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Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials
MechanismCritical materials is the category the refined minerals and rare earths in a semiconductor package and in data-centre power equipment fall under, and an order steering federal acquisition of them steers who may buy them and on what terms.
So whatThis executive order covers Defense Supply Chains and Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials, putting federal purchasing behind domestic sources of the same materials commercial buyers are bidding for.
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The President Executive Order published 2026-07-20 whitehouse.gov ↗federalregister.gov ↗ also printed in the Federal Register
