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rial information with respect thereto, or whoever, in violation of the provisions of section 4 hereof, shall file or cause or authorize to be filed in any foreign country an application for patent or for the registration of a utility model, industrial design, or model in respect of any invention made in the United States, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. Nonappiicability. SEC. 7. The prohibitions and penalties of this Act shall not apply to any officer or agent of the United States acting within the scope of his authority, nor to any person acting upon his written instructions or permission. Rules and reguSEC. 8. The Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of a defense lations; delegation of power. department, the chief officer of any other department or agency of the Government designated by the President as a defense agency of the United States, and the Secretary of Commerce, may separately issue rules and regulations to enable the respective department or agency to carry out the provisions of this Act, and may delegate any power conferred by this Act. SEC. 9. If any provision of this Act or of any section hereof shall Separability. be held invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected thereby. Repeals. SEC. 10. The Acts of Congress approved October 6, 1917 (ch. 95, 40 Stat. 394); July 1, 1940 (ch. 501,54 Stat. 710); August 21, 1941 (ch. 393, 55 Stat. 657); and June 16, 1942 (ch. 415, 56 Stat. 370) (U.S.C. title 35, secs. 42 and 42a to 42f), are repealed, but such repeal shall not affect any rights or liabilities existing on the date of approval of this Act. An order of secrecy issued under the repealed Acts, and in effect on the date of the approval of this Act, shall be considered an order issued pursuant to this Act. A claim arising under the repealed Acts and unsettled as of the effective date of this Act, may be presented and determined pursuant to the provisions of this Act. • 42 USC 1801 SEC. 11. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, amend, note. revoke, repeal, or otherwise affect the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 755), as amended. Short Utle. SEC. 12. This Act may be cited as the "Invention Secrecy Act of 1951". Approved February 1, 1952. Public Law 257 February 11, 1952 [H.R.4948]

Lead. Suspension of duties. 46 Stat. 628. 19 USC 100 1, pars. 391, 392.

64 Stat. A454. 50 USC app. note prec. 1. Revocation.

CHAPTER 17

AN ACT To suspend certain import duties on lead.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the import duties imposed under paragraphs 391 and 392 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on lead-bearing ores, flue dust, and mattes of all kinds, lead bullion or base bullion, lead in pigs and bars, lead dross, reclaimed lead, scrap lead, antimonial lead, and antimonial scrap lead shall not apply with respect to imports entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the period beginning with the day following the date of the enactment of this Act and ending with the close of March 31, 1953, or the termination of the national emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16, 1950, whichever is earlier: Provided, That when, for any one calendar month during such period, the average market price of common lead for that month, in standard shapes and sizes, delivered at New York, has been below 18 cents per pound, the Tariff Commission, within fifteen days after the conclusion of such calendar month, shall so

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