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 enact-
ment of the Defense Production Act Reauthorization 
of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT COMMITTEE IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
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 insert-
ing ‘‘the priorities 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 authorities in this Act.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.— 
The Chairperson 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 appro-
priate.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Committee shall submit’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘The Committee 
shall issue a report each year by March 31’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘each member of the Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chairperson’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a review of the au-
thority under this Act of’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
description of the contingency planning 
by’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon 
the following: ‘‘for events that might re-
quire the use of the priorities and alloca-
tions authorities’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘author-
ity 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 
appropriate, to support the effective use of the prior-
ities and allocations authorities in this Act;’’; 
(F) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘all as-
pects of’’ and all that follows through the end 
of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘the use of the 
priorities and allocations authorities 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 Committee stating their concurrence in the re-
port.’’. 
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 following: ‘‘, on a non-delegable basis, deter-
mines, with appropriate 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, expedient, and practical al-
ternative 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 ac-
tions 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 De-
fense 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. 
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 ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary and ap-
propriate’’ and inserting ‘‘ is authorized to be appro-
priated $133,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each 
fiscal year thereafter’’; and
(2) by striking the second and third sentences. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4809 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to im-
prove the Defense Production Act Committee, 
and for other purposes.