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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4809 

To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense 

Production Act Committee, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 9, 2014 

Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the 

Defense Production Act Committee, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION. 

4 Section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 

5 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2166(a)) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT COMMITTEE IMPROVE8 MENTS. 

9 Section 722 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 

10 (50 U.S.C. App. 2171) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘advise the President’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘coordinate and plan for’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the authority’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘the priorities and allocations authorities’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 

7 (2) to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(2) The Chairperson of the Committee shall be 

9 the head of the agency to which the President has 

10 delegated primary responsibility for government-wide 

11 coordination of the authorities in this Act.’’; 

12 (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.— 

15 The Chairperson shall appoint one person to coordinate 

16 all of the activities of the Committee, and such person 

17 shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) be a full-time employee of the Federal 

19 Government; 

20 ‘‘(2) report to the Chairperson; and 

21 ‘‘(3) carry out such activities relating to the 

22 Committee as the Chairperson may determine appro23 priate.’’; and 

24 (4) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all 

2 that follows through ‘‘Committee shall submit’’ 

3 and inserting the following: ‘‘The Committee 

4 shall issue a report each year by March 31’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘each member of the Com6 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chairperson’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘a review of the au9 thority under this Act of’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

10 description of the contingency planning 

11 by’’; and 

12 (ii) by inserting before the semicolon 

13 the following: ‘‘for events that might re14 quire the use of the priorities and alloca15 tions authorities’’; 

16 (D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘author17 ity described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘priorities and allocations authorities in this 

19 Act’’; 

20 (E) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘(3) recommendations for legislation actions, as 

23 appropriate, to support the effective use of the prior24 ities and allocations authorities in this Act;’’; 


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1 (F) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘all as2 pects of’’ and all that follows through the end 

3 of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘the use of the 

4 priorities and allocations authorities in this 

5 Act;’’; and 

6 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) up-to-date copies of the rules described 

8 under section 101(d)(1); and 

9 ‘‘(6) short attestations signed by each member 

10 of the Committee stating their concurrence in the re11 port.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. UPDATED RULEMAKING. 

13 Section 101(d)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 

14 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2071(d)(1)) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘not later than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘rules’’ and 

16 inserting the following: ‘‘issue, and annually review and 

17 update whenever appropriate, final rules’’. 

18 SEC. 4. PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION. 

19 Section 303(a) of the Defense Production Act of 

20 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2093(a)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (5)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘determines’’ and inserting 

23 the following: ‘‘, on a non-delegable basis, deter24 mines, with appropriate explanatory material 

25 and in writing,’’; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

4 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) purchases, purchase commitments, or 

7 other action pursuant to this section are the 

8 most cost effective, expedient, and practical al9 ternative method for meeting the need.’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—If the taking of any 

13 action or actions under this section to correct 

14 an industrial resource shortfall would cause the 

15 aggregate outstanding amount of all such ac16 tions for such industrial resource shortfall to 

17 exceed $50,000,000, no such action or actions 

18 may be taken, unless such action or actions are 

19 authorized to exceed such amount by an Act of 

20 Congress.’’. 

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