Wartime Production Law Has Been Used Routinely, but Not With Coronavirus
Apr 1, 2020 08:59:37 #
"Invoking the Defense Production Act is hardly a rare occurrence. As recently as last summer, the Department of Defense used it to obtain rare earth metals needed to build lasers, jet engines and armored vehicles.
The Defense Department estimates that it has used the law’s powers 300,000 times a year. The Department of Homeland Security — including its subsidiary, FEMA — placed more than 1,000 so-called rated orders in 2018, often for hurricane and other disaster response and recovery efforts, according to a report submitted to Congress in 2019 by a committee of federal agencies formed to plan for the effective use of the law."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/politics/coronavirus-defense-production-act.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200401&instance_id=17241&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=75825028§ion=topNews&segment_id=23488&te=1&user_id=41d25b438e0a743965c9afa48fa42a36
The Defense Department estimates that it has used the law’s powers 300,000 times a year. The Department of Homeland Security — including its subsidiary, FEMA — placed more than 1,000 so-called rated orders in 2018, often for hurricane and other disaster response and recovery efforts, according to a report submitted to Congress in 2019 by a committee of federal agencies formed to plan for the effective use of the law."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/politics/coronavirus-defense-production-act.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200401&instance_id=17241&nl=morning-briefing®i_id=75825028§ion=topNews&segment_id=23488&te=1&user_id=41d25b438e0a743965c9afa48fa42a36
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