To ensure the continued designation of the Secretary of the Air Force as the Department of Defense Executive Agent for the program carried out under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950.

SA 890. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Crapo) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON CANCELLATION OF DESIGNATION OF
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AS DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR A CERTAIN DEFENSE
PRODUCTION ACT PROGRAM.

(a) Limitation on Cancellation of Designation.--The
Secretary of Defense may not implement the decision, issued
on July 1, 2017, to cancel the designation, under Department
of Defense Directive 4400.1E, entitled ``Defense Production
Act Programs'' and dated October 12, 2001, of the Secretary
of the Air Force as the Department of Defense Executive Agent
for the program carried out under title III of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) until the
date specified in subsection (c).
(b) Designation.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall
continue to serve as the Department of Defense Executive
Agent for the program described in subsection (a) until the
date specified in subsection (c).
(c) Date Specified.--The date specified in this subsection
is the earlier of--
(1) the date that is two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act; or
(2) the date of the enactment of a joint resolution or an
Act approving the implementation of the decision described in
subsection (a).
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