To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act Committee, and for other purposes.
Public Law 113-172 · H.R. 4809 · 113th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Sep 26, 2014 · Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. John Campbell (R-CA-45)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 386 yea, 32 nay386–32
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
(Sec. 1) Reauthorizes provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (provides authority for the President and federal agencies to prepare for national defense, military conflicts, disasters, or acts of terrorism using the domestic industrial base to supply materials and services) through September 30, 2019.
Reinstates authorities under which the President may provide for loans to private business enterprises or authorize a guaranteeing agency to guarantee loans by private institutions to contractors, providers of critical infrastructure, or other persons for services, production, or deliveries essential to national defense. Makes such authorities effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
(Sec. 2) Revises requirements relating to the Defense Production Act Committee to: (1) direct the Committee to coordinate and plan (currently, advise the President) according to specified priorities and allocation authorities; (2) require the Chairperson to be the head of the agency to which the President has delegated primary responsibility for government-wide coordination of such activities; and (3) require the Chairperson to appoint a coordinator of Committee activities (currently, the President appoints an Executive Director).
Expands the Committee's annual report to Congress to include a description of contingency planning by federal agencies, legislative recommendations, and updated copies of federal agencies' rules to promote national defense under both emergency and nonemergency conditions.
(Sec. 3) Requires federal agencies delegated defense production authority to review such rules annually and make updates whenever appropriate.
(Sec. 4) Prohibits the President from: (1) delegating a determination to execute a contract for an industrial resource, material, or critical technology that is essential to national defense; (2) executing contracts for such capabilities unless the purchases are the most cost effective, expedient, and practical alternative method for meeting the need; and (3) taking action to correct an industrial resource shortfall without congressional authorization if such action would cause the aggregate outstanding amount of all such actions to exceed $50 million.
Prohibits the congressional authorization requirement for an aggregate amount exceeding $50 million from applying to projects undertaken pursuant to a determination made before the enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 5) Authorizes specified appropriations.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 113th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 386 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
386 yea32 nay14 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(193)
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-2
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-13
Rep. Donna EdwardsD-MD-4
Rep. Yvette ClarkeD-NY-9
Rep. Mark PocanD-WI-2
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-7
Rep. Rush HoltD-NJ-12
Rep. Marcia FudgeD-OH-11
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Karen BassD-CA-37
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-43
Rep. Judy ChuD-CA-27
Rep. Keith EllisonD-MN-5
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-7
Rep. Gwen MooreD-WI-4
Rep. John SarbanesD-MD-3
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-20
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-10
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-13
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-15
Rep. Raúl GrijalvaD-AZ-3
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-34
Rep. George MillerD-CA-11
Rep. Katherine ClarkD-MA-5
Rep. Robert BradyD-PA-1
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Mike HondaD-CA-17
Rep. Hakeem JeffriesD-NY-8
Rep. Kathy CastorD-FL-14
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-40
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7
Rep. Hank JohnsonD-GA-4
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-32
Rep. Joe CrowleyD-NY-14
Rep. Linda SánchezD-CA-38
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-33
Rep. Mark TakanoD-CA-41
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-25
Rep. Frederica WilsonD-FL-24
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-12
Rep. Robin KellyD-IL-2
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Chris Van HollenD-MD-8
Rep. Joyce BeattyD-OH-3
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. Doris MatsuiD-CA-6
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-20
Rep. Debbie Wasserman SchultzD-FL-23
Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-4
Rep. Steve CohenD-TN-9
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-5
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-14
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-1
Rep. Albio SiresD-NJ-8
Rep. Matt CartwrightD-PA-17
Rep. Al GreenD-TX-9
