.26.21.01, 03.31.21.01, 04.23.21.01, and 05.28.21.01, which is set to expire on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., shall be renewed for one (1) day and one (1) minute.... That the Public Health State of Emergency shall terminate on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at 12:00 A.M., unless it is renewed by the Governor.... There exists a continued need for protecting vulnerable populations, providing comprehensive testing, permitting economic flexibility with reduced regulations, providing increased hospital capacity, and allowing the state expanded flexibility for procurement

Enforcement: Predicate

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.22.21.01 (June 22, 2021) (Ex. GA-039) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-040
Executive Order 06.22.21.02

Extending Executive Order 05.28.21.02, 'Empowering a Healthy Georgia'

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from June 22, 2021 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Functions reached
VS long-term care mandates to July 1; MASK local option to July 1
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
9 (in force on the last day)

That Executive Order 05.28.21.02, Empowering a Healthy Georgia, which was renewed by Executive Order 06.15.21.01 and is now set to expire on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., shall be extended for a period of eight (8) days and one (1) minute, and shall expire on Thursday, July 1, 2021, at 12:00 A.M.

Enforcement: As in EO 05.28.21.02

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.22.21.02 (June 22, 2021) (Ex. GA-040) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-041
Executive Order 06.30.21.01

Declaration of State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from June 30, 2021 to July 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chainOther
Functions reached
EMER predicate for all of Q3 2021; SC supply chain (declared emergency 'on the economy, supply chain, and healthcare infrastructure'); HC hospital capacity (Guard); CB pricing (price-gouging statute)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
1 (in force on the last day)

That because of the continuing negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the State's economy, supply chain, and healthcare infrastructure, a State of Emergency is declared in the State of Georgia.... That all resources of the State of Georgia shall be made available to assist in activities designed to address this emergency and aid recovery and response efforts.... That the Georgia Department of Defense provide up to one hundred (100) Georgia National Guard troops to be used in response to this State of Emergency.... That all state and local authorities, as well as public and private entities, shall fully comply with all orders by the Governor as authorized by Georgia law, in furtherance of this Order.... Code Section 10-1-393.4, prohibiting price gouging, remains in effect.... That the State of Emergency shall terminate on July 30, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., unless it is renewed by the…

Enforcement: O.C.G.A. 38-3-28 ('[a]ll orders, rules, and regulations promulgated by the Governor' have the force and effect of law, recited); price-gouging statute; 38-3-7 misdemeanor in the companion orders

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.30.21.01 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-041) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (12 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. GA-017Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017)In force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-032Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.12.21.01 (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. GA-032)In force from Mar. 16, 2021 to June 30, 2021 (issued Mar. 12, 2021)Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-062Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021Gathering capCourts and public offices
Ex. GA-001Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001)In force from Mar. 14, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. GA-002Georgia General Assembly (special session), Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-002)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to July 1, 2021Emergency declaration
Ex. GA-004Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.20.20.02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-004)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021Health care ordersOther
Ex. GA-006Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.24.20.01 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. GA-006)In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to July 1, 2021Schools and child careWorkplace rules
Ex. GA-007Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.25.20.01 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. GA-007)In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. GA-057Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.20.01 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-057)In force from Mar. 31, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-015Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015)In force from Apr. 9, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-016Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.13.20.02 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. GA-016)In force from Apr. 13, 2020 to July 1, 2021Face-covering requirementOther
Ex. GA-067Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067)In force from Dec. 4, 2020 to July 31, 2021Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Agencies, boards and authorities: Georgia

The Library holds no instrument of this layer in force in this quarter for this selection.

End of general restrictions, State of Georgia: Executive Order 03.31.21.03 (Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia), effective April 8, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. (Ex. GA-034), completed by Executive Order 04.30.21.01, effective May 1, 2021 (Ex. GA-035); the Public Health State of Emergency and the last Empowering a Healthy Georgia order (05.28.21.02 as extended by 06.22.21.02) expired at 12:00 A.M. on July 1, 2021 (Exs. GA-039, GA-040) (2021-04-08 (gathering ban and shelter-in-place ended; closure sanction withdrawn); 2021-05-01 (distancing became 'strongly encouraged'); 2021-07-01 (Public Health State of Emergency and sector orders expired)). What remained: From April 8, 2021: mandatory Social Distancing for all residents ('shall practice'), mandatory sector measures ('shall implement') for restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters, salons, schools, camps, venues and conventions, mandatory DPH long-term-care directives, the Local Option Face Covering Requirement framework and the suspension of local orders 'more or less restrictive' than the Governor's (Ex. GA-034). From May 1, 2021: mandatory mitigation measures for restaurants, bars, banquet and event facilities and every Organization ('shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19'), mandatory long-term-care directives, the local-option framework (Ex. GA-035); from May 31: the same plus the bar on school districts relying on the emergency for masks (Ex. GA-038). From July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021: the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery (Exs. GA-041, GA-059, GA-060, GA-046) with its regulatory suspensions (temporary and lapsed-license practice, remote notarization, DDS examiner rules, unemployment rules) (Exs. GA-042, GA-061); the August 19, 2021 order suspending inconsistent local COVID-19 ordinances and barring compelled business enforcement (Ex. GA-043); the Guard hospital deployments and the freight hours-of-service and weight suspension (Exs. GA-044, GA-045); the Insurance Commissioner's Delta-surge directives through September 30, 2021 (Exs. GA-050, GA-055, GA-056); the vaccine-passport prohibition on State entities (Ex. GA-036); DPH quarantine and isolation orders on specific persons (recognized as controlling in every Governor's order); and local judicial emergency orders in the circuits (Exs. GA-051 to GA-054).

Preemption of local orders, State of Georgia: Georgia preempted local orders from the first statewide instrument and never stopped. EO 04.02.20.01 (Apr. 2, 2020) suspended 'the powers of counties and cities conveyed in Titles 36 and 38... to the extent of suspending enforcement of any local ordinance or order adopted or issued since March 1, 2020, with the stated purpose or effect of responding to a public health state of emergency, ordering residents to shelter-in-place, ordering a quarantine, or combatting the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 that in any way conflicts, varies, or differs from the terms of this Order,' and provided that 'no county or municipality shall adopt any similar ordinance or order while this Order is in effect' (Ex. GA-010 at 8). That suspension displaced the City of Atlanta's Executive Order 2020-21, the Fulton County Board of Health order and every other local shelter order of March 2020. EO 04.20.20.01 suspended 'enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance or order that is more or less restrictive than this Order' (Ex. GA-017 at 6), and every Empowering a Healthy Georgia order repeated that suspension and provided that local rules 'more or less restrictive than the terms of this Order shall be considered inconsistent with this Order.' EO 07.15.20.01 (effective July 16, 2020) added that 'any state, county, or municipal law, order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires persons to wear face coverings, masks, face shields, or any other Personal Protective Equipment while in places of public accommodation or on public property are suspended to the extent that they are more restrictive than this Executive Order' (Ex. GA-026 at 38), voiding the fifteen local mask orders then in force (Ballotpedia; Husch Blackwell); the Governor sued the City of Atlanta over its mask order and gathering limits on July 16, 2020 (Kemp v. Bottoms, Fulton Super. Ct.) and withdrew the suit on August 13, 2020. EO 08.15.20.01 (effective Aug. 16, 2020) authorized a 'Local Option Face Covering Requirement' only in counties meeting the 'Threshold Requirement' (100 or more confirmed cases per 100,000 over the previous fourteen days), forbade any fine, fee or penalty against a private business for a customer's noncompliance, limited enforcement to individuals, and let every government control terms of entry to its own property regardless of the threshold (Ex. GA-027 at 9-10, 38-39); that framework continued in every order through July 1, 2021 (Exs. GA-028, GA-029, GA-031, GA-032, GA-034, GA-035, GA-038). The Governor's orders also provided throughout that 'the operation of Critical Infrastructure shall not be impeded by county, municipal, or local ordinance.' After the Public Health State of Emergency ended, EO 06.30.21.01 recited O.C.G.A. 38-3-28(a)'s bar on local emergency rules 'inconsistent with' the Governor's and defined 'more or less permissive' local rules as inconsistent (Ex. GA-041 at 3), and EO 08.19.21.03 (Aug. 19, 2021) ordered that 'No Organization... shall be compelled to enforce any provision of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule, or regulation enacted pursuant to emergency authority or a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19,' that 'No law enforcement agency shall compel any Organization... to adhere to' such a local provision, and that 'enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule or regulation that is more or less restrictive than this Order and is not otherwise expressly permitted by the terms herein is hereby suspended' (Ex. GA-043 at 4-6). Local mask and vaccination ordinances of the Delta wave (Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke and school districts) therefore operated in Q3 2021 only as the Governor's order permitted: binding on individuals and on government property, never enforceable through the private business.

Third quarter of 2021 (July 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021)

Federal layer

Ex. FED-272
COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles (revised July 29, 2021), following the OMB memorandum of July 27, 2021 reinstating masks

COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles (Issued July 29, 2021)

Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (OPM, GSA, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator) under Executive Order 13991 § 4, with OMB, United States (all federal buildings and federal lands; federally hosted meetings) (Federal)

Dates
In force from July 29, 2021 to Sept. 13, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Gathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Functions reached
CS vendor, contractor and visitor entry to every federal building conditioned on vaccination status or testing from July 29, 2021; MK federally hosted meetings, conferences and events over 50 participants restricted; TR federal official travel for the unvaccinated limited to mission-critical trips; OF masks in federal buildings in areas of substantial or high transmission regardless of vaccination status (which by August 2021 was nearly the whole country)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
47

Federal agencies need to ask about the vaccination status of Federal employees and onsite contractors -- employees and onsite contractors must sign an attestation confirming their vaccination status, or they will be treated as not fully vaccinated for purposes of safety protocols.... Visitors must provide information on their vaccination status and comply with the requisite safety protocols.... [for employees and contractors] who are not fully vaccinated or who decline to provide information about their vaccination status, official domestic travel should be limited to only necessary mission-critical trips.... Should an agency intend to host an in-person meeting, conference, or event that will be attended by more than 50 participants -- regardless of whether participants include members of the public -- the agency must first seek the approval of its agency head, in consultation with the…

Enforcement: EO 13991 § 2; agency safety plans; attestation under penalty of administrative action (Certification of Vaccination form, Ex. FED-278)

Citation: Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (OPM, GSA, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator) under Executive Order 13991 § 4, with OMB, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles (revised July 29, 2021), following the OMB memorandum of July 27, 2021 reinstating masks (Ex. FED-272) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-307
Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04

In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Updated Amended, Sept. 3, 2021)

Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Court)

Dates
In force from Sept. 3, 2021 to Dec. 29, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Functions reached
CT jury selections capped at one per vicinage; masks for all entrants regardless of vaccination status; temperature screening (Sept. 2021); CS
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
28 (in force on the last day)

[WHEREAS the Delta] and other variants, and on July 27, 2021, the CDC recommended that all persons, including those fully vaccinated against COVID-19, wear a mask in public indoor settings, in areas of [substantial or high transmission]... [the Court has required] full vaccination of its employees, while continuing its protocols of temperature screening and hand sanitizing by all entrants to the District's courthouses, and mask wearing in all public areas of Court facilities by entrants and occupants thereof, regardless of vaccination status;... 1. No more than one jury selection, either civil or criminal, shall occur in each vicinage of this Court at one time... 2. Multiple, simultaneous jury trials may be conducted in each of this Court's vicinages, but the number of simultaneous criminal jury trials involving detainees in each [vicinage is limited]... DATED: September 3, 2021

Enforcement: court order

Citation: Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04 (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. FED-307) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-130
FEMA-4488-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New Jersey (COVID-19 Pandemic)

New Jersey; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20700 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (New Jersey) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [New Jersey] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [New Jersey].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4488-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New Jersey (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-130) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-133
FEMA-4487-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for North Carolina (COVID-19 Pandemic)

North Carolina; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20701 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (North Carolina) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [North Carolina] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [North Carolina].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4487-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for North Carolina (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-133) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-143
FEMA-4485-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Texas (COVID-19 Pandemic)

Texas; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20699 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (Texas) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Texas] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Texas].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4485-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Texas (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-143) Open the exhibit

Ex. FED-113
FEMA-4489-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Illinois (COVID-19 Pandemic)

Illinois; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 20703 (Apr. 14, 2020)

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), United States (Illinois) (Federal)

Dates
In force from Mar. 26, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Illinois] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Illinois].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement: Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Citation: President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4489-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Illinois (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. FED-113) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (34 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. FED-290Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)In force from Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Business closureCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-398U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398)In force from May 20, 2020 to Jan. 3, 2023 (issued May 15, 2020)Gathering capOther
Ex. FED-031Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031)In force from Oct. 30, 2020 to Nov. 1, 2021Capacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Ex. FED-060President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 13991 (Jan. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-060)In force from Jan. 20, 2021 to May 9, 2023Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Ex. FED-156CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Apr. 27, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (the text in force throughout 2021Q3) (Ex. FED-156)In force from Apr. 27, 2021 to Nov. 12, 2021Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Ex. FED-032Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Notice: Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations Manual (May 5, 2021) (Ex. FED-032)In force from May 5, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Ex. FED-080Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502, 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-080)In force from June 21, 2021 to Dec. 27, 2021Capacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Ex. FED-008President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator), Memorandum of February 2, 2021 (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. FED-008)In force from Jan. 20, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2021 (issued Feb. 2, 2021)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-010Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010)In force from Jan. 27, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-200President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9984 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-200)In force from Feb. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Jan. 31, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-180Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2024 (issued Mar. 10, 2020)Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-181Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181)In force from Feb. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Ex. FED-001President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-160Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-160)In force from Mar. 1, 2020 to May 11, 2023 (issued Mar. 13, 2020)Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-182Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. FED-201President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9992 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-201)In force from Mar. 2, 2020 to Nov. 8, 2021 (issued Feb. 29, 2020)Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-096CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-096)In force from Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-098CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-098)In force from Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Health care orders
Ex. FED-006President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006)In force from Mar. 13, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-311Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Standing Order 2020-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-311)In force from Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-194HHS Office for Civil Rights, Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-194)In force from Mar. 17, 2020 to May 11, 2023Health care ordersOther
Ex. FED-070President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13909 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-070)In force from Mar. 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Supply chain
Ex. FED-292Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-292)In force from Mar. 19, 2020 to July 19, 2021Courts and public offices
Ex. FED-034Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order') (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-034)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Travel and quarantine
Ex. FED-132President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-132)In force from Mar. 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-104President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4482-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for California (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-104)In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-147President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4481-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Washington (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-147)In force from Mar. 22, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-071President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13910 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-071)In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Supply chain
Ex. FED-099CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-099)In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to May 1, 2023Health care ordersCourts and public offices
Ex. FED-115President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4483-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-115)In force from Mar. 23, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-118President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4484-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-118)In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration
Ex. FED-183Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Authorization Declaration: medical devices, including alternative products used as medical devices (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-183)In force from Mar. 24, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Emergency declarationSupply chain
Ex. FED-074Secretary of Health and Human Services, Notice of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention Measures (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-074)In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021Supply chain
Ex. FED-109President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4486-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Florida (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-109)In force from Mar. 25, 2020 to May 11, 2023Emergency declaration

127 further federal instruments were in force in this quarter and are listed in the Library's federal layer at covidproject.com/federal; this report shows the 40 most relevant to this selection.

State of Georgia

Ex. GA-042
Executive Order 06.30.21.02

State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery Regulatory Suspensions

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from June 30, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther
Functions reached
HR licensing and credentialing (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dental graduates, lapsed licenses); CL notarization and closings; DM driver testing; WF unemployment rules
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
92 (the whole quarter)

That unless otherwise noted herein, all provisions of this Order shall remain effective until the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery declared by Executive Order 06.30.21.01 is terminated or ceases to be renewed by the Governor... That the Georgia Composite Medical Board is authorized to grant temporary licenses to physicians who apply for a temporary medical license and are currently licensed as a physician in good standing by equivalent boards in other states to assist with the needs of the State... [physical presence of the notary public] is hereby suspended, and any [notarial act may be performed by real-time audio-video communication]... [DDS road tests may be administered without] examiners riding in the vehicle with drivers' license applicants... [temporary licenses to dental hygienist and dental applicants who graduated in 2020 and could not sit for…

Enforcement: Regulatory suspensions under 38-3-51(d)(1)

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.30.21.02 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-042) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-051
Local Judicial Emergency Order (In Re: Local Judicial Emergency Order), filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 2021

Declaration of local judicial emergency upon expiration of the Statewide Judicial Emergency

Chief Judge, Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, Georgia (Augusta Judicial Circuit; Richmond County) (Court)

Dates
In force from July 1, 2021 to Aug. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts (backlog; tolled jury and grand jury deadlines); CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions; CB clients of law firms
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
61 (in force on the first day)

Effective March 14, 2020, Georgia [Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold] Melton entered an Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency due to the spread of COVID-19 [throughout] Georgia. Chief Justice Melton's Judicial Emergency Order has now been extended fifteen (15) times, with the most recent version filed on June 7, 2021 and set to expire June 30, 2021 at 11:59 [P.M.]... The March 14, 2020 Judicial Emergency Order suspended, tolled, extended, and [otherwise granted relief from deadlines]... of the deadlines on litigants were reimposed, effective July 14, 2020, by the Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed on July 10, 2020. The exceptions to the reimposition of deadlines on litigants included deadlines for jury trial proceedings (including statutory speedy trial demands), deadlines for grand jury proceedings, and deadlines calculated by reference to…

Enforcement: Court order under 38-3-61 filed with the Supreme Court of Georgia

Citation: Chief Judge, Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, Local Judicial Emergency Order (In Re: Local Judicial Emergency Order), filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 2021 (Ex. GA-051) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-053
Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)

Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Dougherty County)

Superior Court of Dougherty County, Georgia (Dougherty Judicial Circuit; Dougherty County / Albany) (Court)

Dates
In force from July 16, 2021 to Mar. 14, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts; CB legal-services clients
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
77 (in force on the last day)

this Order is issued on this day 16th of July, 2021, and it shall terminate on the 14th day of March, 2022... [certification:] The pending criminal case volume in the Superior Court of Dougherty [County has grown during the] applicable judicial emergency... The State Court has only one courtroom for jury trials

Enforcement: Court order under 38-3-62(b)

Citation: Superior Court of Dougherty County, Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 16, 2021) (Ex. GA-053) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-059
Executive Order 07.22.21.01

Renewal of State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from July 22, 2021 to Aug. 29, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate for July 30-Aug. 29, 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
39

[the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery, set] to expire on Friday, July 30, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., shall be renewed for [thirty (30) days]... [and] shall terminate on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., unless it is renewed by the Governor.

Enforcement: Predicate

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 07.22.21.01 (July 22, 2021) (Ex. GA-059) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-052
Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)

Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Muscogee County)

Superior Court of Muscogee County (all active Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Georgia (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; Muscogee County / Columbus) (Court)

Dates
In force from July 30, 2021 to Feb. 6, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts (jury trial capacity); CB legal-services clients
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
63 (in force on the last day)

the time requirements for the filing of a statutory speedy trial demand under O.C.G.A. 17-7-170 and 17-7-171 are hereby reinstated. However, the time requirements under those statutes specifying the time during which a case must be tried are hereby tolled in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia for the duration of this Order.... this Order is issued on this thirtieth (30th) day of July, 2021, and it shall terminate on the sixth (6th) day of February, 2022

Enforcement: Court order filed with the Supreme Court of Georgia and served on the Chief Justice

Citation: Superior Court of Muscogee County (all active Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-052) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-054
Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)

Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Crisp County)

Superior Court of Crisp County, Georgia (Cordele Judicial Circuit; Crisp County) (Court)

Dates
In force from Aug. 2, 2021 to Feb. 20, 2022 (issued July 8, 2021)
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Courts and public offices
Functions reached
CT courts; CB legal-services clients
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
60 (in force on the last day)

the requirements for the filing of a statutory speedy trial demand imposed by O.C.G.A. 17-7-170 and 17-7-171 are hereby reinstated effective August 2, 2021. The time restraints to bring a case to trial imposed by O.C.G.A. 17-7-170 and 17-7-171 will remain tolled in the Superior Court of Crisp County within the Cordele Judicial Circuit for the duration of this Order.... The May 2021 term of court having been interrupted by the Statewide Judicial Emergency, this Order shall become effective at the beginning of the August term on August 2, 2021, and it shall terminate on February 20, 2022

Enforcement: Court order under 38-3-62(b)

Citation: Superior Court of Crisp County, Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 8, 2021) (Ex. GA-054) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-050
Directive 21-EX-1

Reissuing Temporary Suspensions of Certain Concurrent and Utilization Review Requirements

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Georgia (Sector regulator)

Dates
In force from Aug. 16, 2021 to Sept. 15, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Health care orders
Functions reached
IN insurer review functions suspended in Q3 2021; SX scheduled surgeries and admissions; IP hospital capacity
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
31

Due to the severity of the ongoing COVID-19 delta variant surge in Georgia, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is reissuing Directive 20-EX-11, effective for 30 days from today, subject to further evaluation. Georgia's hospitals are experiencing extreme demand due to the current surge in COVID-19 cases and this temporary suspension of certain preauthorization requirements for post-acute placement is meant to help free up bed space and clinical staff to support these patients.

Enforcement: Regulator's directive to licensees

Citation: Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 21-EX-1 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. GA-050) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-055
Directive 21-EX-2

Reissuing Temporary Suspension of Preauthorization Requirements for Post-Acute Placements

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Georgia (Sector regulator)

Dates
In force from Aug. 17, 2021 to Sept. 16, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Health care orders
Functions reached
IN insurer preauthorization; IN intake and referrals for skilled nursing, home health, rehabilitation, LTACH; IP hospital discharge in Q3 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
31

Due to the severity of the ongoing COVID-19 delta variant surge in Georgia, hospitals are experiencing high demand on inpatient hospital services and are redeploying staff to provide direct patient care. Many hospitals are unable to admit new patients because delays in responses from health insurers have made it difficult to discharge current patients to lower levels of care.... preauthorization requirements for post-acute placements should be suspended for 30 days from the date of this Directive... including but not limited to skilled nursing facilities, home health, acute rehabilitation, and long-term acute care.

Enforcement: Regulator's directive to licensees

Citation: Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 21-EX-2 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. GA-055) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-043
Executive Order 08.19.21.03

Protecting Economic Recovery During the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Aug. 19, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOther
Functions reached
EMP every Organization 'shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19 among its workforce and patrons'; MASK local Delta-wave mask ordinances not enforceable through businesses; VAX local vaccination-proof requirements not enforceable through businesses; MC conventions and PE venues defined and regulated; SP sports under league rules
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
43 (in force on the last day)

That any Organization that continues in-person operations during the effective dates of this Order shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19 among its workforce and patrons. Such measures may include the following: 1. Voluntary implementation of any provision of any county or municipal ordinance... 2. Any measures that have been proven effective to control the spread of COVID-19... No Organization or sports team or organization that continues in-person operations during the effective dates of this Order shall be compelled to enforce any provision of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule, or regulation enacted pursuant to emergency authority or a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19.... No law enforcement agency shall compel any Organization or sports team or organization that continues in-person operations during the effective dates of…

Enforcement: That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-7, any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor... state agencies with primary regulatory authority over the entities listed in this Order and the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety shall provide resources as requested to assist in the enforcement of this Order; no Organization mandated to close for failure to comply

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.19.21.03 (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. GA-043) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-060
Executive Order 08.19.21.01

Renewal of the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Aug. 19, 2021 to Sept. 28, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate for Aug. 29-Sept. 28, 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
41

[the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic] Recovery declared by Executive Order No. 06.30.21.01 and renewed by Executive Order 07.22.21.01, which is set to expire on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., shall be renewed for thirty (30) days.... [and] shall terminate on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., unless it is renewed by the Governor.

