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PUBLIC LAW 8 6 - 8 9 - J U L Y 13, 1959

The portion of such loss which shall be carried to each of the other four fiscal years shall be the excess, if any, of the amount of such loss over the sum of the profits derived from contracts with the Departments and subcontracts in each of the prior fiscal years to which such loss may be carried. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the profits derived from contracts with the Departments and subcontracts in any such prior fiscal year shall be computed by determining the amount of the renegotiation loss deduction without regard to the renegotiation loss for the loss year or for any fiscal year thereafter, and the profits so computed shall not be considered to be less than zero." SEC. 3. GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE RENEGOTIATION BOARD. Section 107(c) of the Kenegotiation Act of 1951, as amended (50 U.S.C. App., sec. 1217(c)), is amended by inserting before the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: "There shall be a General Counsel of the Renegotiation Board who shall be appointed by the Board without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations, and shall receive compensation at the rate of $19,000 per annum." SEC. 4. STUDIES OF PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND THE RENEGOTIATION ACT OF 1951. (a)(1) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, are directed to make full and complete studies of the procurement policies and practices of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Army, and the Department of the Navy. Such studies shall include an examination of the experience of such Departments in the use of various methods of procurement and types of contractual instruments, with particular regard to the effectiveness thereof in achieving reasonable costs, prices, and profits. (2) Each committee shall, not later than September 30, 1960, report to its House the results of the study conducted by it pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, together with such recommendations as it deems necessary or desirable. Each committee shall make all material and data collected in the course of the study conducted by it available to the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation to assist it in making the study required by subsection (b). (b)(1) The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is directed to make a full and complete study of the Renegotiation Act of 1951, as amended, and of the policies and practices of the Renegotiation Board. (2) The Joint Committee shall, not later than March 31, 1961, report to the Senate and the House of Representatives the results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, together with such recommendations as it deems necessary or desirable. (3) For the purpose of making the study and report required by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Joint Committee, and the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee, may exercise any of the powers conferred upon the Joint Committee and the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee by sections 8021 and 8023 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The provisions of section 8023(b) of such Code shall apply to requests made under the authority of this paragraph to the same extent as in the case of other requests made under the authority of section 8023(a) of such Code. Approved July 13, 1959.

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