Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 55 — Defense Production
§ 4554. Regulations and orders
Statutory text
In general
Subject to section 4559 of this title and subsection (b), the President may prescribe such regulations and issue such orders as the President may determine to be appropriate to carry out this chapter.
Procurement regulations
Any procurement regulation, procedure, or form issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall be issued pursuant to section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act [now 41 U.S.C. 1302, 1303], and shall conform to any governmentwide procurement policy or regulation issued pursuant to section 6 or 25 of that Act [see 41 U.S.C. 1121 et seq., 1302, 1303].
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
the Defense Production Act of 1950
Pub. L. 81–932 · 64 Stat. 798
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4554
Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VII, § 704, 64 Stat. 816
Source evidence
Code source credit
Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VII, § 704, 64 Stat. 816Defense Production Act Amendments of 1992
Pub. L. 102–558 title I § 134 · 106 Stat. 4198
Amended · 50 U.S.C. § 4554
Pub. L. 102–558 amended section generally
Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 4554
Pub. L. 102–558 substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing promulgation of rules, regulations, and orders by the President in order to carry out this chapter
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–558 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing promulgation of rules, regulations, and orders by the President in order to carry out this chapter.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 134. REGULATIONS AND ORDERS. Section 704 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2154) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 704. REGULATIONS AND ORDERS. “(a) In General.— Subject to section 709 and subsection (b), the President may prescribe such regulations and issue such orders as the President may determine to be appropriate to carry out this Act. “(b) Procurement Regulations.— Any procurement regulation, procedure, or form issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall be issued pursuant to section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, and shall conform to any governmentwide procurement policy or regulation issued pursuant to section 6 or 25 of that Act.”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–558 deemed to have become effective Mar. 1, 1992, see section 304 of Pub. L. 102–558, set out as a note under section 4502 of this title.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Termination of Section
For termination of section, see section 4564(a) of this title.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798, known as the Defense Production Act of 1950, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 4501 of this title and Tables.
Sections 6 and 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, referred to in subsec. (b), were sections 6 and 25 of Pub. L. 93–400, which were classified to sections 405 and 421, respectively, of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and were repealed and largely restated in subchapter II (§ 1121 et seq.) of chapter 11 and as sections 1302 and 1303 of Title 41, Public Contracts, by Pub. L. 111–350, §§ 3, 7(b), , 124 Stat. 3677, 3855.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 2154 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments1951–1992 · 2 rounds
1992
Pub. L. 102–558 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing promulgation of rules, regulations, and orders by the President in order to carry out this chapter.
1951
Act , limited authority to regulate natural gas where a State agency is handling the matter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–558 deemed to have become effective , see section 304 of Pub. L. 102–558, set out as a note under section 4502 of this title.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions
Authority of President to implement the Defense Production Act of 1950 (this chapter) in this subchapter—
(1) with respect to hoarding of health and medical resources necessary to respond to the spread of COVID–19 within the United States delegated to Secretary of Health and Human Services, see section 2(a)(ii) of Ex. Ord. 13910, , 85 F.R. 17001, set out as a note under section 4512 of this title;
(2) with respect to responding to the spread of COVID–19 within the United States delegated to Secretary of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Homeland Security, see section 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 13911, , 85 F.R. 18403, set out as a note under section 4511 of this title;
(3) in addition to the delegation of authority in Ex. Ord. No. 13911, delegated to Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, see section 2 of Ex. Ord. No. 13922, , 85 F.R. 30583, set out as a note under section 4532 of this title; and
(4) with respect to addressing the national energy emergency declared under Ex. Ord. No. 14156, , 90 F.R. 8433, set out as a note under section 1621 of this title, delegated to the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, see section 6(d) of Ex. Ord. No. 14241, , 90 F.R. 13673, set out as a note under section 1601 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Functions of President under this chapter relating to production, conservation, use, control, distribution, and allocation of energy, delegated to Secretary of Energy, see section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 11790, eff. , 39 F.R. 23185, set out as a note under section 761 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Credits
1950–1992 · 3 acts
- 1950Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VII, § 704, 64 Stat. 816
- 1951July 31, 1951, ch. 275, title I, § 109(c), 65 Stat. 139
- 1992Pub. L. 102–558, title I, § 134, , 106 Stat. 4212.
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(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VII, § 704, 64 Stat. 816; July 31, 1951, ch. 275, title I, § 109(c), 65 Stat. 139; Pub. L. 102–558, title I, § 134, , 106 Stat. 4212.)