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SO u s e 2032.

PUBLIC LAW 63a-JUNE 29, 1956

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I r o n and steel scrE^. Survey; report s to Congress.

64 Stat. 819. 50 U S C a p p. 2160.

Defense Production Act of 1950, amendments. 65 Stat. 144; 64 Stat. 822. 50 USC app. 2166. 50 USC 2093.

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50 U S C a p p. 2162. Nickel.

Report to C o n gress.

50 USC 2062.

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Dispersal of industrial f a c i l i t i e s.

ST A T.

the Export Control Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 7), as amended by Public Law 33, Eighty-second Congress (65 Stat. 43), and Public Law 62, Eighty-third Congress (67 Stat. 62), is hereby amended by striking out "1956" and inserting in lieu thereof ''"1958". SEC. 2. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby directed to immediately make a complete survey of the iron and steel scrap available and potentially available and to file with the Congress an interim report within three months and a final report not later than January 31, 1957. The Secretary may contract with any private organization for the collection of information necessary to such survey, but any conclusions or recommendations in any report to the Congress under this section shall be made by a full-time officer or employee of the Department of Commerce, and no person employed under section 710(b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, shall in any manner participate in such survey. Approved June 29, 1956. Public Law 632

June 29, 1956 TH R 98521 —i—I—! i—

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CHAPTER 474 AN ACT

To extend the Defense Production Act of 11)50, as amended, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Reirresentatives of the Vnited States of America in Conffress assembled, That the first sentence of subsection (a) of section 717 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out " June 30, 1956" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1958". SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 1963" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1965". SEC. 3. Section 712 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (f) The Secretary of Commerce shall make a special investigation and study of the production, allocation, distribution, use of nickel, of its resale as scrap, and of other aspects of the current situation with respect to supply and marketing of nickel, with particular attention to, among other things, the adequacy of the present system of nickel allocation betMeen defense and civilian users. The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Joint Committee on Defense Production during the course of such investigation and study with respect to the progress achieved and the results of the investigation and study, and shall make an interim report on the results of the investigation and study on or before August 15, 1956, and shall, on or before December 31, 1956, make a final report on the results of such investigation and study, together with such recommendations as the Secretary of Commerce deems advisable. Such reports shall be made to the Senate (or to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session) and to the House of Representatives (or to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if the House is not in session)." SEC. 4. Section 2 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph: " I n order to insure productive capacity in the event of such an attack on the United States, it is the policy of the Congress to encourage the geographical dispersal of the industrial facilities of the United States in the interest of the national defense, and to discourage the concentration of such productive facilities within limited geographical areas which are vulnerable to attack by an enemy of the United States.

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