---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch55/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Expansion of Productive Capacity and Supply"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch55-schII"
sections_count: 5
---

# Subchapter II — Expansion of Productive Capacity and Supply

Title 50 — War and National Defense › Chapter 55 — Defense Production

## Sections

- [§4531. Presidential authorization for the national defense](/usc/50/4531.md)
- [§4532. Loans to private business enterprises](/usc/50/4532.md)
- [§4533. Other presidential action authorized](/usc/50/4533.md)
- [§4534. Defense Production Act Fund](/usc/50/4534.md)
- [§4535. Reports on exercise of authorities](/usc/50/4535.md)