Enforcement: Predicate

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.19.21.01 (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. GA-060) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-044
Executive Order 08.25.21.01

Providing additional Georgia National Guard troops to be used in response to the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Aug. 25, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Functions reached
IP hospital surge staffing; HC health care infrastructure; WF (Guard members called to State Active Duty)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
37 (in force on the last day)

Continued assistance from the Georgia National Guard is necessary to ensure the complete restoration of the social and economic welfare of the state from the negative impacts of COVID-19... [the Georgia Department of Defense provide an additional eight] hundred (900) Georgia National Guard troops to be used in response [to this State of Emergency, bringing the total authorization to 1,000] troops.

Enforcement: Directive to the Georgia Department of Defense

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.25.21.01 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. GA-044) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-045
Executive Order 08.30.21.01

Providing additional Georgia National Guard troops and suspending certain rules and regulations to ensure the uninterrupted transport of goods, supplies, and services in response to the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Aug. 30, 2021 to Sept. 29, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersSupply chain
Functions reached
DR drivers and hours; SC supply chain (State finding that COVID-19 disrupted 'the uninterrupted transport of goods, supplies, and services' in Q3 2021); IP hospital staffing (Guard)
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
31

That the Georgia Department of Defense provide an additional one thousand five hundred (1,500) Georgia National Guard troops to be used in response to the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery, bringing the total authorization to two thousand five hundred (2,500) troops.... [the hours-of-service limits of 49 C.F.R. Part 395 are suspended for motor carriers and drivers providing relief to ensure the uninterrupted transport of] supplies, goods, and services throughout Georgia. This declared [emergency] suspension will remain in effect for thirty (30) days or until the [emergency ends]... That weight, height, and length for any commercial vehicle traveling through the State of Georgia for the purposes of providing relief... shall not exceed the following: A. A maximum gross vehicle weight for vehicles equipped with five (5) weight-bearing axles... shall not exceed a…

Enforcement: Permits issued by the Department of Public Safety; suspension of State and adopted federal motor-carrier rules

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.30.21.01 (Aug. 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-045) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-056
Bulletin 21-EX-3

Further Extension of Directives Related to Ongoing COVID-19 Surge

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Georgia (Sector regulator)

Dates
In force from Sept. 15, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Health care orders
Functions reached
IN insurer review functions suspended through the last day of Q3 2021; IP hospital capacity; IN post-acute intake
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
16 (in force on the last day)

As the COVID-19 delta variant continues to surge in Georgia, hospitals are experiencing high demand on inpatient hospital services and are having difficulties discharging current patients to lower levels of care in order to free up beds for new COVID patients. The purpose of this Directive is to extend Directives 21-EX-1 and 21-EX-2... These Directives will be extended through September 30, subject to further evaluation.

Enforcement: Regulator's directive to licensees

Citation: Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Bulletin 21-EX-3 (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. GA-056) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-046
Executive Order 09.20.21.01

Renewal of State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Sept. 20, 2021 to Oct. 28, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Emergency declaration
Functions reached
EMER predicate through the last day of Q3 2021
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
11 (in force on the last day)

[the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery declared by Executive Order 06.30.21.01 and renewed by] Executive Orders 07.22.21.01 and 08.19.21.01, which is set to expire on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 11:59 P.M., shall be renewed for [thirty (30) days]... [and] shall terminate on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 11:59 [P.M., unless it is renewed by the Governor]

Enforcement: Predicate

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.20.21.01 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. GA-046) Open the exhibit

Ex. GA-061
Executive Order 09.20.21.02

Regarding the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery - Regulatory Suspensions

Governor Brian P. Kemp, Georgia (State)

Dates
In force from Sept. 20, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther
Functions reached
HR licensing; CL notarization; DM driver testing; WF unemployment rules
Grade
Primary source read
Days in this quarter
11 (in force on the last day)

[all provisions of this Order shall] remain effective until the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-[19 Economic Recovery is terminated or ceases to be renewed]... [Composite Medical Board authorized to grant] temporary licenses to physicians who apply for a temporary medical [license]... [physical presence of the notary public] is hereby suspended... [DDS road tests may be administered by the Department without] examiners riding in the vehicle with drivers' license applicants... [rules establishing the maximum] unemployment benefits payable to an individual in a benefit year [suspended]

Enforcement: Regulatory suspensions under 38-3-51(d)(1)

Citation: Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.20.21.02 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. GA-061) Open the exhibit

Continuing in force from an earlier quarter of this report (4 instruments):

ExhibitCitationDatesLimitations
Ex. GA-015Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015)In force from Apr. 9, 2020 to July 1, 2021Courts and public officesOther
Ex. GA-067Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067)In force from Dec. 4, 2020 to July 31, 2021Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Ex. GA-036Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. GA-036)In force from May 25, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021Travel and quarantineVaccination or testing
Ex. GA-041Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.30.21.01 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-041)In force from June 30, 2021 to July 30, 2021Emergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chainOther

Agencies, boards and authorities: Georgia

The Library holds no instrument of this layer in force in this quarter for this selection.

End of general restrictions, State of Georgia: Executive Order 03.31.21.03 (Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia), effective April 8, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. (Ex. GA-034), completed by Executive Order 04.30.21.01, effective May 1, 2021 (Ex. GA-035); the Public Health State of Emergency and the last Empowering a Healthy Georgia order (05.28.21.02 as extended by 06.22.21.02) expired at 12:00 A.M. on July 1, 2021 (Exs. GA-039, GA-040) (2021-04-08 (gathering ban and shelter-in-place ended; closure sanction withdrawn); 2021-05-01 (distancing became 'strongly encouraged'); 2021-07-01 (Public Health State of Emergency and sector orders expired)). What remained: From April 8, 2021: mandatory Social Distancing for all residents ('shall practice'), mandatory sector measures ('shall implement') for restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters, salons, schools, camps, venues and conventions, mandatory DPH long-term-care directives, the Local Option Face Covering Requirement framework and the suspension of local orders 'more or less restrictive' than the Governor's (Ex. GA-034). From May 1, 2021: mandatory mitigation measures for restaurants, bars, banquet and event facilities and every Organization ('shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19'), mandatory long-term-care directives, the local-option framework (Ex. GA-035); from May 31: the same plus the bar on school districts relying on the emergency for masks (Ex. GA-038). From July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021: the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery (Exs. GA-041, GA-059, GA-060, GA-046) with its regulatory suspensions (temporary and lapsed-license practice, remote notarization, DDS examiner rules, unemployment rules) (Exs. GA-042, GA-061); the August 19, 2021 order suspending inconsistent local COVID-19 ordinances and barring compelled business enforcement (Ex. GA-043); the Guard hospital deployments and the freight hours-of-service and weight suspension (Exs. GA-044, GA-045); the Insurance Commissioner's Delta-surge directives through September 30, 2021 (Exs. GA-050, GA-055, GA-056); the vaccine-passport prohibition on State entities (Ex. GA-036); DPH quarantine and isolation orders on specific persons (recognized as controlling in every Governor's order); and local judicial emergency orders in the circuits (Exs. GA-051 to GA-054).

Preemption of local orders, State of Georgia: Georgia preempted local orders from the first statewide instrument and never stopped. EO 04.02.20.01 (Apr. 2, 2020) suspended 'the powers of counties and cities conveyed in Titles 36 and 38... to the extent of suspending enforcement of any local ordinance or order adopted or issued since March 1, 2020, with the stated purpose or effect of responding to a public health state of emergency, ordering residents to shelter-in-place, ordering a quarantine, or combatting the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 that in any way conflicts, varies, or differs from the terms of this Order,' and provided that 'no county or municipality shall adopt any similar ordinance or order while this Order is in effect' (Ex. GA-010 at 8). That suspension displaced the City of Atlanta's Executive Order 2020-21, the Fulton County Board of Health order and every other local shelter order of March 2020. EO 04.20.20.01 suspended 'enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance or order that is more or less restrictive than this Order' (Ex. GA-017 at 6), and every Empowering a Healthy Georgia order repeated that suspension and provided that local rules 'more or less restrictive than the terms of this Order shall be considered inconsistent with this Order.' EO 07.15.20.01 (effective July 16, 2020) added that 'any state, county, or municipal law, order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires persons to wear face coverings, masks, face shields, or any other Personal Protective Equipment while in places of public accommodation or on public property are suspended to the extent that they are more restrictive than this Executive Order' (Ex. GA-026 at 38), voiding the fifteen local mask orders then in force (Ballotpedia; Husch Blackwell); the Governor sued the City of Atlanta over its mask order and gathering limits on July 16, 2020 (Kemp v. Bottoms, Fulton Super. Ct.) and withdrew the suit on August 13, 2020. EO 08.15.20.01 (effective Aug. 16, 2020) authorized a 'Local Option Face Covering Requirement' only in counties meeting the 'Threshold Requirement' (100 or more confirmed cases per 100,000 over the previous fourteen days), forbade any fine, fee or penalty against a private business for a customer's noncompliance, limited enforcement to individuals, and let every government control terms of entry to its own property regardless of the threshold (Ex. GA-027 at 9-10, 38-39); that framework continued in every order through July 1, 2021 (Exs. GA-028, GA-029, GA-031, GA-032, GA-034, GA-035, GA-038). The Governor's orders also provided throughout that 'the operation of Critical Infrastructure shall not be impeded by county, municipal, or local ordinance.' After the Public Health State of Emergency ended, EO 06.30.21.01 recited O.C.G.A. 38-3-28(a)'s bar on local emergency rules 'inconsistent with' the Governor's and defined 'more or less permissive' local rules as inconsistent (Ex. GA-041 at 3), and EO 08.19.21.03 (Aug. 19, 2021) ordered that 'No Organization... shall be compelled to enforce any provision of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule, or regulation enacted pursuant to emergency authority or a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19,' that 'No law enforcement agency shall compel any Organization... to adhere to' such a local provision, and that 'enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule or regulation that is more or less restrictive than this Order and is not otherwise expressly permitted by the terms herein is hereby suspended' (Ex. GA-043 at 4-6). Local mask and vaccination ordinances of the Delta wave (Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke and school districts) therefore operated in Q3 2021 only as the Governor's order permitted: binding on individuals and on government property, never enforceable through the private business.

Third quarter of 2021: the instruments in force, State of Georgia

In force during the third quarter of 2021 (an order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it):

  • GA-041 EO 06.30.21.01 State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery (June 30-July 30, 2021)
  • GA-059 EO 07.22.21.01 renewal (to Aug. 29, 2021)
  • GA-060 EO 08.19.21.01 renewal (to Sept. 28, 2021)
  • GA-046 EO 09.20.21.01 renewal (to Oct. 28, 2021)
  • GA-042 EO 06.30.21.02 Regulatory Suspensions (temporary and lapsed-license practice, remote notarization, DDS examiner rules, unemployment rules), continued by 07.22.21.02 and 08.19.21.02
  • GA-061 EO 09.20.21.02 Regulatory Suspensions (Sept. 20, 2021 onward)
  • GA-043 EO 08.19.21.03 Protecting Economic Recovery (Aug. 19, 2021 onward): local COVID-19 ordinances more or less restrictive suspended; no Organization compelled to enforce a local ordinance; misdemeanor enforcement under O.C.G.A. 38-3-7
  • GA-044 EO 08.25.21.01 (900 Guard troops for the Delta hospital surge)
  • GA-045 EO 08.30.21.01 (2,500 Guard troops; 30-day suspension of hours-of-service and weight limits for freight)
  • GA-036 EO 05.25.21.01 (vaccine-passport prohibition on State agencies and properties; no proof of vaccination to enter Georgia)
  • GA-050 OCI Directive 21-EX-1 (Aug. 16, 2021; utilization review suspension, 30 days)
  • GA-055 OCI Directive 21-EX-2 (Aug. 17, 2021; post-acute preauthorization suspension, 30 days)
  • GA-056 OCI Bulletin 21-EX-3 (Sept. 15, 2021; extending 21-EX-1 and 21-EX-2 through Sept. 30, 2021)
  • GA-051 Augusta Judicial Circuit Local Judicial Emergency Order (July 1, 2021)
  • GA-054 Cordele Circuit (Crisp County) speedy-trial relief order (July 8, 2021; effective Aug. 2, 2021 to Feb. 20, 2022)
  • GA-053 Dougherty Circuit speedy-trial relief order (July 16, 2021 to Mar. 14, 2022)
  • GA-052 Chattahoochee Circuit (Muscogee County) speedy-trial relief order (July 30, 2021 to Feb. 6, 2022)
  • DPH quarantine and isolation orders issued to specific persons (recognized as controlling in Exs. GA-041 and GA-043).
  • Federal layer: CDC conveyance mask order and TSA directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS from June 21, 2021; entry proclamations and land-border notices
  • Local Delta-wave mask and school orders in Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke and school districts

5. Standing duties in Georgia

Georgia law placed every person, every employer and every owner or occupier of premises under standing duties that made the pandemic measures compulsory from the first day of the Public Health State of Emergency (March 14, 2020) through the third quarter of 2021 and beyond. Title 31 empowers the Department of Public Health and every county board of health to require isolation, segregation, quarantine and surveillance (O.C.G.A. section 31-12-4) and 'such other measures to prevent the conveyance of infectious matter from infected persons to other persons as may be necessary and appropriate' (section 31-12-3(a)); charges the Department to 'safeguard and promote the health of the people of this state' and to 'forestall and correct... biological conditions that, if left to run their course, could be injurious to health' (section 31-2A-4); and makes any violation of Title 31 a misdemeanor (section 31-5-8), enforceable also by injunction and public-nuisance abatement (section 31-5-9). The Department's Isolation and Quarantine rules (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1) implement those sections and authorize the Department to isolate, quarantine, restrict travel, limit or cancel public gatherings and close any facility that may pose a danger to public health, by administrative order effective on issuance. The Emergency Management Act makes the violation of 'any rule, order, or regulation' made under it a misdemeanor (section 38-3-7), commands State and local law enforcement to enforce those orders (section 38-3-4), and gives the Governor the powers under which every order in the library was issued (section 38-3-51). The 2021 replacement volume of the Code itself records, in the Editor's notes to section 38-3-7, that the section was applied 'in 2020 and 2021' through Executive Orders 04.20.20.01, 09.15.20.01 and 05.28.21.02. Every Georgia employer was bound by the federal general duty clause (29 U.S.C. section 654(a)(1)), Georgia having no State plan, and by the State's own 1937 statute requiring every employer to furnish employment 'reasonably safe' and to 'do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees' (section 34-2-10, misdemeanor under section 34-2-13), by the employer's duty to warn of 'dangers incident to an employment' (section 34-7-20), and by the owner's or occupier's duty of 'ordinary care in keeping the premises and approaches safe' for invitees (section 51-3-1). The Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act (SB 359, approved August 5, 2020; extended by HB 112 to causes of action accruing through July 14, 2022) conditioned the immunity it gave on conduct short of gross negligence and gave a presumption of assumption of risk only to a business that printed or posted the statutory warning; it left Title 31 and Chapter 3 of Title 38 untouched (section 51-16-5). The standing immunity in section 38-3-35(b) protects only those 'complying with or reasonably attempting to comply with' the Act and orders under it. The food-service statutes made it unlawful to operate without a permit under Department sanitation standards (sections 26-2-371, -373, -375). The Department's Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening administrative order of September 15, 2020, issued under sections 31-2A-4 and 31-12-4, imposed 'must' and 'shall' conditions on every long-term care facility through the end of the emergency. The Court of Appeals in Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix (June 22, 2022) read the Governor's March 14, 2020 order as requiring facilities to comply with emergency orders and applied the Act's gross-negligence condition to a facility's March 2020 infection-control conduct.

The State's standing duties

Ex. DUT-GA-001

O.C.G.A. section 31-12-4

Isolation and segregation of diseased persons; quarantine

General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1204, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1386, section 9), Georgia (State)

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Quarantine and isolationStanding duty
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The department and all county boards of health may, from time to time, require the isolation or segregation of persons with communicable diseases or conditions likely to endanger the health of others. The department may, in addition, require quarantine or surveillance of carriers of disease and persons exposed to, or suspected of being infected with, infectious disease...

Enforcement: Any person violating any provision of Title 31 is guilty of a misdemeanor (O.C.G.A. section 31-5-8); injunction and abatement of public nuisances (section 31-5-9) (Ex. DUT-GA-004)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1204, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1386, section 9), O.C.G.A. section 31-12-4 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-001) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-002

O.C.G.A. section 31-12-3

Power to require immunization and other preventive measures

General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended 2002), Georgia (State)

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Vaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
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statutory authority
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The department may, in addition, require such other measures to prevent the conveyance of infectious matter from infected persons to other persons as may be necessary and appropriate. The department shall promulgate appropriate rules and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this Code section in the case of a declaration of a public health emergency...

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under O.C.G.A. section 31-5-8; injunction under section 31-5-9 (Ex. DUT-GA-004)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended 2002), O.C.G.A. section 31-12-3 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-002) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-003

O.C.G.A. section 31-2A-4

Obligation to safeguard and promote health of people of the state

General Assembly of Georgia (Title 31, Chapter 2A, Department of Public Health; enacted 2011 on the creation of the Department, carrying forward Code 1933, section 88-108), Georgia (State)

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Business closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
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statutory authority
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The Department of Public Health shall safeguard and promote the health of the people of this state and is empowered to employ all legal means appropriate to that end.... [T]he department is empowered to:... (2) Forestall and correct physical, chemical, and biological conditions that, if left to run their course, could be injurious to health;...

Enforcement: Misdemeanor under O.C.G.A. section 31-5-8; injunction under section 31-5-9 (Ex. DUT-GA-004)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Title 31, Chapter 2A, Department of Public Health; enacted 2011 on the creation of the Department, carrying forward Code 1933, section 88-108), O.C.G.A. section 31-2A-4 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-003) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-004

O.C.G.A. sections 31-5-8 and 31-5-9

Penalty for violations of the provisions of this title; Injunctions for enjoining violations of the provisions of this title; injunctions to abate public nuisances

General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1), Georgia (State)

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order penalty
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Any person violating the provisions of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor... [section 31-5-9(a):] The Department of Public Health and all county boards of health... are empowered to institute appropriate proceedings for injunction... for the purpose of enjoining a violation of any provision of this title... or of any regulation or order duly issued by the department...

Enforcement: Misdemeanor (section 31-5-8; the general misdemeanor punishment provision, O.C.G.A. section 17-10-3, was not read in this exhibit); injunction, supersedeas and attachment for contempt (section 31-5-9)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1), O.C.G.A. sections 31-5-8 and 31-5-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-004) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-005

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1-.01 to 511-9-1-.05

Isolation and Quarantine (Scope and Purpose; Definitions; Public Health Control Measures; Powers of the County Boards of Health to Implement Public Health Control Measures; Procedures for Implementing Isolation and Quarantine)

Georgia Department of Public Health (rules filed with the Secretary of State; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 511-9-1), Georgia (State)

Dates
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2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
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Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
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sanitary code duty
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In order to control the spread of a communicable disease that may pose a threat to the public health, the Department may: (a) Isolate persons infected...; (b) Quarantine persons exposed to... a communicable disease...; (e) Restrict travel into or within the state; (f) Limit or cancel public gatherings; (g) Close, evacuate, or decontaminate any facility...

Enforcement: Violation of a Department rule or order is a misdemeanor under O.C.G.A. section 31-5-8 and enjoinable under section 31-5-9 (Ex. DUT-GA-004); Rule.05(2) provides the hearing and review procedure, and a request for a hearing 'shall not stay' the order

Citation: Georgia Department of Public Health (rules filed with the Secretary of State; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 511-9-1), Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1-.01 to 511-9-1-.05 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-005) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-006

O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-7 and 38-3-4

Penalty for violation; Enforcement

General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, formerly the Civil Defense Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, sections 16 and 21), Georgia (State)

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order penalty
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Any person who violates any provision of Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter or any rule, order, or regulation made pursuant to Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [section 38-3-4:] The law enforcement authorities of the state and of the political subdivisions thereof shall enforce the orders, rules, and regulations issued pursuant to Articles 1 through 3...

Enforcement: Misdemeanor (section 38-3-7); in addition, the orders authorized closure of noncompliant businesses by DPH, DPS and deputized officers (Exs. GA-010, GA-011, GA-018)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, formerly the Civil Defense Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, sections 16 and 21), O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-7 and 38-3-4 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-006) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-007

O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51

Emergency powers of Governor; termination of emergency; limitations in energy emergency; immunity

General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later), Georgia (State)

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Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty
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statutory authority
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(c) The Governor shall have and may exercise... the following additional emergency powers: (1) To enforce all laws, rules, and regulations relating to emergency management... (d)... he may:... (7) Control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein...

Enforcement: Violation of any order made under the section is a misdemeanor (section 38-3-7, Ex. DUT-GA-006)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later), O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-007) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-008

29 U.S.C. section 654

Duties of employers and employees (the general duty clause)

Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, section 5, 84 Stat. 1590, 1593), United States (applies directly in Georgia, which has no State occupational-safety plan for private employers) (Federal)

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workplace duty
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(a) Each employer (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter.

Enforcement: Civil penalties under 29 U.S.C. section 666 (serious, willful, repeated and failure-to-abate violations); criminal penalties for a willful violation causing death (section 666(e)); federal OSHA (Region IV, Atlanta-East, Atlanta-West and Savannah Area Offices) enforces in Georgia

Citation: Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, section 5, 84 Stat. 1590, 1593), 29 U.S.C. section 654 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-008) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-009

O.C.G.A. sections 34-2-10 and 34-2-13

Employer's duty with respect to provision of safe employment generally; Penalties for violations of chapter

General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, sections 10 and 18; section 18 amended by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, section 3), Georgia (State)

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workplace duty
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(a) Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be reasonably safe for the employees therein, shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, shall adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such an employment and place of employment safe, and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees.

Enforcement: Section 34-2-13(a): any employer or owner who violates or fails or refuses to comply with any provision of the chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable for each offense by a fine of $20 to $200, imprisonment up to six months, or both

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, sections 10 and 18; section 18 amended by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, section 3), O.C.G.A. sections 34-2-10 and 34-2-13 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-009) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-010

O.C.G.A. section 34-7-20

Care by employer in selection of employees and in furnishing of safe machinery; employer's duty to warn

General Assembly of Georgia (Civil Code 1895, section 2611; Civil Code 1910, section 3130; Code 1933, section 66-301), Georgia (State)

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Workplace rulesStanding duty
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workplace duty
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Primary source read

The employer is bound to exercise ordinary care... If there are latent defects in machinery or dangers incident to an employment, which defects or dangers the employer knows or ought to know but which are unknown to the employee, then the employer shall give the employee warning with respect thereto.

Enforcement: Civil liability in tort for breach of the statutory duty (subject, from August 5, 2020, to the gross-negligence condition of the Business Safety Act, Ex. DUT-GA-012, and to the exclusivity of workers' compensation where it applies)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Civil Code 1895, section 2611; Civil Code 1910, section 3130; Code 1933, section 66-301), O.C.G.A. section 34-7-20 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-010) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-011

O.C.G.A. section 51-3-1

Duty of owner or occupier of land to invitee

General Assembly of Georgia (Orig. Code 1863; Code 1933, section 105-401), Georgia (State)

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statutory duty
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Where an owner or occupier of land, by express or implied invitation, induces or leads others to come upon his premises for any lawful purpose, he is liable in damages to such persons for injuries caused by his failure to exercise ordinary care in keeping the premises and approaches safe.

