H. R. 4809 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 
An Act 
To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production 
Act Committee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2166(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘on or after the date of enactment of the 
Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT COMMITTEE IMPROVEMENTS. 
Section 722 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2171) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘advise the President’’ and inserting 
‘‘coordinate and plan for’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the authority’’ and inserting ‘‘the prior-
ities and allocations authorities’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) The Chairperson of the Committee shall be the head 
of the agency to which the President has delegated primary 
responsibility for government-wide coordination of the authori-
ties in this Act.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION
OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.—The Chair-
person shall appoint one person to coordinate all of the activities 
of the Committee, and such person shall— 
‘‘(1) be a full-time employee of the Federal Government; 
‘‘(2) report to the Chairperson; and 
‘‘(3) carry out such activities relating to the Committee 
as the Chairperson may determine appropriate.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Committee shall submit’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The Committee shall issue a report each year 
by March 31’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘each member of the Committee’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Chairperson’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘a review of the authority under 
this Act of’’ and inserting ‘‘a description of the contin-
gency planning by’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon the following: 
‘‘for events that might require the use of the priorities 
and allocations authorities’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘authority described 
in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘priorities and allocations 
authorities in this Act’’; 
(E) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) recommendations for legislation actions, as appro-
priate, to support the effective use of the priorities and alloca-
tions authorities in this Act;’’; 
(F) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘all aspects of’’ and 
all that follows through the end of the paragraph and 
inserting ‘‘the use of the priorities and allocations authori-
ties in this Act;’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) up-to-date copies of the rules described under section 
101(d)(1); and 
‘‘(6) short attestations signed by each member of the Com-
mittee stating their concurrence in the report.’’. 
SEC. 3. UPDATED RULEMAKING. 
Section 101(d)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2071(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘not later than’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘rules’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘issue, and annually review and update whenever appropriate, final 
rules’’. 
SEC. 4. PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2093(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘determines’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, on a non-delegable basis, determines, with appro-
priate explanatory material and in writing,’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) purchases, purchase commitments, or other action 
pursuant to this section are the most cost effective, expe-
dient, and practical alternative method for meeting the 
need.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—If the taking of any action or actions 
under this section to correct an industrial resource shortfall 
would cause the aggregate outstanding amount of all such 
actions for such industrial resource shortfall to exceed 
$50,000,000, no such action or actions may be taken, unless 
such action or actions are authorized to exceed such amount 
by an Act of Congress.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Section 303(a)(6)(C) of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as added by subsection (a)(2), shall not apply to 
a project undertaken pursuant to a determination made before 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 711 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2161) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary and appropriate’’ and inserting 
‘‘ is authorized to be appropriated $133,000,000 for fiscal year 
2015 and each fiscal year thereafter’’; and 
(2) by striking the second and third sentences. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.