Biden To Invoke Defense Production Act
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Biden To Invoke Defense Production Act
Carolyn Kaster/AP President-elect Joe Biden will invoke a wartime production law, the Defense Production Act, to boost the production of vaccines after he's sworn-in.
"You will see him invoking the Defense Production Act," Dr. Celine Gounder, who's on Biden's COVID-19 advisory board, told CNBC on Monday.
The DPA gives the president broad authority to pressure US industries to produce supplies in the interest of national defense.
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