[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2037. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. DELEGATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 
                   AUTHORITIES BY THE PRESIDENT.

       The Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) 
     is amended by inserting after section 2 the following new 
     section:
       ``Sec. 3. (a) The President may delegate any authority or 
     responsibility vested in the President by this Act to any 
     officer or employee of the Federal Government if the 
     President determines that such delegation is consistent with, 
     and will further, the policy of the United States as stated 
     in section 2.
       ``(b) As soon as is practicable after a delegation of any 
     authority or responsibility under this section, the President 
     shall submit to Congress a report on such delegation setting 
     forth the following:
       ``(1) The authority or responsibility delegated.
       ``(2) The officer or employee to whom delegated.
       ``(3) A detailed justification for such delegation.''.
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