Enforcement: Civil liability in damages (subject, from August 5, 2020, to the gross-negligence condition and signage presumption of the Business Safety Act, Ex. DUT-GA-012)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Orig. Code 1863; Code 1933, section 105-401), O.C.G.A. section 51-3-1 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-011) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-012

Senate Bill 359 (2020), Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act

An Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19; to provide for assumption of risk presumptions; to provide for findings

General Assembly of Georgia (Senators Hufstetler, Tillery, Strickland, Albers, Kirkpatrick and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp, August 5, 2020, Georgia (State)

Dates
Standing (2020-08-05 (Section 5: effective upon approval))
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2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
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Standing dutyOperating condition
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liability shield condition
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Primary source read

No healthcare facility, healthcare provider, entity, or individual, shall be held liable for damages in an action involving a COVID-19 liability claim... unless the claimant proves that the actions of the healthcare facility, healthcare provider, entity, or individual, showed: gross negligence, willful and wanton misconduct, reckless infliction of harm, or intentional infliction of harm.

Enforcement: None (an immunity conditioned on the standard of conduct); a business below the standard, or one that did not print or post the warning, answered in tort under sections 34-7-20 and 51-3-1 (Exs. DUT-GA-010, DUT-GA-011)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Senators Hufstetler, Tillery, Strickland, Albers, Kirkpatrick and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp, August 5, 2020, Senate Bill 359 (2020), Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-012) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-013

House Bill 112 (2021)

An Act to amend an Act relating to torts to provide certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19, approved August 5, 2020, (Ga. L. 2020, p. 798), so as to extend applicability for one year

General Assembly of Georgia (Representatives Kelley, Cooper, Carpenter, Newton, Hawkins and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp (May 2021), Georgia (State)

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Standing (2021-07-01)
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2021 Q3
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Standing dutyOperating condition
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liability shield condition
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Primary source read

An Act relating to torts to provide certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19, approved August 5, 2020, (Ga L. 2020, p. 798), is amended by revising Section 4 as follows: 'SECTION 4. This Act shall apply to causes of action accruing until July 14, [2021 struck] 2022, and shall not apply to any causes of action accruing thereafter.'

Enforcement: None (extension of a conditioned immunity)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Representatives Kelley, Cooper, Carpenter, Newton, Hawkins and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp (May 2021), House Bill 112 (2021) (July 1, 2021) (Ex. DUT-GA-013) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-014

O.C.G.A. sections 26-2-371, 26-2-373 and 26-2-375

Food service establishment permits; Promulgation of rules, regulations, and standards by Department of Public Health and county boards of health; Enforcement of article; inspection of food service establishments

General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1958, p. 371, sections 2, 4 and 7; Code 1933, sections 88-1002, 88-1004, 88-1006, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; as amended), Georgia (State)

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Business closureWorkplace rulesStanding duty
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sanitary code duty
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It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a food service establishment without having first obtained a valid food service establishment permit.... [section 26-2-373(a):]... the Department of Public Health shall have the power to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations... including the establishment of reasonable standards of sanitation for food service establishments...

Enforcement: Suspension or revocation of the food service permit; operation without a permit is unlawful (section 26-2-371); enforcement and inspection by the Department and county boards under section 26-2-375 and Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 31 (inspection warrants)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1958, p. 371, sections 2, 4 and 7; Code 1933, sections 88-1002, 88-1004, 88-1006, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; as amended), O.C.G.A. sections 26-2-371, 26-2-373 and 26-2-375 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-014) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-015

DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance

State of Georgia Department of Public Health Administrative Order: Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance

Georgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer), Georgia (State)

Dates
Standing (2020-09-15 5:30 p.m.)
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOperating condition
Character
order operating condition
Grade
Primary source read

[I]n accordance with O.C.G.A. sections 31-2A-4, 31-12-4, and Governor Kemp's Executive Orders, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:... This Administrative Order shall take effect at 5:30 p.m. on September 15, 2020, and... shall remain in effect until the conclusion of the Public Health State of Emergency initially declared by Executive Order 03.14.20.

Enforcement: Violation of a Department order is a misdemeanor under O.C.G.A. section 31-5-8 and enjoinable under section 31-5-9 (Ex. DUT-GA-004); the Governor's orders made the DPH directives mandatory under section 38-3-7 (Ex. DUT-GA-006)

Citation: Georgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer), DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-015) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-016

GDEcD COVID-19 business guidance page (georgia.org/covid19), as archived April 13, 2020

COVID19 (Georgia Department of Economic Development guidance to businesses on the shelter-in-place order, Critical Infrastructure self-determination and requests for guidance)

Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the agency Executive Order 04.02.20.01 authorized to issue guidance on Critical Infrastructure status, Georgia (State)

Dates
Standing (2020-04-03 (the order it implements))
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureOther
Character
guidance incorporated
Grade
Primary source read

Gov. Kemp's executive order supplants any local ordinances or orders related to COVID-19 that have been adopted since March 1, 2020, including all other shelter-in-place orders... Please read the above guidelines in their entirety to understand how your business is impacted by this order, as well as to help you make a self-determination as to whether your business is 'critical infrastructure.'

Enforcement: None in the page itself; the order it implements carried the misdemeanor sanction of O.C.G.A. section 38-3-7 and closure of noncompliant businesses (Exs. GA-010, GA-011)

Citation: Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the agency Executive Order 04.02.20.01 authorized to issue guidance on Critical Infrastructure status, GDEcD COVID-19 business guidance page (georgia.org/covid19), as archived April 13, 2020 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-016) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-017

Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022)

Opinion reversing the denial of a motion to dismiss: negligence claims for a senior-living facility's March 2020 infection-control conduct are barred by the Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act absent gross negligence

Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps), Georgia (Court of Appeals of Georgia, Third Division) (Court)

Dates
Standing (2022-06-22)
Limitations
Standing dutyOperating condition
Character
adjudication
Grade
Primary source read

On March 14, 2020,... the governor of Georgia issued an executive order declaring a public health emergency stating that all 'healthcare facilities' shall comply with emergency orders... These are not the sort of events, such as inviting the public to a large indoor concert, that might demonstrate the total absence of even a slight amount of common sense that typifies gross negligence.

Enforcement: Not applicable (appellate decision construing the immunity's condition)

Citation: Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps), Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022) (Ex. DUT-GA-017) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-018

ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)

State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency

Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments, Georgia (State)

Dates
Standing (2020-03-17 (contemporaneous legal summary))
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
Character
secondary source
Grade
Confirmed from a secondary source

Social distancing is the limiting or preventing of the spread of a disease, such as COVID-19, through measures, such as exclusion policies, isolation, quarantine, curfew, partial or complete closures of private or public facilities, and restricting movement, including the closing of borders. Social distancing measures may be taken voluntarily or pursuant to an administrative or judicial order.

Enforcement: Not applicable (secondary description); the underlying penalties are sections 31-5-8 and 38-3-7 (Exs. DUT-GA-004, DUT-GA-006)

Citation: Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments, ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-018) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-GA-019

O.C.G.A. section 38-3-35

Immunity of state and political subdivisions; of emergency management workers

General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, section 17, as amended), Georgia (State)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Standing dutyOperating condition
Character
liability shield condition
Grade
Primary source read

[E]xcept in cases of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith,... any volunteer or auxiliary emergency management worker... engaged in any emergency management activity complying with or reasonably attempting to comply with Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter; or any order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to Articles 1 through 3 of this chapter... shall [not] be liable...

Enforcement: None (an immunity conditioned on compliance with the orders; conduct outside compliance, or amounting to willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, answers in tort)

Citation: General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, section 17, as amended), O.C.G.A. section 38-3-35 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-019) Open the exhibit

Federal standing duties

Ex. DUT-FED-001

29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause)

Duties of employers and employees

Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Character
statutory duty
Grade
Primary source read

(a) Each employer-- (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter. (b) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 666: civil penalties for serious, other-than-serious, willful and repeated violations (2020-2021 maxima $13,494 per serious violation and $134,937 per willful or repeated violation, 29 C.F.R. 1903.15(d)); willful violations causing death are criminal (29 U.S.C. 666(e)).

Citation: Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-002

29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation)

Judicial review; discharge or discrimination against employee for exercise of rights

Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Character
statutory duty
Grade
Primary source read

No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by this chapter.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 660(c)(2): Secretary's suit in district court for reinstatement with back pay and 'all appropriate relief'

Citation: Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-003

29 C.F.R. 1910.132 (personal protective equipment, general requirements)

General requirements (Subpart I, Personal Protective Equipment)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (standard promulgated under 29 U.S.C. 655), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Character
regulatory duty
Grade
Primary source read

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment... (d)(1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 666 (civil penalties per violation)

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (standard promulgated under 29 U.S.C. 655), 29 C.F.R. 1910.132 (personal protective equipment, general requirements) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-003) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-004

29 C.F.R. 1910.134 (respiratory protection)

Respiratory protection

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty
Character
regulatory duty
Grade
Primary source read

(a)(2) A respirator shall be provided to each employee when such equipment is necessary to protect the health of such employee. The employer shall provide the respirators which are applicable and suitable for the purpose intended. The employer shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a respiratory protection program... (c)(1)... the employer to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 666

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. 1910.134 (respiratory protection) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-004) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-005

29 C.F.R. 1910.141 (sanitation)

Sanitation (Subpart J)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Character
regulatory duty
Grade
Primary source read

(a)(3)(i) All places of employment shall be kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allows.... (d)(1) Washing facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 666

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. 1910.141 (sanitation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-005) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-006

29 C.F.R. part 1904 (recording and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses), §§ 1904.4, 1904.5, 1904.7, 1904.39

Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Character
regulatory duty
Grade
Primary source read

§ 1904.39(a)(1): Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)... (a)(2): Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees... as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization... to OSHA.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 666

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. part 1904 (recording and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses), §§ 1904.4, 1904.5, 1904.7, 1904.39 (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-006) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-007

29 C.F.R. 1910.1030 (bloodborne pathogens)

Bloodborne pathogens

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty
Character
regulatory duty
Grade
Primary source read

(c)(1)(i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.... (d)(1) Universal precautions shall be observed to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 666

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1030 (bloodborne pathogens) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-007) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-008

29 C.F.R. part 1977 (discrimination against employees exercising rights under the OSH Act), § 1977.12(b)(2)

Discrimination Against Employees Exercising Rights Under the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (interpretive regulations under OSH Act § 11(c)), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Character
regulatory duty
Grade
Primary source read

§ 1977.12(b)(2):... If the employee, with no reasonable alternative, refuses in good faith to expose himself to the dangerous condition, he would be protected against subsequent discrimination. The condition causing the employee's apprehension of death or injury must be of such a nature that a reasonable person, under the circumstances then confronting the employee, would conclude that there is a real danger of death or serious injury and that there is insufficient time, due to the urgency of the situation, to eliminate the danger through resort to regular statutory enforcement channels.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 660(c)(2)

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (interpretive regulations under OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 C.F.R. part 1977 (discrimination against employees exercising rights under the OSH Act), § 1977.12(b)(2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-008) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-009

OSHA COVID-19 'Standards' page (statement of the general duty clause and the standing standards applicable to SARS-CoV-2)

COVID-19 - Standards (OSHA Safety and Health Topics)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (agency web publication, COVID-19 Safety and Health Topics, 'Standards'), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Character
agency position statement
Grade
Primary source read

The General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970, 29 USC 654(a)(1), which requires employers to furnish to each worker 'employment and a place of employment, which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.'... OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) applies to occupational exposure to human blood... Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness (29 CFR 1904)... 1910.132, General requirements... 1910.134.

Enforcement: as the underlying provisions provide

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (agency web publication, COVID-19 Safety and Health Topics, 'Standards'), OSHA COVID-19 'Standards' page (statement of the general duty clause and the standing standards applicable to SARS-CoV-2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-009) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-010

Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted Jan. 29, 2021)

Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (issued under Executive Order 13999 § 2(a)), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-01-29)
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

This guidance is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of existing mandatory safety and health standards.... Employers should implement COVID-19 Prevention Programs in the workplace.... In addition, the Act's General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their workers with a workplace free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm.... employers still are required under the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, to...

Enforcement: none in the guidance; the general duty clause and standards it describes carry 29 U.S.C. 666 penalties

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (issued under Executive Order 13999 § 2(a)), Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-010) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-011

Protecting Workers guidance, as updated August 13, 2021

Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted January 29, 2021; updated June 10 and August 13, 2021)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-08-13)
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

Guidance posted January 29, 2021; Updated June 10, [2021]; Summary of changes August 13, 2021... [recommendations for workers who are unvaccinated or otherwise at-risk, and] new guidance involving workers who are fully vaccinated but [in areas of substantial or high transmission].

Enforcement: as the general duty clause provides

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Protecting Workers guidance, as updated August 13, 2021 (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-011) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-013

Guidance on Returning to Work (OSHA 4045, June 2020)

Guidance on Returning to Work

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-06)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

This guidance is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. It contains recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards.... In addition, the Act's General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires employers to provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Enforcement: as the general duty clause and standards provide

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Guidance on Returning to Work (OSHA 4045, June 2020) (June 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-013) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-015

Citation and Notification of Penalty, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Sioux Falls, SD (general duty clause, one serious violation)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1472736, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.

OSHA, Sioux Falls Area Office (enforcement record: inspection detail, Inspection No. 1472736), United States (South Dakota) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-09-09)
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

NAICS: 311611/Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering... Inspection Type: Complaint... Initial Violations 1 [Serious]... Initial Penalty $13,494.

Enforcement: $13,494 proposed

Citation: OSHA, Sioux Falls Area Office (enforcement record: inspection detail, Inspection No. 1472736), Citation and Notification of Penalty, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Sioux Falls, SD (general duty clause, one serious violation) (Sept. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-015) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-016

Citation and Notification of Penalty, JBS Foods Inc. (Swift Beef Co.), Greeley, CO (general duty clause, serious; plus other-than-serious)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1475131, JBS Foods Inc.

OSHA, Denver Area Office (Inspection No. 1475131), United States (Colorado) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-09-11)
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

NAICS: 311612/Meat Processed from Carcasses... Initial Penalty $13,494... $2,121... $15,615.

Enforcement: $15,615 proposed

Citation: OSHA, Denver Area Office (Inspection No. 1475131), Citation and Notification of Penalty, JBS Foods Inc. (Swift Beef Co.), Greeley, CO (general duty clause, serious; plus other-than-serious) (Sept. 11, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-016) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-017

Citation, Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System Inc., Naperville, IL (general duty clause)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1501560, Midwest Warehouse and Distribution

OSHA, Naperville/Chicago North Area Office (Inspection No. 1501560), United States (Illinois) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-04-22)
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Workplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

NAICS: 493110/General Warehousing and Storage... Initial Penalty $12,288... Current Penalty $10,788.

Enforcement: $12,288 proposed; $10,788 assessed

Citation: OSHA, Naperville/Chicago North Area Office (Inspection No. 1501560), Citation, Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System Inc., Naperville, IL (general duty clause) (Apr. 22, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-017) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-018

Citation, Somerset Dental Group, Glastonbury, CT (respiratory protection)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1505094, Somerset Dental Group

OSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1505094), United States (Connecticut) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-04-15)
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q2
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

NAICS: 621210/Offices of Dentists... Initial Penalty $3,979... Current Penalty $2,785.

Enforcement: $3,979 proposed; $2,785 assessed

Citation: OSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1505094), Citation, Somerset Dental Group, Glastonbury, CT (respiratory protection) (Apr. 15, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-018) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-019

Citation, Wintonbury Care Center, Bloomfield, CT (respiratory protection; reporting)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1472908, Wintonbury Care Center

OSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1472908), United States (Connecticut) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-10-09)
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

NAICS: 623110/Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)... Initial Penalty $13,494... $1,928... $15,422.

Enforcement: $15,422 proposed

Citation: OSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1472908), Citation, Wintonbury Care Center, Bloomfield, CT (respiratory protection; reporting) (Oct. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-019) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-020

Common COVID-19 Citations: Helping Employers Better Protect Workers and Comply with OSHA Regulations (Nov. 2020)

Common COVID-19 Citations

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-11-06)
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Character
agency enforcement summary
Grade
Primary source read

.. complaints, referrals, or fatalities in industries such as: hospitals and healthcare, nursing homes and long term care settings, and meat/poultry processing facilities.... 1910.134(c)(1) The employer did not establish, implement, or update a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures.... 1904.39(a)(1) The employer did not report a fatality to OSHA within eight hours... 1910.132(d)(1) Note: these citations occurred in the healthcare sector...

Enforcement: as the standards provide

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Common COVID-19 Citations: Helping Employers Better Protect Workers and Comply with OSHA Regulations (Nov. 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-020) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-021

Citation, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ (respiratory protection; recordkeeping)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1480762, Hackensack Meridian Health (Neptune)

OSHA, Avenel Area Office (Inspection No. 1480762), United States (New Jersey) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-12-08)
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

NAICS: 622110/General Medical and Surgical Hospitals... 19100134 A02 12/08/2020... $13,494... 19040004 A 12/08/2020... $1,928.

Enforcement: $15,422 proposed

Citation: OSHA, Avenel Area Office (Inspection No. 1480762), Citation, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ (respiratory protection; recordkeeping) (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-021) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-022

Citation, United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (general duty clause)

OSHA Inspection Detail 1522210, U.S. Postal Service

OSHA, Baltimore/Washington Area Office (Inspection No. 1522210), United States (District of Columbia) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-04-20)
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitations
Workplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

NAICS: 491110/Postal Service... Initial Penalty... $11,704 [willful/repeat column]... $11,704.

Enforcement: $11,704 proposed

Citation: OSHA, Baltimore/Washington Area Office (Inspection No. 1522210), Citation, United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (general duty clause) (Apr. 20, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-022) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-023

42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing)

§ 483.80 Infection control

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingStanding duty
Character
regulatory duty
Grade
Primary source read

(a)... The facility must establish and maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections.... (g) COVID-19 reporting. The facility must-- (1) Electronically report information about COVID-19 in a standardized format specified by the Secretary.... (h) COVID-19 Testing. The LTC facility must test residents and facility staff, including individuals providing services under arrangement and volunteers, for COVID-19.

Enforcement: 42 C.F.R. part 488, subpart F: civil money penalties, denial of payment, termination; QSO-20-29-NH sets CMPs for reporting failures; QSO-20-38-NH sets enforcement for testing failures (Exs. FED-161, -168)

Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities), 42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-023) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-024

42 C.F.R. 482.42 (hospital infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs; COVID-19 reporting)

§ 482.42 Condition of participation: Infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (hospital condition of participation), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
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2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
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Health care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty
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regulatory duty
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Primary source read

The hospital must have active hospital-wide programs for the surveillance, prevention, and control of HAIs and other infectious diseases, and for the optimization of antibiotic use through stewardship.

Enforcement: 42 C.F.R. 489.53: termination of the provider agreement; QSO-20-31 and -35 enforcement (Exs. FED-165, -166)

Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (hospital condition of participation), 42 C.F.R. 482.42 (hospital infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs; COVID-19 reporting) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-024) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-025

42 U.S.C. 247d-6d (PREP Act targeted liability protections)

Targeted liability protections for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures

Congress (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, Pub. L. 109-148, div. C, § 2 (2005), as amended by the CARES Act § 3103), United States (Federal)

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Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
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Character
liability shield condition
Grade
Primary source read

(a)(1)... a covered person shall be immune from suit and liability under Federal and State law with respect to all claims for loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the administration to or the use by an individual of a covered countermeasure if a declaration under subsection (b) has been issued with respect to such countermeasure.... (3) Certain conditions. Subject to the other provisions of this section, immunity under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered countermeasure applies only if-- (A) the countermeasure was administered or used during the effective period of the declaration...; (B) the countermeasure was administered or used for the category or categories of diseases... specified in the declaration; and (C) in addition, in the case of a covered person who is a program planner or qualified person with respect to the administration or use of the…

Enforcement: loss of immunity when the conditions are not met

Citation: Congress (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, Pub. L. 109-148, div. C, § 2 (2005), as amended by the CARES Act § 3103), 42 U.S.C. 247d-6d (PREP Act targeted liability protections) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-025) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-026

Advisory Opinion 20-04 on the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act and the Secretary's Declaration under the Act (Oct. 22, 2020, as modified Oct. 23, 2020)

Advisory Opinion 20-04 on the PREP Act and the Secretary's Declaration

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel (Robert P. Charrow, General Counsel), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-10-23 (interpretive; states the Department's reading))
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Other
Character
agency interpretation
Grade
Primary source read

In short, any individual or organization can potentially be a program planner and receive PREP Act coverage. So for example, private businesses, public and private transportation providers, public and private schools, and religious organizations are all eligible for PREP Act coverage when they act [in accordance with the Declaration]... a program planner can be a 'private sector employer or community group' that 'carries out the described activities.'... Such entities may also include businesses, schools, and places of worship.

Enforcement: loss of immunity when the Declaration's conditions are not met

Citation: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel (Robert P. Charrow, General Counsel), Advisory Opinion 20-04 on the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act and the Secretary's Declaration under the Act (Oct. 22, 2020, as modified Oct. 23, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-026) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-027

Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 79190

Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration

Secretary of Health and Human Services (Alex M. Azar II), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-12-03 (effective through Oct. 1, 2024 as then stated))
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Vaccination or testingOther
Character
liability shield condition
Grade
Primary source read

(g) Makes explicit in Section IX that there can be situations where not administering a covered countermeasure to a particular individual can fall within the PREP Act and this Declaration's liability protections.... liability protections for all Covered Countermeasures... used in accordance with the public health and medical response of the Authority Having Jurisdiction...

Enforcement: loss of immunity outside the Declaration's conditions

Citation: Secretary of Health and Human Services (Alex M. Azar II), Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 79190 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-027) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-029

Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 20009, COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews

SAFO 20009: COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews

Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service (with the CDC), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-04-17)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

A SAFO contains important safety information and may include recommended action. SAFO content should be especially valuable to air carriers in meeting their statutory duty to provide service with the highest possible degree of safety in the public interest.... Recommended Action: The FAA and CDC recommend and expect that all U.S.-based air carriers and crewmembers, all non-U.S.-based air carriers operating flights with a U.S. nexus, and all non-U.S.-based crewmembers on flights with a U.S. nexus implement and use their company-developed COVID-19 preparedness plans and procedures in conjunction with the FAA and CDC occupational health and safety guidance in the attached appendix...

Enforcement: none in the SAFO

Citation: Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service (with the CDC), Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 20009, COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-029) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-030

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (technical assistance Q&A, as updated Sept. 8, 2020)

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-09-08)
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance permissive
Grade
Primary source read

A.3. When may an ADA-covered employer take the body temperature of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic? Generally, measuring an employee's body temperature is a medical examination. Because the CDC and state/local health authorities have acknowledged community spread of COVID-19 and issued attendant precautions, employers may measure employees' body temperature.... an individual with the virus will pose a direct threat to the health of others. Therefore an employer may choose to administer COVID-19 testing to employees before initially permitting them to enter the workplace... An employer may require employees to wear protective gear (for example, masks and gloves) and observe infection control practices (for example, regular hand washing and social distancing protocols).

Enforcement: none; the document defines what the ADA permits

Citation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (technical assistance Q&A, as updated Sept. 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-030) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-031

42 U.S.C. 12113 (ADA defenses; direct threat)

Defenses

Congress (Americans with Disabilities Act § 103), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
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2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
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statutory framework
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Primary source read

(b) Qualification standards. The term 'qualification standards' may include a requirement that an individual shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.

Enforcement: not applicable (a defense)

Citation: Congress (Americans with Disabilities Act § 103), 42 U.S.C. 12113 (ADA defenses; direct threat) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-031) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-032

29 C.F.R. 1630.2(r) (definition of direct threat)

§ 1630.2 Definitions

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation), United States (Federal)

Dates
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regulatory framework
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Primary source read

(r) Direct Threat means a significant risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of the individual or others that cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation. The determination that an individual poses a 'direct threat' shall be based on an individualized assessment... based on a reasonable medical judgment that relies on the most current medical knowledge and/or on the best available objective evidence.

