HR 7688
Advanced toward a vote
Modernizes and reauthorizes the Defense Production Act of 1950 by revising presidential priority and allocation powers, expanding loan, purchase, and subsidy authority for critical minerals and technologies, creating a National Defense Executive Reserve, and reorganizing the Act's titles and committee structure.
Official title: DPA Modernization Act of 2026
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House
Introduced
25-FEB-2026
Referred
25-FEB-2026
Approved by committee
04-MAR-2026
Reported
15-APR-2026
On the calendar
15-APR-2026
- Raises the penalty and reporting thresholds in several sections from $10,000 to $100,000 and raises the loan guarantee ceiling from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000, with the Fund manager of the Defense Production Act Fund taking over many decisions previously made by the President.
- Creates a Critical Minerals Resilience Initiative and a National Defense Executive Reserve staffed by private experts, and requires agencies including Commerce, Defense, and Homeland Security to establish Reserve units.
- Restructures the interagency Defense Production Act Committee, places the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as its Executive Director, and requires annual reports, a fraud risk framework, and a public dashboard.
- Bars use of the Act's authorities to obtain sensitive personally identifiable information, limits eligibility for assistance to entities in which covered officials hold a significant interest, and authorizes $5,000,000 per fiscal year for 2026 through 2031 for the Committee and Fund manager.
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