50 U.S.C. § 4517 Strengthening Domestic Capability

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 50 U.S.C. § 4517

(a) In general

Utilizing the authority of subchapter II of this chapter or any other provision of law, the President may provide appropriate incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore, and expand the productive capacities of domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United States.

(b) Critical components and critical technology items

(1) Maintenance of reliable sources of supply

The President shall take appropriate actions to assure that critical components, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency.

(2) Appropriate action

For purposes of this subsection, appropriate action may include-

(A) restricting contract solicitations to reliable sources;

(B) restricting contract solicitations to domestic sources pursuant to-

(i) section 3203(a)(1)(B) or 3204(a)(3) of title 10;

(ii) section 3303(a)(1)(B) or 3304(a)(3) of title 41; or

(iii) other statutory authority;

(C) stockpiling critical components; and

(D) developing substitutes for a critical component or a critical technology item.

Cite as 50 U.S.C. § 4517

Source: Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, §107, as added Pub. L. 102-558, title I, §111, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4201; amended Pub. L. 111-67, §6, Sept. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2009; Pub. L. 117-81, div. A, title XVII, §1702(k)(4), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2160.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

Termination of Section

For termination of section, see section 4564(a) of this title.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 2077 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

In subsec. (b)(2)(B)(ii), "section 3303(a)(1)(B) of title 41 or section 3304(a)(3) of title 41" substituted for "section 303(b)(1)(B) or section 303(c)(3) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949" on authority of Pub. L. 111-350, §6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

AMENDMENTS

2021-Subsec. (b)(2)(B)(i), (ii). Pub. L. 117-81, §1702(k)(4), which directed the amendment of section 107(b)(2)(B) of the Defense Production Act by adding cls. (i) and (ii) and striking out former cls. (i) and (ii), was executed by making amendments to this section, section 107(b)(2)(B) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, cls. (i) and (ii) read as follows: