50 U.S.C. § 4554
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.
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].
50 U.S.C. § 4554
Termination of Section For termination of section, see section 4564(a) of this title.
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis 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L. 93-400, which were classified to sections 405 and 421, respectively, of former Title 41, Public Contracts, and were repealed and largely restated in subchapter II (§1121 et seq.)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), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3677, 3855.
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 2154 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
AMENDMENTS1992- 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 July 31, 1951, 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 Mar. 1, 1992, 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, Mar. 23, 2020, 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, Mar. 27, 2020, 85 F.R. 18403, set out as a note under section 4511 of this title; and(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, May 14, 2020, 85 F.R. 30583, set out as a note under section 4532 of this title.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. June 25, 1974, 39 F.R. 23185, set out as a note under section 761 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
- homeland security
- The term "homeland security" includes efforts-(A) to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States;(B) to reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism;(C) to minimize damage from a terrorist attack in the United States; and(D) to recover from a terrorist attack in the United States.
- services
- The term "services" includes any effort that is needed for or incidental to-(A) the development, production, processing, distribution, delivery, or use of an industrial resource or a critical technology item;(B) the construction of facilities;(C) the movement of individuals and property by all modes of civil transportation; or(D) other national defense programs and activities.