Codification
Sections
645 to
645b of this Appendix, which were part of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, were omitted in view of the repeal or omission of the remaining provisions of the Second War Powers Act, 1942.
Section
645, acts Mar. 27, 1942, ch. 199, title XV, § 1501,
56 Stat. 187; Dec. 20, 1944, ch. 614,
58 Stat. 827; Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 590, § 1(f),
59 Stat. 658; June 29, 1946, ch. 526, § 1,
60 Stat. 345; Mar. 31, 1947, ch. 29, § 3,
61 Stat. 34; June 30, 1947, ch. 184, § 1,
61 Stat. 214; July 15, 1947, ch. 248, § 3,
61 Stat. 322; Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 85,
62 Stat. 58; June 4, 1948, ch. 419, § 1,
62 Stat. 342; June 30, 1949, ch. 289,
63 Stat. 404, provided for termination of portions of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, former sections
631 to
642e,
643 to
643c,
644 to
644b, and
645 to
645b of this Appendix, on certain specified dates.
Section
645a, act Mar. 27, 1942, ch. 199, title XV, § 1502,
56 Stat. 187, provided that act Mar. 27, 1942, ch. 199,
56 Stat. 176, be cited as the “Second War Powers Act, 1942”.
Section
645b, act Mar. 27, 1942, ch. 199, title XV, § 1503, as added June 29, 1946, ch. 526, § 2,
60 Stat. 346, provided that nothing in the Second War Powers Act, 1942, or any other Federal Act, except the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, sections
901 to
946 of this Appendix, the Stabilization Act of 1942, sections
961 to
971 of this Appendix, or the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act be construed to authorize the establishment of price and rent controls.
First Decontrol Act of 1947
Act Mar. 31, 1947, ch. 29,
61 Stat. 34, known as the “First Decontrol Act of 1947”, provided that it was vital to a free economy and full production in the United States that all emergency controls and war powers under the Second War Powers Act, sections
631 to
642e,
643 to
643c,
644 to
644b, and
645 to
645b of this Appendix, be removed except in certain limited instances, and amended section
645 of this Appendix for the purpose of liquidating existing emergency controls and war powers and for the purpose of affording Congressional committees an opportunity to consider specific legislation granting restricted authority in limited instances.
Second Decontrol Act of 1947
Act July 15, 1947, ch. 248,
61 Stat. 321, as amended Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 85,
62 Stat. 58; June 4, 1948, ch. 419, § 1,
62 Stat. 342, known as the “Second Decontrol Act of 1947”, provided that it was the general policy of the United States to eliminate emergency wartime controls of materials except to the minimum extent necessary, and amended sections
645 and
701 of this Appendix to effectuate this policy.
Appropriations
Act June 30, 1947, ch. 184, § 2,
61 Stat. 214, authorized appropriations, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of act June 30, 1947, amending sections
645 and
701 of this Appendix.
