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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.


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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

                             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]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Production Act 
Reauthorization of 2003''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 
              1950.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``sections 708'' and inserting 
        ``sections 707, 708,''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``September 30, 2003'' and 
        inserting ``September 30, 2008''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. RESOURCE SHORTFALL FOR RADIATION-HARDENED 
              ELECTRONICS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.''.</DELETED>

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, 2007''.
    (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 2007''.

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.''.

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 Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives 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 contracts 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 administrative action as the Secretary of 
        Defense may determine to be appropriate for increasing 
        opportunities for contracting with minority- and women-owned 
        businesses and removing barriers to such increased 
        participation.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms ``women-
owned business'' and ``minority-owned business'' have the meanings 
given such terms in section 21A(r) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, 
and the term ``minority'' has the meaning given such term in section 
1204(c)(3) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and 
Enforcement 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 Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed