H.R. 1280 – Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 35.

April 2, 2003

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Introduced in House

March 13, 2003

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Financial Services Committee

March 13, 2003

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.

March 19, 2003

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Subcommittee Hearings Held.

March 19, 2003

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Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

March 20, 2003

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Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

March 20, 2003

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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Financial Services Committee

March 26, 2003

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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Financial Services Committee

March 26, 2003

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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 108-56.

Financial Services Committee

April 2, 2003

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 35.

April 2, 2003

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Rep. Michael G. OxleyR-OH-4 · Dec 8, 2003

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 1680, the Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003, and urge its adoption. The bill before the House is largely the same as H.R. 1280, and passed…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 1680, the Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2003, and urge its adoption. The bill before the House is largely the same as H.R. 1280, and passed last spring by the Committee on Financial Services, and is the result of broad bipartisan and bicameral efforts to reauthorize and update this important Act.

Mr. Speaker, when the House acts today to send the bill to the President, it will be completing Congressional action that should have taken place no later than the end of September. The authorities in this Act are too important for the Nation to have been without them for the nine weeks.

That said, Mr. Speaker, what is before the House today is a very good product. First and foremost, it reauthorizes the Defense Production Act for five years. This is important for two reasons: Firstly, as the nation faces the uncertain times ahead, it will be important for the President to have the authorities in the Act, and secondly, because it will give Congress an opportunity to consider some much-needed modernization of the DPA decoupled from reauthorization cycle. It is my intent to ask the President to take the next year to ponder what sorts of modernization of the DPA is necessary, with the idea that any action on those or other recommendations would take place in the first session of the next Congress.

The bill we are considering today also adds as a specific goal of the DPA the protection of the nation's critical infrastructure. Given the increasing dependence of the nation's defense, financial services and in fact the fabric of our daily lives on our critical infrastructure, I believe this addition is both wise and important.

Finally, in addition to some other minor additions, the bill before us increases on a one-time basis the funding ceiling for a program to enhance the nation's ability to produce radiation-hardened electronics for use in, for example, defense satellites. This program is an example of one of the most important aspects of the DPA: creating a U.S. defense production capability where none now exists.

Most important of all of these, Mr. Speaker, is the reauthorization itself. The DPA is the tool that the President uses to meet a specific national security need--protective gear for our troops overseas, or specialized communications equipment--should we have a shortfall in

supplies. The DPA is also one of the President's prime tools should there be another terrorist attack, and can be important in the case of natural disasters.

I hope, Mr. Speaker, that we can undertake any needed reforms of the Act at the beginning of the first session of the next Congress, and then extend the authorization beyond 2008 at that point, so that these important authorities remain available to protect America, Americans and, and American interests, uninterrupted.

In closing, Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend the excellent and diligent work of the gentleman from New York (Mr. King), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, the gentlelady from New York, (Mrs. Maloney), and the ranking member of the full Committee, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank), for their assistance in passing this important bill. With that, I yield back the balance of my time and urge immediate passage of

Rep. Benjamin L. CardinD-MD-3 · Dec 8, 2003

Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, because I believe we are getting near the end of the business of this session of Congress, and at least on this side, we are not aware of whether the…

Rep. Robert W. NeyR-OH-18 · Dec 8, 2003

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 1680), to reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes, with a Senate amendment to…

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Reported in HouseIssued April 2, 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1280 Reported in House (RH)]

Union Calendar No. 35
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1280

[Report No. 108-56]

To reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 13, 2003

Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Oxley, and Mrs. Maloney)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Financial Services

April 2, 2003

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Production Act
Reauthorization of 2003''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF
1950.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The 1st sentence of section 717(a) of the
Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2166(a)) is amended--
</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (1) by striking ``sections 708'' and inserting
``sections 707, 708,''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) by striking ``September 30, 2003'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2008''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 711(b) of
the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2161(b)) is amended
by striking ``1996 through 2003'' and inserting ``2004 through
2008''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. RESOURCE SHORTFALL FOR RADIATION-HARDENED
ELECTRONICS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Notwithstanding the limitation contained in section
303(a)(6)(C) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App.
2093(a)(6)(C)), the President is authorized to take actions under
section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to correct the
industrial resource shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics, to
the extent that such Presidential actions do not cause the aggregate
outstanding amount of all such actions to exceed
$200,000,000.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subsection (a) of section 705 of the Defense Production
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2155(a)) is amended by inserting after the
end of the 1st sentence the following new sentence: ``The authority of
the President under this section includes the authority to obtain
information in order to perform industry studies assessing the
capabilities of the United States industrial base to support the
national defense.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Production Act
Reauthorization of 2003''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.

(a) In General.--The 1st sentence of section 717(a) of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2166(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``sections 708'' and inserting ``sections
707, 708,''; and
(2) by striking ``September 30, 2003'' and inserting
``September 30, 2007''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 711(b) of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2161(b)) is amended by striking
``1996 through 2003'' and inserting ``2004 through 2007''.

SEC. 3. RESOURCE SHORTFALL FOR RADIATION-HARDENED ELECTRONICS.

Notwithstanding the limitation contained in section 303(a)(6)(C) of
the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2093(a)(6)(C)), the
President is authorized to take actions under section 303 of the
Defense Production Act of 1950 to correct the industrial resource
shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics, to the extent that such
Presidential actions do not cause the aggregate outstanding amount of
all such actions to exceed $200,000,000.

SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.

Subsection (a) of section 705 of the Defense Production Act of 1950
(50 U.S.C. App. 2155(a)) is amended by inserting after the end of the
1st sentence the following new sentence: ``The authority of the
President under this section includes the authority to obtain
information in order to perform industry studies assessing the
capabilities of the United States industrial base to support the
national defense.''.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON CONTRACTING WITH MINORITY- AND WOMEN-OWNED
BUSINESSES.

(a) Report Required.--Before the end of the 1-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the
House of Representatives on the extent to which contracts entered into
during the fiscal year ending before the end of such 1-year period
under the Defense Production Act of 1950 have been contracts with
minority- and women-owned businesses.
(b) Contents of Reports.--The report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) The types of goods and services obtained under
contracts with minority- and women-owned businesses under the
Defense Production Act of 1950 in the fiscal year covered in
the report.
(2) The dollar amounts of such contracts.
(3) The ethnicity of the majority owners of such minority-
and women-owned businesses.
(4) A description of the types of barriers in the
contracting process, such as requirements for security
clearances, that limit contracting opportunities for minority-
and women-owned businesses, together with such recommendations
for legislative or administrative action as the Secretary of
Defense may determine to be appropriate for increasing
opportunities for contracting with minority- and women-owned
businesses and removing barriers to such increased
participation.
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms ``women-
owned business'' and ``minority-owned business'' have the meanings
given such terms in section 21A(r) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act,
and the term ``minority'' has the meaning given such term in section
1204(c)(3) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
Enforcement Act of 1989.

Union Calendar No. 35

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1280

[Report No. 108-56]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

April 2, 2003

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed