[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1280 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1280

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2003

    Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Oxley, and Mrs. Maloney) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To 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 
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 inserting 
        ``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-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 
Presidential 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 inserting after the end of the 
1st sentence the following new sentence: ``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 defense.''.
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