2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Appendix (§§ 1 - 2420)
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 (§§ 2061 - 2172)
ACT SEPT. 8, 1950, CH. 932, 64 STAT. 798 (§§ 2061 - 2172)
Title I - PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS (§§ 2071 - 2078)
Section 2077 - Strengthening domestic capability
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 ACT SEPT. 8, 1950, CH. 932, 64 STAT. 798 TITLE I - PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS Sec. 2077 - Strengthening domestic capability |
Contains | section 2077 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, §107, as added Pub. L. 102-558, title I, §111, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4201; amended Pub. L. 111-67, §6, Sept. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2009. |
Statutes at Large References | 64 Stat. 798 106 Stat. 4201 123 Stat. 2009 124 Stat. 3677 |
Public Law References | Public Law 102-558, Public Law 111-67, Public Law 111-350 |
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Utilizing the authority of title III of this Act [sections 2091 to 2094 of this Appendix] or any other provision of law, the President may provide appropriate incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore, and expand the productive capacities of domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United States.
(b) Critical components and critical technology items (1) Maintenance of reliable sources of supplyThe President shall take appropriate actions to assure that critical components, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency.
(2) Appropriate actionFor purposes of this subsection, appropriate action may include—
(A) restricting contract solicitations to reliable sources;
(B) restricting contract solicitations to domestic sources pursuant to—
(i) section 2304(b)(1)(B) or section 2304(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code;
(ii) section 303(b)(1)(B) or section 303(c)(3) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 [now 41 U.S.C. 3303(a)(1)(B), 3304(a)(3)]; or
(iii) other statutory authority;
(C) stockpiling critical components; and
(D) developing substitutes for a critical component or a critical technology item.
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, §107, as added Pub. L. 102–558, title I, §111, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4201; amended Pub. L. 111–67, §6, Sept. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2009.)
References in TextSection 303(b)(1)(B) or section 303(c)(3) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B)(ii), means subsecs. (b)(1)(B) or (c)(3) of section 303 of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, which were classified to section 253(b)(1)(B), (c)(3) of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and were repealed and restated as sections 3303(a)(1)(B) and 3304(a)(3), respectively, of Title 41, Public Contracts, by Pub. L. 111–350, §§3, 7(b), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3677, 3855.
Amendments2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–67, §6(1), inserted “restore,” after “modernize,” and “materials,” after “items,”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–67, §6(2)(A), (B), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text of par. (1) read as follows:
“(A)
“(B)
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–67, §6(2)(C), substituted “, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources” for “or critical technology items”.
Effective DateSection deemed to have become effective Mar. 1, 1992, see section 304 of Pub. L. 102–558, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 2062 of this Appendix.
Termination DateTermination of section, see section 2166(a) of this Appendix.
Delegation of FunctionsFunctions of the President under act Sept. 8, 1950 [section 2061 et seq. of this Appendix], relating to the production, conservation, use, control, distribution, and allocation of energy, delegated to the Secretary of Energy, see section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 11790, eff. June 25, 1974, 39 F.R. 23185, set out as a note under section 761 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
For delegation of authority of President under subsecs. (a) and (b)(1) of this section, see sections 310 and 311 of Ex. Ord. No. 13603, Mar. 16, 2012, 77 F.R. 16655, set out as a note under section 2153 of this Appendix.
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