Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States

2017-07-26Executive Order 13806
Signed by: Donald Trump
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Headline: Orders Federal Review of Manufacturing, Defense Supply Chain Resilience

What it does: Agencies must produce a comprehensive report assessing manufacturing and defense supply chain resilience and recommend actions to address weaknesses.

Real World Impact:
  • Identifies critical goods and domestic manufacturing gaps affecting defense readiness.
  • May prompt legislative, regulatory, or policy changes for manufacturers and suppliers.
  • Requires assessment of workforce skills and energy use to boost resiliency.
Topics: manufacturing, defense industry, supply chains, workforce development, national security

Summary

This order directs a government-wide review of the United States manufacturing and defense industrial base and its supply chains, and requires an unclassified report (with a classified annex if needed) to the President within 270 days.

The review must identify goods and manufacturing capabilities essential to national security, find single points of failure or supply gaps, assess workforce skills and energy resiliency, and recommend legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to address deficiencies.

It matters because weakened factories and supply chains could impair the Nation's ability to respond to emergencies and meet defense needs.

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