Excerpt (President Biden): “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the ‘Act’) (50 U.S.C. 4533), it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Determination. (a) I hereby determine, pursuant to section 303(a)(5) of the Act, that: (i) the essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and critical inputs referenced in subsection (b) of this section are industrial resources, materials, or critical technology items essential to the national defense; (ii) without Presidential action under section 303 of the Act, United States industry cannot reasonably be expected to provide the capability for the needed industrial resources, materials, or critical technology items in a timely manner; and …”