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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-022	Memorandum of February 2, 2021, 86 Fed. Reg. 8281 (Feb. 5, 2021)Maximizing Assistance From the Federal Emergency Management Agency To Respond to COVID-19	President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	United States (President; FEMA)Federal	Feb. 2, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. FED-008	Memorandum of February 2, 2021Maximizing Assistance From the Federal Emergency Management Agency To Respond to COVID-19, 86 Fed. Reg. 8281 (Feb. 5, 2021)	President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator)	United StatesFederal	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. FED-010	Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel CoronavirusDetermination that a Public Health Emergency Exists	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United StatesFederal	Jan. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-019	Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (Jan. 31, 2020, effective Jan. 27, 2020) and renewals (Apr. 21, July 23, Oct. 2, 2020; Jan. 7, Apr. 15, July 19, Oct. 15, 2021)Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists	Secretary of HHS	United StatesFederal	Jan. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-026	Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Jan. 30, 2020)Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak	Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Matthew P. Donovan)	Department of Defense (department-wide)Federal	Jan. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-038	Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying emergency use of in vitro diagnostics, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020)Determination of Public Health Emergency	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal	Feb. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040	Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020)Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. FED-180	Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020)Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar.…	Secretary of Health and Human Services	United StatesFederal	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. FED-181	Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoVDetermination of Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020)	Secretary of Health and Human Services	United StatesFederal	Feb. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. FED-001	Proclamation 9994Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, 85 Fed. Reg. 15337 (Mar. 18, 2020)	President Donald J. Trump	United StatesFederal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-039	Emergency Use Declaration (personal respiratory protective devices), 85 Fed. Reg. 13907 (Mar. 10, 2020)Emergency Use Declaration	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal	Mar. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. FED-182	Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devicesEmergency Use Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 13907 (Mar. 10, 2020)	Secretary of Health and Human Services	United StatesFederal	Mar. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-073	FRA Administrator's Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020), Docket FRA-2020-0002 (as posted on the FRA website, updated Mar. 23, 2020)FRA Administrator's Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)	Federal Railroad Administration, Administrator Ronald L. Batory	United States (Federal Railroad Administration; all railroads)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-074	FRA press release of Mar. 14, 2020 announcing the Administrator's Declaration of Emergency Situation (Mar. 13, 2020)FRA Administrator's Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (press release, Mar. 14, 2020)	Federal Railroad Administration	United States (Federal Railroad Administration)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. FED-006	Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020)Letter from President Donald J. Trump on Emergency Determination under the Stafford Act	President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator)	United States (every State, Tribe, territory and the District of Columbia)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-095	BOP COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two)Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan (updated 3:09 p.m. ET, March 13, 2020)	Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice	United States (federal prisons)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-028	Board statement of March 15, 2020, Federal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and BusinessesFederal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and Businesses	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	United States; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (federal)Federal	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	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-HEALTH-OTHER-086	Press release of Mar. 16, 2020: 'Effective March 17, 2020, Social Security Offices Will Only Offer Phone Service'Effective March 17, 2020, Social Security Offices Will Only Offer Phone Service Online Services Remain Available	Social Security Administration (Andrew Saul, Commissioner; press release by Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer)	United States (federal); Social Security AdministrationFederal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-057	USCIS Response to COVID-19 (agency operations page, 2020-2021 versions)USCIS Response to COVID-19	USCIS	United States Department of Homeland Security, USCIS (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-079	EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic (live page as of Sept. 26, 2026, court locator and status)EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic	EOIR	United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (federal agency; administrative tribunal)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-086	EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic, as posted May 27, 2020: 'All hearings in non-detained cases are postponed through, and including, Friday June 12, 2020'EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic (May 27, 2020 posting)	EOIR (Director and Chief Immigration Judge)	United States Department of Justice, EOIR (federal agency; administrative tribunal)Federal	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-030	EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic (page as of Apr. 1, 2020)Postponement of non-detained immigration court hearings; court closures	Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice	United States (immigration courts)Federal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-20-027	Status of U.S. Consular Operations in Mexico in Light of COVID-19 (web page cited in 85 Fed. Reg. 21739)Status of U.S. Consular Operations in Mexico in Light of COVID-19	U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico	United States Mission MexicoFederal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-067	VA announcement of Mar. 31, 2020: VBA closed its 56 regional offices to the public Mar. 19, 2020; benefit briefings on military installations discontinued Mar. 30, 2020; services shifted to telephone and virtual channelsVA expands virtual services to support Veterans amid regional office closures due to COVID-19 pandemic	Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration	United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits AdministrationFederal	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Memorandum of February 2, 2021, 86 Fed. Reg. 8281 (Feb. 5, 2021) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-022)
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (memorandum to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator), Memorandum of February 2, 2021 (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. FED-008)
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-010)
Secretary of HHS, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (Jan. 31, 2020, effective Jan. 27, 2020) and renewals (Apr. 21, July 23, Oct. 2, 2020; Jan. 7, Apr. 15, July 19, Oct. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-019)
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Matthew P. Donovan), Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Jan. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-026)
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying emergency use of in vitro diagnostics, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020) (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-038)
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040)
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the PREP Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020; effective Feb. 4, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. FED-180)
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for 2019-nCoV (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-181)
President Donald J. Trump, Proclamation 9994 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-001)
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration (personal respiratory protective devices), 85 Fed. Reg. 13907 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-039)
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)
Federal Railroad Administration, Administrator Ronald L. Batory, FRA Administrator's Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020), Docket FRA-2020-0002 (as posted on the FRA website, updated Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-073)
Federal Railroad Administration, FRA press release of Mar. 14, 2020 announcing the Administrator's Declaration of Emergency Situation (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-074)
President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006)
Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, BOP COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-095)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board statement of March 15, 2020, Federal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and Businesses (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-028)
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)
Social Security Administration (Andrew Saul, Commissioner; press release by Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer), Press release of Mar. 16, 2020: 'Effective March 17, 2020, Social Security Offices Will Only Offer Phone Service' (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-086)
USCIS, USCIS Response to COVID-19 (agency operations page, 2020-2021 versions) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-057)
EOIR, EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic (live page as of Sept. 26, 2026, court locator and status) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-079)
EOIR (Director and Chief Immigration Judge), EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic, as posted May 27, 2020: 'All hearings in non-detained cases are postponed through, and including, Friday June 12, 2020' (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-086)
Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice, EOIR Operational Status During Coronavirus Pandemic (page as of Apr. 1, 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-030)
U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico, Status of U.S. Consular Operations in Mexico in Light of COVID-19 (web page cited in 85 Fed. Reg. 21739) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-20-027)
Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration, VA announcement of Mar. 31, 2020: VBA closed its 56 regional offices to the public Mar. 19, 2020; benefit briefings on military installations discontinued Mar. 30, 2020; services shifted to telephone and virtual channels (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-067)

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