Enforcement: not applicable

Citation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation), 29 C.F.R. 1630.2(r) (definition of direct threat) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-032) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-033

29 C.F.R. 1630.15 (defenses; direct threat as a qualification standard)

§ 1630.15 Defenses

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
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2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
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Workplace rulesStanding duty
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regulatory framework
Grade
Primary source read

(b)(2) Direct threat as a qualification standard. The term 'qualification standard' may include a requirement that an individual shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of the individual or others in the workplace.

Enforcement: not applicable

Citation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation), 29 C.F.R. 1630.15 (defenses; direct threat as a qualification standard) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-033) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-034

Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (as revised March 21, 2020)

Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-03-21)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitations
Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

Below are changes as of March 21, 2020: Updated cleaning and disinfection guidance; Updated best practices for conducting social distancing; Updated strategies and recommendations that can be implemented now to respond to COVID-19.... Employers should plan to respond in a flexible way... Actively encourage sick employees to stay home... Employees who have symptoms... should notify their supervisor and stay home.... Separate sick employees... Support respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene for employees, customers, and worksite visitors... Perform routine environmental cleaning and disinfection.

Enforcement: none in the guidance

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (as revised March 21, 2020) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-034) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-035

Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020 (as revised May 6, 2020)

Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-05-06)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

Below are changes as of May 6, 2020: Updated strategies and recommendations for employers responding to COVID-19, including those seeking to resume normal or phased business operations: Conducting daily health checks; Conducting a hazard assessment of the workplace; Encouraging employees to wear cloth face coverings in the workplace, if appropriate; Implementing policies and practices for social distancing in the workplace; Improving the building ventilation system... personal protective equipment (PPE) that employers may use to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.

Enforcement: none in the guidance

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020 (as revised May 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-035) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-037

Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Relating to COVID-19), March 18, 2020

Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Jim Mullen, Acting Administrator), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-03-18)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain
Character
emergency relief with mandatory conditio
Grade
Primary source read

The President has declared a nationwide emergency pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5191(b)... Direct assistance means transportation and other relief services provided by a motor carrier or its driver(s) incident to the immediate restoration of essential services (such as medical care) or essential supplies (such as food and fuel)... [a driver] must be permitted at least 10 consecutive hours off duty before the driver is required to return to the motor carrier's terminal or the driver's normal reporting location.

Enforcement: 49 U.S.C. 521(b) civil penalties for operating outside the relief's conditions

Citation: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Jim Mullen, Acting Administrator), Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Relating to COVID-19), March 18, 2020 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-037) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-060

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (updated July 15, 2020)

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-07-15)
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

Updated July 15, 2020... Recommended routine infection prevention and control (IPC) practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: CDC recommends using additional infection prevention and control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with standard practices recommended as a part of routine healthcare delivery to all patients.... Respirators with exhalation valves are not recommended for source control and should not be used during surgical procedures...

Enforcement: none in the guidance; CMS conditions of participation supply the sanction for participating providers

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (updated July 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-060) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-061

Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (Apr. 26, 2020)

Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and OSHA

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-04-26)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

CDC's Critical Infrastructure Guidance advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community. All meat and poultry processing facilities developing plans for continuing operations in the setting of COVID-19 occurring among workers or in the surrounding community should (1) work directly with appropriate state and local public health officials and occupational safety and health professionals; (2) incorporate relevant aspects of CDC guidance, including but not limited to this document and the CDC's Critical Infrastructure Guidance; and (3) incorporate guidance from other authoritative sources or regulatory bodies as needed.

Enforcement: none in the guidance; the general duty clause supplied the sanction

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint), Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (Apr. 26, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-061) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-062

Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and OSHA (updated July 9, 2020)

Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and OSHA (Updated July 9, 2020)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-07-09)
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

Updated July 9, 2020... critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic, have not had a positive test result for COVID-19, and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community.

Enforcement: none in the guidance

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint), Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and OSHA (updated July 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-062) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-063

Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Apr. 8, 2020)

Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-04-08)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic and additional precautions are implemented to protect them and the community.... Pre-Screen: Employers should measure the employee's temperature and assess symptoms prior to them starting work.... Wear a Mask: The employee should wear a face mask at all times while in the workplace for 14 days after last exposure.... Social Distance: The employee should maintain 6 feet and practice social distancing as work duties permit in the workplace.... Disinfect and Clean work spaces...

Enforcement: none in the guidance

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-063) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-064

Considerations for Restaurants and Bars (updated May 27, 2020)

Considerations for Restaurants and Bars

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-05-27)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitations
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

Updated May 27, 2020. As restaurants and bars resume operations in some areas of the United States, CDC offers the following considerations for ways in which operators can protect employees, customers, and communities and slow the spread of COVID-19. Restaurants and bars can determine, in collaboration with state and local health officials, whether and how to implement these considerations...

Enforcement: none in the guidance

Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Considerations for Restaurants and Bars (updated May 27, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-064) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-065

Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020)

Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-03-13)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain
Character
emergency relief with mandatory conditio
Grade
Primary source read

an emergency exists that warrants an exemption from Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations... for motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in support of emergency relief efforts related to the COVID-19 outbreaks... Direct assistance terminates when a driver or commercial motor vehicle is used in interstate commerce to transport cargo or provide services that are not in support of emergency relief efforts... [the driver] must be permitted at least 10 consecutive hours off duty before the driver is required to return... Nothing contained in this Emergency Declaration shall be construed as an exemption from the controlled substances and alcohol use and testing requirements (49 CFR Part 382), the commercial driver's license requirements (49 CFR Part 383), the financial responsibility (insurance) requirements (49 CFR Part 387), the hazardous…

Enforcement: 49 U.S.C. 521(b)

Citation: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-065) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-066

News release, U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020)

U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt), national news release, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rules
Character
agency position statement
Grade
Primary source read

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that it is illegal to retaliate against workers because they report unsafe and unhealthful working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Acts of retaliation can include terminations, demotions, denials of overtime or promotion, or reductions in pay or hours. 'Employees have the right to safe and healthy workplaces,' said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt.

Enforcement: 29 U.S.C. 660(c)(2)

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt), national news release, News release, U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-066) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-067

News release, U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces $3,930,381 In Coronavirus Violations (Jan. 8, 2021)

U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces $3,930,381 In Coronavirus Violations

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, national news release, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-01-08)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitations
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Dec. 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations arising from 300 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $3,930,381. OSHA inspections have resulted in the agency citing employers for violations, including failures to: Implement a written respiratory protection program; Provide a medical evaluation, respirator fit test, training on the proper use of a respirator and personal protective equipment; Report an injury, illness or fatality; Record an injury or illness on OSHA recordkeeping forms; and Comply with the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Enforcement: as stated

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, national news release, News release, U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces $3,930,381 In Coronavirus Violations (Jan. 8, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-067) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-069

News release, US Department of Labor cites insurance agency for exposing workers to coronavirus at Denver location where employee died with COVID-19 (Fred Loya Insurance Agency Inc.; Inspection No. 1528139; citation Oct. 1, 2021)

US Department of Labor cites insurance agency for exposing workers to coronavirus at Denver location where employee died with COVID-19

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Region 8 (Denver Area Office; Area Director Amanda Kupper), United States (Colorado) (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-10-01)
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rules
Character
enforcement record
Grade
Primary source read

A federal workplace health investigation found that an auto insurance company ignored coronavirus safety requirements and allowed others displaying symptoms to work at the same Denver location where an employee died with COVID-19.... [OSHA] initiated an investigation on April 21, 2021, and found Fred Loya Insurance Agency Inc. did not safely distance employees, failed to implement a health and safety plan and allowed symptomatic workers to remain on site. The company faces $23,406 in proposed penalties.

Enforcement: $23,406 proposed

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Region 8 (Denver Area Office; Area Director Amanda Kupper), News release, US Department of Labor cites insurance agency for exposing workers to coronavirus at Denver location where employee died with COVID-19 (Fred Loya Insurance Agency Inc.; Inspection No. 1528139; citation Oct. 1, 2021) (Oct. 7, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-069) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-070

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated Dec. 16, 2020, adding Section K on vaccinations)

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (updated Dec. 16, 2020)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2020-12-16)
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Workplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance permissive
Grade
Primary source read

Applying this standard to the current circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers may take screening steps to determine if employees entering the workplace have COVID-19 because an individual with the virus will pose a direct threat to the health of others. Therefore an employer may choose to administer COVID-19 testing to employees before initially permitting them to enter the workplace and/or periodically to determine if their presence in the workplace poses a direct threat to others.... An employer may exclude those with COVID-19, or symptoms associated with COVID-19, from the workplace because, as EEOC has stated, their presence would pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others.

Enforcement: none; defines what the ADA permits

Citation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated Dec. 16, 2020, adding Section K on vaccinations) (Ex. DUT-FED-070) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-071

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated May 28, 2021, revising Section K)

What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (updated May 28, 2021)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-05-28)
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Workplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Character
agency guidance permissive
Grade
Primary source read

Updated on May 28, 2021.... K.1. Under the ADA, Title VII, and other federal employment nondiscrimination laws, may an employer require all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19? (5/28/21) The federal EEO laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19, subject to the reasonable accommodation provisions of Title VII and the ADA and other EEO considerations discussed below.

Enforcement: none

Citation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated May 28, 2021, revising Section K) (Ex. DUT-FED-071) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-072

Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (as updated June 10, 2021)

Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (updated June 10, 2021)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States (Federal)

Dates
Standing (2021-06-10)
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Character
agency guidance recommendation
Grade
Primary source read

Unless otherwise required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, most employers no longer need to take steps to protect their fully vaccinated workers who are not otherwise at-risk from COVID-19 exposure.... CDC advises that most fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing masks or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.

Enforcement: as the general duty clause provides

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (as updated June 10, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-072) Open the exhibit

Ex. DUT-FED-073

Secretary of Labor v. Ariana Murrell-Rosario d/b/a Liberty Tax Service, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0432, Decision and Order (June 6, 2022)

Decision and Order, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0432 (Liberty Tax Service, Lynn, Massachusetts)

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Chief Administrative Law Judge Covette Rooney, United States (Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission) (Court)

Dates
Standing (2022-06-06)
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitations
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Character
adjudication
Grade
Primary source read

As a result of the inspection OSHA issued a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) on April 8, 2021, for an alleged willful violation of section 5(a)(1) (general duty clause) of the OSH Act with a proposed penalty of $136,532. The Citation alleged Respondent had not protected its employees from the recognized hazard of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), the virus that causes COVID-19.... For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned affirms the willful violation of the General Duty Clause and assesses a penalty of $95,500.... As set forth above, the Secretary has proved Respondent violated section 5(a)(1) of the Act... ORDER... Citation 1, Item 1, alleging a Willful violation of section 5 (a)(1) of the OSH Act is AFFIRMED and a penalty of $95,500 is ASSESSED.

Enforcement: $95,500 assessed (of $136,532 proposed)

Citation: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Chief Administrative Law Judge Covette Rooney, Secretary of Labor v. Ariana Murrell-Rosario d/b/a Liberty Tax Service, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0432, Decision and Order (June 6, 2022) (Ex. DUT-FED-073) Open the exhibit

6. Partial suspension, element by element, for this business

This section applies the five-step test of section 3 to a business in Georgia with the instruments this report found for the quarters selected and no others: the order; the function of the business it reached; the change it compelled, in its own words; the days of the quarter on which it was in force; and the statute's answer. Where the Library holds only federal-layer and standing-duty instruments for a quarter, the section says so and applies the test to those instruments.

Second quarter of 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020; orders from Mar. 13, 2020)

Step one, the orders. In the second quarter of 2020 the Library holds 252 instruments in force for this selection: 28 instruments from the State of Georgia (Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.23.20.02 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. GA-018); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.12.20.02 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. GA-022); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.20.02 (May 28, 2020) (Ex. GA-023); and 25 more), 4 instruments from the agencies, boards and authorities of Georgia (Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley), USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069); Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071); and 1 more), 179 federal instruments (The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-192); CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-097); The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC), The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-190); and 176 more) and 41 standing duties (Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001); Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002); and 39 more). Each is an order, proclamation, rule or decree of a governmental authority with jurisdiction over the place or the trade, and each is listed in section 5 with its exhibit.

Step two, the function reached. The instruments reached these functions, in the Library's own labels: WF workforce (Ex. GA-005); WF (Ex. GA-021); CB customer base (Ex. GA-018); GATH ten-person cap (Ex. GA-018); BA bars closed (Ex. GA-018); CB (Ex. GA-021); CB families (Ex. GA-006); CB medically fragile confined (Ex. GA-022); CB private prison operators (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); IN (Ex. GA-008).

Step three, the change compelled. Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.23.20.02 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. GA-018) ordered: "That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia who meet the following criteria for higher risk of severe illness as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are required to Shelter in Place within their homes or places of residence: 1. Those persons who are 65 years of age…" Enforcement: Section X 'Enforcement': misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities by deputized officials; local orders more or less restrictive suspended Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.12.20.02 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. GA-022) ordered: ""Gathering" shall mean more than ten (10) persons physically [present at a Single Location if, to be present, persons are required to stand or be seated within six (6) feet of any other person]... [Sheltering in Place] shall be effective until Friday, June 12, 2020, at [11:59 P.M.]... [for…" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities; local orders more or less restrictive suspended Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.20.02 (May 28, 2020) (Ex. GA-023) ordered: ""Gathering" shall mean more than twenty-five (25) persons [physically present at a Single Location if, to be present, persons are required to stand or be seated within six (6) feet of any other person]... That all live performance venues shall not engage in in-person operations and shall remain…" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities The operative words of every other instrument of the quarter are quoted in section 5.

Step four, the quarter. The quarter's record runs from Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020, 110 days. Executive Order 04.23.20.02 (Ex. GA-018) was in force from May 1, 2020 to May 13, 2020, 13 of the quarter's 110 days; Executive Order 05.12.20.02 (Ex. GA-022) was in force from May 14, 2020 to May 31, 2020, 18 of the quarter's 110 days; Executive Order 05.28.20.02 (Ex. GA-023) was in force from June 1, 2020 to June 15, 2020, 15 of the quarter's 110 days. Of the 32 instruments in the quarter's record, 2 were in force on its first day, 19 on its last day and 2 on every day of the quarter.

Step five, the statute's answer. Each function named in step two is a portion of the operation of the business; each change compelled in step three is a delay, interruption or termination of that portion; and but for the orders, no law required it. On the definitions the United States agreed to and the court adopted in Tri-State, the operation was partially suspended during the second quarter of 2020 due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel or group meetings due to COVID-19. The statute asks nothing further: not whether the business was essential or stayed open, not whether it could telework, not whose customers the orders addressed, and not for a percentage.

Third quarter of 2020 (July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020)

Step one, the orders. In the third quarter of 2020 the Library holds 226 instruments in force for this selection: 15 instruments from the State of Georgia (Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.29.20.02 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. GA-025); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020) (Ex. GA-026); and 12 more), 3 instruments from the agencies, boards and authorities of Georgia (Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071); Georgia Ports Authority, GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081)), 163 federal instruments (The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-192); CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-097); CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157); and 160 more) and 45 standing duties (Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001); Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002); and 43 more). Each is an order, proclamation, rule or decree of a governmental authority with jurisdiction over the place or the trade, and each is listed in section 5 with its exhibit.

Step two, the function reached. The instruments reached these functions, in the Library's own labels: CB medically fragile confined (Ex. GA-025); GATH 50 (Ex. GA-025); CB families (Ex. GA-006); CB private prison operators (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); CT courts (Ex. GA-062); EMP mandatory sector measures (Ex. GA-026); OF (Ex. GA-057); VS visitors (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); BA bars 50 or 35 percent (Ex. GA-025); CB legal-services clients (Ex. GA-062).

Step three, the change compelled. Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017) ordered: "That all medical practices, dental practices, orthodontics practices, optometry practices, physical therapists, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians performing elective surgeries, healthcare institutions, medical facilities, and any and all other healthcare-related practices and services that…" Enforcement: Failure to comply with State Health Officer testing orders a misdemeanor under 38-3-7; DPH authorized to override county boards of health; enforcement of any… Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.29.20.02 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. GA-025) ordered: ""Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons physically present at a Single Location if, to be present, persons are required to stand or be seated within six (6) feet of any other person... [Sheltering in Place] effective upon signature through the expiration of this Executive Order... [Live…" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure of noncompliant entities; local orders more or less restrictive suspended Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020) (Ex. GA-026) ordered: "That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-28, other than orders issued pursuant to the authority of Code Section 38-3-60 et seq., any state, county, or municipal law, order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires persons to wear face coverings, masks, face shields, or any other Personal Protective…" Enforcement: That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-7, any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor... That any law enforcement officer, after providing… The operative words of every other instrument of the quarter are quoted in section 5.

Step four, the quarter. The quarter's record runs from July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020, 92 days. Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Ex. GA-017) was in force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021, 92 of the quarter's 92 days; Executive Order 06.29.20.02 (Ex. GA-025) was in force from July 1, 2020 to July 15, 2020, 15 of the quarter's 92 days; Executive Order 07.15.20.01 (Ex. GA-026) was in force from July 16, 2020 to July 31, 2020, 16 of the quarter's 92 days. Of the 18 instruments in the quarter's record, 15 were in force on its first day, 13 on its last day and 13 on every day of the quarter.

Step five, the statute's answer. Each function named in step two is a portion of the operation of the business; each change compelled in step three is a delay, interruption or termination of that portion; and but for the orders, no law required it. On the definitions the United States agreed to and the court adopted in Tri-State, the operation was partially suspended during the third quarter of 2020 due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel or group meetings due to COVID-19. The statute asks nothing further: not whether the business was essential or stayed open, not whether it could telework, not whose customers the orders addressed, and not for a percentage.

Fourth quarter of 2020 (Oct. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020)

Step one, the orders. In the fourth quarter of 2020 the Library holds 227 instruments in force for this selection: 16 instruments from the State of Georgia (Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.30.20.02 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-028); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 11.30.20.02 (Nov. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-029); and 13 more), 3 instruments from the agencies, boards and authorities of Georgia (Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071); Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Securities, Order in Response to COVID-19 (October 30, 2020) (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-066)), 160 federal instruments (CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157); Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-027); and 157 more) and 48 standing duties (Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001); Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002); and 46 more). Each is an order, proclamation, rule or decree of a governmental authority with jurisdiction over the place or the trade, and each is listed in section 5 with its exhibit.

Step two, the function reached. The instruments reached these functions, in the Library's own labels: CB legal-services clients (Ex. GA-062); CB medically fragile confined (Ex. GA-028); CB private prison operators (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); CT courts (Ex. GA-062); GATH 50 (Ex. GA-028); MASK local option (Ex. GA-028); OF (Ex. GA-057); VS visitors (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070); WF workforce (Ex. GA-006); BA (Ex. GA-029).

Step three, the change compelled. Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017) ordered: "That all medical practices, dental practices, orthodontics practices, optometry practices, physical therapists, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians performing elective surgeries, healthcare institutions, medical facilities, and any and all other healthcare-related practices and services that…" Enforcement: Failure to comply with State Health Officer testing orders a misdemeanor under 38-3-7; DPH authorized to override county boards of health; enforcement of any… Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.30.20.02 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-028) ordered: ""Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... That Executive Order 04.08.20.03 shall expire at 11:59 P.M. on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.... Long-Term Care Facilities shall implement additional measures and protocols to prevent the spread of…" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations; local orders more or less restrictive suspended Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 11.30.20.02 (Nov. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-029) ordered: ""Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... "Local Option Face Covering Requirement"... [sector sections 'shall implement' measures; long-term care directives mandatory; vaccination-administration statutes suspended]" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations The operative words of every other instrument of the quarter are quoted in section 5.

Step four, the quarter. The quarter's record runs from Oct. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020, 92 days. Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Ex. GA-017) was in force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021, 92 of the quarter's 92 days; Executive Order 09.30.20.02 (Ex. GA-028) was in force from Oct. 1, 2020 to Oct. 15, 2020, 15 of the quarter's 92 days; Executive Order 11.30.20.02 (Ex. GA-029) was in force from Dec. 1, 2020 to Dec. 15, 2020, 15 of the quarter's 92 days. Of the 19 instruments in the quarter's record, 13 were in force on its first day, 17 on its last day and 12 on every day of the quarter.

Step five, the statute's answer. Each function named in step two is a portion of the operation of the business; each change compelled in step three is a delay, interruption or termination of that portion; and but for the orders, no law required it. On the definitions the United States agreed to and the court adopted in Tri-State, the operation was partially suspended during the fourth quarter of 2020 due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel or group meetings due to COVID-19. The statute asks nothing further: not whether the business was essential or stayed open, not whether it could telework, not whose customers the orders addressed, and not for a percentage.

First quarter of 2021 (Jan. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021)

Step one, the orders. In the first quarter of 2021 the Library holds 236 instruments in force for this selection: 18 instruments from the State of Georgia (Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 12.30.20.02 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-031); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 02.15.21.01 (Feb. 15, 2021) (Ex. GA-058); and 15 more), 175 federal instruments (CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157); Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290); U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398); and 172 more) and 43 standing duties (Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001); Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002); and 41 more). Each is an order, proclamation, rule or decree of a governmental authority with jurisdiction over the place or the trade, and each is listed in section 5 with its exhibit.

Step two, the function reached. The instruments reached these functions, in the Library's own labels: CB medically fragile confined (Ex. GA-031); GATH 50 (Ex. GA-031); CB legal-services clients (Ex. GA-062); CT courts (Ex. GA-062); FC (Ex. GA-031); MASK local option (Ex. GA-031); OF (Ex. GA-057); SCH (Ex. GA-031); SF (Ex. GA-031); SL (Ex. GA-031).

Step three, the change compelled. Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017) ordered: "That all medical practices, dental practices, orthodontics practices, optometry practices, physical therapists, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians performing elective surgeries, healthcare institutions, medical facilities, and any and all other healthcare-related practices and services that…" Enforcement: Failure to comply with State Health Officer testing orders a misdemeanor under 38-3-7; DPH authorized to override county boards of health; enforcement of any… Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 12.30.20.02 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-031) ordered: ""Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... III. SHELTERING IN PLACE... That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia who meet the following criteria for higher risk of severe illness as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and…" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations; local orders more or less restrictive suspended Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 02.15.21.01 (Feb. 15, 2021) (Ex. GA-058) ordered: "[the provisions contained in this Order] shall be effective from February 16, 2021 at 12:00 A.M. until [February 28, 2021 at 11:59 P.M.]... [Restaurants:] 31. Ensure ventilation systems operate properly and increase [air circulation and purification]... [Organizations, gyms, schools:] Ensuring…" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations The operative words of every other instrument of the quarter are quoted in section 5.

Step four, the quarter. The quarter's record runs from Jan. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021, 90 days. Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Ex. GA-017) was in force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021, 90 of the quarter's 90 days; Executive Order 12.30.20.02 (Ex. GA-031) was in force from Jan. 1, 2021 to Jan. 15, 2021, 15 of the quarter's 90 days; Executive Order 02.15.21.01 (Ex. GA-058) was in force from Feb. 16, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2021, 13 of the quarter's 90 days. Of the 18 instruments in the quarter's record, 16 were in force on its first day, 12 on its last day and 11 on every day of the quarter.

Step five, the statute's answer. Each function named in step two is a portion of the operation of the business; each change compelled in step three is a delay, interruption or termination of that portion; and but for the orders, no law required it. On the definitions the United States agreed to and the court adopted in Tri-State, the operation was partially suspended during the first quarter of 2021 due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel or group meetings due to COVID-19. The statute asks nothing further: not whether the business was essential or stayed open, not whether it could telework, not whose customers the orders addressed, and not for a percentage.

Second quarter of 2021 (Apr. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021)

Step one, the orders. In the second quarter of 2021 the Library holds 235 instruments in force for this selection: 22 instruments from the State of Georgia (Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.12.21.01 (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. GA-032); Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062); and 19 more), 165 federal instruments (Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290); U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398); Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334); and 162 more) and 48 standing duties (Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001); Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002); and 46 more). Each is an order, proclamation, rule or decree of a governmental authority with jurisdiction over the place or the trade, and each is listed in section 5 with its exhibit.

