Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 1.10.1997

Defense Priorities and Allocations System

The Department of Commerce proposes to revise the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) regulation by updating, modifying or clarifying a number of its provisions. The DPAS implements the priorities and allocations authority of Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and the priorities authority of Section 18 of the Selective Service Act of 1948 and related authorities, as these authorities pertain to industrial resources. Provisions to be modified include the time period within which a supplier must accept or reject a rated order, the order of precedence to be given to conflicting rated orders which have equal priority status, and the combining of defense rated requirements with commercial (unrated) requirements. The Department also proposes to remove all controlled materials provisions and references from the DPAS because the controlled materials program (essentially an emergency preparedness measure) is obsolete and has been deactivated. These revisions, including a number of other changes to update and clarify the text, are intended to improve the administration of the DPAS and make it more effective and efficient in the post-Cold War era. The Depa