[PUBLIC LAW 403-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 7-2D SESSION] [S. 2160] AN ACT To promote the national security and defense by establishing Mylight saving time. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning at 2 o'clock antemeridian of the twentieth day after the date of enactment of this Act, the standard time of each zone established pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to save daylight and to provide standard time for the United States", approved March 19, 1918, as amended, shall be advanced one hour. SEC. 2. This Act shall cease to be in effect six months after the termination of the present war or at such earlier date as the Congress shall by concurrent resolution designate, and at 2 o'clock antemeridian of the last Sunday in the calendar month following the calendar month during which this Act ceases to be in effect the standard time of each zone shall be returned to the mean astronomical time of the degree of longitude governing the standard time for such zone as provided in such Act of March 19, 1918, as amended. Approved, January 20, 1942. (344) [CHAPTER 31-2D SESSION] (H. R. 4849] AN ACT To provide for regulating, inspecting, cleaning, and, when necessary, disinfecting railway cars, other vehicles, and other materials entering the United States from Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That to prevent the introduction of insect pests and plant diseases the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to promulgate such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to regulate the entry into the United States from Mexico of railway cars and other vehicles and freight, express, baggage, and other materials which may carry such pests and to provide for the inspection, cleaning, and, when necessary, disinfection of such vehicles and materials; to carry out the activities required to accomplish this purpose, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use such means as he may deem necessary, including construction and repair of buildings, plants, and equipment for fumigation and disinfection or cleaning of vehicles and materials; the cleaning and disinfection of vehicles or materials necessary to accomplish the purpose shall be carried out by and under the direction of authorized inspectors of the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall make and collect such charge as will cover, as nearly as may be, the average cost of materials, facilities, and special labor used in performing such disinfection, and fees so collected shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. Approved, January 31, 1942. (345) [PUBLIC LAW 507-77TH CONGRESS (S. 2208] AN ACT To further expedite the prosecution of the war. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I-EMERGENCY POWERS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION OVER MOTOR AND WATER CARRIERS SEC. 101. Section 204 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 ed., title 49, sec. 304), is hereby amended by adding after subsection (d) thereof the following: "(e) The Commission shall have authority with respect to motor carriers, to be exercised under similar circumstances and procedure, equivalent to the authority it has with respect to other carriers under section 1 (15) of part I, and shall have authority, to the extent necessary to facilitate the prosecution of the war and not in contravention of State laws and regulations with respect to sizes and weights of motor vehicles, to make reasonable directions with respect to equipment, service, and facilities of motor carriers, and to require the joint use of equipment, terminals, warehouses, garages, and other facilities; and motor carriers shall be subject to the same penalties for failure to comply with action taken by the Commission under this paragraph as other carriers for failure to comply with action taken by the Commission under section 1 (15) of part I. "(f) Notwithstanding any other applicable provision of this Act, to the extent that it may be in the public interest, the Commission may modify, change, suspend or waive any order, certificate, permit, license, rule, or regulation issued under this part.' SEC. 102. Subsection (a) of section 210a of said Act, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 ed., title 49, sec. 310a (a)), is hereby amended by striking out the words "but for not more than an aggregate of one hundred and eighty days". SEC. 103. Subsection (a) of section 311 of said Act, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 ed., title 49, sec. 911 (a)) is hereby amended by striking out the words "but not for more than an aggregate of one hundred and eighty days". TITLE II-ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY SEO. 201. The Act of July 2, 1917 (40 Stat. 241), entitled "An Act to authorize condemnation proceedings of lands for military purposes", as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following section: "SEO. 2. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or any other officer, board, commission, or governmental corporation authorized by the President, may acquire by purchase, donation, or other means of transfer, or may cause proceedings to be instituted in any court having jurisdiction of such proceedings, to acquire by condemnation, any real property, temporary use thereof, or other interest therein, together with any personal property located thereon or used therewith, that shall be deemed necessary, for military, naval, or other war purposes, such proceedings to be in accordance with the Act of August 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 357), or any other applicable Federal statute, and may dispose of such property or interest therein by sale, lease, or otherwise, in accordance with section 1 (b) of the Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 712). Upon or after the filing of the condemnation petition, immediate possession may be taken and the property may be occupied, used, and improved for the purposes of this Act, notwithstanding any other law. Property acquired by purchase, donation, or other means of transfer may be occupied, used, and improved, for the purposes of this section prior to the approval of title by the Attorney General as required by section 855 of the Revised Statutes, as amended." TITLE III-PRIORITIES POWERS SEO. 301. Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Act of June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676), entitled "An Act to expedite national defense, and for other purposes", as amended by the Act of May 31, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 89, Seventy-seventh Congress), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. (a) (1) That whenever deemed by the President of the United States to be in the best interests of the national defense during the national emergency declared by the President on September 8, 1939, to exist, the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to negotiate contracts for the acquisition, construction, repair, or alteration of complete naval vessels or aircraft, or any portion thereof, including plans, spare parts, and equipment therefor, that have been or may be authorized, and also for machine tools and other similar equipment, with or without advertising or competitive bidding upon determination that the price is fair and reasonable. Deliveries of material under all orders placed pursuant to the authority of this paragraph and all other naval contracts or orders and deliveries of material under all Army contracts or orders shall, in the discretion of the President, take priority over all deliveries for private account or for export: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall report every three months to the Congress the contracts entered into under the authority of this paragraph: Provided further, That contracts negotiated pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall not be deemed to be contracts for the purchase of such materials, supplies, articles, or equipment as may usually be bought in the open market within the meaning of section 9 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes', approved June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2036; U. S. C., Supp. V, title 41, secs. 35-45): Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall relieve a bidder or con tractor of the obligation to furnish the bonds under the requirements of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 793; 40 U. S. C. 270 (a) to (d)): Provided further, That the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting shall not be used under the authority granted by this paragraph to negotiate contracts; but this proviso shall not be construed to prohibit the use of the cost-plus-a-fixed-fee form of contract when such use is deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Navy: And provided further, That the fixed fee to be paid the contractor as a result of any contract entered into under the authority of this paragraph, or any War Department contract entered into in the form of cost-plus-a-fixed-fee, shall not exceed 7 per centum of the estimated cost of the contract (exclusive of the fee as determined by the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of War, as the case may be). (2) Deliveries of material to which priority may be assigned pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, in addition to deliveries of material under contracts or orders of the Army or Navy, deliveries of material under "(A) Contracts or orders for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States under the terms of the Act of March 11, 1941, entitled 'An Act to promote the defense of the United States'; "(B) Contracts or orders which the President shall deem necessary or appropriate to promote the defense of the United States: "(C) Subcontracts or suborders which the President shall deem necessary or appropriate to the fulfillment of any contract or order as specified in this subsection (a). Deliveries under any contract or order specified in this subsection (a) may be assigned priority over deliveries under any other contract or order; and the President may require acceptance of and performance under such contracts or orders in preference to other contracts or orders for the purpose of assuring such priority. Whenever the President is satisfied that the fulfillment of requirements for the defense of the United States will result in a shortage in the supply of any material or of any facilities for defense or for private account or for export, the President may allocate such material or facilities in such manner, upon such conditions and to such extent as he shall deem necessary or appropriate in the public interest and to promote the national defense. "(3) The President shall be entitled to obtain such information from, require such reports and the keeping of such records by, make such inspection of the books, records, and other writings, premises or property of, any person (which, for the purpose of this subsection (a), shall include any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not), and make such investigations, as may be necessary or appropriate, in his discretion, to the enforcement or administration of the provisions of this subsection (a). "(4) For the purpose of obtaining any information, verifying any report required, or making any investigation pursuant to paragraph (3), the President 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 |