50 U.S.C. § 4567 — Defense Production Act Committee
submitted 76 years ago by Pub. L. 102-558 to r/title-50-WAR-AND-NATIONAL-DEFENSE · 401 words · no verdicts yet
This section creates the Defense Production Act Committee. It sets the Committee's membership, assigns a coordinator, requires an annual report, and exempts the Committee from chapter 10 of title 5.
(a) Committee established. The Defense Production Act Committee (called the “Committee” in this section) is established. It must coordinate and plan how the departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Federal Government to which the President has delegated authority under this chapter will effectively use this chapter's priorities and allocations authorities. This section does not define “priorities and allocations authorities.”
(b) Membership. (1) The Committee's members must be—(A) the head of each Federal agency to which the President has delegated authority under this chapter; and (B) the Chairperson of the Council* of Economic Advisers. (2) The Committee's Chairperson must be the head of the agency given primary responsibility for coordinating these authorities across the Federal Government.
(c) Coordination of Committee activities. The Chairperson must appoint one person* to coordinate all Committee activities. That person must—(1) be a full-time Federal Government employee; (2) report to the Chairperson; and (3) perform the Committee-related activities that the Chairperson considers appropriate.
(d) Report. By March 31 each year, the Committee must send the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services* a report signed by the Chairperson. The report must contain—(1) each covered department's, agency's, or independent establishment's contingency planning for events that might require these priorities and allocations authorities; (2) recommendations for using those authorities effectively and consistently with the policy statement in 50 U.S.C. § 4502(b); (3) recommendations for legislative action, when appropriate, to support effective use of those authorities; (4) recommendations for improving information sharing among covered departments, agencies, and establishments about using those authorities; (5) current copies of the rules described in 50 U.S.C. § 4511(d)(1); and (6) short attestations signed by each Committee member saying that the member agrees with the report.
(e) Chapter 10 of title 5. Chapter 10 of title 5 does not apply to the Committee.
There is established the Defense Production Act Committee (in this section referred to as the “Committee”), which shall coordinate and plan for on 1 the effective use of the priorities and allocations authorities under this chapter by the departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Federal Government to which the President has delegated authority under this chapter.
The members of the Committee shall be—
the head of each Federal agency to which the President has delegated authority under this chapter; and
the Chairperson of the Council* of Economic Advisors.
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 chapter.
The Chairperson shall appoint one person* to coordinate all of the activities of the Committee, and such person shall—
be a full-time employee of the Federal Government;
report to the Chairperson; and
carry out such activities relating to the Committee as the Chairperson may determine appropriate.
The Committee shall issue a report each year by March 31 to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services* of the House of Representatives a report signed by the Chairperson that contains—
a description of the contingency planning by each department, agency, or independent establishment of the Federal Government to which the President has delegated authority under this chapter for events that might require the use of the priorities and allocations authorities;
recommendations for the effective use of the priorities and allocations authorities in this chapter in a manner consistent with the statement of policy under section 4502(b) of this title;
recommendations for legislation actions, as appropriate, to support the effective use of the priorities and allocations authorities in this chapter;
recommendations for improving information sharing between departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Federal Government relating to the use of the priorities and allocations authorities in this chapter;
up-to-date copies of the rules described under section 4511(d)(1) of this title; and
short attestations signed by each member of the Committee stating their concurrence in the report.
The provisions of chapter 10 of title 5 shall not apply to the Committee.
Source credit: (Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VII, § 722, as added Pub. L. 102–558, title I, § 135, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4212; amended Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410; Pub. L. 111–67, § 11, Sept. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2019; Pub. L. 113–172, § 2, Sept. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 1896; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(323), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4341.)
- 1950Enacted · Pub. L. 102-558 · 106 Stat. 4212
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-295 · 120 Stat. 1410
- 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-67 · 123 Stat. 2019
- 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-172 · 128 Stat. 1896
- 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-286 · 136 Stat. 4341
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 102-558 on 1950-09-08.
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