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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.- CHS. 626, 627-OCT. 6, 1949 used or required for use in connection therewith, or required in or for the manufacture, production, processing, storage, transportation, repair, or rehabilitation of any equipment or materials, but shall not include merchant vessels. (b) The term "mobilization reserve", as used with respect to any equipment or materials, means the quantity of such equipment or materials determined by the Secretary of Defense under regulations prescribed by the President to be required to support mobilization of the armed forces of the United States in the event of war or national emergency until such time as adequate additional quantities of such equipment or materials can be procured. (c) The term "excess", as used with respect to any equipment or materials, means the quantity of such equipment or materials owned by the United States which is in excess of the mobilization reserve of such equipment or materials. (d) The term "services" shall include any service, repair, training of personnel, or technical or other assistance or information necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. (e) The term "agency" shall mean any department, agency, estab- lishment, or wholly owned corporation of the Government of the United States. (f) The term "armed forces of the United States" shall include any component of the Army of the United States, of the United States Navy, of the United States Marine Corps, of the Air Force of the United States, of the United States Coast Guard, and the reserve components thereof. (g) The term "nation" shall mean a foreign government eligible to receive assistance under this Act. SEC. 412. Whoever offers or gives to anyone who is now or in the past two years has been an employee or officer of the United States any commission, payment, or gift, in connection with the procurement of equipment materials, or services under this Act, and whoever, being or having been an employee or officer of the United States in the past two years, solicits, accepts, or offers to accept any such commission payment, or gift, shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment for not to exceed three years, or both. SEe. 413. If any provision of this Act or the application of any provision to any circumstances or persons shall be held invalid7 the validity of the remainder of the Act and applicability of such provision to other circumstances or persons shall notbe affected thereby. Approved October 6, 1949. [CHAPTER 627] AN AC r 721 "Mobilization re- serve." 'Ezaoei." "Services." ".Agency." "Armedforcesofthe United States." "Nation." Acceptance of gifts etc. Penalty. Separability. October 6,1949 To amend the Employment Act of 1946 with respect to the Joint Committee on Is. 20] the Economic Report. [Public Law 330] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (e) of section 5 of the Employment Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 25), as amended, is amended by striking out '$50,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$125,000". SEC. 2. Section 5 of such Act is further amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "(f) Service of one individual, until the completion of the investi- gation authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 26, Eighty-first Congress, as an attorney or expert for the joint committee, in any business or professional field, on a part-time basis, with or without 819839 0---PT. --- Employment Act of 1946, amendment. 60 Stat. 26 . 15U. S .C . 1024(e). 60 Stat. 25. 16 U.. 0.. 1024. .P, p. 117.

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