WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday invoked the Defense Production Act to spend $50 million on domestic and Canadian production of printed circuit boards, citing the technology’s importance to national defense.

Printed circuit boards are incorporated into missiles and radars, as well as electronics used for energy and healthcare.

Without presidential action under the act, “United States industry cannot reasonably be expected to provide the capability for the needed industrial resource, material, or critical