50 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2011 Edition
Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
FIRST WAR POWERS ACT, 1941
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FIRST WAR POWERS ACT, 1941

ACT DEC. 18, 1941, CH. 593, 55 STAT. 838

TITLE I—COORDINATION OF EXECUTIVE BUREAUS IN THE INTEREST OF THE MORE EFFICIENT CONCENTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

§§601 to 605. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651

Section 601, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title I, §1, 55 Stat. 838, related to coordination of executive bureaus and offices by the President for national defense.

Section 602, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title I, §2, 55 Stat. 838, related to consolidation of offices.

Section 603, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title I, §3, 55 Stat. 838, related to expenditure of appropriations.

Section 604, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title I, §4, 55 Stat. 839, related to elimination of certain bureaus.

Section 605, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title I, §5, 55 Stat. 839, related to suspension of conflicting laws.

TITLE II—CONTRACTS

§611. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651

Section, acts Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title II, §201, 55 Stat. 839; Jan. 12, 1951, ch. 1230, §1, 64 Stat. 1257, related to exemption of war contracts from certain restrictions.

TITLE III—TRADING WITH THE ENEMY

§616. Omitted

Codification

Section, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title III, §301, 55 Stat. 839, amended section 5 of the Trading with the Enemy Act, which is classified to section 5 of this Appendix and section 95a of Title 12, Banks and Banking.

§617. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651

Section, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title III, §302, 55 Stat. 840, confirmed certain acts, etc., made under the Trading with the Enemy Act.

§618. Repealed. July 5, 1947, ch. 327, §1, 61 Stat. 449

Section, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title III, §303, 55 Stat. 840, related to censorship of communications during World War II and penalties and forfeitures for violations thereof.

§§619, 620. Transferred

Codification

Section 619, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title III, §304, as added Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 83, §1, 60 Stat. 50, amended the Trading with the Enemy Act by adding a section 32, and was transferred to section 32 of this Appendix.

Section 620, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title III, §305, as added Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 878, §1, 60 Stat. 925, amended the Trading with the Enemy Act by adding sections 33 to 37, and was transferred to sections 33 to 37 of this Appendix.

TITLE IV—TIME LIMIT AND SHORT TITLE

§§621, 622. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651

Section 621, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title IV, §401, 55 Stat. 841, provided that sections 601 to 605 and 611 of this Appendix would terminate six months after the termination of the war or such earlier time as the Congress or President may designate.

Section 622, act Dec. 18, 1941, ch. 593, title IV, §402, 55 Stat. 841, provided that act Dec. 18, 1941, may be cited as the “First War Powers Act, 1941”.