---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch55/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch55-schIII"
sections_count: 19
---

# Subchapter III — General Provisions

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

## Sections

- [§4551. Small business](/usc/50/4551.md)
- [§4552. Definitions](/usc/50/4552.md)
- [§4553. Civilian personnel](/usc/50/4553.md)
- [§4554. Regulations and orders](/usc/50/4554.md)
- [§4555. Investigations; records; reports; subpoenas; right to counsel](/usc/50/4555.md)
- [§4556. Jurisdiction of courts; injunctions; venue; process; effect of termination of provisions](/usc/50/4556.md)
- [§4557. Liability for compliance with invalid regulations; discrimination against orders or contracts affected by priorities or allocations](/usc/50/4557.md)
- [§4558. Voluntary agreements and plans of action for preparedness programs and expansion of production capacity and supply](/usc/50/4558.md)
- [§4559. Public participation in rulemaking](/usc/50/4559.md)
- [§4560. Employment of personnel; appointment policies; nucleus executive reserve; use of confidential information by employees; printing and distribution of reports](/usc/50/4560.md)
- [§4561. Authorization of appropriations; availability of funds](/usc/50/4561.md)
- [§4562. Territorial application of chapter](/usc/50/4562.md)
- [§4563. Separability](/usc/50/4563.md)
- [§4564. Termination of chapter](/usc/50/4564.md)
- [§4565. Authority to review certain mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers](/usc/50/4565.md)
- [§4565a. Enhanced intelligence community support to secure United States biological data](/usc/50/4565a.md)
- [§4566. Prohibition on purchase of United States defense contractors by entities controlled by foreign governments](/usc/50/4566.md)
- [§4567. Defense Production Act Committee](/usc/50/4567.md)
- [§4568. Annual report on impact of offsets](/usc/50/4568.md)