§4883 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§4883 Industrial Mobilization: Plants; Lists

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Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can keep lists of privately owned U.S. plants (including those in U.S. territories) that either already make arms, ammunition, or parts, or that can be quickly turned into ammunition factories if war starts or is likely. The Secretary may get full details about each plant’s products, equipment, and capacity, and may make plans to convert the plants on the second list into ammunition or parts factories.

Title 10, §4883

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(a)The Secretary of Defense may maintain a list of all privately owned plants in the United States, and the territories, Commonwealths, and possessions of the United States, that are equipped to manufacture for the armed forces arms or ammunition, or parts thereof, and may obtain complete information of the kinds of those products manufactured or capable of being manufactured by each of those plants, and of the equipment and capacity of each of those plants.

(b)The Secretary of Defense may maintain a list of privately owned plants in the United States, and the territories, Commonwealths, and possessions of the United States, that are capable of being readily transformed into factories for the manufacture of ammunition for the armed forces and that have a capacity sufficient to warrant conversion into ammunition plants in time of war or when war is imminent, and may obtain complete information as to the equipment of each of those plants.

(c)The Secretary of Defense may prepare comprehensive plans for converting each plant listed pursuant to subsection (b) into a factory for the manufacture of ammunition or parts thereof.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 4502(a)–(c) and 9502(a)–(c) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–160, § 822(a)(2).

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2539 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.