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Executive Order 13806

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

This executive order directs a comprehensive assessment of U.S. manufacturing capacity, defense industrial base, and supply chain resiliency to identify vulnerabilities and recommend policy changes. The Secretary of Defense must deliver a report within 270 days evaluating critical materials, manufacturing gaps, workforce skills, foreign supply dependencies, and contingency risks.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 34597

Impact dates

  1. Secretary of Defense to provide unclassified report with classified annex to President

Key directives

  • Secretary of Defense to lead assessment in coordination with Commerce, Labor, Energy, Homeland Security
  • Report must identify essential military and civilian materiel, raw materials, and goods for national security
  • Report must identify manufacturing capabilities including emerging capabilities
  • Report must assess supply chain risks including single points of failure, especially at third-tier and lower suppliers
  • Report must evaluate workforce skills and education gaps
  • Report must assess foreign dependency risks from unfriendly or unstable nations
  • Report must recommend legislative, regulatory, and policy changes with cost-benefit analysis

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • EO issuance initiates interagency coordination process

Near term (90d)

  • Ongoing data collection and assessment across multiple agencies

Long term

  • Report delivery due within 270 days; subsequent legislative/regulatory/policy recommendations may follow

Risks & tensions

  • Interagency coordination across 7+ departments/agencies plus White House offices may slow or complicate assessment
  • Broad scope (military and civilian materiel, energy, workforce, geopolitical contingencies) risks superficial treatment of any single area
  • Cost-benefit framework ('benefits outweigh costs broadly defined') leaves significant analytical discretion to agencies
  • Vague authority: recommendations are advisory; no mandatory follow-on actions for President or agencies
  • Subject to appropriations availability may limit implementation of recommendations
  • Classification of annex may limit public accountability for findings
Executive Order 13806: Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States · Executive Orders