Mint, at such times and in such amounts as the Secretary deems necessary, any silver bullion in the monetary stocks of the United States not then held for redemption of any outstanding silver certificates. Silver so allocated shall be accounted for by entries in the fund established for the purchase of metal for minor coinage: Provided, That the value of any silver bullion accounted for in said fund shall not be considered for the purpose of determining the statutory limit of said fund: Provided further, That the gain from the minor coinage provided for by this title shall be accounted for by entries in the minor coinage profit fund.

SEC. 1203. No silver-copper ingots shall be used for the minor coinage provided for by this title which differ from the legal standard by more than ten-thousandths. In adjusting the weight of such minor coins there shall be no greater deviation allowed than four grains for each piece.

SEC. 1204. For the purpose of section 3529 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 31, sec. 341), the 5-cent pieces provided for by this title shall be deemed to be copper.

SEC. 1205. Upon redemption any 5-cent pieces coined in accordance with the provisions of this title shall after December 31, 1946, be allocated to the Director of the Mint for melting and for subsidiary silver coinage. Any 5-cent pieces coined in accordance with the provisions of this title but not issued by the Mint may after December 31, 1946, be allocated, in such amounts and at such times as the Secretary of the Treasury in his discretion may determine, to the Director of the Mint for melting and for subsidiary silver coinage. All 5-cent pieces allocated to the Director of the Mint in accordance with this section shall be accounted for by entries in the fund established for the purchase of silver bullion for subsidiary silver coinage. Upon coinage into subsidiary silver coins of the metal contained in the 5-cent pieces so allocated, the gain shall be accounted for by entries in the silverprofit fund.

SEC. 1206. This title shall become effective sixty days after approval.

TITLE XIII-INSPECTION AND AUDIT OF WAR

CONTRACTORS

SEO. 1301. The provisions of section 10 (1) of an Act approved July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 787; 10 U. S. C. 310 (1)) (giving the Government the right to inspect the plant and audit the books of certain Contractors), shall apply to the plant, books, and records of any contractor with whom a defense contract has been placed at any time after the declaration of emergency on September 8, 1939, and before the termination of the present war: Provided, That, for the purpose of this title, the term "defense contract" shall mean any contract, subcontract, or order placed in furtherance of the defense or war effort: And provided further, That the inspection and audit authorized herein, and the determination whether a given contract is a "defense contract" as defined above, shall be made by a governmental agency or officer designated by the President, or by the Chairman of the War Production Board.

SEC. 1302. For the purpose of obtaining any information or making any inspection or audit pursuant to section 1301, any agency acting

hereunder, or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, may administer oaths and affirmations and may require by subpena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any books or records or any other documentary or physical evidence which may be deemed relevant to the inquiry. Such attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of such books, records, or other documentary or physical evidence may be required at any designated place from any State, Territory, or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States: Provided, That the production of a person's books, records, or other documentary evidence shall not be required at any place other than the place where such person resides or transacts business, if, prior to the return date specified in the subpena issued with respect thereto, such person furnishes such agency or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, with a true copy of such books, records, or other documentary evidence (certified by such person under oath to be a true and correct copy) or enters into a stipulation with such agency or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, as to the information contained in such books, records, or. other documentary evidence. Witnesses shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing any books, records, or other documentary evidence or certified copies thereof or physical evidence in obedience to any such subpena, or in any action or proceeding which may be instituted under this section, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be subject to prosecution and punishment or to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, except that any such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Such agency or the Chairman of the War Production Board shall not publish or disclose any information obtained under this title which such agency or the Chairman of the War Production Board deems confidential or with reference to which a request for confidential treatment is made by the person furnishing such information, unless such agency or the Chairman of the War Production Board determines that the withholding thereof is contrary to the interest of the national defense and security; and anyone violating this provision shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $1,000, or be imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both.

SEC. 1303. In case of contempt by, or refusal to obey a subpena issued to, any person, any agency acting hereunder, or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, may invoke the aid of any court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which any investigation or proceeding under this title is carried on, or where such person resides or carries on business, in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, or other documentary or physical evidence. And such court

may issue an order requiring such person to give testimony or produce any books, records, or other documentary or physical evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as contempt thereof. All process in any such case may be served in the judicial district whereof such person is an inhabitant or wherever he may be found. Any person who shall, without just cause, fail or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, records, or other documentary or physical evidence, if in his power to do so, in obedience to the subpena of any agency acting hereunder, or the Chairman of the War Production Board, as the case may be, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000, or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both.

