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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097	Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled2020 Earth and Space Science Talks (revised March 12, 2020, carrying the Library's closure notice)	Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden)	Library of Congress (all buildings, Washington, D.C.)Federal	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082	Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled)Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD; Wallops Flight Facility, VA; and four other campuses)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090	Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14	National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero)	National Archives and Records Administration (all facilities nationwide, including the National Archives Museum and the Presidential Libraries)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051	News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16	Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument	Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island (NY/NJ)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055	News release, 'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors	Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region	Hoover Dam (NV/AZ), Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Basin RegionFederal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-081	NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 3 of the NASA Response Framework agency-wide)NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus	NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (all centers and facilities)Federal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-035	NPS news release, 'National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees' (superintendents empowered to modify operations and close facilities)National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees	Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service	Department of the Interior / National Park Service (all 419 park units)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-036	News release, 'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance	Superintendent Cam Sholly, Yellowstone National Park	Yellowstone National Park (WY/MT/ID)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049	News release, 'Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits)Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-040	News release, 'Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (closure to all visitors)Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance	Acting Superintendent, Yosemite National Park	Yosemite National Park (Mariposa, Tuolumne and Madera Counties, CA)Federal	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080	March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis)March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus	NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine	NASA Michoud Assembly Facility (New Orleans, LA) and Stennis Space Center (Hancock County, MS)Federal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037	News release, 'Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance' (closure to all visitors)Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance	Superintendent Cam Sholly (Yellowstone) and Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail (Grand Teton)	Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park (WY/MT/ID)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046	News release, 'Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts'Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-092	Press release PRN 20-025, 'Library Extends Public Facility Access Closures Until Further Notice'Library Extends Public Facility Access Closures Until Further Notice	Library of Congress	Library of Congress (all buildings and facilities)Federal	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-047	News release, 'Park Extends Closure to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts'Park Extends Closure to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095	Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (Press Release CB20-RTQ.16)U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham Statement on 2020 Census Operational…	Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham	U.S. Census BureauFederal	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-002	Secretary's letters of May 5, 2020 to meat and poultry processors and to governors ('Secretary Perdue Issues Letters on Meat Packing Expectations', USDA release of May 6, 2020)Secretary Perdue Issues Letters on Meat Packing Expectations	Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue	United States Department of AgricultureFederal	May 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-044	News release, 'Park Access on May 9' (list of roads and facilities opening; campgrounds, picnic pavilions and visitor centers remaining closed)Park Access on May 9	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	May 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-048	News release, 'Park Begins Phased Reopening on May 9'Park Begins Phased Reopening on May 9	Superintendent Cassius Cash	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-038	News release, 'Yellowstone will begin first phase of reopening on May 18'Yellowstone will begin first phase of reopening on May 18	Superintendent Cam Sholly; Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt (quoted)	Yellowstone National ParkFederal	May 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-057	News release, 'Army Corps of Engineers begins gradual reopening of recreation areas closed due to Coronavirus' (May 21, 2020), reciting the March-April 2020 closuresArmy Corps of Engineers begins gradual reopening of recreation areas closed due to Coronavirus	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters (release distributed through PR Newswire); District Commanders' closure postings	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works recreation areas nationwide: about 2,850 recreation areas at 400 lake and river projects)Federal	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-039	News release, 'Yellowstone to open Montana entrances June 1'Yellowstone to open Montana entrances June 1	Superintendent Cam Sholly	Yellowstone National ParkFederal	May 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-091	Press release nr20-56, 'Public Programs, Special Events at All Facilities Cancelled Through August 31'Public Programs, Special Events at All Facilities Cancelled Through August 31	National Archives and Records Administration	National Archives and Records Administration (all facilities)Federal	June 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-045	News release, 'Park Restores Limited Campground and Visitor Center Services'Park Restores Limited Campground and Visitor Center Services	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)Federal	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limit	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-041	News release, 'Yosemite National Park Continues a Phased Reopening on Thursday, June 11, 2020' (temporary day-use reservation system)Yosemite National Park Continues a Phased Reopening on Thursday, June 11, 2020	Acting Superintendent Cicely Muldoon	Yosemite National ParkFederal	June 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantine	Primary source read

Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden), Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082)
National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero), Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090)
Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument, News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051)
Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Region, News release, 'Hoover Dam temporarily closed to all visitors' (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-055)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator March 17 Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 3 of the NASA Response Framework agency-wide) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-081)
Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt; National Park Service, NPS news release, 'National Park Service to Temporarily Suspend Park Entrance Fees' (superintendents empowered to modify operations and close facilities) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-035)
Superintendent Cam Sholly, Yellowstone National Park, News release, 'Yellowstone to modify operations to implement latest COVID-19 health guidance' (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-036)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Modifies Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (campgrounds, pavilions, church and special-use permits) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-049)
Acting Superintendent, Yosemite National Park, News release, 'Yosemite National Park is Modifying Operations to Implement Latest Health Guidance' (closure to all visitors) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-040)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-080)
Superintendent Cam Sholly (Yellowstone) and Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail (Grand Teton), News release, 'Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance' (closure to all visitors) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Closes to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts' (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-046)
Library of Congress, Press release PRN 20-025, 'Library Extends Public Facility Access Closures Until Further Notice' (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-092)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Extends Closure to Support Regional COVID-19 Prevention Efforts' (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-047)
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (Press Release CB20-RTQ.16) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095)
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Secretary's letters of May 5, 2020 to meat and poultry processors and to governors ('Secretary Perdue Issues Letters on Meat Packing Expectations', USDA release of May 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-002)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, News release, 'Park Access on May 9' (list of roads and facilities opening; campgrounds, picnic pavilions and visitor centers remaining closed) (May 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-044)
Superintendent Cassius Cash, News release, 'Park Begins Phased Reopening on May 9' (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-048)
Superintendent Cam Sholly; Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt (quoted), News release, 'Yellowstone will begin first phase of reopening on May 18' (May 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-038)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters (release distributed through PR Newswire); District Commanders' closure postings, News release, 'Army Corps of Engineers begins gradual reopening of recreation areas closed due to Coronavirus' (May 21, 2020), reciting the March-April 2020 closures (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-057)
Superintendent Cam Sholly, News release, 'Yellowstone to open Montana entrances June 1' (May 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-039)
National Archives and Records Administration, Press release nr20-56, 'Public Programs, Special Events at All Facilities Cancelled Through August 31' (June 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-091)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, News release, 'Park Restores Limited Campground and Visitor Center Services' (June 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-045)
Acting Superintendent Cicely Muldoon, News release, 'Yosemite National Park Continues a Phased Reopening on Thursday, June 11, 2020' (temporary day-use reservation system) (June 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-041)

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