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An Overview of the Dynamic Between the Defense Production Act and Small Contractors

The Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure will hold a hearing entitled “An Overview of the Dynamic Between the Defense Production Act and Small Contractors.” The hearing is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM (EST) on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 via Cisco Webex.

The hearing will provide an overview of the Defense Production Act (DPA) and its authorities, including those related to small businesses. Moreover, the hearing seeks to examine how those authorities could be leveraged to assist small firms impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and what legislative actions could be taken to strengthen the DPA on behalf of our small business industrial base.'

To watch a livestream of the hearing please click here

Hearing Notice 

Hearing Memo 


Witnesses

Mr. Ian Patterson
Attorney-Senior Associate
Koprince Law, LLC
Lawrence, KS 
Testimony

Mr. David Black
Attorney-Partner
Holland & Knight, LLP
Tysons, VA 
Testimony 

Ms. Mary Lockhart
President & CEO
PEMDAS Technologies & Innovations
Alexandria, VA
*Testifying as the Chair of the Small Business Division for the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
Testimony 

Ms. Traci Tapani
Co-President
Wyoming Machine, Inc.
Stacy, MN
Testimony 


















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