SEC. 1304. For purposes of this title the term "person" shall include any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.

TITLE XIV-UTILIZATION OF VITAL WAR

INFORMATION

SEO. 1401. The Secretary of Commerce shall, at the direction of the President, and subject to such regulations as the President may issue, make such special investigations and reports of census or statistical matters as may be needed in connection with the conduct of the war, and, in carrying out the purpose of this section, dispense with or curtail any regular census or statistical work of the Department of Commerce, or of any bureau or division thereof. Any person who shall refuse or willfully neglect to answer any questions in connection with any special investigations made under this section, or who shall willfully give answers that are false, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not exceeding $500 or imprisoned for a period of not exceeding sixty days, or both.

SEC. 1402. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, any record, schedule, report, or return, or any information or data contained therein, now or hereafter in the possession of the Department of Commerce, or any bureau or division thereof, may be made available by the Secretary of Commerce to any branch or agency of the Government, the head of which shall have made written request therefor for use in connection with the conduct of the war. The President shall issue regulations with respect to the making available of any such record, schedule, report, return, information or data, and with respect to the use thereof after the same has been made available. No person shall disclose or make use of any individual record, schedule, report, or return, or any information or data contained therein contrary to the terms of such regulations; and any person knowingly and willfully violating this provision shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $1,000, or be imprisoned not exceeding two years, or both.

SEC. 1403. For purposes of this title the term "person" shall include any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.

TITLE XV-TIME LIMIT AND SHORT TITLE

SEO. 1501. Titles I to IX, inclusive, and titles XI and XIV of this Act, and the amendments to existing law made by any such title, shall remain in force only until December 31, 1944, or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution, or the President, may designate, and after such amendments cease to be in force any provision of law amended thereby shall be in full force and effect as though this Act had not been enacted; but no court proceedings brought under any such title shall abate by reason of the termination hereunder of such title.

SEO. 1502. This Act may be cited as the "Second War Powers Act, 1942"

Approved, March 27, 1942, 3 p. m. Eastern War Time

[CHAPTER 318-2D SESSION]

[S. 210] AN ACT

To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, to provide for the regulation of freight forwarders.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is further amended by adding after part III thereof the following part IV:

"PART IV

"SHORT TITLE

"SEC. 401. This part, divided into sections according to the following table of contents, may be cited as part IV of the Interstate Commerce Act:

"Sec. 401. Short title.

"TABLE OF CONTENTS

"Sec. 402. Definitions and exemptions.

"Sec. 403. General powers and duties of Commission.

"Sec. 404. Rates, charges, and practices.

"Sec. 405. Tariffs of freight forwarders.

"Sec. 406. Commission's authority over rates and practices.

"Sec. 407. Motor carrier rates applicable to small parcel forwarding.

"Sec. 408. Authority for assembling and distribution rates.

“Sec. 409. Adjustment period pending establishment of assembling and distribution rates.

"Sec. 410. Permits.

"Sec. 411. Relationships between freight forwarders and other persons. "Sec. 412. Accounts, records, and reports.

"Sec. 413. Bills of lading and delivery of property.

"Sec. 414. Collection of rates and charges.

"Sec. 415. Allowances to shippers for transportation service.

"Sec. 416. Notices, orders, and service of processes.

"Sec. 417. Enforcement and procedure.

"Sec. 418. Carriers the services of which freight forwarders may utilize.

"Sec. 419. Liability for past acts and omissions.

"Sec. 420. Special powers during time of war or other emergency.

"Sec. 421. Unlawful acts and penalties.

"Sec. 422. Separability of provisions.

"DEFINITIONS AND EXEMPTIONS

"SEO. 402. (a) For the purposes of this part—

"(1) The term 'person' includes an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint-stock association, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.

"(2) The term 'Commission' means the Interstate Commerce Commission.

"(3) The term 'State' means a State of the United States or the District of Columbia.