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78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 63 -FEB. 25 ,1944 tractor, the Board and the Secretary, and in respect of the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, notice of hearings, hearings before divisions, review by the Tax Court of decisions of divisions, stenographic reporting, and reports of proceedings, as such court has under sections 1110, 1111, 1113, 1114, 1115 (a), 1116, 1117 (a), 1118, 1120, and 1121 of the Internal Revenue Code in the case of a proceed- ing to redetermine a deficiency. In the case of any witness for the Board or Secretary, the fees and mileage, and the expenses of taking any deposition shall be paid out of appropriations of the Board or Department available for that purpose, and in the case of any other witnesses, shall be paid, subject to rules prescribed by the court, by the party at whose instance the witness appears or the deposition is taken. The filing of a petition under this subsection shall not operate to stay the execution of the order of the Board under subsection (c) (2). "(2) Any contractor or subcontractor (excluding a subcontractor described in subsection (a) (5) (B)) aggrieved by a determination of the Secretary made prior to the date of the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1943, with respect to a fiscal year ending before July 1, 1943, as to the existence of excessive profits, which is not embodied in an agreement with the contractor or subcontractor may, within ninety days (not counting Sunday or a legal holiday in the District of Colum- bia as the last day) after the date of the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1943, file a petition with The Tax Court of the United States for a redetermination thereof, and any such contractor or subcon- tractor aggrieved by a determination of the Secretary made on or after the date of the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1943, with respect to any such fiscal year, as to the existence of excessive profits, which is not embodied in an agreement with the contractor or sub- contractor, may, within ninety days (not counting Sunday or a legal holiday in the District of Columbia as the last day) after the date of such determination, file a petition with The Tax Court of the United States for a redetermination thereof. Upon such filing such court shall have the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties, and the proceed- ing shall be subject to the same provisions, as in the case of a petition filed with the court under paragraph (1), except that the amend- ments made to this section by the Revenue Act of 1943 which are not made applicable as of April 28, 1942, or to fiscal years ending before July 1, 1943, shall not apply. "(f) For repricing of war contracts, see Title VIII of the Revenue Act of 1943. "(g) If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the section and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. "(h) This section shall apply only with respect to profits derived from contracts with the Departments and subcontracts which are attributable to performance prior to the termination date. For the purposes of this subsection- "(1) The profits derived from any contract with a Department or subcontract which shall be deemed 'attributable to perform- ance prior to the termination date' shall be- "(A) in the case of any contract or subcontract the per- formance of which requires more than twelve months, or in the case of any contract or subcontract with respect to which the powers of the Board are exercised separately pursuant to subsection (c) (1) rather than on a fiscal-year basis, the portion of the profits so derived which is determined by the Board to be equal to the same percentage of the total profits 87 53 Stat. 160,161, 162. 26U.8.C.§ 1110, 1111, 1113 , 1114 , 1115 (a), 1116, 1117 (a), 1118, 1120, 1121; Supp. III, §1100 note. Ante, p. 72. Contractors ag- grieved by Secretary's determination. Jurisdiction, pow- ers, and duties of Tax Court. Repricing. EPo, p. 92 Saving lause. Limitation of sec- tion. 58 STAT.]