Biden waives some statutory requirements for supply chain resilience

By John Liang / February 28, 2023 at 11:18 AM
President Biden has signed a presidential waiver of some statutory requirements authorizing the use of the Defense Production Act to allow the Defense Department to more aggressively build the resiliency of the U.S. defense industrial base and secure its supply chains. "Specifically included in the waiver are defense organic industrial base supply chains critical to the DOD as well as critical supply chains for electronics, kinetic capabilities, castings and forgings, minerals and materials, and power and energy storage," a White...

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