• 14 UNITS SPONSORED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES

Under DP Act, Section 710(e), the President is
authorized to provide the establishment and training of
a nucleus executive reserve for employment in ex-
ecutive positions in government during periods of

emergency.

U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Banking, Finance
and Urban Affairs

Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization

Hearing on Briefing on MPAct
March 2, 1983

DRAFT DEFENSE RESOURCES ACT

This standby draft legislation is designed to provide the Executive Branch with the authorities necessary to meet various conflict contingencies. Sections of this draft legislation would be reviewed, modified, and introduced to the Congress as amendments to the Defense Production Act to meet specific mobilization needs. It is unlikely that the entire package would be introduced to the Congress at any one time, as it replicates several sections of the current Defense Production Act.

A BILL

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act,

divided into titles according to the following table of contents, may