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Executive Order 13917, 85 Fed. Reg. 26313 (May 1, 2020)

Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Food Supply Chain Resources During the National Emergency Caused by the Outbreak of COVID-19

President Donald J. Trump · United States (President; delegation to the Secretary of Agriculture) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (President; delegation to the Secretary of Agriculture)
Level
Federal
Authority
50 U.S.C. 4511 (priorities and allocations); 50 U.S.C. 4554-4560; 3 U.S.C. 301 (delegation)
Issued
2020-04-28 Apr. 28, 2020
Effective
2020-04-28
End
Not revoked during the period; the operative use of the delegated authority was in 2020 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Apr. 28, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesSupply chain
Addressees
  • Secretary of Agriculture
  • processors of beef, pork and poultry
  • food supply chain resources
Functions reached
  • PK packing and processing plants (operate under CDC/OSHA joint guidance as a condition of federal priority)
  • SC supply chain (priority and allocation of materials, services and facilities)
  • WF workforce (plant operating conditions)
  • CB customers of processors (allocation)
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Operative words

Sec. 2. Ensuring the Continued Supply of Meat and Poultry. (a) Notwithstanding Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National Defense Resources Preparedness), the authority of the President 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, and to implement the Act in subchapter III of chapter 55 of title 50, United States Code (50 U.S.C. 4554, 4555, 4556, 4559, 4560), is delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food supply chain resources, including meat and poultry, during the national emergency caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 within the United States. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the authority under section 101 of the Act... to determine the proper nationwide priorities and allocation of all the materials, services, and facilities necessary to ensure the continued supply of meat and poultry, consistent with the guidance for the operations of meat and poultry processing facilities jointly issued by the CDC and OSHA. (c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue such orders and adopt and revise appropriate rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement this order.

Enforcement

DPA section 103, 50 U.S.C. 4513 (willful violation of the Act or any rule, regulation or order thereunder: fine up to $10,000 or imprisonment up to one year); section 1: 'shall take all appropriate action under that section to ensure that meat and poultry processors continue operations consistent with the guidance for their operations jointly issued by the CDC and OSHA'

Notes

Recital: 'closure of a single large beef processing facility can result in the loss of over 10 million individual servings of beef in a single day' and 'any unnecessary closures can quickly have a large effect on the food supply chain'. The order is the federal instrument that made the CDC/OSHA joint guidance the operating condition of the meat and poultry industry (Industry 20 PK; Industry 10 PF; Industry 05 KT and 07 SC downstream).

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