[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2204 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2204

 To extend and reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1995

Mr. Castle (for himself, Mr. Leach (both by request), Mr. Gonzalez, and 
  Mr. Flake) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend and reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Production Act Amendments of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.

    Section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2166(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``Title I 
(except section 104), title III, and title VII (except sections 708, 
714, 719, and 721) of this Act, and all authority conferred thereunder, 
shall terminate at the close of September 30, 1995'' and inserting 
``Title I (except section 104), title III, and title VII (except 
sections 708 and 721), and all authority conferred thereunder, shall 
terminate at the close of September 30, 1998''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE III PROJECTS.

    Section 711 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2161) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) Authorization.--'' 
        and all that follows through ``subsection (c),'' and inserting 
        ``(a) Authorization.--Except as provided in subsection (b),''; 
        and
            (2) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d) and inserting 
        after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Title III Authorization.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out title III.''.
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