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[CITE: 41USC101]

 
                       TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--TERMINATION OF WAR CONTRACTS
 
Sec. 101. Declaration of policy

    The Congress declares that the objectives of this chapter are--
        (a) to facilitate maximum war production during the war, and to 
    expedite reconversion from war production to civilian production as 
    war conditions permit;
        (b) to assure to prime contractors and subcontractors, small and 
    large, speedy and equitable final settlement of claims under 
    terminated war contracts, and adequate interim financing until such 
    final settlement;
        (c) to assure uniformity among Government agencies in basic 
    policies and administration with respect to such termination 
    settlements and interim financing;
        (d) to facilitate the efficient use of materials, manpower, and 
    facilities for war and civilian purposes by providing prime 
    contractors and subcontractors with notice of termination of their 
    war contracts as far in advance of the cessation of work thereunder 
    as is feasible and consistent with the national security;
        (e) to assure the expeditious removal from the plants of prime 
    contractors and subcontractors of termination inventory not to be 
    retained or sold by the contractor;
        (f) to use all practicable methods compatible with the foregoing 
    objectives to prevent improper payments and to detect and prosecute 
    fraud.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 358, Sec. 1, 58 Stat. 649.)


                               Short Title

    Section 27 of act July 1, 1944, provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
this chapter] may be cited as the `Contract Settlement Act of 1944'.''


                              Separability

    Section 26 of act July 1, 1944, provided: ``If any provision of this 
Act [enacting this chapter], or the application of such provision to any 
person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act or 
the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than 
those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.''


                            Cross References

    Disposal of surplus property, see sections 484 and 511 to 514 of 
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
    Settlement of claims for losses on certain war contracts, see note 
set out under section 106 of this title.
