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[CITE: 50USC1651]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                    CHAPTER 34--NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
 
SUBCHAPTER V--APPLICATION TO POWERS AND AUTHORITIES OF OTHER PROVISIONS 
                   OF LAW AND ACTIONS TAKEN THEREUNDER
 
Sec. 1651. Other laws, powers and authorities conferred thereby, 
        and actions taken thereunder; Congressional studies
        
    (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following 
provisions of law, the powers and authorities conferred thereby, and 
actions taken thereunder:
        (1) Repealed. Pub. L. 95-223, title I, Sec. 101(d), Dec. 28, 
    1977, 91 Stat. 1625.
        (2) Act of April 28, 1942 (40 U.S.C. 278b); \1\
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        (3) Act of June 30, 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252);
        (4) Section 3727(a)-(e)(1) of title 31;
        (5) Section 3737 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 
    15);
        (6) Public Law 85-804 (Act of Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 972; 50 
    U.S.C. 1431 et seq.);
        (7) Section 2304(a)(1) \1\ of title 10; \2\
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    \2\ So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.

    (b) Each committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
having jurisdiction with respect to any provision of law referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section shall make a complete study and 
investigation concerning that provision of law and make a report, 
including any recommendations and proposed revisions such committee may 
have, to its respective House of Congress within two hundred and seventy 
days after September 14, 1976.

(Pub. L. 94-412, title V, Sec. 502, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1258; Pub. 
L. 95-223, title I, Sec. 101(d), Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1625; Pub. L. 
96-513, title V, Sec. 507(b), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2919; Pub. L. 105-
362, title IX, Sec. 901(r)(2), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3291.)

                       References in Text

    Act of April 28, 1942, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act Apr. 
28, 1942, ch. 249, 56 Stat. 247, which was classified to section 278b of 
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was omitted from 
the Code.
    Act of June 30, 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252), referred to in subsec. (a)(3), 
is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377, as amended, known as the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 471 of Title 40 and Tables.
    Section 2304(a)(1) of title 10, referred to in subsec. (a)(7), 
originally authorized purchases or contracts without formal advertising 
when necessary in the public interest during a national emergency 
declared by Congress or the President, and as amended generally by Pub. 
L. 98-369 now sets forth the competition requirements for procurement of 
property or services.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (a)(4), ``Section 3727(a)-(e)(1) of title 31'' 
substituted for ``Section 3477 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 203)'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 
96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and 
Finance.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 105-362 substituted ``1431 et seq.'' 
for ``1431-1435''.
    1980--Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 96-513 struck out par. (8) which made 
reference to sections 3313, 6386(c), and 8313 of title 10.
    1977--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95-223 struck out par. (1) which read 
as follows: ``Section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 95a; 50 U.S.C. App. 5(b));''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 
701 of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, 
Armed Forces.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1622 of this title.
