Episode 1051
Defense Production Act
Thu, 2020-Mar-19 01:50 UTC
Length - 1:37
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With 452,352 views on Wednesday, 18 March 2020 our article of the day is Defense Production Act.
The Defense Production Act (Pub. L. 81–774) is a United States federal law enacted on September 8, 1950, in response to the start of the Korean War. It was part of a broad civil defense and war mobilization effort in the context of the Cold War. Its implementing regulations, the Defense Priorities and Allocation System (DPAS), are located at 15 CFR §§700 to 700.93. Since 1950, the Act has been reauthorized over 50 times. It has been periodically amended and remains in force.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:50 UTC on Thursday, 19 March 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Defense Production Act on Wikipedia.
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