HR 4809 · 113th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act Committee, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 113-172.(2014-09-26)
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Reauthorizes provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (provides authority for the President and federal agencies to prepare for national defense, military conflicts, disasters, or acts of terrorism using the domestic industrial base to supply materials and services) through September 30, 2019. Revises requirements relating to the Defense Production Act Committee to: (1) direct the Committee to coordinate and plan (currently, advise the President) according to specified priorities and allocation authorities; (2) require the Chairperson to be the head of the agency to which the President has delegated primary responsibility for government-wide coordination of such activities; and (3) require the Chairperson to appoint a coordinator of Committee activities (currently, the President appoints an Executive Director). Expands the Committee's annual report to Congress to include a description of contingency planning by federal agencies, legislative recommendations, and updated copies of federal agencies' rules to promote national defense under both emergency and nonemergency conditions. Requires federal agencies delegated defense production authority to review such rules annually a…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 4809, a bill to reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act Committee, and for other purposes
Jun 26, 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 11, 2014
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