Step two, the function reached. The instruments reached these functions, in the Library's own labels: MASK local option (Ex. GA-032); CT courts (Ex. GA-062); OF (Ex. GA-057); WF workforce (Ex. GA-006); BA and DR combined mandatory measures (Ex. GA-032); BQ banquet and event facilities (Ex. GA-035); CB State services (Ex. GA-036); CB families (Ex. GA-006); CB legal-services clients (Ex. GA-062); CB medically fragile confined (Ex. GA-032).

Step three, the change compelled. Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017) ordered: "That all medical practices, dental practices, orthodontics practices, optometry practices, physical therapists, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians performing elective surgeries, healthcare institutions, medical facilities, and any and all other healthcare-related practices and services that…" Enforcement: Failure to comply with State Health Officer testing orders a misdemeanor under 38-3-7; DPH authorized to override county boards of health; enforcement of any… Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.12.21.01 (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. GA-032) ordered: ""Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... III. SHELTERING IN PLACE... required to Shelter [in Place]... 16. Ensure ventilation systems operate properly and increase [air circulation]" Enforcement: Misdemeanor under 38-3-7; closure after two citations Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062) ordered: "The March 14, 2020 Judicial Emergency Order suspended, tolled, extended, and [otherwise granted relief from] deadlines... (as recited in Ex. GA-051); Orders regarding the Statewide Judicial Emergency, which expired on June 30, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. (Judicial Council of Georgia, Emergency Judicial…" Enforcement: Order of the Chief Justice under 38-3-61 The operative words of every other instrument of the quarter are quoted in section 5.

Step four, the quarter. The quarter's record runs from Apr. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021, 91 days. Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Ex. GA-017) was in force from Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021, 91 of the quarter's 91 days; Executive Order 03.12.21.01 (Ex. GA-032) was in force from Mar. 16, 2021 to June 30, 2021, 91 of the quarter's 91 days; Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Ex. GA-062) was in force from Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021, 91 of the quarter's 91 days. Of the 22 instruments in the quarter's record, 13 were in force on its first day, 18 on its last day and 12 on every day of the quarter.

Step five, the statute's answer. Each function named in step two is a portion of the operation of the business; each change compelled in step three is a delay, interruption or termination of that portion; and but for the orders, no law required it. On the definitions the United States agreed to and the court adopted in Tri-State, the operation was partially suspended during the second quarter of 2021 due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel or group meetings due to COVID-19. The statute asks nothing further: not whether the business was essential or stayed open, not whether it could telework, not whose customers the orders addressed, and not for a percentage.

Third quarter of 2021 (July 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021)

Step one, the orders. In the third quarter of 2021 the Library holds 229 instruments in force for this selection: 19 instruments from the State of Georgia (Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015); Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067); Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. GA-036); and 16 more), 167 federal instruments (Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290); U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031); and 164 more) and 43 standing duties (Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001); Congress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002); and 41 more). Each is an order, proclamation, rule or decree of a governmental authority with jurisdiction over the place or the trade, and each is listed in section 5 with its exhibit.

Step two, the function reached. The instruments reached these functions, in the Library's own labels: CT courts (Ex. GA-051); CB legal-services clients (Ex. GA-053); DM driver testing (Ex. GA-042); IP hospital capacity (Ex. GA-050); SC supply chain (Ex. GA-041); WF unemployment rules (Ex. GA-042); CB State services (Ex. GA-036); CB clients of law firms (Ex. GA-051); CB pricing (Ex. GA-041); CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions (Ex. GA-051).

Step three, the change compelled. Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. GA-015) ordered: "[the requirement of] physical presence of the notary public is hereby suspended, and any such act may be [performed by real-time audio-video communication where] 1. The notary public uses [real-time audio-video communication technology that allows] sound in order to notarize signatures. 2. The…" Enforcement: Regulatory suspension Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067) ordered: "Isolation requirements for COVID-19-positive individuals; quarantine guidelines for potentially exposed individuals; effective 30 days following Public Health State of Emergency end; violations constitute misdemeanor offense (Husch Blackwell summary, Dec. 4, 2020 entry)" Enforcement: Misdemeanor (per the secondary source; O.C.G.A. 31-5-8 and 31-12-4) Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. GA-036) ordered: "[No State agency, service provider or property] shall implement a Vaccine Passport Program or otherwise require an individual to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition [of access to services or property]... That at no time shall a Vaccine Passport Program or any other requirement to…" Enforcement: Directive to State agencies The operative words of every other instrument of the quarter are quoted in section 5.

Step four, the quarter. The quarter's record runs from July 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021, 92 days. Executive Order 04.09.20.01 (Ex. GA-015) was in force from Apr. 9, 2020 to July 1, 2021, 1 of the quarter's 92 days; Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Ex. GA-067) was in force from Dec. 4, 2020 to July 31, 2021, 31 of the quarter's 92 days; Executive Order 05.25.21.01 (Ex. GA-036) was in force from May 25, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021, 92 of the quarter's 92 days. Of the 19 instruments in the quarter's record, 6 were in force on its first day, 10 on its last day and 2 on every day of the quarter.

Step five, the statute's answer. Each function named in step two is a portion of the operation of the business; each change compelled in step three is a delay, interruption or termination of that portion; and but for the orders, no law required it. On the definitions the United States agreed to and the court adopted in Tri-State, the operation was partially suspended during the third quarter of 2021 due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel or group meetings due to COVID-19. The statute asks nothing further: not whether the business was essential or stayed open, not whether it could telework, not whose customers the orders addressed, and not for a percentage.

7. Exhibit list

Every instrument cited in this report, by exhibit identifier: 393 records, of which The COVID Project holds the document for 377. The record URL opens the instrument's page in the Library; the exhibit URL opens the document itself where it is held.

