Biden Activates Defense Production Act to Boost Circuit Board Manufacturing
President Joe Biden has applied the Defense Powers Act (DPA) to two components used in the manufacture of virtually all electronic devices, protecting the country’s ability to control its supply of electronic materials and equipment.
Biden signed a presidential directive that includes printed circuit boards and advanced packaging under Executive Order 14017, “America’s Supply Chains,” the Department of Defense announced on March 27.
The original executive order, signed in February 2021, addresses vulnerabilities in U.S. military readiness and economic competitiveness.
“The United States needs resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure our economic prosperity and national security,” Biden wrote in 2021….