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Chellie PingreeD-ME-1
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-5
Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeodD-CA-35
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Jared HuffmanD-CA-2
Rep. Paul TonkoD-NY-20
Rep. Janice HahnD-CA-44
Rep. Marc VeaseyD-TX-33
Rep. G.K. ButterfieldD-NC-1
Rep. Niki TsongasD-MA-3
Rep. Lois FrankelD-FL-22
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Jackie SpeierD-CA-14
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-9
Rep. Cedric RichmondD-LA-2
Rep. Ted DeutchD-FL-21
Rep. Peter WelchD-VT
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-13
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Daniel KildeeD-MI-5
Rep. André CarsonD-IN-7
Rep. David CicillineD-RI-1
Rep. John YarmuthD-KY-3
Rep. Terri SewellD-AL-7
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-7
Rep. John DingellD-MI-12
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-16
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-9
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-5
Rep. Suzanne BonamiciD-OR-1
Rep. Jim LangevinD-RI-2
Rep. Adam SchiffD-CA-28
Rep. John LarsonD-CT-1
Rep. Susan DavisD-CA-53
Rep. Joaquin CastroD-TX-20
Rep. Allyson SchwartzD-PA-13
Rep. Brian HigginsD-NY-26
Rep. Tim RyanD-OH-13
Rep. Ben LujánD-NM-3
Rep. Juan VargasD-CA-51
Rep. Steve IsraelD-NY-3
Rep. Grace MengD-NY-6
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-35
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-18
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-17
Rep. Eric SwalwellD-CA-15
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-12
Rep. Beto O’RourkeD-TX-16
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Rick LarsenD-WA-2
Rep. Betty McCollumD-MN-4
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-24
Rep. Tony CárdenasD-CA-29
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-19
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Steven HorsfordD-NV-4
Rep. Gerald ConnollyD-VA-11
Rep. David ScottD-GA-13
Rep. Joe CourtneyD-CT-2
Rep. Mike QuigleyD-IL-5
Rep. Timothy BishopD-NY-1
Rep. Dina TitusD-NV-1
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-46
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-8
Rep. Denny HeckD-WA-10
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-30
Rep. William KeatingD-MA-9
Rep. Michelle Lujan GrishamD-NM-1
Rep. A. Dutch RuppersbergerD-MD-2
Rep. Stephen LynchD-MA-8
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. Jerry McNerneyD-CA-9
Rep. Carol Shea-PorterD-NH-1
Rep. Elizabeth EstyD-CT-5
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Derek KilmerD-WA-6
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. John CarneyD-DE
Rep. Michael MichaudD-ME-2
Rep. Filemon VelaD-TX-34
Rep. John DelaneyD-MD-6
Rep. Ed PerlmutterD-CO-7
Rep. Jim HimesD-CT-4
Rep. Tammy DuckworthD-IL-8
Rep. John GaramendiD-CA-3
Rep. Julia BrownleyD-CA-26
Rep. Tulsi GabbardD-HI-2
Rep. Ann KusterD-NH-2
Rep. Suzan DelBeneD-WA-1
Rep. Timothy WalzD-MN-1
Rep. Ann KirkpatrickD-AZ-1
Rep. Bruce BraleyD-IA-1
Rep. William EnyartD-IL-12
Rep. Bill FosterD-IL-11
Rep. Henry CuellarD-TX-28
Rep. David LoebsackD-IA-2
Rep. Gary PetersD-MI-14
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-5
Rep. Cheri BustosD-IL-17
Rep. Pete GallegoD-TX-23
Rep. Daniel LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Ami BeraD-CA-7
Rep. Joe GarciaD-FL-26
Rep. Raul RuizD-CA-36
Rep. Sean MaloneyD-NY-18
Rep. Brad SchneiderD-IL-10
Rep. Kurt SchraderD-OR-5
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Jim CostaD-CA-16
Rep. Scott PetersD-CA-52
Rep. William OwensD-NY-21
Rep. Daniel MaffeiD-NY-24
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. Patrick MurphyD-FL-18
Rep. John BarrowD-GA-12
Rep. Kyrsten SinemaD-AZ-9
Rep. Ron BarberD-AZ-2
Rep. Jim MathesonD-UT-4
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Republicans who voted yea(193)
Rep. Christopher GibsonR-NY-19
Rep. Michael FitzpatrickR-PA-8
Rep. Michael GrimmR-NY-11
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-2
Rep. Jon RunyanR-NJ-3
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. David ReichertR-WA-8
Rep. Mario Diaz-BalartR-FL-25
Rep. David JollyR-FL-13
Rep. Jim GerlachR-PA-6
Rep. Richard HannaR-NY-22
Rep. Charles DentR-PA-15
Rep. Patrick MeehanR-PA-7
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-27
Rep. David JoyceR-OH-14
Rep. David ValadaoR-CA-21
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Michael TurnerR-OH-10
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-3
Rep. Tom ReedR-NY-23
Rep. Jeff FortenberryR-NE-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Lou BarlettaR-PA-11
Rep. Jeff DenhamR-CA-10
Rep. Glenn ThompsonR-PA-5
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-15
Rep. Adam KinzingerR-IL-16
Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Tom ColeR-OK-4
Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2
Rep. Shelley CapitoR-WV-2
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-42
Rep. Aaron SchockR-IL-18
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. David McKinleyR-WV-1
Rep. Martha RobyR-AL-2
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-3
Rep. Joseph HeckR-NV-3
Rep. Gregg HarperR-MS-3
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Rodney DavisR-IL-13
