[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4809 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4809

   To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense 
           Production Act Committee, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2014

 Mr. Campbell 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, 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 by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2019''.

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.

    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.''.
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