Sponsor
Al Green
Representative · D-TX
Representative · D-TX
The bill strengthens national preparedness by requiring regular DPA surge-production exercises and clarifying mobilization authorities, but it creates recurrent agency costs and risks diverting resources or prompting future taxpayer-funded spending if not properly funded.
Federal emergency-planning officials, federal contractors, and the public: agencies must run a mandated Defense Production Act (DPA) surge-production exercise every 5 years, which helps identify gaps, improve interagency coordination, and boost readiness to mobilize industry in a crisis.
Taxpayers and the public: the bill clarifies optimal use of Title I and Title III authorities to speed procurement and industrial mobilization during emergencies, improving response times and access to needed goods.
Federal agencies and program priorities: if Congress does not fund these exercises, they could divert limited agency resources and staff to conducting superficial exercises that yield little real preparedness benefit.
Taxpayers: findings from the mandated exercises could identify needs for additional production authority or government spending, potentially leading to future federal expenditures.
Federal agencies and taxpayers: running periodic mandated exercises will impose planning and personnel costs on agencies, requiring staff time or additional funding.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires the DPA Committee to run a tabletop mobilization exercise at least every 5 years and corrects punctuation in the DPA short title.
Official title: To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to require the Defense Production Act Committee to conduct a discussion-based simulations, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 25, 2026 by Al Green · Last progress March 25, 2026
Requires the Defense Production Act (DPA) Committee to carry out a discussion-based tabletop exercise at least once every five years to assess needed resources and how to use DPA Title I and Title III authorities during mobilization, and fixes a punctuation/quotation error in the DPA short-title language. The exercise requirement is an added statutory duty for the existing DPA Committee but does not appropriate funds or create new programs.