Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA)
Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) : "The Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) as amended by P.L. 102-558, 106 Stat. 4201, 50 U.S.C. App. 2062, is the primary authority to ensure the timely availability of resources for national defense and civil emergency preparedness and response. Among other things, the DPA authorizes the President to demand that companies accept and give priority to government contracts "which he deems necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense". The DPA defines "national defense" to include activities authorized by the emergency preparedness sections of the Stafford Act. Consequently, DPA authorities are available for activities and measures undertaken in preparation for, during, or following a natural disaster or accidental or man-caused event. The Department of Commerce has redelegated DPA authority under Executive Order 12919, National Defense Industrial Resource Preparedness, June 7, 1994, as amended, to the Secretary of Homeland Security to place, and upon application, to authorize State and local governments to place, priority rated contracts in support of Federal, State, and local emergency preparedness activities". (DHS, National Response Plan (Draft #1), February 25, 2004, pp. 68-69)
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