[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2780 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2780
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to provide that authority
under the Act can only be exercised during a period in which Congress
has formally declared war, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 20, 2023
Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Davidson)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Financial Services
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A BILL
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to provide that authority
under the Act can only be exercised during a period in which Congress
has formally declared war, 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 ``DPA Reform Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF WAR REQUIRED TO EXERCISE AUTHORITY UNDER THE
DPA.
(a) Priorities and Allocations.--Title I of the Defense Production
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 101--
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ``authorized''
and inserting ``authorized, during a period in which
Congress has formally declared war,''; and
(B) in subsection (c)(1) by inserting ``during a
period in which Congress has formally declared war,''
after ``may,'';
(2) in section 102 by inserting ``during a period in which
Congress has formally declared war,'' after ``hoarding,''; and
(3) in section 107(b)(1) by striking ``peacetime, graduated
mobilization, and national emergency'' and inserting ``a period
in which Congress has formally declared war''.
(b) Expansion of Productive Capacity and Supply.--Title III of the
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 301(a)(1) by striking ``the President may
authorize'' and inserting ``the President may, during a period
in which Congress has formally declared war, authorize'';
(2) in section 302(a) by striking ``the President may
make'' and inserting ``the President may, during a period in
which Congress has formally declared war, make''; and
(3) in section 303--
(A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``the
President may make'' and inserting ``the President may,
during a period in which Congress has formally declared
war, make'';
(B) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ``the
President may make'' and inserting ``the President may,
during a period in which Congress has formally declared
war, make'';
(C) in subsection (e)(1) by inserting ``, during a
period in which Congress has formally declared war''
after ``the President is authorized''; and
(D) in subsection (g) by striking ``the President
may make'' and inserting ``the President may, during a
period in which Congress has formally declared war,
make''.
(c) General Provisions.--Title VII of the Defense Production Act of
1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 703 by inserting ``, during a period in
which Congress has formally declared war'' after ``Any officer
or agency head may'';
(2) in section 708(c)(1) by striking ``the President may
consult'' and inserting ``the President may, during a period in
which Congress has formally declared war, consult''; and
(3) in section 710--
(A) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ``during a
period in which Congress has formally declared war,''
after ``authorized,'';
(B) in subsection (c) by inserting ``during a
period in which Congress has formally declared war,''
after ``authorized,'';
(C) in subsection (d) by striking ``The President
may utilize'' and inserting ``The President may, during
a period in which Congress has formally declared war,
utilize''; and
(D) in subsection (e) by striking ``authorized''
and inserting ``authorized, during a period in which
Congress has formally declared war,''.
(d) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Section 101(c)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950
(50 U.S.C. 4511(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (3)''
and inserting ``paragraph (2)''.
(2) Section 710 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. 4560) is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsections (b) through (g) as
subsections (a) through (f), respectively;
(B) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by
striking ``subsection (b)'' and inserting
``subsection'' each place it appears; and
(C) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by
striking ``section 55a'' and inserting ``section
3109''.
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