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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 2780 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to provide that authority under the Act can only be exercised during a pe... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Declaration of war required to exercise authority under the DPA

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Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4511 et seq. ) is amended— in section 101— in subsection
(a)by striking authorized and inserting authorized, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, ; and in subsection (c)(1) by inserting during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, after may, ; in section 102 by inserting during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, after hoarding, ; and in section 107(b)(1) by striking peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency and inserting a period in which Congress has formally declared war . Title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq. ) is amended— in section 301(a)(1) by striking the President may authorize and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, authorize ; in section 302(a) by striking the President may make and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, make ; and in section 303— in subsection (a)(1) by striking the President may make and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, make ; in subsection (c)(2) by striking the President may make and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, make ; in subsection (e)(1) by inserting , during a period in which Congress has formally declared war after the President is authorized ; and in subsection
(g)by striking the President may make and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, make . Title VII of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq. ) is amended— in section 703 by inserting , during a period in which Congress has formally declared war after Any officer or agency head may ; in section 708(c)(1) by striking the President may consult and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, consult ; and in section 710— in subsection (b)(1) by inserting during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, after authorized, ; in subsection
(c)by inserting during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, after authorized, ; in subsection
(d)by striking The President may utilize and inserting The President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, utilize ; and in subsection
(e)by striking authorized and inserting authorized, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, . Section 101(c)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4511(c)(1) ) is amended by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting paragraph
(2). Section 710 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4560 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(b)through
(g)as subsections
(a)through (f), respectively; in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by striking subsection
(b)and inserting subsection each place it appears; and in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking section 55a and inserting section 3109 .
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