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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025	COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020)COVID-19 Announcements	Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-003	Memorandum, 'COVID-19 Implications for EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program' (temporary policy)COVID-19 Implications for EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program	Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance	United States Environmental Protection Agency (nationwide)Federal	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	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-032	Official Gazette notice, 'Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak'Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak	Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu	United States Patent and Trademark Office (nationwide)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	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-084	Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020)LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public	DOE Office of Legacy Management	U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management (visitor centers at Fernald, OH; Weldon Spring, MO; Rocky Flats, CO; Grand Junction, CO; and other sites)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closure	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-011	Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM)Press Release: 'the United States Tax Court building is closed'	United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096	2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule)2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19	U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham)	U.S. Census Bureau (2020 Census field operations nationwide)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-019	Order of March 19, 2020 (Order List: 589 U.S.)Order regarding filing deadlines in light of COVID-19 (certiorari deadline extended to 150 days)	Supreme Court of the United States	Supreme Court of the United States (all cases prior to a ruling on certiorari)Court	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065	Temporary rule; emergency action, 'Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic', 85 Fed. Reg. 17285 (Mar. 27, 2020), RIN 0648-BJ70, Docket No. 200321-0084Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic	National Marine Fisheries Service (Assistant Administrator for Fisheries)	National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce (all federally managed fisheries)Sector regulator	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	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-060	Forest closure orders closing all developed recreation sites in Oregon and Washington (reported by KLCC, Mar. 31, 2020)Forest Service Closes Developed Recreation Sites Across Oregon And Washington (KLCC report of the Region 6 closure orders)	Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region, and Forest Supervisors (forest-by-forest closure orders)	USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6: all seventeen national forests in Oregon and Washington)Federal	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-020	Order of April 15, 2020 (Order List: 589 U.S.)Order regarding filings in light of COVID-19 (single 8.5 x 11 paper copy; electronic filing and service)	Supreme Court of the United States	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-001	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…	President Donald J. Trump	United States (President; delegation to the Secretary of Agriculture)Federal	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072	Administrative Order 2020-02, 'Conducting Oral Arguments' (May 18, 2020)Administrative Order 2020-02: Conducting Oral Arguments	Chief Judge Sharon Prost	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (all cases)Court	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	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-030	May 2020 Update Regarding Certain Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the CARES Act and Other Relief AvailableMay 2020 Update Regarding Certain Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and Other…	Director of the USPTO	United States Patent and Trademark OfficeFederal	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005	Administrative Order No. 2020-02Remote Court Proceedings During COVID-19 Pandemic	Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-014	Press release announcing remote proceedings (May 29, 2020)Press Release: Court proceedings will be conducted remotely until further notice	United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public offices	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
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-073	Administrative Order, 'Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020' (June 26, 2020)Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020	Chief Judge Sharon Prost (Federal Circuit) and Chief Judge Margaret M. Sweeney (Court of Federal Claims)	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Court of Federal Claims (National Courts Building)Court	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025)
Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Memorandum, 'COVID-19 Implications for EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program' (temporary policy) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-003)
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)
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu, Official Gazette notice, 'Relief Available to Patent and Trademark Applicants, Patentees and Trademark Owners Affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-032)
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)
DOE Office of Legacy Management, Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-084)
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)
United States Tax Court, Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011)
U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham), 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096)
Supreme Court of the United States, Order of March 19, 2020 (Order List: 589 U.S.) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-019)
National Marine Fisheries Service (Assistant Administrator for Fisheries), Temporary rule; emergency action, 'Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic', 85 Fed. Reg. 17285 (Mar. 27, 2020), RIN 0648-BJ70, Docket No. 200321-0084 (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065)
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)
Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region, and Forest Supervisors (forest-by-forest closure orders), Forest closure orders closing all developed recreation sites in Oregon and Washington (reported by KLCC, Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-060)
Supreme Court of the United States, Order of April 15, 2020 (Order List: 589 U.S.) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-020)
President Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 13917, 85 Fed. Reg. 26313 (May 1, 2020) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-001)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, Administrative Order 2020-02, 'Conducting Oral Arguments' (May 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072)
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)
Director of the USPTO, May 2020 Update Regarding Certain Patent-Related Timing Deadlines under the CARES Act and Other Relief Available (May 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-030)
Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-02 (May 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005)
United States Tax Court, Press release announcing remote proceedings (May 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-014)
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)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost (Federal Circuit) and Chief Judge Margaret M. Sweeney (Court of Federal Claims), Administrative Order, 'Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020' (June 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-073)

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