ExhibitInstrumentIssuerDateCitationRecord URLExhibit file
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020)Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward)Mar. 12, 2020Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070)/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of…Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward)July 9, 2020Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward), GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071)/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page)Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley)Mar. 16, 2020Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley), USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069)/library/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069/exhibit/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-066Order in Response to COVID-19 (October 30, 2020)Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State and Commissioner of SecuritiesOct. 30, 2020Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Securities, Order in Response to COVID-19 (October 30, 2020) (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-066)/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-066/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-066
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement)Georgia Ports AuthorityApr. 21, 2020Georgia Ports Authority, GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081)/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-081/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-081
Ex. DUT-FED-00129 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause)Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593)standingCongress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, § 5, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1593), 29 U.S.C. 654 (OSH Act § 5, the general duty clause) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-001)/library/DUT-FED-001/exhibit/DUT-FED-001
Ex. DUT-FED-00229 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation)Congress (OSH Act § 11(c))standingCongress (OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 U.S.C. 660(c) (OSH Act § 11(c), anti-retaliation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-002)/library/DUT-FED-002/exhibit/DUT-FED-002
Ex. DUT-FED-00329 C.F.R. 1910.132 (personal protective equipment, general requirements)Occupational Safety and Health Administration (standard promulgated under 29 U.S.C. 655)standingOccupational Safety and Health Administration (standard promulgated under 29 U.S.C. 655), 29 C.F.R. 1910.132 (personal protective equipment, general requirements) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-003)/library/DUT-FED-003/exhibit/DUT-FED-003
Ex. DUT-FED-00429 C.F.R. 1910.134 (respiratory protection)Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. 1910.134 (respiratory protection) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-004)/library/DUT-FED-004/exhibit/DUT-FED-004
Ex. DUT-FED-00529 C.F.R. 1910.141 (sanitation)Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. 1910.141 (sanitation) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-005)/library/DUT-FED-005/exhibit/DUT-FED-005
Ex. DUT-FED-00629 C.F.R. part 1904 (recording and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses), §§ 1904.4, 1904.5, 1904.7, 1904.39Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. part 1904 (recording and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses), §§ 1904.4, 1904.5, 1904.7, 1904.39 (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-006)/library/DUT-FED-006/exhibit/DUT-FED-006
Ex. DUT-FED-00729 C.F.R. 1910.1030 (bloodborne pathogens)Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1030 (bloodborne pathogens) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-007)/library/DUT-FED-007/exhibit/DUT-FED-007
Ex. DUT-FED-00829 C.F.R. part 1977 (discrimination against employees exercising rights under the OSH Act), § 1977.12(b)(2)Occupational Safety and Health Administration (interpretive regulations under OSH Act § 11(c))standingOccupational Safety and Health Administration (interpretive regulations under OSH Act § 11(c)), 29 C.F.R. part 1977 (discrimination against employees exercising rights under the OSH Act), § 1977.12(b)(2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-008)/library/DUT-FED-008/exhibit/DUT-FED-008
Ex. DUT-FED-009OSHA COVID-19 'Standards' page (statement of the general duty clause and the standing standards applicable to SARS-CoV-2)Occupational Safety and Health Administration (agency web publication, COVID-19 Safety and Health Topics, 'Standards')standingOccupational Safety and Health Administration (agency web publication, COVID-19 Safety and Health Topics, 'Standards'), OSHA COVID-19 'Standards' page (statement of the general duty clause and the standing standards applicable to SARS-CoV-2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-009)/library/DUT-FED-009/exhibit/DUT-FED-009
Ex. DUT-FED-010Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted Jan. 29, 2021)Occupational Safety and Health Administration (issued under Executive Order 13999 § 2(a))standingOccupational Safety and Health Administration (issued under Executive Order 13999 § 2(a)), Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (posted Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-010)/library/DUT-FED-010/exhibit/DUT-FED-010
Ex. DUT-FED-011Protecting Workers guidance, as updated August 13, 2021Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, Protecting Workers guidance, as updated August 13, 2021 (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-011)/library/DUT-FED-011/exhibit/DUT-FED-011
Ex. DUT-FED-013Guidance on Returning to Work (OSHA 4045, June 2020)Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, Guidance on Returning to Work (OSHA 4045, June 2020) (June 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-013)/library/DUT-FED-013/exhibit/DUT-FED-013
Ex. DUT-FED-015Citation and Notification of Penalty, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Sioux Falls, SD (general duty clause, one serious violation)OSHA, Sioux Falls Area Office (enforcement record: inspection detail, Inspection No. 1472736)standingOSHA, Sioux Falls Area Office (enforcement record: inspection detail, Inspection No. 1472736), Citation and Notification of Penalty, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Sioux Falls, SD (general duty clause, one serious violation) (Sept. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-015)/library/DUT-FED-015/exhibit/DUT-FED-015
Ex. DUT-FED-016Citation and Notification of Penalty, JBS Foods Inc. (Swift Beef Co.), Greeley, CO (general duty clause, serious; plus other-than-serious)OSHA, Denver Area Office (Inspection No. 1475131)standingOSHA, Denver Area Office (Inspection No. 1475131), Citation and Notification of Penalty, JBS Foods Inc. (Swift Beef Co.), Greeley, CO (general duty clause, serious; plus other-than-serious) (Sept. 11, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-016)/library/DUT-FED-016/exhibit/DUT-FED-016
Ex. DUT-FED-017Citation, Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System Inc., Naperville, IL (general duty clause)OSHA, Naperville/Chicago North Area Office (Inspection No. 1501560)standingOSHA, Naperville/Chicago North Area Office (Inspection No. 1501560), Citation, Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System Inc., Naperville, IL (general duty clause) (Apr. 22, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-017)/library/DUT-FED-017/exhibit/DUT-FED-017
Ex. DUT-FED-018Citation, Somerset Dental Group, Glastonbury, CT (respiratory protection)OSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1505094)standingOSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1505094), Citation, Somerset Dental Group, Glastonbury, CT (respiratory protection) (Apr. 15, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-018)/library/DUT-FED-018/exhibit/DUT-FED-018
Ex. DUT-FED-019Citation, Wintonbury Care Center, Bloomfield, CT (respiratory protection; reporting)OSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1472908)standingOSHA, Hartford Area Office (Inspection No. 1472908), Citation, Wintonbury Care Center, Bloomfield, CT (respiratory protection; reporting) (Oct. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-019)/library/DUT-FED-019/exhibit/DUT-FED-019
Ex. DUT-FED-020Common COVID-19 Citations: Helping Employers Better Protect Workers and Comply with OSHA Regulations (Nov. 2020)Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, Common COVID-19 Citations: Helping Employers Better Protect Workers and Comply with OSHA Regulations (Nov. 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-020)/library/DUT-FED-020/exhibit/DUT-FED-020
Ex. DUT-FED-021Citation, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ (respiratory protection; recordkeeping)OSHA, Avenel Area Office (Inspection No. 1480762)standingOSHA, Avenel Area Office (Inspection No. 1480762), Citation, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ (respiratory protection; recordkeeping) (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-021)/library/DUT-FED-021/exhibit/DUT-FED-021
Ex. DUT-FED-022Citation, United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (general duty clause)OSHA, Baltimore/Washington Area Office (Inspection No. 1522210)standingOSHA, Baltimore/Washington Area Office (Inspection No. 1522210), Citation, United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (general duty clause) (Apr. 20, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-022)/library/DUT-FED-022/exhibit/DUT-FED-022
Ex. DUT-FED-02342 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities)standingCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (condition of participation for long-term care facilities), 42 C.F.R. 483.80 (infection control; COVID-19 reporting; COVID-19 testing) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-023)/library/DUT-FED-023/exhibit/DUT-FED-023
Ex. DUT-FED-02442 C.F.R. 482.42 (hospital infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs; COVID-19 reporting)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (hospital condition of participation)standingCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (hospital condition of participation), 42 C.F.R. 482.42 (hospital infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs; COVID-19 reporting) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-024)/library/DUT-FED-024/exhibit/DUT-FED-024
Ex. DUT-FED-02542 U.S.C. 247d-6d (PREP Act targeted liability protections)Congress (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, Pub. L. 109-148, div. C, § 2 (2005), as amended by the CARES Act § 3103)standingCongress (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, Pub. L. 109-148, div. C, § 2 (2005), as amended by the CARES Act § 3103), 42 U.S.C. 247d-6d (PREP Act targeted liability protections) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-025)/library/DUT-FED-025/exhibit/DUT-FED-025
Ex. DUT-FED-026Advisory Opinion 20-04 on the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act and the Secretary's Declaration under the Act (Oct. 22, 2020, as modified Oct. 23…Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel (Robert P. Charrow, General Counsel)standingDepartment of Health and Human Services, Office of the General Counsel (Robert P. Charrow, General Counsel), Advisory Opinion 20-04 on the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act and the Secretary's Declaration under the Act (Oct. 22, 2020, as modified Oct. 23, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-026)/library/DUT-FED-026/exhibit/DUT-FED-026
Ex. DUT-FED-027Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 79190Secretary of Health and Human Services (Alex M. Azar II)standingSecretary of Health and Human Services (Alex M. Azar II), Fourth Amendment to the Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 and Republication of the Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 79190 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-027)/library/DUT-FED-027/exhibit/DUT-FED-027
Ex. DUT-FED-029Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 20009, COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and CrewsFederal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service (with the CDC)standingFederal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service (with the CDC), Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) 20009, COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-029)/library/DUT-FED-029/exhibit/DUT-FED-029
Ex. DUT-FED-030What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (technical assistance Q&A, as updated Sept. 8, 2020)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance)standingEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (technical assistance Q&A, as updated Sept. 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-030)/library/DUT-FED-030/exhibit/DUT-FED-030
Ex. DUT-FED-03142 U.S.C. 12113 (ADA defenses; direct threat)Congress (Americans with Disabilities Act § 103)standingCongress (Americans with Disabilities Act § 103), 42 U.S.C. 12113 (ADA defenses; direct threat) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-031)/library/DUT-FED-031/exhibit/DUT-FED-031
Ex. DUT-FED-03229 C.F.R. 1630.2(r) (definition of direct threat)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation)standingEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation), 29 C.F.R. 1630.2(r) (definition of direct threat) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-032)/library/DUT-FED-032/exhibit/DUT-FED-032
Ex. DUT-FED-03329 C.F.R. 1630.15 (defenses; direct threat as a qualification standard)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation)standingEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (regulation), 29 C.F.R. 1630.15 (defenses; direct threat as a qualification standard) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-033)/library/DUT-FED-033/exhibit/DUT-FED-033
Ex. DUT-FED-034Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (as revised March 21, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and PreventionstandingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (as revised March 21, 2020) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-034)/library/DUT-FED-034/exhibit/DUT-FED-034
Ex. DUT-FED-035Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020 (as revised May 6, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and PreventionstandingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020 (as revised May 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-035)/library/DUT-FED-035/exhibit/DUT-FED-035
Ex. DUT-FED-037Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Relating to COVID-19), March 18, 2020Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Jim Mullen, Acting Administrator)standingFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Jim Mullen, Acting Administrator), Expanded Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Relating to COVID-19), March 18, 2020 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-037)/library/DUT-FED-037/exhibit/DUT-FED-037
Ex. DUT-FED-060Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (updated July 15…Centers for Disease Control and PreventionstandingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (updated July 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-060)/library/DUT-FED-060/exhibit/DUT-FED-060
Ex. DUT-FED-061Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (Apr. 26, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint)standingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint), Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (Apr. 26, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-061)/library/DUT-FED-061/exhibit/DUT-FED-061
Ex. DUT-FED-062Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and OSHA (updated July 9, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint)standingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint), Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and OSHA (updated July 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-062)/library/DUT-FED-062/exhibit/DUT-FED-062
Ex. DUT-FED-063Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed…Centers for Disease Control and PreventionstandingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-063)/library/DUT-FED-063/exhibit/DUT-FED-063
Ex. DUT-FED-064Considerations for Restaurants and Bars (updated May 27, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and PreventionstandingCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Considerations for Restaurants and Bars (updated May 27, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-064)/library/DUT-FED-064/exhibit/DUT-FED-064
Ex. DUT-FED-065Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020)Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationstandingFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-065)/library/DUT-FED-065/exhibit/DUT-FED-065
Ex. DUT-FED-066News release, U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic…Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt), national news releasestandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt), national news release, News release, U.S. Department of Labor Reminds Employers That They Cannot Retaliate Against Workers Reporting Unsafe Conditions During Coronavirus Pandemic (Apr. 8, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FED-066)/library/DUT-FED-066/exhibit/DUT-FED-066
Ex. DUT-FED-067News release, U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces $3,930,381 In Coronavirus Violations (Jan. 8, 2021)Occupational Safety and Health Administration, national news releasestandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, national news release, News release, U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces $3,930,381 In Coronavirus Violations (Jan. 8, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-067)/library/DUT-FED-067/exhibit/DUT-FED-067
Ex. DUT-FED-069News release, US Department of Labor cites insurance agency for exposing workers to coronavirus at Denver location where employee died with COVID-19 (Fred Loya…Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Region 8 (Denver Area Office; Area Director Amanda Kupper)standingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, Region 8 (Denver Area Office; Area Director Amanda Kupper), News release, US Department of Labor cites insurance agency for exposing workers to coronavirus at Denver location where employee died with COVID-19 (Fred Loya Insurance Agency Inc.; Inspection No. 1528139; citation Oct. 1, 2021) (Oct. 7, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-069)/library/DUT-FED-069/exhibit/DUT-FED-069
Ex. DUT-FED-070What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated Dec. 16, 2020, adding Section K on vaccinations)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance)standingEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated Dec. 16, 2020, adding Section K on vaccinations) (Ex. DUT-FED-070)/library/DUT-FED-070/exhibit/DUT-FED-070
Ex. DUT-FED-071What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated May 28, 2021, revising Section K)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance)standingEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (technical assistance), What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (as updated May 28, 2021, revising Section K) (Ex. DUT-FED-071)/library/DUT-FED-071/exhibit/DUT-FED-071
Ex. DUT-FED-072Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (as updated June 10, 2021)Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationstandingOccupational Safety and Health Administration, Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (as updated June 10, 2021) (Ex. DUT-FED-072)/library/DUT-FED-072/exhibit/DUT-FED-072
Ex. DUT-FED-073Secretary of Labor v. Ariana Murrell-Rosario d/b/a Liberty Tax Service, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0432, Decision and Order (June 6, 2022)Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Chief Administrative Law Judge Covette RooneystandingOccupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Chief Administrative Law Judge Covette Rooney, Secretary of Labor v. Ariana Murrell-Rosario d/b/a Liberty Tax Service, OSHRC Docket No. 21-0432, Decision and Order (June 6, 2022) (Ex. DUT-FED-073)/library/DUT-FED-073/exhibit/DUT-FED-073
Ex. DUT-GA-001O.C.G.A. section 31-12-4General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1204, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1386, section 9)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1204, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1386, section 9), O.C.G.A. section 31-12-4 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-001)/library/DUT-GA-001/exhibit/DUT-GA-001
Ex. DUT-GA-002O.C.G.A. section 31-12-3General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended 2002)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended 2002), O.C.G.A. section 31-12-3 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-002)/library/DUT-GA-002/exhibit/DUT-GA-002
Ex. DUT-GA-003O.C.G.A. section 31-2A-4General Assembly of Georgia (Title 31, Chapter 2A, Department of Public Health; enacted 2011 on the creation of the Department, carrying forward Code 1933, section 88-108)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Title 31, Chapter 2A, Department of Public Health; enacted 2011 on the creation of the Department, carrying forward Code 1933, section 88-108), O.C.G.A. section 31-2A-4 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-003)/library/DUT-GA-003/exhibit/DUT-GA-003
Ex. DUT-GA-004O.C.G.A. sections 31-5-8 and 31-5-9General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1), O.C.G.A. sections 31-5-8 and 31-5-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-004)/library/DUT-GA-004/exhibit/DUT-GA-004
Ex. DUT-GA-005Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1-.01 to 511-9-1-.05Georgia Department of Public Health (rules filed with the Secretary of State; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 511-9-1)standingGeorgia Department of Public Health (rules filed with the Secretary of State; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 511-9-1), Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1-.01 to 511-9-1-.05 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-005)/library/DUT-GA-005/exhibit/DUT-GA-005
Ex. DUT-GA-006O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-7 and 38-3-4General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, formerly the Civil Defense Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, sections 16 and 21)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, formerly the Civil Defense Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, sections 16 and 21), O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-7 and 38-3-4 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-006)/library/DUT-GA-006/exhibit/DUT-GA-006
Ex. DUT-GA-007O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later), O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-007)/library/DUT-GA-007/exhibit/DUT-GA-007
Ex. DUT-GA-00829 U.S.C. section 654Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, section 5, 84 Stat. 1590, 1593)standingCongress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, section 5, 84 Stat. 1590, 1593), 29 U.S.C. section 654 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-008)/library/DUT-GA-008/exhibit/DUT-GA-008
Ex. DUT-GA-009O.C.G.A. sections 34-2-10 and 34-2-13General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, sections 10 and 18; section 18 amended by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, section 3)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, sections 10 and 18; section 18 amended by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, section 3), O.C.G.A. sections 34-2-10 and 34-2-13 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-009)/library/DUT-GA-009/exhibit/DUT-GA-009
Ex. DUT-GA-010O.C.G.A. section 34-7-20General Assembly of Georgia (Civil Code 1895, section 2611; Civil Code 1910, section 3130; Code 1933, section 66-301)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Civil Code 1895, section 2611; Civil Code 1910, section 3130; Code 1933, section 66-301), O.C.G.A. section 34-7-20 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-010)/library/DUT-GA-010/exhibit/DUT-GA-010
Ex. DUT-GA-011O.C.G.A. section 51-3-1General Assembly of Georgia (Orig. Code 1863; Code 1933, section 105-401)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Orig. Code 1863; Code 1933, section 105-401), O.C.G.A. section 51-3-1 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-011)/library/DUT-GA-011/exhibit/DUT-GA-011
Ex. DUT-GA-012Senate Bill 359 (2020), Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety ActGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Senators Hufstetler, Tillery, Strickland, Albers, Kirkpatrick and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp, August 5, 2020standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Senators Hufstetler, Tillery, Strickland, Albers, Kirkpatrick and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp, August 5, 2020, Senate Bill 359 (2020), Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-012)/library/DUT-GA-012/exhibit/DUT-GA-012
Ex. DUT-GA-013House Bill 112 (2021)General Assembly of Georgia (Representatives Kelley, Cooper, Carpenter, Newton, Hawkins and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp (May 2021)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Representatives Kelley, Cooper, Carpenter, Newton, Hawkins and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp (May 2021), House Bill 112 (2021) (July 1, 2021) (Ex. DUT-GA-013)/library/DUT-GA-013/exhibit/DUT-GA-013
Ex. DUT-GA-014O.C.G.A. sections 26-2-371, 26-2-373 and 26-2-375General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1958, p. 371, sections 2, 4 and 7; Code 1933, sections 88-1002, 88-1004, 88-1006, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; as amended)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1958, p. 371, sections 2, 4 and 7; Code 1933, sections 88-1002, 88-1004, 88-1006, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; as amended), O.C.G.A. sections 26-2-371, 26-2-373 and 26-2-375 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-014)/library/DUT-GA-014/exhibit/DUT-GA-014
Ex. DUT-GA-015DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening GuidanceGeorgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer)standingGeorgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer), DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening Guidance (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-015)/library/DUT-GA-015/exhibit/DUT-GA-015
Ex. DUT-GA-016GDEcD COVID-19 business guidance page (georgia.org/covid19), as archived April 13, 2020Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the agency Executive Order 04.02.20.01 authorized to issue guidance on Critical Infrastructure statusstandingGeorgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the agency Executive Order 04.02.20.01 authorized to issue guidance on Critical Infrastructure status, GDEcD COVID-19 business guidance page (georgia.org/covid19), as archived April 13, 2020 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-016)/library/DUT-GA-016/exhibit/DUT-GA-016
Ex. DUT-GA-017Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022)Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps)standingCourt of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps), Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022) (Ex. DUT-GA-017)/library/DUT-GA-017/exhibit/DUT-GA-017
Ex. DUT-GA-018ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governmentsstandingAssociation County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governments, ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-018)/library/DUT-GA-018/exhibit/DUT-GA-018
Ex. DUT-GA-019O.C.G.A. section 38-3-35General Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, section 17, as amended)standingGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, section 17, as amended), O.C.G.A. section 38-3-35 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-019)/library/DUT-GA-019/exhibit/DUT-GA-019
Ex. FED-001Proclamation 9994President Donald J. TrumpMar. 13, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001)/library/FED-001/exhibit/FED-001
Ex. FED-002Notice of February 24, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Feb. 24, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Notice of February 24, 2021 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-002)/library/FED-002/exhibit/FED-002
Ex. FED-006Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per…President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator)Mar. 13, 2020President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006)/library/FED-006/exhibit/FED-006
Ex. FED-007Memorandum of January 21, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security)Jan. 21, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security), Memorandum of January 21, 2021 (Jan. 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-007)/library/FED-007/exhibit/FED-007
Ex. FED-008Memorandum of February 2, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator)Feb. 2, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator), Memorandum of February 2, 2021 (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. FED-008)/library/FED-008/exhibit/FED-008
Ex. FED-009Memorandum of August 17, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Aug. 17, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Memorandum of August 17, 2021 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. FED-009)/library/FED-009/exhibit/FED-009
Ex. FED-010Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel CoronavirusAlex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesJan. 31, 2020Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010)/library/FED-010/exhibit/FED-010
Ex. FED-011Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (April 21, 2020)Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHSApr. 21, 2020Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (April 21, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-011)/library/FED-011/exhibit/FED-011
Ex. FED-012Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 23, 2020)Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHSJuly 23, 2020Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-012)/library/FED-012/exhibit/FED-012
Ex. FED-013Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (October 2, 2020)Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHSOct. 2, 2020Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (October 2, 2020) (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-013)/library/FED-013/exhibit/FED-013
Ex. FED-014Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (January 7, 2021)Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHSJan. 7, 2021Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (January 7, 2021) (Jan. 7, 2021) (Ex. FED-014)/library/FED-014/exhibit/FED-014
Ex. FED-015Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (April 15, 2021)Xavier Becerra, Secretary of HHSApr. 15, 2021Xavier Becerra, Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (April 15, 2021) (Apr. 15, 2021) (Ex. FED-015)/library/FED-015/exhibit/FED-015
Ex. FED-016Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 19, 2021)Xavier Becerra, Secretary of HHSJuly 19, 2021Xavier Becerra, Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 19, 2021) (Ex. FED-016)/library/FED-016/exhibit/FED-016
Ex. FED-020CDC Order, Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (Feb. 3, 2021; effective Feb. 1, 2021)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (order signed by the CDC Director Jan. 29, 2021)Jan. 29, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (order signed by the CDC Director Jan. 29, 2021), CDC Order, Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (Feb. 3, 2021; effective Feb. 1, 2021) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. FED-020)/library/FED-020/exhibit/FED-020
Ex. FED-022CDC Order: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (signed by the CDC Director Sept. 1, 2020)Sept. 1, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (signed by the CDC Director Sept. 1, 2020), CDC Order: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 (Sept. 1, 2020) (Ex. FED-022)/library/FED-022/exhibit/FED-022
Ex. FED-023CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (Jan. 29, 2021)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSJan. 29, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. FED-023)/library/FED-023/exhibit/FED-023
Ex. FED-024CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (Mar. 29, 2021)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSMar. 29, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (Mar. 29, 2021) (Ex. FED-024)/library/FED-024/exhibit/FED-024
Ex. FED-025CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (June 24, 2021)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSJune 24, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (June 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-025)/library/FED-025/exhibit/FED-025
Ex. FED-026CDC Order: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions in Communities With Substantial or High Transmission of COVID-19Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSAug. 3, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions in Communities With Substantial or High Transmission of COVID-19 (Aug. 3, 2021) (Ex. FED-026)/library/FED-026/exhibit/FED-026
Ex. FED-027CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further EmbarkationCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director)Mar. 14, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-027)/library/FED-027/exhibit/FED-027
Ex. FED-028No Sail Order; Notice of Modification and Extension (Apr. 9, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSApr. 9, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Notice of Modification and Extension (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-028)/library/FED-028/exhibit/FED-028
Ex. FED-029No Sail Order; Second Modification and Extension (July 16, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSJuly 16, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Second Modification and Extension (July 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-029)/library/FED-029/exhibit/FED-029
Ex. FED-030No Sail Order; Third Modification and Extension (Sept. 30, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSSept. 30, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, No Sail Order; Third Modification and Extension (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-030)/library/FED-030/exhibit/FED-030
Ex. FED-031CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing OrderCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSOct. 30, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031)/library/FED-031/exhibit/FED-031
Ex. FED-032Notice: Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations ManualCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSMay 5, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Notice: Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations Manual (May 5, 2021) (Ex. FED-032)/library/FED-032/exhibit/FED-032
Ex. FED-034CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order')Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director)Mar. 20, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists (the 'Title 42 order') (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-034)/library/FED-034/exhibit/FED-034
Ex. FED-036Amendment and Extension of Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons (May 19, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSMay 19, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Amendment and Extension of Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons (May 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-036)/library/FED-036/exhibit/FED-036
Ex. FED-037CDC Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists (Oct. 13, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSOct. 13, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-037)/library/FED-037/exhibit/FED-037
Ex. FED-038Public Health Reassessment and Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons (Aug. 2, 2021)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSAug. 2, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Public Health Reassessment and Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. FED-038)/library/FED-038/exhibit/FED-038
Ex. FED-039Interim Final Rule, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign…Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSMar. 20, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Interim Final Rule, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes (42 C.F.R. § 71.40) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-039)/library/FED-039/exhibit/FED-039
Ex. FED-040CDC Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result for All Airline Passengers Arriving Into the United States From the United KingdomCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSDec. 25, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result for All Airline Passengers Arriving Into the United States From the United Kingdom (Dec. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-040)/library/FED-040/exhibit/FED-040
Ex. FED-041CDC Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery for All Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving Into…Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSJan. 12, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery for All Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving Into the United States From Any Foreign Country (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. FED-041)/library/FED-041/exhibit/FED-041
Ex. FED-042CDC Amended Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery From COVID-19 for All Airline or Other Aircraft…Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (signed Jan. 25, 2021 by the Acting CDC Chief of Staff; dated Jan. 26, 2021)Jan. 25, 2021Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (signed Jan. 25, 2021 by the Acting CDC Chief of Staff; dated Jan. 26, 2021), CDC Amended Order: Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result or Documentation of Recovery From COVID-19 for All Airline or Other Aircraft Passengers Arriving Into the United States From Any Foreign Country (Jan. 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-042)/library/FED-042/exhibit/FED-042
Ex. FED-048Final Rule, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of the Right To Introduce and Prohibition of Introduction of Persons Into United…Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSSept. 11, 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Final Rule, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Suspension of the Right To Introduce and Prohibition of Introduction of Persons Into United States From Designated Foreign Countries or Places for Public Health Purposes (42 C.F.R. § 71.40) (Sept. 11, 2020) (Ex. FED-048)/library/FED-048/exhibit/FED-048
Ex. FED-050TSA Security Directives SD 1582/84-21-01, -01A, -01B (surface transportation; Jan. 31, Apr. 30, Aug. 20, 2021); SD 1544-21-02 (aircraft operators) and SD…Transportation Security Administration, DHS (Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator)Jan. 31, 2021Transportation Security Administration, DHS (Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator), TSA Security Directives SD 1582/84-21-01, -01A, -01B (surface transportation; Jan. 31, Apr. 30, Aug. 20, 2021); SD 1544-21-02 (aircraft operators) and SD 1542-21-01 (airports) (Jan. 31, 2021); ratification 86 Fed. Reg. 26825 (Ex. FED-050)/library/FED-050/exhibit/FED-050
Ex. FED-051Security Directive SD 1582/84-21-01A, Security Measures - Mask RequirementsTransportation Security Administration, DHSApr. 30, 2021Transportation Security Administration, DHS, Security Directive SD 1582/84-21-01A, Security Measures - Mask Requirements (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. FED-051)/library/FED-051/exhibit/FED-051
Ex. FED-052Security Directive SD 1582/84-21-01B, Security Measures - Mask RequirementsTransportation Security Administration, DHSAug. 20, 2021Transportation Security Administration, DHS, Security Directive SD 1582/84-21-01B, Security Measures - Mask Requirements (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-052)/library/FED-052/exhibit/FED-052
Ex. FED-053TSA Security Directives SD 1582/84-21-01, -01A, -01B (surface transportation; Jan. 31, Apr. 30, Aug. 20, 2021); SD 1544-21-02 (aircraft operators) and SD…Transportation Security Administration, DHSJan. 31, 2021Transportation Security Administration, DHS, TSA Security Directives SD 1582/84-21-01, -01A, -01B (surface transportation; Jan. 31, Apr. 30, Aug. 20, 2021); SD 1544-21-02 (aircraft operators) and SD 1542-21-01 (airports) (Jan. 31, 2021); ratification 86 Fed. Reg. 26825 (Ex. FED-053)/library/FED-053/exhibit/FED-053
Ex. FED-055Emergency Amendment EA 1546-21-01, Security Measures - Face Masks (foreign air carriers)Transportation Security Administration, DHSJan. 31, 2021Transportation Security Administration, DHS, Emergency Amendment EA 1546-21-01, Security Measures - Face Masks (foreign air carriers) (Jan. 31, 2021) (Ex. FED-055)/library/FED-055/exhibit/FED-055
Ex. FED-056Notification of Ratification of Security Directives and Emergency Amendment (TSA SD 1542-21-01, SD 1544-21-02, EA 1546-21-01)Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans; Transportation Security Oversight BoardApr. 20, 2021Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans; Transportation Security Oversight Board, Notification of Ratification of Security Directives and Emergency Amendment (TSA SD 1542-21-01, SD 1544-21-02, EA 1546-21-01) (Apr. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-056)/library/FED-056/exhibit/FED-056
Ex. FED-057Determination of a National Emergency Requiring Actions To Protect the Safety of Americans Using and Employed by the Transportation System (Jan. 27, 2021)Acting Secretary of Homeland Security David P. PekoskeJan. 27, 2021Acting Secretary of Homeland Security David P. Pekoske, Determination of a National Emergency Requiring Actions To Protect the Safety of Americans Using and Employed by the Transportation System (Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. FED-057)/library/FED-057/exhibit/FED-057
Ex. FED-060Executive Order 13991President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Jan. 20, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 13991 (Jan. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-060)/library/FED-060/exhibit/FED-060
Ex. FED-061Executive Order 13998President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Jan. 21, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 13998 (Jan. 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-061)/library/FED-061/exhibit/FED-061
Ex. FED-062Executive Order 13999President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Jan. 21, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 13999 (Jan. 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-062)/library/FED-062/exhibit/FED-062
Ex. FED-063Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and…President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Sept. 9, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB determination (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB M-21-15, M-21-25 and Model Safety Principles (Ex. FED-063)/library/FED-063/exhibit/FED-063
Ex. FED-064Executive Order 14043President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Sept. 9, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 14043 (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. FED-064)/library/FED-064/exhibit/FED-064
Ex. FED-066Executive Order 13945President Donald J. TrumpAug. 8, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13945 (Aug. 8, 2020) (Ex. FED-066)/library/FED-066/exhibit/FED-066
Ex. FED-070Executive Order 13909President Donald J. TrumpMar. 18, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13909 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-070)/library/FED-070/exhibit/FED-070
Ex. FED-071Executive Order 13910President Donald J. TrumpMar. 23, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13910 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-071)/library/FED-071/exhibit/FED-071
Ex. FED-073Executive Order 13917, Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Food Supply Chain Resources, 85 Fed. Reg. 26313 (Apr. 28, 2020)President Donald J. TrumpApr. 28, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13917, Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Food Supply Chain Resources, 85 Fed. Reg. 26313 (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. FED-073)/library/FED-073/exhibit/FED-073
Ex. FED-074Notice of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention MeasuresSecretary of Health and Human ServicesMar. 25, 2020Secretary of Health and Human Services, Notice of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention Measures (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-074)/library/FED-074/exhibit/FED-074
Ex. FED-075Temporary Final Rule, Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic UseFederal Emergency Management Agency, DHSApr. 7, 2020Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS, Temporary Final Rule, Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. FED-075)/library/FED-075/exhibit/FED-075
Ex. FED-076Notification of Exemptions to the PPE allocation ruleFederal Emergency Management Agency, DHSApr. 17, 2020Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS, Notification of Exemptions to the PPE allocation rule (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-076)/library/FED-076/exhibit/FED-076
Ex. FED-077Temporary Final Rule extending and modifying the PPE allocation rule (Aug. 10, 2020)Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHSAug. 10, 2020Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS, Temporary Final Rule extending and modifying the PPE allocation rule (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-077)/library/FED-077/exhibit/FED-077
Ex. FED-078Temporary Final Rule extending and modifying the PPE allocation rule (Dec. 31, 2020)Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHSDec. 31, 2020Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS, Temporary Final Rule extending and modifying the PPE allocation rule (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-078)/library/FED-078/exhibit/FED-078
Ex. FED-080Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502, 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021)Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of LaborJune 21, 2021Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502, 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-080)/library/FED-080/exhibit/FED-080
Ex. FED-081DIR 2021-02 (CPL 02), Inspection Procedures for the COVID-19 ETS (June 28, 2021)OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement ProgramsJune 28, 2021OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs, DIR 2021-02 (CPL 02), Inspection Procedures for the COVID-19 ETS (June 28, 2021) (Ex. FED-081)/library/FED-081/exhibit/FED-081
Ex. FED-082DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2021)OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement ProgramsMar. 12, 2021OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs, DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. FED-082)/library/FED-082/exhibit/FED-082
Ex. FED-083DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (July 7, 2021)OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement ProgramsJuly 7, 2021OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs, DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03), Revised National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (July 7, 2021) (Ex. FED-083)/library/FED-083/exhibit/FED-083
Ex. FED-084Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plans (Mar. 12, 2021; July 7, 2021)OSHA (memorandum for Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees)July 7, 2021OSHA (memorandum for Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees), Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plans (Mar. 12, 2021; July 7, 2021) (Ex. FED-084)/library/FED-084/exhibit/FED-084
Ex. FED-088Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020)OSHA, U.S. Department of LaborMar. 9, 2020OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (OSHA 3990-03 2020) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-088)/library/FED-088/exhibit/FED-088
Ex. FED-090CMS-1744-IFC, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule with…Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHSMar. 30, 2020Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-1744-IFC, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule with comment period) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-090)/library/FED-090/exhibit/FED-090
Ex. FED-091CMS-5531-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHSMay 1, 2020Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-5531-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule) (May 1, 2020) (Ex. FED-091)/library/FED-091/exhibit/FED-091
Ex. FED-092CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(h) testing; 482.42(e) hospital reporting) and QSO-20-38-NH (Aug. 26, 2020; revised through…Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHSSept. 2, 2020Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(h) testing; 482.42(e) hospital reporting) and QSO-20-38-NH (Aug. 26, 2020; revised through Sept. 23, 2022) (Ex. FED-092)/library/FED-092/exhibit/FED-092
Ex. FED-093CMS-9912-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule): 42 C.F.R. § 433.400 (FMAP…Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS (with Treasury and Labor)Nov. 2, 2020Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS (with Treasury and Labor), CMS-9912-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule): 42 C.F.R. § 433.400 (FMAP maintenance-of-effort conditions); vaccine coverage (Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-093)/library/FED-093/exhibit/FED-093
Ex. FED-094CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NHCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHSMay 13, 2021Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NH (Ex. FED-094)/library/FED-094/exhibit/FED-094
Ex. FED-096CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020)CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMar. 4, 2020CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-13-Hospitals (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-14-NH (Mar. 13, 2020), QSO-20-18-HHA (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-096)/library/FED-096/exhibit/FED-096
Ex. FED-097QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMar. 13, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-097)/library/FED-097/exhibit/FED-097
Ex. FED-098QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMar. 10, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-098)/library/FED-098/exhibit/FED-098
Ex. FED-099CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMar. 23, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-099)/library/FED-099/exhibit/FED-099
Ex. FED-100FEMA-4503-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Alabama (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 29, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4503-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Alabama (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-100)/library/FED-100/exhibit/FED-100
Ex. FED-104FEMA-4482-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for California (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 22, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4482-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for California (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-104)/library/FED-104/exhibit/FED-104
Ex. FED-109FEMA-4486-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Florida (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 25, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4486-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Florida (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-109)/library/FED-109/exhibit/FED-109
Ex. FED-113FEMA-4489-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Illinois (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 26, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4489-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Illinois (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. FED-113)/library/FED-113/exhibit/FED-113
Ex. FED-115FEMA-4483-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 23, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4483-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-115)/library/FED-115/exhibit/FED-115
Ex. FED-118FEMA-4484-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 24, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4484-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Louisiana (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-118)/library/FED-118/exhibit/FED-118
Ex. FED-130FEMA-4488-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New Jersey (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 25, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4488-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New Jersey (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-130)/library/FED-130/exhibit/FED-130
Ex. FED-132FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 20, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4480-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for New York (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-132)/library/FED-132/exhibit/FED-132
Ex. FED-133FEMA-4487-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for North Carolina (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 25, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4487-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for North Carolina (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-133)/library/FED-133/exhibit/FED-133
Ex. FED-143FEMA-4485-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Texas (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 25, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4485-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Texas (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-143)/library/FED-143/exhibit/FED-143
Ex. FED-147FEMA-4481-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Washington (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Mar. 22, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4481-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Washington (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-147)/library/FED-147/exhibit/FED-147
Ex. FED-150FEMA-4535-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Wyoming (COVID-19 Pandemic)President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)Apr. 11, 2020President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4535-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Wyoming (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Apr. 11, 2020) (Ex. FED-150)/library/FED-150/exhibit/FED-150
Ex. FED-154QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupSept. 17, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-154)/library/FED-154/exhibit/FED-154
Ex. FED-155QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Mar. 10, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMar. 10, 2021CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Mar. 10, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (Ex. FED-155)/library/FED-155/exhibit/FED-155
Ex. FED-156QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Apr. 27, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (the text in force throughout 2021Q3)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupApr. 27, 2021CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Apr. 27, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (the text in force throughout 2021Q3) (Ex. FED-156)/library/FED-156/exhibit/FED-156
Ex. FED-157QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMay 18, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-30-NH, Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials (May 18, 2020; REVISED Mar. 10, 2021; expired Mar. 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-157)/library/FED-157/exhibit/FED-157
Ex. FED-158CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (tiered framework; supplements the Adult Elective Surgery and…Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHSApr. 7, 2020Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (tiered framework; supplements the Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations of Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-158)/library/FED-158/exhibit/FED-158
Ex. FED-159CMS Recommendations, Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I (Apr. 19, 2020)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHSApr. 19, 2020Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS Recommendations, Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I (Apr. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-159)/library/FED-159/exhibit/FED-159
Ex. FED-160COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021)Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHSMar. 13, 2020Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-160)/library/FED-160/exhibit/FED-160
Ex. FED-161QSO-20-29-NH and CMS-5531-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 27550 (May 8, 2020): 42 C.F.R. 483.80(g) reportingCMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMay 6, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-29-NH and CMS-5531-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 27550 (May 8, 2020): 42 C.F.R. 483.80(g) reporting (May 6, 2020) (Ex. FED-161)/library/FED-161/exhibit/FED-161
Ex. FED-163CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NHCMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMay 11, 2021CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NH (May 11, 2021) (Ex. FED-163)/library/FED-163/exhibit/FED-163
Ex. FED-164CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupMar. 4, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-164)/library/FED-164/exhibit/FED-164
Ex. FED-165CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupJune 1, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-165)/library/FED-165/exhibit/FED-165
Ex. FED-166CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020)CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupAug. 17, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-166)/library/FED-166/exhibit/FED-166
Ex. FED-168CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(h) testing; 482.42(e) hospital reporting) and QSO-20-38-NH (Aug. 26, 2020; revised through…CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupAug. 26, 2020CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(h) testing; 482.42(e) hospital reporting) and QSO-20-38-NH (Aug. 26, 2020; revised through Sept. 23, 2022) (Ex. FED-168)/library/FED-168/exhibit/FED-168
Ex. FED-170Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Pub. L. 116-127, 134 Stat. 178 (Mar. 18, 2020): Division C (Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, §§…Congress (Pub. L. 116-127); approved by the PresidentMar. 18, 2020Congress (Pub. L. 116-127); approved by the President, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Pub. L. 116-127, 134 Stat. 178 (Mar. 18, 2020): Division C (Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, §§ 3101-3106) and Division E (Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, §§ 5101-5111); Division G (§§ 7001-7005, payroll tax credits); § 6008 (Medicaid FMAP conditions) (Ex. FED-170)/library/FED-170/exhibit/FED-170
Ex. FED-171Temporary Rule, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, 29 C.F.R. part 826Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of LaborApr. 1, 2020Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Temporary Rule, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, 29 C.F.R. part 826 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. FED-171)/library/FED-171/exhibit/FED-171
Ex. FED-172Revised Temporary Rule, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, 29 C.F.R. part 826 (after New York v. U.S. Dep't of Labor)Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of LaborSept. 11, 2020Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Revised Temporary Rule, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, 29 C.F.R. part 826 (after New York v. U.S. Dep't of Labor) (Sept. 11, 2020) (Ex. FED-172)/library/FED-172/exhibit/FED-172
Ex. FED-173Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, div. N, tit. II, subtit. B, § 286 (Extension of Credits for Paid Sick and Family Leave); div. N, § 502…Congress (Pub. L. 116-260)Dec. 27, 2020Congress (Pub. L. 116-260), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, div. N, tit. II, subtit. B, § 286 (Extension of Credits for Paid Sick and Family Leave); div. N, § 502 (extension of the CDC eviction moratorium to Jan. 31, 2021); div. EE, §§ 206-207 (ERC amendments) (Dec. 27, 2020) (Ex. FED-173)/library/FED-173/exhibit/FED-173
