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PUBLIC LAW 163-JULY 30, 1953
gether with the amounts involved, and such report shall include such other information and such comments and recommendations as the Administration may deem appropriate. SEC. 216. The Administration is hereby empowered to make studies of the effect of price, credit, and other controls imposed under war or defense programs and wherever it finds that these controls discriminate against or impose undue hardship upon small business, to make recommendations to the appropriate Federal agency for the adjustment of controls to the needs of small business. SEC. 217. (a) The President is authorized to consult with representatives of small-business concerns with a view to encouraging the making by such persons with the approval of the President of voluntary agreements and programs to further the objectives of this title. (b) No act or omission to act pursuant to this title which occurs while this title is in effect, if requested by the President pursuant to a voluntary agreement or program approved under subsection (a) of this section and found by the President to be in the public interest as contributing to the national defense, shall be construed to be within the prohibition of the antitrust laws or the Federal Trade Commission Act of the United States. A copy of each such request intended to be within the coverage of this section, and any modification or withdrawal thereof, shall be furnished to the Attorney General and the Chairman of the P ederal Trade Commission when made, and it shall be published in the Federal Register unless publication thereof would, in the opinion of the President, endanger the national security, (c) The authority granted in subsection (b) of this section shall be delegated only (1) to an official who shall for the purpose of such delegation be required to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and (2) upon the condition that such official consult with the Attorney General and with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission not less than ten days before making any request or finding thereunder, and (3) upon the condition that such official obtain the approval of the Attorney General to any request thereunder before making the request. (d) Upon withdrawal of any request or finding made hereunder the provisions of this section shall not apply to any subsequent act or omission to act by reason of such finding or request. SEC. 218. (a) The President may transfer to the Administration any functions, powers, and duties of any department or agency which relate primarily to small-business problems. I n connection with any such transfer, the President may provide for appropriate transfers of records, property, necessary personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available to the department or agency from which the transfer is made. (b) The President may also provide for such transfers of records, property, and personnel from the Small Defense Plants Administration, during the period of its liquidation, as he considers appropriate to assist the Small Business Administration in carrying out its functions under this title. SEC. 219. No loan shall be made or equipment, facilities, or services furnished by the Administration under this title to any business enterprise unless the owners, partners, or officers of such business enterprise (1) certify to the Administration the hames of any attorneys, agents, or other persons engaged by or on behalf of such business enterprise for the purpose of expediting applications made to the Administration for assistance of any sort, and the fees paid or to be paid to any such persons; (2) execute an agreement binding any such business enterprise for a period of two years after any assistance is rendered by the Administration to such business enterprise, to refrain from employing.
Studies of price controls, e t c. R e c o tn me nda-' tions.
Voluntary agreements, e t c.
A n t i - t r u s t exemption.
38 Stat. 717. 15 USC 58.
Limitation.
Nonappl ic ab il it y.
Transfer of functions, e t c.
Small Defense P l a n t s Administration.
Loan ments.
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