50 USC Ch. 55: Front Matter
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50 USC Ch. 55: Front Matter
From Title 50-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSECHAPTER 55-DEFENSE PRODUCTION

CHAPTER 55-DEFENSE PRODUCTION

Sec.
4501.
Short title.
4502.
Declaration of policy.

        

SUBCHAPTER I-PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS

4511.
Priority in contracts and orders.
4512.
Hoarding of designated scarce materials.
4513.
Penalties.
4514.
Limitation on actions without congressional authorization.
4515.
Presidential power to ration gasoline among classes of end-users unaffected.
4516.
Designation of energy as a strategic and critical material.
4517.
Strengthening domestic capability.
4518.
Modernization of small business suppliers.

        

SUBCHAPTER II-EXPANSION OF PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY AND SUPPLY

4531.
Presidential authorization for the national defense.
4532.
Loans to private business enterprises.
4533.
Other presidential action authorized.
4534.
Defense Production Act Fund.
4535.
Reports on exercise of authorities.

        

SUBCHAPTER III-GENERAL PROVISIONS

4551.
Small business.
4552.
Definitions.
4553.
Civilian personnel.
4554.
Regulations and orders.
4555.
Investigations; records; reports; subpoenas; right to counsel.
4556.
Jurisdiction of courts; injunctions; venue; process; effect of termination of provisions.
4557.
Liability for compliance with invalid regulations; discrimination against orders or contracts affected by priorities or allocations.
4558.
Voluntary agreements and plans of action for preparedness programs and expansion of production capacity and supply.
4559.
Public participation in rulemaking.
4560.
Employment of personnel; appointment policies; nucleus executive reserve; use of confidential information by employees; printing and distribution of reports.
4561.
Authorization of appropriations; availability of funds.
4562.
Territorial application of chapter.
4563.
Separability.
4564.
Termination of chapter.
4565.
Authority to review certain mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers.
4566.
Prohibition on purchase of United States defense contractors by entities controlled by foreign governments.
4567.
Defense Production Act Committee.
4568.
Annual report on impact of offsets.

        

Termination Date

For termination of certain provisions of this chapter, see section 4564(a) of this title.


Editorial Notes

Codification

Act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798 , comprising this chapter, was formerly set out in the Appendix to this title, prior to the elimination of the Appendix to this title and the editorial reclassification of the Act as this chapter. For disposition of sections of the former Appendix to this title, see Table II, set out preceding section 1 of this title.

Chapter is comprised of the portions of act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, as amended, that had not previously been repealed when the Act was editorially reclassified as this chapter. As enacted, this Act contained titles I through VII. Titles II, IV, V, and VI of the Act were repealed by Pub. L. 111–67, §2(a)(2), Sept. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2007 . Titles I, III, and VII of the Act have been codified in this chapter to appear as subchapters I to III, respectively. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.