This Chapter concerns the ability of the domestic industrial base to supply materials and services for the national defence and to prepare for and respond to military conflicts, natural or man-caused disasters, or acts of terrorism within the United States. Therefore, the Chapters concerns the following actions: promoting industrial resources preparedness in the event of domestic or foreign threats to the security of the United States; supporting continuing improvements in industrial efficiency and responsiveness; strengthening protection and restoration of domestic critical infrastructure operations under emergency conditions; responding to actions taken outside of the United States that could result in reduced supplies of strategic and critical materials, including energy, necessary for national defence and the general economic well-being of the United States; preparing programmes to respond to both domestic emergencies and international threats to national defence. Subchapter II concerns priorities and allocations and focuses on: presidential power to ration gasoline among classes of end-users unaffected; designation of energy as a strategic and critical material; strengthening domestic capability; modernisation of small business suppliers. Subchapter II concerns expansion of productive capacity and supply, focusing on: presidential authorisation for national defence; loans to private business enterprises; defence production fund; reports on exercise of authorities. Subchapters III concerns: small business; investigations; jurisdiction of courts and process; offences; liability for compliance with invalid regulations; discrimination against orders or contracts affected by priorities or allocations; agreements and plans of action for preparedness programmes and expansion of production capacity and supply; public participation in rule-making; employment of personnel; territorial application of the Chapter.
United States of America · 1950-09-08