50 U.S.C. § 4517
Section 4517 · Strengthening domestic capability
Current version, with additions and removals from the September 30, 2009 version.
Utilizing the authority of subchapter II of this chapter or any other provision of law, the President may provide appropriate incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore, and expand the productive capacities of domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United States.
Utilizing the authority of subchapter II of this chapter or any other provision of law, the President may provide appropriate incentives to develop, maintain, modernize, restore, and expand the productive capacities of domestic sources for critical components, critical technology items, materials, and industrial resources essential for the execution of the national security strategy of the United States.
(1) Maintenance of reliable sources of supply
(1) Maintenance of reliable sources of supply
The President shall take appropriate actions to assure that critical components, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency.
The President shall take appropriate actions to assure that critical components, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency.
(2) Appropriate action
(2) Appropriate action
For purposes of this subsection, appropriate action may include—
For purposes of this subsection, appropriate action may include—
(A) restricting contract solicitations to reliable sources;
(A) restricting contract solicitations to reliable sources;
(B) restricting contract solicitations to domestic sources pursuant to—
(B) restricting contract solicitations to domestic sources pursuant to—
(iii) other statutory authority;
(iii) other statutory authority;
(C) stockpiling critical components; and
(C) stockpiling critical components; and
(D) developing substitutes for a critical component or a critical technology item.
(D) developing substitutes for a critical component or a critical technology item.