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Spector: Biden invoked Defense Production Act for battery minerals

Julian Spector · The Carbon Copy: Get ready for the battery recycling boom · Jul 7, 2022 · at 11:36

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“President Biden invoking Defense Production Act For battery minerals, calling it literally a matter of national security.”

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The claim, plainly

President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act for battery minerals and declared it a matter of national security.

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Assessment

On March 31, 2022, President Joe Biden signed Presidential Determination No. 2022-11 under Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950. The determination explicitly authorized support for domestic production and processing of critical materials needed for large-capacity batteries (naming lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and manganese) and formally declared that doing so is 'essential to our national security'. Both aspects of the claim are fully substantiated by official government records.

Presidential Determination No. 2022-11 (issued March 31, 2022, published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2022) invoking Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950
Section 1 finding stating that domestic industrial base support for large-capacity batteries 'is essential to our national security'
Department of Defense implementation announcement on April 5, 2022 confirming Title III DPA authorities for large-capacity battery critical materials

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[1] federalregister.gov [2] ucsb.edu [3] war.gov [4] war.gov [5] dtic.mil [6] iea.org [7] iea.org

Biden Defense Production Act critical materials battery minerals Presidential Determination March 2022 White house Defense production act large capacity batteries presidential determination 2022 11

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