1. Short title This Act may be cited as the DPA Reform Act of 2023 . 2. Declaration of war required to exercise authority under the DPA (a) Priorities and allocations Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4511 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 101— (A) in subsection (a) by striking authorized and inserting authorized, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, ; and (B) in subsection (c)(1) by inserting during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, after may, ; (2) in section 102 by inserting during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, after hoarding, ; and (3) in section 107(b)(1) by striking peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency and inserting a period in which Congress has formally declared war . (b) Expansion of productive capacity and supply Title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 301(a)(1) by striking the President may authorize and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, authorize ; (2) in section 302(a) by striking the President may make and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, make ; and (3) in section 303— (A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking the President may make and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, make ; (B) in subsection (c)(2) by striking the President may make and inserting the President may, during a period in which Congress has formally declared war, make ; (C) in subsection (e)(1) by inserting , during a period in which Congress has formally declared war after the President is authorized