Ex. FED-174American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (Mar. 11, 2021): § 9651 (I.R.C. § 3134, ERC for Q3-Q4 2021); § 9641 (I.R.C. §§ 3131-3133, voluntary…Congress (Pub. L. 117-2); approved by the PresidentMar. 11, 2021Congress (Pub. L. 117-2); approved by the President, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (Mar. 11, 2021): § 9651 (I.R.C. § 3134, ERC for Q3-Q4 2021); § 9641 (I.R.C. §§ 3131-3133, voluntary paid leave credits Apr. 1 - Sept. 30, 2021); § 9817 (HCBS FMAP increase) (Ex. FED-174)/library/FED-174/exhibit/FED-174
Ex. FED-180Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020)Secretary of Health and Human ServicesMar. 10, 2020Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)/library/FED-180/exhibit/FED-180
Ex. FED-181Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for…Secretary of Health and Human ServicesFeb. 4, 2020Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181)/library/FED-181/exhibit/FED-181
Ex. FED-182Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devicesSecretary of Health and Human ServicesMar. 2, 2020Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)/library/FED-182/exhibit/FED-182
Ex. FED-183Emergency Use Authorization Declaration: medical devices, including alternative products used as medical devicesSecretary of Health and Human ServicesMar. 24, 2020Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Authorization Declaration: medical devices, including alternative products used as medical devices (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-183)/library/FED-183/exhibit/FED-183
Ex. FED-184Emergency Use Authorization Declaration: drugs and biological productsSecretary of Health and Human ServicesMar. 27, 2020Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Authorization Declaration: drugs and biological products (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. FED-184)/library/FED-184/exhibit/FED-184
Ex. FED-185Emergency Use Authorization letter: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (Dec. 11, 2020; reissued and amended thereafter)Food and Drug Administration, HHS (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)Dec. 11, 2020Food and Drug Administration, HHS (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research), Emergency Use Authorization letter: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (Dec. 11, 2020; reissued and amended thereafter) (Ex. FED-185)/library/FED-185/exhibit/FED-185
Ex. FED-186Emergency Use Authorization letter: Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (Dec. 18, 2020; reissued thereafter)Food and Drug Administration, HHSDec. 18, 2020Food and Drug Administration, HHS, Emergency Use Authorization letter: Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (Dec. 18, 2020; reissued thereafter) (Ex. FED-186)/library/FED-186/exhibit/FED-186
Ex. FED-187Emergency Use Authorization letter: Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Feb. 27, 2021; reissued thereafter; revoked June 1, 2023)Food and Drug Administration, HHSFeb. 27, 2021Food and Drug Administration, HHS, Emergency Use Authorization letter: Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Feb. 27, 2021; reissued thereafter; revoked June 1, 2023) (Ex. FED-187)/library/FED-187/exhibit/FED-187
Ex. FED-190The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the SpreadThe President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC)Mar. 16, 2020The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC), The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-190)/library/FED-190/exhibit/FED-190
Ex. FED-19130 Days to Slow the Spread (extension of the March 16 guidelines through April 30, 2020)The President and the White House Coronavirus Task ForceMar. 31, 2020The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, 30 Days to Slow the Spread (extension of the March 16 guidelines through April 30, 2020) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-191)/library/FED-191/exhibit/FED-191
Ex. FED-192Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020)The President and the White House Coronavirus Task ForceApr. 16, 2020The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Guidelines for Opening Up America Again (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-192)/library/FED-192/exhibit/FED-192
Ex. FED-194Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health EmergencyHHS Office for Civil RightsMar. 17, 2020HHS Office for Civil Rights, Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-194)/library/FED-194/exhibit/FED-194
Ex. FED-200Proclamation 9984President Donald J. TrumpJan. 31, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9984 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-200)/library/FED-200/exhibit/FED-200
Ex. FED-201Proclamation 9992President Donald J. TrumpFeb. 29, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9992 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-201)/library/FED-201/exhibit/FED-201
Ex. FED-202Proclamation 9993President Donald J. TrumpMar. 11, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9993 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. FED-202)/library/FED-202/exhibit/FED-202
Ex. FED-203Proclamation 9996President Donald J. TrumpMar. 14, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9996 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-203)/library/FED-203/exhibit/FED-203
Ex. FED-204Proclamation 10041President Donald J. TrumpMay 24, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 10041 (May 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-204)/library/FED-204/exhibit/FED-204
Ex. FED-207Proclamation 10143President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Jan. 25, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Proclamation 10143 (Jan. 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-207)/library/FED-207/exhibit/FED-207
Ex. FED-208Proclamation 10199President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Apr. 30, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Proclamation 10199 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. FED-208)/library/FED-208/exhibit/FED-208
Ex. FED-209Proclamation 10294President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Oct. 25, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Proclamation 10294 (Oct. 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-209)/library/FED-209/exhibit/FED-209
Ex. FED-210Proclamation 10014President Donald J. TrumpApr. 22, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 10014 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-210)/library/FED-210/exhibit/FED-210
Ex. FED-211Proclamation 10052President Donald J. TrumpJune 22, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 10052 (June 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-211)/library/FED-211/exhibit/FED-211
Ex. FED-212Proclamation 10054President Donald J. TrumpJune 29, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 10054 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-212)/library/FED-212/exhibit/FED-212
Ex. FED-213Proclamation 10131President Donald J. TrumpDec. 31, 2020President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 10131 (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-213)/library/FED-213/exhibit/FED-213
Ex. FED-214Proclamation 10149President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.Feb. 24, 2021President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Proclamation 10149 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-214)/library/FED-214/exhibit/FED-214
Ex. FED-216Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada, 85 Fed. Reg. 16548…U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), with U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionMar. 24, 2020U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada, 85 Fed. Reg. 16548 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-216)/library/FED-216/exhibit/FED-216
Ex. FED-217Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 22352 (Apr. 22, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Apr. 22, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 22352 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-217)/library/FED-217/exhibit/FED-217
Ex. FED-219Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 37744 (June 24, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)June 24, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 37744 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-219)/library/FED-219/exhibit/FED-219
Ex. FED-222Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 59670 (Sept. 23, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Sept. 23, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 59670 (Sept. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-222)/library/FED-222/exhibit/FED-222
Ex. FED-225Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 83432 (Dec. 22, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Dec. 22, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 85 Fed. Reg. 83432 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-225)/library/FED-225/exhibit/FED-225
Ex. FED-226Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada); Correction, 86 Fed. Reg. 4967 (Jan. 19, 2021)DHSJan. 19, 2021DHS, Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada); Correction, 86 Fed. Reg. 4967 (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. FED-226)/library/FED-226/exhibit/FED-226
Ex. FED-229Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 86 Fed. Reg. 14812 (Mar. 19, 2021)DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas)Mar. 19, 2021DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 86 Fed. Reg. 14812 (Mar. 19, 2021) (Ex. FED-229)/library/FED-229/exhibit/FED-229
Ex. FED-232Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 86 Fed. Reg. 32764 (June 23, 2021)DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas)June 23, 2021DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 86 Fed. Reg. 32764 (June 23, 2021) (Ex. FED-232)/library/FED-232/exhibit/FED-232
Ex. FED-235Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 86 Fed. Reg. 52609 (Sept. 22, 2021)DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas)Sept. 22, 2021DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Canada), 86 Fed. Reg. 52609 (Sept. 22, 2021) (Ex. FED-235)/library/FED-235/exhibit/FED-235
Ex. FED-239Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico, 85 Fed. Reg. 16547…DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), with CBPMar. 24, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), with CBP, Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Mexico, 85 Fed. Reg. 16547 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-239)/library/FED-239/exhibit/FED-239
Ex. FED-240Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 22353 (Apr. 22, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Apr. 22, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 22353 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-240)/library/FED-240/exhibit/FED-240
Ex. FED-242Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 37745 (June 24, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)June 24, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 37745 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-242)/library/FED-242/exhibit/FED-242
Ex. FED-245Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 59669 (Sept. 23, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Sept. 23, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 59669 (Sept. 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-245)/library/FED-245/exhibit/FED-245
Ex. FED-248Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 83433 (Dec. 22, 2020)DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf)Dec. 22, 2020DHS (Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 85 Fed. Reg. 83433 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-248)/library/FED-248/exhibit/FED-248
Ex. FED-249Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico); Correction, 86 Fed. Reg. 4967 (Jan. 19, 2021)DHSJan. 19, 2021DHS, Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico); Correction, 86 Fed. Reg. 4967 (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. FED-249)/library/FED-249/exhibit/FED-249
Ex. FED-252Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 86 Fed. Reg. 14813 (Mar. 19, 2021)DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas)Mar. 19, 2021DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 86 Fed. Reg. 14813 (Mar. 19, 2021) (Ex. FED-252)/library/FED-252/exhibit/FED-252
Ex. FED-255Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 86 Fed. Reg. 32766 (June 23, 2021)DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas)June 23, 2021DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 86 Fed. Reg. 32766 (June 23, 2021) (Ex. FED-255)/library/FED-255/exhibit/FED-255
Ex. FED-258Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 86 Fed. Reg. 52611 (Sept. 22, 2021)DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas)Sept. 22, 2021DHS (Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas), Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions (Mexico), 86 Fed. Reg. 52611 (Sept. 22, 2021) (Ex. FED-258)/library/FED-258/exhibit/FED-258
Ex. FED-264OMB Memorandum M-20-16Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Russell T. Vought)Mar. 17, 2020Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Russell T. Vought), OMB Memorandum M-20-16 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-264)/library/FED-264/exhibit/FED-264
Ex. FED-265OMB Memorandum M-20-17Office of Management and BudgetMar. 19, 2020Office of Management and Budget, OMB Memorandum M-20-17 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-265)/library/FED-265/exhibit/FED-265
Ex. FED-266OMB Memorandum M-20-18Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director for Management)Mar. 20, 2020Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director for Management), OMB Memorandum M-20-18 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-266)/library/FED-266/exhibit/FED-266
Ex. FED-267OMB Memorandum M-20-19Office of Management and BudgetMar. 22, 2020Office of Management and Budget, OMB Memorandum M-20-19 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-267)/library/FED-267/exhibit/FED-267
Ex. FED-268OMB/OPM Memorandum M-20-23Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Russell T. Vought) and Office of Personnel Management (Acting Director Michael J. Rigas)Apr. 20, 2020Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Russell T. Vought) and Office of Personnel Management (Acting Director Michael J. Rigas), OMB/OPM Memorandum M-20-23 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-268)/library/FED-268/exhibit/FED-268
Ex. FED-270Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and…Office of Management and Budget (Executive Associate Director Aviva Aron-Dine) with the Safer Federal Workforce Task ForceJan. 24, 2021Office of Management and Budget (Executive Associate Director Aviva Aron-Dine) with the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB determination (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB M-21-15, M-21-25 and Model Safety Principles (Jan. 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-270)/library/FED-270/exhibit/FED-270
Ex. FED-271OMB Memorandum M-21-25Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management and General Services AdministrationJune 10, 2021Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration, OMB Memorandum M-21-25 (June 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-271)/library/FED-271/exhibit/FED-271
Ex. FED-272COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles (revised July 29, 2021), following the OMB memorandum of July 27, 2021 reinstating masksSafer Federal Workforce Task Force (OPM, GSA, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator) under Executive Order 13991 § 4, with OMBJuly 29, 2021Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (OPM, GSA, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator) under Executive Order 13991 § 4, with OMB, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Agency Model Safety Principles (revised July 29, 2021), following the OMB memorandum of July 27, 2021 reinstating masks (Ex. FED-272)/library/FED-272/exhibit/FED-272
Ex. FED-274Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and…Safer Federal Workforce Task Force; approved by the Director of OMBSept. 24, 2021Safer Federal Workforce Task Force; approved by the Director of OMB, Executive Order 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 50985 (Sept. 9, 2021); Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB determination (Sept. 24, 2021); OMB M-21-15, M-21-25 and Model Safety Principles (Ex. FED-274)/library/FED-274/exhibit/FED-274
Ex. FED-275Determination of the Promotion of Economy and Efficiency in Federal Contracting Pursuant to Executive Order No. 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 53691 (Sept. 28, 2021)Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Shalanda D. Young)Sept. 24, 2021Office of Management and Budget (Acting Director Shalanda D. Young), Determination of the Promotion of Economy and Efficiency in Federal Contracting Pursuant to Executive Order No. 14042, 86 Fed. Reg. 53691 (Sept. 28, 2021) (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-275)/library/FED-275/exhibit/FED-275
Ex. FED-278Certification of Vaccination form (employees, onsite contractors and visitors), August 2021Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (OMB control number 3206-0277)Aug. 6, 2021Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (OMB control number 3206-0277), Certification of Vaccination form (employees, onsite contractors and visitors), August 2021 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. FED-278)/library/FED-278/exhibit/FED-278
Ex. FED-279Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access)United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer)Mar. 16, 2020United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer), Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-279)/library/FED-279/exhibit/FED-279
Ex. FED-280Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Update to Conditions-based Approach to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Personnel Movement and Travel RestrictionsSecretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin IIIMar. 15, 2021Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Update to Conditions-based Approach to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Personnel Movement and Travel Restrictions (Mar. 15, 2021) (Ex. FED-280)/library/FED-280/exhibit/FED-280
Ex. FED-281Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Stop Movement for all Domestic Travel for DoD Components in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. NorquistMar. 13, 2020Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist, Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Stop Movement for all Domestic Travel for DoD Components in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-281)/library/FED-281/exhibit/FED-281
Ex. FED-282Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Modification and Reissuance of DoD Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 - Travel RestrictionsSecretary of Defense Mark T. EsperApr. 20, 2020Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Modification and Reissuance of DoD Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 - Travel Restrictions (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-282)/library/FED-282/exhibit/FED-282
Ex. FED-283Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Transition to Conditions-based Phased Approach to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Personnel Movement and Travel Restrictions (May 22…Secretary of Defense Mark T. EsperMay 22, 2020Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Transition to Conditions-based Phased Approach to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Personnel Movement and Travel Restrictions (May 22, 2020), updated June 29, 2020 and Oct. 5, 2020 (Ex. FED-283)/library/FED-283/exhibit/FED-283
Ex. FED-284Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042Chief Judge Virginia A. PhillipsMar. 19, 2020Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips, Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-284)/library/FED-284/exhibit/FED-284
Ex. FED-285Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-078Chief Judge Philip S. GutierrezJune 1, 2020Chief Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-078 (June 1, 2020) (Ex. FED-285)/library/FED-285/exhibit/FED-285
Ex. FED-286General Docket Order 2020-4 (COVID-19; court operations), Mar. 25, 2020United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (General Docket Order; certified copy issued by the Clerk Mar. 25, 2020)Mar. 25, 2020United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (General Docket Order; certified copy issued by the Clerk Mar. 25, 2020), General Docket Order 2020-4 (COVID-19; court operations), Mar. 25, 2020 (Ex. FED-286)/library/FED-286/exhibit/FED-286
Ex. FED-288General Order 2020-8Chief Judge Philip A. BrimmerMay 6, 2020Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer, General Order 2020-8 (May 6, 2020) (Ex. FED-288)/library/FED-288/exhibit/FED-288
Ex. FED-290Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public)Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Mar. 12, 2020Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)/library/FED-290
Ex. FED-291Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session)Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Mar. 16, 2020Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-291)/library/FED-291/exhibit/FED-291
Ex. FED-292Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List)Supreme Court of the United StatesMar. 19, 2020Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020, 589 U.S. (Order List) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-292)/library/FED-292/exhibit/FED-292
Ex. FED-293Press release of April 3, 2020 (postponement of the April 2020 argument session)Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Apr. 3, 2020Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of April 3, 2020 (postponement of the April 2020 argument session) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. FED-293)/library/FED-293/exhibit/FED-293
Ex. FED-294Press release of April 13, 2020 (telephone arguments in May 2020)Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Apr. 13, 2020Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of April 13, 2020 (telephone arguments in May 2020) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-294)/library/FED-294/exhibit/FED-294
Ex. FED-295Judicial Conference finding under CARES Act § 15002 that emergency conditions due to the COVID-19 national emergency will materially affect the functioning of…Judicial Conference of the United States (finding of Mar. 29, 2020), announced by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Mar. 31, 2020Mar. 29, 2020Judicial Conference of the United States (finding of Mar. 29, 2020), announced by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Mar. 31, 2020, Judicial Conference finding under CARES Act § 15002 that emergency conditions due to the COVID-19 national emergency will materially affect the functioning of the federal courts generally (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-295)/library/FED-295/exhibit/FED-295
Ex. FED-296Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerFeb. 12, 2021Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012 (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. FED-296)/library/FED-296/exhibit/FED-296
Ex. FED-297Amended General Order 21-0006 (May 26, 2021)Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee)May 26, 2021Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee), Amended General Order 21-0006 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. FED-297)/library/FED-297/exhibit/FED-297
Ex. FED-298Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021)Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee)Sept. 15, 2021Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee), Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. FED-298)/library/FED-298/exhibit/FED-298
Ex. FED-299Third Amended Order Concerning Face Masks/Coverings in Public Areas of CourthousesChief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerJuly 30, 2021Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Third Amended Order Concerning Face Masks/Coverings in Public Areas of Courthouses (July 30, 2021) (Ex. FED-299)/library/FED-299/exhibit/FED-299
Ex. FED-300General Order 21-0033Executive Committee and Restart Task Force of the Court (unanimous vote)Sept. 20, 2021Executive Committee and Restart Task Force of the Court (unanimous vote), General Order 21-0033 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-300)/library/FED-300/exhibit/FED-300
Ex. FED-301Fifth Amended General Order 20-0022Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerJune 21, 2021Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Fifth Amended General Order 20-0022 (June 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-301)/library/FED-301/exhibit/FED-301
Ex. FED-302Standing Order 20-13Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonMay 22, 2020Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 20-13 (May 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-302)/library/FED-302/exhibit/FED-302
Ex. FED-303Standing Order 20-17Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonNov. 25, 2020Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 20-17 (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-303)/library/FED-303/exhibit/FED-303
Ex. FED-304Third Extension of Standing Order 20-12Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonDec. 17, 2020Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Third Extension of Standing Order 20-12 (Dec. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-304)/library/FED-304/exhibit/FED-304
Ex. FED-305Standing Order 21-02Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonMar. 17, 2021Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-02 (Mar. 17, 2021) (Ex. FED-305)/library/FED-305/exhibit/FED-305
Ex. FED-306Standing Order 21-04Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonMar. 11, 2021Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-04 (Mar. 11, 2021) (Ex. FED-306)/library/FED-306/exhibit/FED-306
Ex. FED-307Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonSept. 3, 2021Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04 (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. FED-307)/library/FED-307/exhibit/FED-307
Ex. FED-308Standing Order 21-08Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonSept. 13, 2021Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-08 (Sept. 13, 2021) (Ex. FED-308)/library/FED-308/exhibit/FED-308
Ex. FED-310Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02Chief Judge James K. BredarMar. 20, 2020Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-310)/library/FED-310/exhibit/FED-310
Ex. FED-311Standing Order 2020-04Chief Judge James K. BredarMar. 16, 2020Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Standing Order 2020-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-311)/library/FED-311/exhibit/FED-311
Ex. FED-312Standing Order 2020-05Chief Judge James K. BredarMar. 20, 2020Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Standing Order 2020-05 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-312)/library/FED-312/exhibit/FED-312
Ex. FED-313Amended Standing Order 2021-07Chief Judge James K. BredarJune 23, 2021Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Amended Standing Order 2021-07 (June 23, 2021) (Ex. FED-313)/library/FED-313/exhibit/FED-313
Ex. FED-316Fourth Amendment to General Order 20-01Chief Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.July 31, 2020Chief Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr, Fourth Amendment to General Order 20-01 (July 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-316)/library/FED-316/exhibit/FED-316
Ex. FED-317General Order 72Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonMar. 16, 2020Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-317)/library/FED-317/exhibit/FED-317
Ex. FED-318General Order 72-2Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonApr. 30, 2020Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-2 (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-318)/library/FED-318/exhibit/FED-318
Ex. FED-319Important Announcement on H2 Visas (Mar. 26, 2020): expanded interview-waiver processing for H-2A and H-2B applicants during the suspension of routine visa…U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular AffairsMar. 26, 2020U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Important Announcement on H2 Visas (Mar. 26, 2020): expanded interview-waiver processing for H-2A and H-2B applicants during the suspension of routine visa services (Ex. FED-319)/library/FED-319
Ex. FED-320Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (Apr. 20, 2020) (temporary final rule)U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesApr. 20, 2020U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 21739 (Apr. 20, 2020) (temporary final rule) (Ex. FED-320)/library/FED-320/exhibit/FED-320
Ex. FED-321Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 28843 (May 14, 2020) (temporary final rule)U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USCISMay 14, 2020U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USCIS, Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2B Nonimmigrants Due to the COVID-19 National Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 28843 (May 14, 2020) (temporary final rule) (Ex. FED-321)/library/FED-321/exhibit/FED-321
Ex. FED-322Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants Due To the COVID-19 National Emergency: Partial Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg.…DHS, USCISAug. 20, 2020DHS, USCIS, 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. FED-322)/library/FED-322/exhibit/FED-322
Ex. FED-323Temporary Changes to Requirements Affecting H-2A Nonimmigrants due to the COVID-19 National Emergency: Extension of Certain Flexibilities, 85 Fed. Reg. 82291…DHS, USCISDec. 18, 2020DHS, USCIS, 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. FED-323)/library/FED-323/exhibit/FED-323
Ex. FED-324USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesMar. 17, 2020U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS alert of Mar. 17, 2020: USCIS Temporarily Closing Offices to the Public (Mar. 18 - Apr. 1, 2020), extended to May 3 and then to June 3, 2020 (Ex. FED-324)/library/FED-324/exhibit/FED-324
Ex. FED-325USCIS alert of May 27, 2020: USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services on June 4U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesMay 27, 2020U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS alert of May 27, 2020: USCIS Preparing to Resume Public Services on June 4 (Ex. FED-325)/library/FED-325/exhibit/FED-325
Ex. FED-327Suspension of Routine Visa Services (announcement of Mar. 18, 2020, last updated Mar. 20, 2020)U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular AffairsMar. 20, 2020U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Suspension of Routine Visa Services (announcement of Mar. 18, 2020, last updated Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-327)/library/FED-327/exhibit/FED-327
Ex. FED-328Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services (announcement of July 14, 2020)U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular AffairsJuly 14, 2020U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services (announcement of July 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-328)/library/FED-328/exhibit/FED-328
Ex. FED-331General Order 72-4Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonJune 24, 2020Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-4 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-331)/library/FED-331/exhibit/FED-331
Ex. FED-332General Order 72-5Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonJuly 23, 2020Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-5 (July 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-332)/library/FED-332/exhibit/FED-332
Ex. FED-333General Order 72-6Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonSept. 16, 2020Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-333)/library/FED-333/exhibit/FED-333
Ex. FED-334General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020)Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonMay 21, 2020Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334)/library/FED-334/exhibit/FED-334
Ex. FED-336General Order 77Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonJune 9, 2020Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 77 (June 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-336)/library/FED-336/exhibit/FED-336
Ex. FED-337General Order 78Chief Judge Richard SeeborgJune 23, 2021Chief Judge Richard Seeborg, General Order 78 (June 23, 2021) (Ex. FED-337)/library/FED-337/exhibit/FED-337
Ex. FED-338General Order 20-0012 (original)Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerMar. 12, 2020Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, General Order 20-0012 (original) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-338)/library/FED-338/exhibit/FED-338
Ex. FED-339Eighth Amended General Order 20-0012Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerNov. 13, 2020Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, Eighth Amended General Order 20-0012 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-339)/library/FED-339/exhibit/FED-339
Ex. FED-340CARES Act §§ 4022-4024 (foreclosure moratorium and forbearance; multifamily forbearance; temporary moratorium on eviction filings) and § 15002 (video…Congress (Pub. L. 116-136, signed Mar. 27, 2020)Mar. 27, 2020Congress (Pub. L. 116-136, signed Mar. 27, 2020), CARES Act §§ 4022-4024 (foreclosure moratorium and forbearance; multifamily forbearance; temporary moratorium on eviction filings) and § 15002 (video teleconferencing for criminal proceedings) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. FED-340)/library/FED-340/exhibit/FED-340
Ex. FED-342Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus (Revised) (Apr. 7, 2020…Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, NCUA, OCC, CFPB and the Conference of State Bank SupervisorsApr. 7, 2020Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, NCUA, OCC, CFPB and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus (Revised) (Apr. 7, 2020; original Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-342)/library/FED-342/exhibit/FED-342
Ex. FED-343Treatment of Certain COVID-19 Related Loss Mitigation Options Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) (Regulation X) (interim final rule), 85…Bureau of Consumer Financial ProtectionJune 30, 2020Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Treatment of Certain COVID-19 Related Loss Mitigation Options Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) (Regulation X) (interim final rule), 85 Fed. Reg. 39055 (June 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-343)/library/FED-343/exhibit/FED-343
Ex. FED-344Protections for Borrowers Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X (final rule), 86 Fed. Reg.…Bureau of Consumer Financial ProtectionJune 25, 2021Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Protections for Borrowers Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X (final rule), 86 Fed. Reg. 34848 (June 30, 2021) (June 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-344)/library/FED-344/exhibit/FED-344
Ex. FED-345Memorandum of August 8, 2020, Continued Student Loan Payment Relief During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 85 Fed. Reg. 49585 (Aug. 13, 2020)President Donald J. Trump (Memorandum for the Secretary of Education)Aug. 8, 2020President Donald J. Trump (Memorandum for the Secretary of Education), Memorandum of August 8, 2020, Continued Student Loan Payment Relief During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 85 Fed. Reg. 49585 (Aug. 13, 2020) (Aug. 8, 2020) (Ex. FED-345)/library/FED-345/exhibit/FED-345
Ex. FED-346FHFA news release of Mar. 18, 2020: FHFA Suspends Foreclosures and Evictions for Enterprise-Backed MortgagesFederal Housing Finance Agency (Director Mark Calabria), directing Fannie Mae and Freddie MacMar. 18, 2020Federal Housing Finance Agency (Director Mark Calabria), directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FHFA news release of Mar. 18, 2020: FHFA Suspends Foreclosures and Evictions for Enterprise-Backed Mortgages (Ex. FED-346)/library/FED-346/exhibit/FED-346
Ex. FED-348FHFA news release of June 17, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium (to Aug. 31, 2020)Federal Housing Finance AgencyJune 17, 2020Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA news release of June 17, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium (to Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-348)/library/FED-348/exhibit/FED-348
Ex. FED-349FHFA news release of Aug. 27, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Dec. 31, 2020)Federal Housing Finance AgencyAug. 27, 2020Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA news release of Aug. 27, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-349)/library/FED-349/exhibit/FED-349
Ex. FED-350FHFA news release of Dec. 2, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Jan. 31, 2021)Federal Housing Finance AgencyDec. 2, 2020Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA news release of Dec. 2, 2020: FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to Jan. 31, 2021) (Ex. FED-350)/library/FED-350/exhibit/FED-350
Ex. FED-353FHFA news release of Feb. 25, 2021: FHFA Extends COVID-19 Forbearance Period and Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to June 30, 2021; forbearance to 18…Federal Housing Finance AgencyFeb. 25, 2021Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA news release of Feb. 25, 2021: FHFA Extends COVID-19 Forbearance Period and Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to June 30, 2021; forbearance to 18 months) (Ex. FED-353)/library/FED-353/exhibit/FED-353
Ex. FED-354FHFA news release of June 24, 2021: FHFA Extends COVID-19 Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to July 31, 2021)Federal Housing Finance AgencyJune 24, 2021Federal Housing Finance Agency, FHFA news release of June 24, 2021: FHFA Extends COVID-19 Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums (to July 31, 2021) (Ex. FED-354)/library/FED-354/exhibit/FED-354
Ex. FED-355FHFA news release of July 30, 2021: FHFA Extends COVID-19 REO Eviction Moratorium Through September 30, 2021Federal Housing Finance Agency (with the Agencies' Joint Statement on Agency Actions to Prevent Evictions of the same date)July 30, 2021Federal Housing Finance Agency (with the Agencies' Joint Statement on Agency Actions to Prevent Evictions of the same date), FHFA news release of July 30, 2021: FHFA Extends COVID-19 REO Eviction Moratorium Through September 30, 2021 (Ex. FED-355)/library/FED-355/exhibit/FED-355
Ex. FED-356Mortgagee Letter 2020-04U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Administration (Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner)Mar. 18, 2020U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Administration (Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner), Mortgagee Letter 2020-04 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-356)/library/FED-356/exhibit/FED-356
Ex. FED-359Mortgagee Letter 2020-19HUD, Federal Housing AdministrationJune 17, 2020HUD, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgagee Letter 2020-19 (June 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-359)/library/FED-359
Ex. FED-360Mortgagee Letter 2020-27HUD, Federal Housing AdministrationAug. 27, 2020HUD, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgagee Letter 2020-27 (Aug. 27, 2020) (Ex. FED-360)/library/FED-360/exhibit/FED-360
Ex. FED-361Mortgagee Letter 2020-43HUD, Federal Housing AdministrationDec. 17, 2020HUD, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgagee Letter 2020-43 (Dec. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-361)/library/FED-361/exhibit/FED-361
Ex. FED-362Mortgagee Letter 2021-03HUD, Federal Housing AdministrationJan. 21, 2021HUD, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgagee Letter 2021-03 (Jan. 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-362)/library/FED-362/exhibit/FED-362
Ex. FED-363Mortgagee Letter 2021-05HUD, Federal Housing AdministrationFeb. 16, 2021HUD, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgagee Letter 2021-05 (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. FED-363)/library/FED-363/exhibit/FED-363
Ex. FED-364Mortgagee Letter 2021-15HUD, Federal Housing AdministrationJune 25, 2021HUD, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgagee Letter 2021-15 (June 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-364)/library/FED-364/exhibit/FED-364
Ex. FED-365Mortgagee Letter 2021-18HUD, Federal Housing AdministrationJuly 23, 2021HUD, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgagee Letter 2021-18 (July 23, 2021) (Ex. FED-365)/library/FED-365/exhibit/FED-365
Ex. FED-367Circular 26-20-7Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Loan Guaranty ServiceMar. 16, 2020Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-7 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-367)/library/FED-367/exhibit/FED-367
Ex. FED-368Circular 26-20-8VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceMar. 18, 2020VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-8 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-368)/library/FED-368/exhibit/FED-368
Ex. FED-369Circular 26-20-12VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceApr. 8, 2020VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-12 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. FED-369)/library/FED-369/exhibit/FED-369
Ex. FED-371Circular 26-20-22VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceJune 17, 2020VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-22 (June 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-371)/library/FED-371/exhibit/FED-371
Ex. FED-372Circular 26-20-23VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceJune 18, 2020VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-23 (June 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-372)/library/FED-372/exhibit/FED-372
Ex. FED-373Circular 26-20-29VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceAug. 24, 2020VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-29 (Aug. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-373)/library/FED-373/exhibit/FED-373
Ex. FED-374Circular 26-20-30VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceAug. 24, 2020VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-30 (Aug. 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-374)/library/FED-374/exhibit/FED-374
Ex. FED-375Circular 26-20-40VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceDec. 28, 2020VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-20-40 (Dec. 28, 2020) (Ex. FED-375)/library/FED-375/exhibit/FED-375
Ex. FED-376Circular 26-21-2VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceJan. 29, 2021VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-21-2 (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. FED-376)/library/FED-376/exhibit/FED-376
Ex. FED-377Circular 26-21-5VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceFeb. 16, 2021VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-21-5 (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. FED-377)/library/FED-377
Ex. FED-378Circular 26-21-10VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceJune 25, 2021VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-21-10 (June 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-378)/library/FED-378/exhibit/FED-378
Ex. FED-379Circular 26-21-14VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceJuly 30, 2021VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-21-14 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. FED-379)/library/FED-379/exhibit/FED-379
Ex. FED-380Circular 26-21-20VA, Loan Guaranty ServiceSept. 29, 2021VA, Loan Guaranty Service, Circular 26-21-20 (Sept. 29, 2021) (Ex. FED-380)/library/FED-380/exhibit/FED-380
Ex. FED-381USDA Rural Development foreclosure and eviction moratorium for Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loan borrowers: Mar. 19, 2020 (60 days) and…U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural DevelopmentMar. 19, 2020U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, USDA Rural Development foreclosure and eviction moratorium for Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loan borrowers: Mar. 19, 2020 (60 days) and extensions to June 30, Aug. 31 and Dec. 31, 2020 (releases of May 2020, June 2020 and Aug./Sept. 2020) (Ex. FED-381)/library/FED-381
Ex. FED-382USDA Rural Development releases of Dec. 2020, Jan. 2021 and Feb. 16-17, 2021 extending the Single Family Housing foreclosure and eviction moratorium and…USDA Rural DevelopmentDec. 28, 2020USDA Rural Development, USDA Rural Development releases of Dec. 2020, Jan. 2021 and Feb. 16-17, 2021 extending the Single Family Housing foreclosure and eviction moratorium and forbearance options (to Jan. 31, Feb. 28 and June 30, 2021) (Dec. 28, 2020) (Ex. FED-382)/library/FED-382
Ex. FED-384USDA Rural Development release of June 24-25, 2021: Biden-Harris Administration Extends Foreclosure Moratorium and Provides Relief (moratorium to July 31, 2021…USDA Rural Development (with the White House announcement of June 24, 2021)June 24, 2021USDA Rural Development (with the White House announcement of June 24, 2021), USDA Rural Development release of June 24-25, 2021: Biden-Harris Administration Extends Foreclosure Moratorium and Provides Relief (moratorium to July 31, 2021; forbearance enrollment to Sept. 30, 2021) (June 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-384)/library/FED-384
Ex. FED-385USDA Rural Development release of July 30, 2021: Biden-Harris Administration Extends Eviction Moratorium for Homeowners (to Sept. 30, 2021)USDA Rural Development (with the Agencies' Joint Statement of July 30, 2021)July 30, 2021USDA Rural Development (with the Agencies' Joint Statement of July 30, 2021), USDA Rural Development release of July 30, 2021: Biden-Harris Administration Extends Eviction Moratorium for Homeowners (to Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. FED-385)/library/FED-385/exhibit/FED-385
Ex. FED-386Secretary of the Interior memorandum, Ensuring the Continued Performance of the Mission of the Department of the Interior during the Global Coronavirus…Secretary of the Interior David L. BernhardtMar. 22, 2020Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior memorandum, Ensuring the Continued Performance of the Mission of the Department of the Interior during the Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. FED-386)/library/FED-386/exhibit/FED-386
Ex. FED-387NPS news release of Mar. 18, 2020: National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees (with the accompanying direction that superintendents modify…Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park ServiceMar. 18, 2020Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service, NPS news release of Mar. 18, 2020: National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees (with the accompanying direction that superintendents modify operations and close facilities) (Ex. FED-387)/library/FED-387/exhibit/FED-387
Ex. FED-389BLM news release of Mar. 27, 2020: BLM temporarily closes developed recreation facilities in OregonBureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and District ManagersMar. 27, 2020Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and District Managers, BLM news release of Mar. 27, 2020: BLM temporarily closes developed recreation facilities in Oregon (Ex. FED-389)/library/FED-389/exhibit/FED-389
Ex. FED-390Reclamation news release of Mar. 17, 2020: Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitorsBureau of ReclamationMar. 17, 2020Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation news release of Mar. 17, 2020: Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors (Ex. FED-390)/library/FED-390/exhibit/FED-390
Ex. FED-391USDA announcement of Mar. 23, 2020: USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment OnlyU.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Production and Conservation mission areaMar. 23, 2020U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Production and Conservation mission area, USDA announcement of Mar. 23, 2020: USDA Service Centers Open for Business by Phone Appointment Only (Ex. FED-391)/library/FED-391
Ex. FED-393USACE district closures of recreation areas, campgrounds, visitor centers and project offices (March 2020); HQ release 'Army Corps-managed campgrounds to remain…U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters and district commandersMar. 17, 2020U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters and district commanders, USACE district closures of recreation areas, campgrounds, visitor centers and project offices (March 2020); HQ release 'Army Corps-managed campgrounds to remain closed until further notice' (April 2020); gradual reopening release of May 21, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-393)/library/FED-393
Ex. FED-396The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020), extended Mar. 29, 2020 as 30 Days to Slow the Spread through…The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC)Mar. 16, 2020The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC), The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020), extended Mar. 29, 2020 as 30 Days to Slow the Spread through Apr. 30, 2020 (Ex. FED-396)/library/FED-396/exhibit/FED-396
Ex. FED-398H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health…U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020)May 15, 2020U.S. House of Representatives (H.Res. 965, 116th Cong., agreed to May 15, 2020), H.Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus (May 15, 2020) (Ex. FED-398)/library/FED-398/exhibit/FED-398
Ex. GA-001Executive Order 03.14.20.01Governor Brian P. KempMar. 14, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001)/library/GA-001/exhibit/GA-001
Ex. GA-002Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session)Georgia General Assembly (special session)Mar. 16, 2020Georgia General Assembly (special session), Joint resolution concurring with Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (HR 1EX, 2020 Special Session) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-002)/library/GA-002
Ex. GA-003Executive Order 03.16.20.01Governor Brian P. KempMar. 16, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.16.20.01 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. GA-003)/library/GA-003/exhibit/GA-003
Ex. GA-004Executive Order 03.20.20.02Governor Brian P. KempMar. 20, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.20.20.02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-004)/library/GA-004/exhibit/GA-004
Ex. GA-005Executive Order 03.23.20.01Governor Brian P. KempMar. 23, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.23.20.01 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. GA-005)/library/GA-005/exhibit/GA-005
Ex. GA-006Executive Order 03.24.20.01Governor Brian P. KempMar. 24, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.24.20.01 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. GA-006)/library/GA-006/exhibit/GA-006
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Ex. GA-009Executive Order 04.01.20.01Governor Brian P. KempApr. 1, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.01.20.01 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. GA-009)/library/GA-009/exhibit/GA-009
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Ex. GA-011Executive Order 04.03.20.01Governor Brian P. KempApr. 3, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.03.20.01 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. GA-011)/library/GA-011/exhibit/GA-011
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Ex. GA-014Executive Order 04.08.20.04Governor Brian P. KempApr. 8, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.08.20.04 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. GA-014)/library/GA-014/exhibit/GA-014
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Ex. GA-034Executive Order 03.31.21.03Governor Brian P. KempMar. 31, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.21.03 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. GA-034)/library/GA-034/exhibit/GA-034
Ex. GA-035Executive Order 04.30.21.01Governor Brian P. KempApr. 30, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.30.21.01 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-035)/library/GA-035/exhibit/GA-035
Ex. GA-036Executive Order 05.25.21.01Governor Brian P. KempMay 25, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. GA-036)/library/GA-036/exhibit/GA-036
Ex. GA-037Executive Order 05.28.21.01Governor Brian P. KempMay 28, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.21.01 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. GA-037)/library/GA-037/exhibit/GA-037
Ex. GA-038Executive Order 05.28.21.02Governor Brian P. KempMay 28, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.21.02 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. GA-038)/library/GA-038/exhibit/GA-038
Ex. GA-039Executive Order 06.22.21.01Governor Brian P. KempJune 22, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.22.21.01 (June 22, 2021) (Ex. GA-039)/library/GA-039/exhibit/GA-039
Ex. GA-040Executive Order 06.22.21.02Governor Brian P. KempJune 22, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.22.21.02 (June 22, 2021) (Ex. GA-040)/library/GA-040/exhibit/GA-040
Ex. GA-041Executive Order 06.30.21.01Governor Brian P. KempJune 30, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.30.21.01 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-041)/library/GA-041/exhibit/GA-041
Ex. GA-042Executive Order 06.30.21.02Governor Brian P. KempJune 30, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.30.21.02 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-042)/library/GA-042/exhibit/GA-042
Ex. GA-043Executive Order 08.19.21.03Governor Brian P. KempAug. 19, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.19.21.03 (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. GA-043)/library/GA-043/exhibit/GA-043
Ex. GA-044Executive Order 08.25.21.01Governor Brian P. KempAug. 25, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.25.21.01 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. GA-044)/library/GA-044/exhibit/GA-044
Ex. GA-045Executive Order 08.30.21.01Governor Brian P. KempAug. 30, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.30.21.01 (Aug. 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-045)/library/GA-045/exhibit/GA-045
Ex. GA-046Executive Order 09.20.21.01Governor Brian P. KempSept. 20, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.20.21.01 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. GA-046)/library/GA-046/exhibit/GA-046
Ex. GA-047Directive 20-EX-7Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. KingMar. 26, 2020Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-7 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. GA-047)/library/GA-047/exhibit/GA-047
Ex. GA-048Directive 20-EX-9Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. KingDec. 3, 2020Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-9 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. GA-048)/library/GA-048/exhibit/GA-048
Ex. GA-049Directive 20-EX-11Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. KingDec. 31, 2020Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 20-EX-11 (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-049)/library/GA-049/exhibit/GA-049
Ex. GA-050Directive 21-EX-1Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. KingAug. 16, 2021Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 21-EX-1 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. GA-050)/library/GA-050/exhibit/GA-050
Ex. GA-051Local Judicial Emergency Order (In Re: Local Judicial Emergency Order), filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 2021Chief Judge, Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial CircuitJuly 1, 2021Chief Judge, Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, Local Judicial Emergency Order (In Re: Local Judicial Emergency Order), filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 2021 (Ex. GA-051)/library/GA-051/exhibit/GA-051
Ex. GA-052Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Superior Court of Muscogee County (all active Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit)July 30, 2021Superior Court of Muscogee County (all active Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-052)/library/GA-052/exhibit/GA-052
Ex. GA-053Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Superior Court of Dougherty CountyJuly 16, 2021Superior Court of Dougherty County, Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 16, 2021) (Ex. GA-053)/library/GA-053/exhibit/GA-053
Ex. GA-054Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Superior Court of Crisp CountyJuly 8, 2021Superior Court of Crisp County, Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 8, 2021) (Ex. GA-054)/library/GA-054/exhibit/GA-054
Ex. GA-055Directive 21-EX-2Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. KingAug. 17, 2021Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Directive 21-EX-2 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. GA-055)/library/GA-055/exhibit/GA-055
Ex. GA-056Bulletin 21-EX-3Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. KingSept. 15, 2021Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Bulletin 21-EX-3 (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. GA-056)/library/GA-056/exhibit/GA-056
Ex. GA-057Executive Order 03.31.20.01Governor Brian P. KempMar. 31, 2020Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.20.01 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. GA-057)/library/GA-057/exhibit/GA-057
Ex. GA-058Executive Order 02.15.21.01Governor Brian P. KempFeb. 15, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 02.15.21.01 (Feb. 15, 2021) (Ex. GA-058)/library/GA-058/exhibit/GA-058
Ex. GA-059Executive Order 07.22.21.01Governor Brian P. KempJuly 22, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 07.22.21.01 (July 22, 2021) (Ex. GA-059)/library/GA-059/exhibit/GA-059
Ex. GA-060Executive Order 08.19.21.01Governor Brian P. KempAug. 19, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 08.19.21.01 (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. GA-060)/library/GA-060/exhibit/GA-060
Ex. GA-061Executive Order 09.20.21.02Governor Brian P. KempSept. 20, 2021Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.20.21.02 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. GA-061)/library/GA-061/exhibit/GA-061
Ex. GA-062Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaMar. 14, 2020Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)/library/GA-062
Ex. GA-063Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaJuly 10, 2020Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (July 10, 2020) (Ex. GA-063)/library/GA-063
Ex. GA-064Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trialsChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaDec. 22, 2020Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-064)/library/GA-064
Ex. GA-065Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaJune 7, 2021Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (June 7, 2021) (Ex. GA-065)/library/GA-065
Ex. GA-066DPH Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 (and successors)Georgia Department of Public Health (Commissioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D.)Mar. 22, 2020Georgia Department of Public Health (Commissioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D.), DPH Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 (and successors) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-066)/library/GA-066
Ex. GA-067Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine)Georgia Department of Public HealthDec. 4, 2020Georgia Department of Public Health, Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. GA-067)/library/GA-067
Ex. LAW-001CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Statutes at Large pages; sec. 2301 at 347-351)United States CongressMar. 27, 2020United States Congress, CARES Act, Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Statutes at Large pages; sec. 2301 at 347-351) (Ex. LAW-001)/library/LAW-001/exhibit/LAW-001
Ex. LAW-002Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182 (Dec. 27, 2020) (div. EE, Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, secs.…United States CongressDec. 27, 2020United States Congress, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182 (Dec. 27, 2020) (div. EE, Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, secs. 206-207 at 134 Stat. 3059-3065) (Ex. LAW-002)/library/LAW-002/exhibit/LAW-002
Ex. LAW-003American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (Mar. 11, 2021) (sec. 9651 at 176-182)United States CongressMar. 11, 2021United States Congress, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (Mar. 11, 2021) (sec. 9651 at 176-182) (Ex. LAW-003)/library/LAW-003/exhibit/LAW-003
Ex. LAW-004Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (Nov. 15, 2021) (sec. 80604 at 1341)United States CongressNov. 15, 2021United States Congress, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (Nov. 15, 2021) (sec. 80604 at 1341) (Ex. LAW-004)/library/LAW-004/exhibit/LAW-004
Ex. TX-004Executive Order GA-09Governor Greg AbbottMar. 22, 2020Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-09 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. TX-004)/library/TX-004/exhibit/TX-004

