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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH 358-JULY 1, 1944 Nopostponement of settlement. Government-owned machtnery nstalled in war plants. Waiver of obliga tion Failure of Goven- ment to remove. Authority to take over inventories re- served. Removal and stor- age by contractor at own risk. Written findings by contracting agency a to amount due. Information to be fotished by contrao- tor. the Director takes title under this section shall be delivered for dis- posal to any appropriate Government agency authorized to make such disposal (f) No contracting agency shall postpone or delay any termination settlement beyond the period specified in subsection (c) of this section for the purpose of awaiting disposal by the war contractor or the Government of any termination inventory reported in accordance with subsection (b) of this section. (g) Whenever any war contractor no longer requires, for the per- formance of any war contract, any Government-owned machinery, tools, or equipment installed in his plant for the performance of one or more war contracts, the Government agency concerned, upon written demand by the war contractor, and within sixty days after such demand or such other period as may be prescribed under this Act, and upon such conditions as may be so prescribed, shall remove or provide for the removal of such machinery, tools, or equipment from such plant, unless the Government agency concerned and the war contractor, by facilities contract or otherwise, have made or make other provisions for the retention, storage, maintenance, or disposi- tion of such machinery, tools or equipment. The Government agency concerned may waive or release on behalf of the United States any obligation of the war contractor with respect to such machinery, tools, or equipment upon such terms and conditions as the agency deems appropriate. Upon the failure of the Government so to remove or provide for removal of any such machinery, tools, or equipment, the war contractor, subject to regulations prescribed under this Act, may remove all or part of such machinery, tools, or equipment from his plant and may store it on his own premises or elsewhere, for the account and at the risk and expense of the Government, using reason- able care for its transportation and preservation. (h) Nothing in this Act shall limit or affect the authority of the War Department, Navy Department, or Maritime Commission, respec- tively, to take over any termination inventories and to retain them for their use for any purpose or to dispose of such termination inven- tories for the purpose of war production, or to authorize any war contractor to retain or dispose of such termination inventories for the purpose of war production. (i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the removal and storage of any termination inventory by any war contractor, at his own risk, at any time after termination of any war contract to which it is allocable. APPEAL SEC. 18. (a) Whenever the contracting agency responsible for set- tling any termination claim has not settled the claim by agreement or has so settled only a part of the claim, (1) the contracting agency at any time may determine the amount due on such claim or such unset- tled part, and prepare written findings indicating the basis of the deter- mination, and deliver a copy of such findings to the war contractor, or (2) if the termination claim has been submitted in the manner and substantially the form prescribed under this Act, the contracting agency, upon written demand by the war contractor for such findings shall determine the amount due on the claim or unsettled part and prepare and deliver such findings to the war contractor within ninety ays after the receipt by the agency of such demand. In preparing such findings, the contracting agency may require the war contractor to furnish such information and to submit to such audits as may be reasonably necessary for that purpose. Within thirty days after the delivery of any such findings, the contracting agency shall pay to the [58 STAT.

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