[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4809 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
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
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 follows:
``(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 appropriate.''; 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 Committee'' and
inserting ``the Chairperson'';
(C) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``a review of the authority 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 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 appropriate,
to support the effective use of the priorities and allocations
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 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 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 following:
``, on a non-delegable basis, determines, 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 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.
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.