The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Defense Production Act sec. 102, 50 U.S.C. 4512; Executive Order 13910 (Mar. 23, 2020), 85 Fed. Reg. 17001
- Issued
- 2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-25
- End
- 120 days from publication (extended July 23, 2020; Ex. SEC-07-034) (read as 2020-07-23)
- In force
- Mar. 25, 2020 to July 23, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Supply chainOther
- Addressees
- any person (including retailers, wholesalers, online marketplaces and resellers)
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor (pricing and quantity limits on designated PPE, sanitizer and disinfectant sales)
- CU online resale
- ST stockroom (accumulation limits)
- SC supply chain (allocation to health care)
- Collection
- Retail Trade SEC-07
Operative words
The Act prohibits any person from accumulating designated materials (1) in excess of the reasonable demands of business, personal, or home consumption, or (2) for the purpose of resale at prices in excess of prevailing market prices.... This designation shall terminate after 120 days from the date of publication
Enforcement
50 U.S.C. 4513 (criminal penalties: fine up to $10,000 and imprisonment up to one year); DOJ COVID-19 Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force (Mar. 24, 2020)
Notes
Designated N95 and other respirators, ventilators, PPE, sterilization services, disinfecting devices, medical gowns, gloves, sanitizing and disinfecting products, and medical-grade masks; a federal order limiting commerce in identified retail goods.
Retrieval noteEO 13910 itself is FED-071.