S.Amdt. 2037

SA 2037. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. DELEGATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950
AUTHORITIES BY THE PRESIDENT.

The Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.)
is amended by inserting after section 2 the following new
section:
``Sec. 3. (a) The President may delegate any authority or
responsibility vested in the President by this Act to any
officer or employee of the Federal Government if the
President determines that such delegation is consistent with,
and will further, the policy of the United States as stated
in section 2.
``(b) As soon as is practicable after a delegation of any
authority or responsibility under this section, the President
shall submit to Congress a report on such delegation setting
forth the following:
``(1) The authority or responsibility delegated.
``(2) The officer or employee to whom delegated.
``(3) A detailed justification for such delegation.''.
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