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Union Calendar No. 35
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1280
[Report No. 108–56] 
To reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2003
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. OXLEY, and Mrs. MALONEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
APRIL 2, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and 
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Production 
Act Reauthorization of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT 
OF 1950. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The 1st sentence of section 
717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2166(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘sections 708’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 707, 708,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2003’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
711(b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2161(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘1996 through 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 through 2008’’. 
SEC.
3.
RESOURCE
SHORTFALL
FOR
RADIATION-HARD-
ENED ELECTRONICS. 
Notwithstanding the limitation contained in section 
303(a)(6)(C) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2093(a)(6)(C)), the President is authorized 
to take actions under section 303 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 to correct the industrial resource shortfall 
for radiation-hardened electronics, to the extent that such 
Presidential actions do not cause the aggregate out-
standing
amount
of
all
such
actions
to
exceed 
$200,000,000.
SEC. 3. RESOURCE SHORTFALL FOR RADIATION-HARDENED 
ELECTRONICS. 
Notwithstanding the limitation contained in section 
303(a)(6)(C) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2093(a)(6)(C)), the President is authorized to 
take actions under section 303 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 to correct the industrial resource shortfall for 
radiation-hardened electronics, to the extent that such Pres-
idential actions do not cause the aggregate outstanding 
amount of all such actions to exceed $200,000,000. 
SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY. 
Subsection (a) of section 705 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2155(a)) is amended by insert-
ing after the end of the 1st sentence the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘The authority of the President under this section 
includes the authority to obtain information in order to 
perform industry studies assessing the capabilities of the 
United States industrial base to support the national de-
fense.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORT ON CONTRACTING WITH MINORITY- AND 
WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Before the end of the 1-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives on the extent to which contracts entered into during
the fiscal year ending before the end of such 1-year period 
under the Defense Production Act of 1950 have been con-
tracts with minority- and women-owned businesses. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The types of goods and services obtained 
under contracts with minority- and women-owned 
businesses under the Defense Production Act of 1950 
in the fiscal year covered in the report. 
(2) The dollar amounts of such contracts. 
(3) The ethnicity of the majority owners of such 
minority- and women-owned businesses. 
(4) A description of the types of barriers in the 
contracting process, such as requirements for security 
clearances, that limit contracting opportunities for 
minority- and women-owned businesses, together with 
such recommendations for legislative or administra-
tive action as the Secretary of Defense may determine 
to be appropriate for increasing opportunities for 
contracting with minority- and women-owned busi-
nesses and removing barriers to such increased par-
ticipation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
terms ‘‘women-owned business’’ and ‘‘minority-owned busi-
ness’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 21A(r)
of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, and the term ‘‘minor-
ity’’ has the meaning given such term in section 1204(c)(3) 
of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and En-
forcement Act of 1989.
Union Calendar No. 35
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1280
[Report No. 108–56] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 
1950, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 2, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed