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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 325-JUNE 30, 1944 "(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other law, no action shall be taken under this Act by the Administrator or any other person with respect to any agricultural commodity without the prior approval of the Secretary of Agriculture; except that the Administrator may take such action as may be necessary under section 202 and section 205 to enforce compliance with any regulation, order, price schedule or other requirement with respect to an agricultural commodity which has been previously approved by the Secretary of Agriculture." (b) Section 3 of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(g) Whenever a maximum price has been established, under this Act or otherwise, with respect to any fresh fruit or any fresh vegetable, the Administrator from time to time shall adjust such maximum price in order to make appropriate allowances for substantial reductions in merchantable crop yields, unusual increases in costs of production, and other factors which result from hazards occurring in connection with the production and marketing of such commodity." AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 201 OF EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL ACT OF 1942 SEC. 104. (a) Section 201 (c) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(c) The Administrator shall have authority to make such expend- itures (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere; for lawbooks and books of refer- ence; for paper, printing and binding; and for purchase of commodi- ties in order to obtain information or evidence of violations of price, rent, or rationing regulations or orders or price schedules) as he may deem necessary for the administration and enforcement of this Act. The provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the purchase of supplies and services by the Administrator where the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $250." (b) Section 201 of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) All agencies, offices, or officers of the Government exercising supervisory or policy-making powers over the Office of Price Admin- istration, War Food Administration, or War Production Board, whether such powers are delegated to such agency, office, or officer by this or any other Act or by Executive order, shall exercise such powers only through formal written orders or regulations which shall be promptly published in the Federal Register, but shall not other- wise be subject to the provisions of the Federal Register Act: Pro- vided, That no order or regulation shall be published in accordance with the requirements of this subsection containing information which, for reasons of military security, it is not in the public interest to divulge." AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 202 OF EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL ACT OF 1942 SEC. 105. (a) Section 202 (a) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 202. (a) The Administrator is authorized to make such studies and investigations, to conduct such hearings, and to obtain such infor- mation as he deems necessary or proper to assist him in prescribing any regulation or order under this Act, or in the administration and enforcement of this Act and regulations, orders, and price schedules thereunder." 637 Approval of Secre- tary of Agriculture. 56 Stat. 30, 33. 50 U. S. C., Supp. III, app. §§922, 925. Infra; post, p. 640. 56 Stat. 27. 5CU. S. C., Supp. III, app. § 903. Ante, p. 636. Maximum prices for fresh fruits and vege- tables. 66 Stat. 29. 60 U. 8. a., Supp. III, app. 6 921 (c). Expenditures au- thorized. 41U. .C.16. 56 Stat. 29. 50 U. S. C., Supp. II, app. 921. Supra. Exercise of super- vlsory, etc., powers through written or- ders. 49 Stat. 500. 44U.S.C.I314; Supp. III, §§ 311, 311a. 56 Stat. 30 . 50 U. S. C., Supp. III. app. § 922 (a). Studies and investi- gations.

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