---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch55"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 55"
heading: "Defense Production"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch55"
sections_count: 43
---

# Chapter 55 — Defense Production

Title 50 — War and National Defense

## Sections

- [§4501. Short title](/usc/50/4501.md)
- [§4502. Declaration of policy](/usc/50/4502.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Priorities and Allocations](/usc/50/ch55-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Expansion of Productive Capacity and Supply](/usc/50/ch55-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — General Provisions](/usc/50/ch55-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Prohibition and Notification on Investments Relating to Covered National Security Transactions](/usc/50/ch55-schIV.md)