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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 166-MAR. 31, 1948 this Act finished and semifinished rubber products manufactured in the United States exclusively for export outside the United States. DOMESTIC RUBBER-PRODUCING CAPACIrr SEC. 5. (a) There shall be maintained at all times within the United States rubber-producing facilities having a rated production capacity of not less than six hundred thousand long tons per annum of general- purpose synthetic rubber and not less than sixty-five thousand long tons per annum of special-purpose synthetic rubber. (b) Of the sixty-five-thousand-long-ton rated production capacity for special-purpose synthetic rubber, specified in section 5 (a) of this Act, at least forty-five thousand long tons shall be of a type suitable for use in pneumatic inner tubes. (c) The synthetic rubber used to satisfy the mandatory consump- tion provided in section 3 of this Act shall be produced by the Govern- ment or for the Government account, or purchased from others for resale by the Government or for the Government account. (d) Facilities in operation by the Government or private persons shall produce annually not less than one-third of the rated production capacities specified in section 5 (a) and (b) of this Act. (e) The facilities to be maintained in operation by the Government and those to be maintained in adequate stand-by condition shall be determined from time to time by the President. (f) At least one facility for making butadiene from alcohol shall be maintained in operation or in adequate stand-by condition. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SEC. 6. (a) To effectuate further the policies set forth in section 2 of this Act with respect to a technologically advanced domestic rubber- producing industry, continuous and extensive research by private parties and the Government is essential. The Government is hereby authorized to undertake research in rubber and allied fields and the powers, functions, duties, and authority of the Government to under- take research and development in rubber and allied fields shall be exer- cised and performed by such departments, agencies, officers, Govern- ment corporations. or instrumentalities of the United States as the President may designate, whether or not existing at the date of enact- ment of this Act. (b) The cost of undertaking and maintaining the research and development authorized in section 6 (a) of this Act may be paid from such sums as the Congress, from time to time, may appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act. OPERATION OF RUBBER-PRODUCING FACILITIES BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SEC. 7. (a) The powers, functions, duties, and authority to produce and sell synthetic rubber conferred in section 7 (b) of this Act shall be exercised and performed by such department, agency, officer, Gov- ernment corporation, or instrumentality of the United States as the President may designate, whether or not existing at the date of enact- ment of this Act. (b) The department, agency, officer, Government corporation, or instrumentality of the United States designated by the President pursuant to section 7 (a) of this Act shall have the powers, functions, duties, and authority to produce and sell synthetic rubber, including the component materials thereof, in amounts sufficient to assure the production of synthetic rubber as required by the President in section 3 of this Act: Provided,That so far as practicable the President shall 103 Pneumatic Inner tubes. Butadiene. Cost. Exercise of author- ity. Voluntary tru

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