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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-001	MSIB 01-20Novel Coronavirus Precautions	Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate (CG-5PC)	United States Coast Guard (federal agency, Department of Homeland Security); nationwideFederal	Jan. 24, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-002	MSIB 02-20Novel Coronavirus	Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate	United States Coast Guard; nationwide (all U.S. ports)Federal	Feb. 2, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-073	Frequently Asked Questions for SEVP Stakeholders about COVID-19 (first issued Mar. 2020; version with updates through May 31, 2022, including 'Clarifying Questions for the 2021-22 Academic Year Based on the March 2020 Guidance')Frequently Asked Questions for SEVP Stakeholders about COVID-19	SEVP	United States Department of Homeland Security, ICE, SEVP (federal agency)Federal	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-003	MSIB 02-20 (Change 1)Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 1)	Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate	United States Coast Guard; nationwideFederal	Mar. 9, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045	Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all schools and district offices March 13 through March 30, 2020	Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan)	Houston Independent School District, Texas (independent school district)City	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029	Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020)Close contacts of a positive employee directed to self-quarantine 14 days; two housing units at the Monroe Correctional Complex placed in…	Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair)	Washington State Department of Corrections (Office of the Secretary); State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007	Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled)TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat: Agency Approves Temporary Distance Learning, Cancels Events and Meetings	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis)	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031	NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)	NCEES	All States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-004	MSIB 02-20 (Change 2)Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 2)	Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate	United States Coast Guard; nationwideFederal	Mar. 13, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-005	MSIB 06-20Vessel Reporting Requirements for Illness or Death	Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate	United States Coast Guard; nationwideFederal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-070	PortMiami COVID-19 Update (county release, Mar. 13, 2020)PortMiami is open for business; the PortMiami team continues to work closely with its partners on COVID-19 preventive measures	Miami-Dade County, Office of the Mayor and PortMiami	PortMiami (Miami-Dade County Seaport Department)County	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011	News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all PGCPS schools March 16 through March 27, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland (county school system)County	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-053	San Diego County Sheriff's Department, 'County Jails and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know' (as archived Apr. 1, 2020)All social visits, all on-site video visitation, visitors for reentry programs and group classes ended; remote video visitation, attorney…	San Diego County Sheriff's Department (Sheriff William D. Gore)	San Diego County, California (Sheriff's Department, Detention Services Bureau); county levelCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-006	MSIB 02-20 (Change 3)Novel Coronavirus - Update (Change 3)	Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate	United States Coast Guard; nationwideFederal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065	Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positionsChild Care Centers - providers approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL	Pennsylvania; Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (child-care licensing)Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070	Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021)Coronavirus Update--ARE 5.0 (updated Feb. 3-4, 2021)	NCARB	All States; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (council of the 55 architectural licensing boards; administers the Architect Registration Examination)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-088	Letter to all BOPC Trainees, COVID-19 precautions (Mar. 18, 2020)COVID-19 letter to trainees	Allen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun	Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun (State of California pilotage commission)State	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-079	AMHS press release, Mar. 19, 2020: new boarding process; travelers observed for COVID-19 symptoms at ticketing and boarding; symptomatic travelers not allowed to board and refunded; fee-free cancellations through Apr. 8, 2020AMHS Announces New Boarding Process to Avoid Disruptions in Service - Travelers to be observed for symptoms of COVID-19 before boarding	Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS)	Alaska (all AMHS terminals and vessels)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-103	COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates (running notice, published Apr. 16, 2020; first posted Mar. 20, 2020)COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates	96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB (published on eglin.af.mil)	Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (96th Test Wing)Federal	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-066	GT USA Wilmington letter to partners, Mar. 19, 2020: from Mar. 20, 2020 every truck driver asked two screening questions at the gate (foreign travel outside the U.S. or Canada in 14 days; fever, illness or congestion); a 'yes' bars entry to the portUpdate on Port Gate Security (truck driver screening questions; entry refused)	GT USA Wilmington, LLC (private concessionaire operating the State-owned Port of Wilmington for the Diamond State Port Corporation), Commercial Vice President David J. Harriss	Delaware (Port of Wilmington)Sector regulator	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. FOR-001	Orders in Council P.C. 2020-0157 (Mar. 18, 2020), P.C. 2020-0161 (Mar. 20, 2020), P.C. 2020-0162 (Mar. 22, 2020), P.C. 2020-0175 (Mar. 24, 2020), P.C. 2020-0184 and P.C. 2020-0185 (Mar. 26, 2020)Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Prohibition of Entry into Canada from the United States); (Prohibition of Entry…	Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Health (Quarantine Act, S.C. 2005, c. 20, s. 58), published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 154, No. 14 (Apr. 4, 2020)	Canada (federal)Foreign government	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089	MTA press release, Aug. 18, 2020: front-door boarding and fare collection resume on all local and SBS buses Aug. 31, 2020; rear-door boarding had been implemented Mar. 23, 2020; polycarbonate operator barriers on 4,800 local buses; seat behind the operator blocked; forgone bus fares of $159 million; Bridge and Tunnel Officers and EAGLE teams to enforce fare payment and mask requirementMTA Announces Front-Door Boarding and Fare Collection to Resume on All Local and SBS Buses Beginning Monday, August 31	Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York City Transit; MTA Bus Company	New York (New York City; all MTA local and Select Bus Service buses)State	Aug. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-142	FAQ: COVID-19 Impacts to Basic Military Training and Technical Training (Mar. 24, 2020)FAQ: COVID-19 impacts to BMT and technical training	37th Training Wing Public Affairs, JBSA	Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas (37th Training Wing)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044	Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023)Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency	Food and Drug Administration, CDRH	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological HealthFederal	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-095	Duluth Seaway Port Authority news release, Mar. 26, 2020: 2020 Great Lakes commercial shipping season opened at the Soo Locks under federal COVID-19 protocols: embarkation of pilots and crew may be limited at the discretion of the Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers and CDC; all pilots and crew monitored for symptoms with 96-hour advance notice of suspected cases before inspectors board; ships on Lake Superior must immediately report suspected cases to the Coast Guard or the CDC Minneapolis Quarantine Station; sailors and dock workers on the federal essential-worker listShipping season begins with COVID-19 precautions in place	Duluth Seaway Port Authority (with the Lake Carriers' Association, quoted)	Minnesota and Wisconsin (Port of Duluth-Superior; Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system)Sector regulator	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain	Primary source read

Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate (CG-5PC), MSIB 01-20 (Jan. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-001)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate, MSIB 02-20 (Feb. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-002)
SEVP, Frequently Asked Questions for SEVP Stakeholders about COVID-19 (first issued Mar. 2020; version with updates through May 31, 2022, including 'Clarifying Questions for the 2021-22 Academic Year Based on the March 2020 Guidance') (July 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-073)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate, MSIB 02-20 (Change 1) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-003)
Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan), Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045)
Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair), Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis), Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007)
NCEES, NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate, MSIB 02-20 (Change 2) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-004)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate, MSIB 06-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-005)
Miami-Dade County, Office of the Mayor and PortMiami, PortMiami COVID-19 Update (county release, Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-070)
Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020, News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011)
San Diego County Sheriff's Department (Sheriff William D. Gore), San Diego County Sheriff's Department, 'County Jails and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know' (as archived Apr. 1, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-053)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate, MSIB 02-20 (Change 3) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-006)
Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL, Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065)
NCARB, Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070)
Allen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, Letter to all BOPC Trainees, COVID-19 precautions (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-088)
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS), AMHS press release, Mar. 19, 2020: new boarding process; travelers observed for COVID-19 symptoms at ticketing and boarding; symptomatic travelers not allowed to board and refunded; fee-free cancellations through Apr. 8, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-079)
96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB (published on eglin.af.mil), COVID-19: Service reductions, closures, cancellations, updates (running notice, published Apr. 16, 2020; first posted Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-103)
GT USA Wilmington, LLC (private concessionaire operating the State-owned Port of Wilmington for the Diamond State Port Corporation), Commercial Vice President David J. Harriss, GT USA Wilmington letter to partners, Mar. 19, 2020: from Mar. 20, 2020 every truck driver asked two screening questions at the gate (foreign travel outside the U.S. or Canada in 14 days; fever, illness or congestion); a 'yes' bars entry to the port (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-066)
Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Health (Quarantine Act, S.C. 2005, c. 20, s. 58), published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 154, No. 14 (Apr. 4, 2020), Orders in Council P.C. 2020-0157 (Mar. 18, 2020), P.C. 2020-0161 (Mar. 20, 2020), P.C. 2020-0162 (Mar. 22, 2020), P.C. 2020-0175 (Mar. 24, 2020), P.C. 2020-0184 and P.C. 2020-0185 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. FOR-001)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York City Transit; MTA Bus Company, MTA press release, Aug. 18, 2020: front-door boarding and fare collection resume on all local and SBS buses Aug. 31, 2020; rear-door boarding had been implemented Mar. 23, 2020; polycarbonate operator barriers on 4,800 local buses; seat behind the operator blocked; forgone bus fares of $159 million; Bridge and Tunnel Officers and EAGLE teams to enforce fare payment and mask requirement (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-089)
37th Training Wing Public Affairs, JBSA, FAQ: COVID-19 Impacts to Basic Military Training and Technical Training (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-142)
Food and Drug Administration, CDRH, Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044)
Duluth Seaway Port Authority (with the Lake Carriers' Association, quoted), Duluth Seaway Port Authority news release, Mar. 26, 2020: 2020 Great Lakes commercial shipping season opened at the Soo Locks under federal COVID-19 protocols: embarkation of pilots and crew may be limited at the discretion of the Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers and CDC; all pilots and crew monitored for symptoms with 96-hour advance notice of suspected cases before inspectors board; ships on Lake Superior must immediately report suspected cases to the Coast Guard or the CDC Minneapolis Quarantine Station; sailors and dock workers on the federal essential-worker list (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-095)

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