8. How to use this report

Keep this report with your payroll records and the other records that support your claim. The Notice itself describes what those records are. Q&A-70 says an employer "will adequately substantiate eligibility for the employee retention credit if the employer creates and maintains records that include," among other things, "any governmental order to suspend the employer's business operations" and "any records the employer relied upon to determine whether more than a nominal portion of its operations were suspended due to a governmental order or whether a governmental order had more than a nominal effect on its business operations" (Notice 2021-20, 2021-11 I.R.B. 922, Q&A-70, at 944-45). Q&A-71 says to keep those records "for at least 4 years after the date the tax becomes due or is paid, whichever comes later" (Q&A-71, at 945). This report is the first of those two items for your selection, and it is meant to sit beside the second.

If you have received a letter from the Service saying that no government orders were in effect during the quarter you claimed, this report answers that sentence with the public record, order by order. Read the quarter you claimed. For each instrument, the report gives you the issuer, the number, the dates, the words that commanded the change, the penalty behind them and the exhibit. Those are facts about the public record, and anyone can check them against the register, the code or the docket the report cites. The Service is free to argue about how much a given order affected your business. Whether the orders existed is not a matter of opinion.

Three points of public law matter to anyone holding such a letter. First, a notice that turns down a refund claim starts a clock. Under section 6532(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, a refund suit cannot be brought "after the expiration of 2 years from the date of mailing by certified mail or registered mail by the Secretary to the taxpayer of a notice of the disallowance of the part of the claim to which the suit or proceeding relates." Second, asking the IRS Independent Office of Appeals to review the letter does not stop that clock; the Service's own page on the letter says so ("Requesting an appeal doesn't extend this time"), and section 6532(a)(4) provides that the Service's later consideration of the claim does not extend the period. Third, the period can be extended only by a written agreement between you and the Service under section 6532(a)(2), made on Form 907, Agreement to Extend the Time to Bring Suit, and effective only if the Service signs it before the two years run out.

The COVID Project does not give legal advice, and this report is not a substitute for it. Take it to your accountant, your enrolled agent or your lawyer. The dates above are public law, and the decisions they call for are yours and your adviser's to make.

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