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laws it may sue therefor in the United States district court for the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover actual damages by it sustained and the cost of suit. "SEC. 4 B. Any action to enforce any cause of action under sections Time limitation,! 4 or 4A shall be forever barred unless commenced within four years after the cause of action accrued. No cause of action barred under existing law on the effective date of this Act shall be revived by this Act." SEC. 2. Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes", approved October 15, 1914 (38 Stat. 731; 15 U.S.C. 16), is amended to read as follows: judgments "SEC. 5. (a) A final judgment or decree heretofore or hereafter or Final e e s. decr rendered in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States under the antitrust laws to the effect that a defendant has violated said laws shall be prima facie evidence against such defendant in any action or proceeding brought by any other party against such defendant under said laws or by the United States under section 4A, as to all matters respecting which said judgment or decree would be an estoppel as between the parties thereto: Provided, That this section shall not apply to consent judgments or decrees entered before any testimony has been taken or to judgments or decrees entered in actions under section 4A. Sus n ion of "(b) Whenever any civil or criminal proceeding is instituted by the statute p e f slimitao United States to prevent, restrain, or punish violations of any of the "o" antitrust laws, but not including an action under section 4A, the running of the statute of limitations in respect of every private right of action arising under said laws and based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in said proceeding shall be suspended during the pendency thereof and for one year thereafter: Provided, however,, That whenever the running of the statute of limitations in respect of a cause of action arising under section 4 is suspended hereunder, any action to enforce such cause of action shall be forever barred unless commenced either within the period of suspension or within four years after the cause of action accrued." SEC. 3. Section 7 of the Act approved July 2, 1890 (26 Stat. 210), Repeal. is repealed. Effective date. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect six months after its enactment. Approved July 7, 1955. Public Law 138

CHAPTER 301

AN ACT To amend the Mutual Security Act of 1*J.">4, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Mutual Security Act of 1955". SEC, 2, Title I, chapter 1, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which relates to military assistance, is amended as follows: (a) In section 103(a), which relates to authorizations, add " (1) " after " (a) ", and add the following new paragraph: "(2) I n addition, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of this chapter not to exceed $1,133,000,000, to remain available until expended." (b) I n section 103(b), after the word "chapter", insert "and of section 124".

July 8, 195 uly 8, 1955 [S. 2090]

Mutual Security Act of 1955.

68 Stat. 833. 22 USC 1813.

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