Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act

Executive Order 14391 is an executive action signed by President (name not specified in the document) that changes who may use certain powers under the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) and clarifies when agency heads must recommend actions to the President under a declared National Energy Emergency (Sec. 2; Sec. 3). The order amends Executive Order 13603 so the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy may each exercise delegated authority independently (Sec. 2). The order tells agency heads they need only recommend to the President when the authority is vested in the President alone and not delegated (Sec. 3). This matters because it changes which federal leaders can act on industrial and energy priorities, which could affect how quickly decisions reach companies and communities (Sec. 2; Sec. 3).