Order priority wartime production and conditionally take possession of industrial plants
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Industrial capacity, capital and credit · Wartime industrial mobilization
- Statute
- Authority holder
- President acting through department heads under §4882; President under 50 U.S.C. §82
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Establish the statutory war/imminent-war predicate and the specific ordering or plant-possession conditions.
Provide fair and just compensation or rental; §82 actions are subject to its wartime and appropriated-amount conditions.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Eligible appropriations or other funds lawfully available for the stated purpose; this section does not certify a presently available award balance.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not ordinary peacetime DPA procurement or an unrestricted Secretary of Defense seizure power.
- Section 4882 possession requires the specified failure to honor priority, production, or reasonable-price terms; §82 has its own distinct statutory scope.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
Implementation caution: Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Statutory pathway identified; current implementation, intake, funding availability, and executing delegation unverified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.