Q#38, Pacific Navy Fleet Ordered to Self-Q, & POTUS Considers Defense Protection Act

Q#38:

"Four carriers & escorts in the pacific? Why is that relevant?"

Pacific Fleet Ordered to Self-Q:

"The U.S. Navy has ordered that all ships that have visited nations in the Pacific region to self-quarantine at sea for two weeks in an effort to stop of the spread of the coronavirus, which originated in China."

Moar here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-navy-orders-all-ships-that-have-visited-nations-in-pacific-region-to-self-quarantine-for-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR09jrLnJcno8eBfVNkNhPjYSce77vpXqJAz610lAJsPu5T7Jm6-w_JhSPA

Note this paragraph from the article:

"The news comes as the Trump administration was reportedly considering on Thursday to invoke special powers through the Defense Production Act, which was “passed by Congress in 1950 at the outset of the Korean War, would mark an escalation of the administration’s response to the outbreak. The virus first surfaced in China and has since spread to other countries including the United States,” Reuters reported. “The law grants the president the power to expand industrial production of key materials or products for national security and other reasons.”

POTUS Considers the DPA:

"The Defense Production Act (DPA) was created at the outset of the Korean War to ensure the availability of the nation’s industrial resources to meet the national security needs of the United States by granting the President powers to ensure the supply and timely delivery of products, materials, and services to military and civilian agencies.

The DPA codifies a robust legal authority given the President to force industry to give priority to national security production and is the statutory underpinning of governmental review of foreign investment in U.S. companies."

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS20587.pdf

Did you catch that? "…governmental review of foreign investment in US companies." Kek!

Info on DPA Title III: "The Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program is one of three active authorities in the Defense Production Act, which was first signed into law in 1950 and was last renewed in 2018. The Title III program provides the President broad authority to ensure the timely availability of essential domestic industrial resources to support national defense and homeland security requirements through the use of highly tailored economic incentives. Specifically, the program is designed to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities."

https://www.businessdefense.gov/Programs/DPA-Title-III/