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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 166-MAR. 31, 1948 authorize such production of synthetic rubber, including the com- ponent materials thereof, as may be necessary to satisfy voluntary usage of synthetic rubber, including the component materials thereof. Belated powers. (C) The aforesaid powers, functions, duties, and authority to pro- duce and sell include all power and authority in such department, agency, officer, Government corporation, or instrumentality of the United States to do all things necessary and proper in connection with and related to such production and sale, including but not limited to the power and authority to make repairs, replacements, alterations, improvements, or betterments to the rubber-producing facilities owned Capital rpenditures by the Government or in connection with the operation thereof and to make capital expenditures as may be necessary for the efficient and proper operation and maintenance of the rubber-producing facilities owned by the Government and performance of said powers, functions, duties, and authority. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, the aforesaid powers, functions, duties, and authority to produce and sell include the power and authority in such department, agency, officer, Government corporation, or instrumentality of the United States to e a Vs e (1) lease for operation for Government account all or any part of the Government-owned rubber-producing facilities in connection with the performance of said powers, functions, duties, and authority to pro- duce and sell; (2) lease, for a period not extending beyond the termina- tion date of this Act, Government-owned rubber-producing facilities for private purposes if such lease contains adequate provisions for the recapture thereof for the purposes set forth in section 7 (b) of this Act and if such lease provides that any synthetic rubber or component material as may be produced by the leased facilities shall not be used ormacenPtset to satisfy mandatory requirements established by section 3; (3) grant permanent easements or licenses for private purposes in, on, or over land comprising part of the Government-owned rubber-producing facilities if such grant provides that such easement or license shall not interfere with the use at any time of the rubber-producing facilities Dispoa pr y involved; and (4) sell or otherwise dispose of obsolete or other prop- erty not necessary for the production of the rated capacity of the particular plant to which such property is charged. STAND-BY FACILITIES SEa. 8 . (a) To effectuate further the policies set forth in section 2 of this Act, the President is authorized to place in adequate stand-by condition such rubber-producing facilities as he shall determine neces- sary to maintain the continued existence of rubber-producing facilities capable of producing the tonnage of synthetic rubber required by sec- tion 5 (a) of this Act. (b) Rubber-producing facilities placed in stand-by condition by the President pursuant to section 8 (a) of this Act may be maintained by such department, agency, officer, Government corporation, or instru- mentality of the United States, whether or not existing on the date of enactment of this Act, as the President may designate: Provided, That nothing contained in section 8 (b) of this Act shall preclude such department, agency, officer, Government corporation, or instru- mentality of the United States from entering into contracts with private persons for the maintenance of stand-by facilities: Provided further,That the cost of placing facilities in stand-by condition, main- taining such facilities in adequate stand-by condition, and, when neces- sary, reactivating such facilities, may be paid from such sums as the Congress, from time to time, may appropriate to carry out the pro- visions of this Act. Contracts for stand- by facilities. Malntesnae costs. 104 [62 STAT.

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