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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 179, 180, 186-MAR. 13, 14, 1942 171 of section 5 of this Act, the head of the agency making such dis- position shall submit a written report thereon to The Archivist of the United States in which he shall describe the character and volume of such records and give the names and post-office addresses of all institutions, associations, or other organizations to which they have been transferred." Section 7 is hereby repealed. Sections numbered 8, 9, 10, and 11 are renumbered sections 7, 8, 9, and 10, respectively. Approved, March 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 180] AN ACT AN ACT March 13, 192 To suspend the effectiveness during the existing national emergency of tariff [H. R. 31] duties on scrap iron, scrap steel, and nonferrous-metal scrap. [Public Law 497] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no duties or import taxes shall be levied, collected or payable under the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or under section 3425 of the Internal Reve- nue Code, with respect to scrap iron, scrap steel, as defined in para- graph 301 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (U. S . C., title 19, sec. 1001, par. 301), relaying and rerolling rails, or nonferrous-metal scrap entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption dur- ing the period beginning with the day following the date of enactment of this Act and ending with the termination of the unlimited national emergency proclaimed by the President on May 27, 1941. Approved, March 13, 1942. [CHAPTER 186] AN ACT To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to provide for the coor- dination of the forwarding and similar servicing of water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title II of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new section to read as follows: "SEC. 217 . (a) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed, through such administrative measures, agreements with other Federal departments and agencies, contracts with individuals or private business concerns, or other arrangements, as it may deem to be neces- sary or appropriate in the public interest, to coordinate the functions and facilities of public and private agencies engaged in the forward- ing-and similar servicing of water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States, for the efficient prosecution of the war, the maintenance and development of present and post-war foreign trade, and the preservation of forwarding facilities and services for the post-war restoration of foreign commerce. As used herein the term 'water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States' shall be deemed to include export shipments from the Government of the United States to the governments of nations whose defense is deemed by the President to be vital to the defense of the United States under the authority of the Act of March 11, 1941 (Public Law 11, Seventy-seventh Congress). "(b) Other Federal departments and agencies are hereby author- ized and directed to cooperate with the Commission by entering Suspension of tariff duties on scrap iron, etc. 46 Stat. 690; 53 Stat. 416. 19 U. . c.. 1001- 1654; Supp. I, i 1309; 26 U. 8. C. 3425. 46 Stat. 60. , 55 Stat. 1647. 50US.C., snpp I, app., prec. § I note. March 14, 1942 [H. R .6291ll [Public Law 498] Merchant Marine Act, 1936, amendment. 49 Stat. 105i. 46U. S.C.I 1111- 1126; Supl). I , ll9Oa- 1125Ba. Ante, p. 140; pom, p. 214. U. S . Maritime Commission. Water-borne export and import foreign commerce. Term construed. 55 Stat. 31 . 22U.S. C., Supp. I § 411-419. Cooperation ofother Federal agencies.

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