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This chapter, divided into subchapters, may be cited as “the Defense Production Act of 1950”.
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§ 4511. Priority in contracts and orders (a) Allocation of materials, services, and facilities The President is hereby authorized (1) to re- quire that performance under contracts or or- ders (other than contracts of employment) which he deems necessary or appropriate to pro- mote the national defense shall take priority over performance under any other contract or order, and, for the purpose of assuring such pri- ority, to require acceptance and performance of such contracts or orders in preference to other contracts or orders by any person he finds to be capable of their performance, and (2) to allocate materials, services, and facilities in such man- ner, upon such conditions, and to such extent as he shall deem necessary or appropriate to pro- mote the national defense. (b) Critical and strategic materials The powers granted in this section shall not be used to control the general distribution of any material in the civilian market unless the Presi- dent finds (1) that such material is a scarce and critical material essential to the national de- fense, and (2) that the requirements of the na- tional defense for such material cannot other- wise be met without creating a significant dis- location of the normal distribution of such ma- terial in the civilian market to such a degree as to create appreciable hardship. (c) Domestic energy; materials, equipment, and services (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the President may, by rule or order, require the allocation of, or the priority performance under contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) relating to, ma- terials, equipment, and services in order to maximize domestic energy supplies if he makes the findings required by paragraph (3) of this subsection.
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