Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 55. Defense Production
43 sections
Subchapter I — Priorities and Allocations
- 4511Priority in contracts and orders
- 4512Hoarding of designated scarce materials
- 4513Penalties
- 4514Limitation on actions without congressional authorization
- 4515Presidential power to ration gasoline among classes of end-users unaffected
- 4516Designation of energy as a strategic and critical material
- 4517Strengthening domestic capability
- 4518Modernization of small business suppliers
Subchapter II — Expansion of Productive Capacity and Supply
Subchapter III — General Provisions
- 4551Small business
- 4552Definitions
- 4553Civilian personnel
- 4554Regulations and orders
- 4555Investigations; records; reports; subpoenas; right to counsel
- 4556Jurisdiction of courts; injunctions; venue; process; effect of termination of provisions
- 4557Liability for compliance with invalid regulations; discrimination against orders or contracts affected by priorities or allocations
- 4558Voluntary agreements and plans of action for preparedness programs and expansion of production capacity and supply
- 4559Public participation in rulemaking
- 4560Employment of personnel; appointment policies; nucleus executive reserve; use of confidential information by employees; printing and distribution of reports
- 4561Authorization of appropriations; availability of funds
- 4562Territorial application of chapter
- 4563Separability
- 4564Termination of chapter
- 4565Authority to review certain mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers
- 4565aEnhanced intelligence community support to secure United States biological data
- 4566Prohibition on purchase of United States defense contractors by entities controlled by foreign governments
- 4567Defense Production Act Committee
- 4568Annual report on impact of offsets