Rep. Steve StiversR-OH-15
Rep. Rick CrawfordR-AR-1
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Steve WomackR-AR-3
Rep. Tom MarinoR-PA-10
Rep. Gary MillerR-CA-31
Rep. Mike KellyR-PA-3
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
Rep. James RenacciR-OH-16
Rep. Kevin CramerR-ND
Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4
Rep. Devin NunesR-CA-22
Rep. Jaime Herrera BeutlerR-WA-3
Rep. Tim MurphyR-PA-18
Rep. Leonard LanceR-NJ-7
Rep. Kristi NoemR-SD
Rep. Renee EllmersR-NC-2
Rep. Chris CollinsR-NY-27
Rep. Mike RogersR-MI-8
Rep. Tim GriffinR-AR-2
Rep. Bill ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Peter RoskamR-IL-6
Rep. John CulbersonR-TX-7
Rep. Charles BoustanyR-LA-3
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Vance McAllisterR-LA-5
Rep. Kevin McCarthyR-CA-23
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2
Rep. Susan BrooksR-IN-5
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. Jackie WalorskiR-IN-2
Rep. Pat TiberiR-OH-12
Rep. Blaine LuetkemeyerR-MO-3
Rep. Vern BuchananR-FL-16
Rep. Brett GuthrieR-KY-2
Rep. Cory GardnerR-CO-4
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. Bob GibbsR-OH-7
Rep. Eric CantorR-VA-7
Rep. Robert WittmanR-VA-1
Rep. Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5
Rep. Paul CookR-CA-8
Rep. John CarterR-TX-31
Rep. Thomas RooneyR-FL-17
Rep. Steve PearceR-NM-2
Rep. Larry BucshonR-IN-8
Rep. John KlineR-MN-2
Rep. Todd YoungR-IN-9
Rep. Andy BarrR-KY-6
Rep. Mike RogersR-AL-3
Rep. Dan BenishekR-MI-1
Rep. Vicky HartzlerR-MO-4
Rep. Ann WagnerR-MO-2
Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-49
Rep. Bill JohnsonR-OH-6
Rep. Keith RothfusR-PA-12
Rep. Richard NugentR-FL-11
Rep. Scott RigellR-VA-2
Rep. Gus BilirakisR-FL-12
Rep. Ralph HallR-TX-4
Rep. Chris StewartR-UT-2
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Steve DainesR-MT
Rep. Candice MillerR-MI-10
Rep. Chuck FleischmannR-TN-3
Rep. Adrian SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Dennis RossR-FL-15
Rep. Phil RoeR-TN-1
Rep. Steve SoutherlandR-FL-2
Rep. Erik PaulsenR-MN-3
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Michael McCaulR-TX-10
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Blake FarentholdR-TX-27
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1
Rep. Robert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. Markwayne MullinR-OK-2
Rep. Steve KingR-IA-4
Rep. Morgan GriffithR-VA-9
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-50
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-32
Rep. Lynn JenkinsR-KS-2
Rep. Mac ThornberryR-TX-13
Rep. Sean DuffyR-WI-7
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16
Rep. Austin ScottR-GA-8
Rep. Randy HultgrenR-IL-14
Rep. Kevin YoderR-KS-3
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Patrick McHenryR-NC-10
Rep. Stephen FincherR-TN-8
Rep. Brad WenstrupR-OH-2
Rep. Diane BlackR-TN-6
Rep. Billy LongR-MO-7
Rep. Luke MesserR-IN-6
Rep. Robert HurtR-VA-5
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-39
Rep. Tim WalbergR-MI-7
Rep. Pete OlsonR-TX-22
Rep. Sam JohnsonR-TX-3
Rep. Doug LaMalfaR-CA-1
Rep. Bradley ByrneR-AL-1
Rep. Phil GingreyR-GA-11
Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2
Rep. Jeff MillerR-FL-1
Rep. Mo BrooksR-AL-5
Rep. Michele BachmannR-MN-6
Rep. Robert PittengerR-NC-9
Rep. Marsha BlackburnR-TN-7
Rep. James LankfordR-OK-5
Rep. Jason SmithR-MO-8
Rep. Roger WilliamsR-TX-25
Rep. Todd RokitaR-IN-4
Rep. Jason ChaffetzR-UT-3
Rep. Steven PalazzoR-MS-4
Rep. Steve ScaliseR-LA-1
Rep. Bill FloresR-TX-17
Rep. Rob BishopR-UT-1
Rep. John CampbellR-CA-45
Rep. Michael ConawayR-TX-11
Rep. Doug LambornR-CO-5
Rep. Mark MeadowsR-NC-11
Rep. Paul GosarR-AZ-4
Rep. Tom CottonR-AR-4
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Doug CollinsR-GA-9
Rep. Bill HuizengaR-MI-2
Rep. Jeb HensarlingR-TX-5
Rep. Lynn WestmorelandR-GA-3
Rep. Tom PriceR-GA-6
Rep. Curt ClawsonR-FL-19
Rep. Virginia FoxxR-NC-5
Rep. John FlemingR-LA-4
Rep. George HoldingR-NC-13
Rep. Randy NeugebauerR-TX-19
Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1
Rep. Ron DeSantisR-FL-6
Rep. Richard HudsonR-NC-8
Rep. Rob WoodallR-GA-7
Rep. Trent FranksR-AZ-8
Rep. Matt SalmonR-AZ-5
Rep. Kenny MarchantR-TX-24
Rep. Jim BridenstineR-OK-1
Rep. Tom GravesR-GA-14
Rep. Randy WeberR-TX-14
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1102 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
The record lists no related bills.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 17 actions.
- Sep 26, 2014Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 113-172.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Sep 19, 2014FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Sep 18, 2014FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 17, 2014FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 30, 2014CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Jul 29, 2014FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 32 (Roll no. 464).House roll call 464
- FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4809.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Campbell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 11, 2014CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 9, 2014CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.