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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-151	Notice; Major Disaster Declarations (100 percent cost share for all COVID-19 declarations)Notice; Major Disaster Declarations, 86 Fed. Reg. 71512 (Dec. 16, 2021)	Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS	United States (all COVID-19 major disaster declarations)Federal	Dec. 16, 2021		Emergency declaration	Primary source read
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-041	U.S. Maritime Alert 2020-002A2020-002A-Global-Novel Coronavirus Outbreak	Maritime Administration, Office of Maritime Security	Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Department of Transportation; global (U.S.-flag and U.S.-interest shipping)Federal	Jan. 24, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationTravel and quarantine	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-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-084	Electronic Announcement, Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (posted Mar. 5, 2020; updated Apr. 3, May 15 and June 16, 2020)Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Updated June 16, 2020)	Office of Postsecondary Education	United States Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education and Federal Student Aid (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-070	SEVP Broadcast Message 2003-01, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students (Mar. 9, 2020)Broadcast Message: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students	SEVP	United States Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Student and Exchange Visitor Program (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineSchools and child careOther	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-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-085	FERPA and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (March 2020)FERPA & Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) March 2020	Student Privacy Policy Office	United States Department of Education, Student Privacy Policy Office (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
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-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. 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. 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. ECO-C-138	No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628No Sail Order and Other Measures Related to Operations (cruise ships)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Robert R. Redfield)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Travel and quarantineEvents and venues	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)
Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS, Notice; Major Disaster Declarations (100 percent cost share for all COVID-19 declarations) (Dec. 16, 2021) (Ex. FED-151)
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Inspections and Compliance Directorate (CG-5PC), MSIB 01-20 (Jan. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-001)
Maritime Administration, Office of Maritime Security, U.S. Maritime Alert 2020-002A (Jan. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-041)
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)
Office of Postsecondary Education, Electronic Announcement, Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (posted Mar. 5, 2020; updated Apr. 3, May 15 and June 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-084)
SEVP, SEVP Broadcast Message 2003-01, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Potential Procedural Adaptations for F and M nonimmigrant students (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-070)
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)
Student Privacy Policy Office, FERPA and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (March 2020) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-085)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Robert R. Redfield), No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-138)

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