63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CHS. 772, 775-OCT. 27, 28 , 1949 (e) The district courts of the United States and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdic- tion of violations of this Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, and of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by this Act or the rules and regulations there- under. Any criminal proceeding may be brought in the district wherein any act or transaction constituting the violation occurred. Any suit or action to enforce any liability or duty created by this Act or rules and regulations thereunder, or to enjoin any violation of such Act or rules and regulations, may be brought in any such district wherein the defendant is found or is a resident or transacts business. The remedies, fines, and forfeitures provided for in this Act shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any of the remedies, fines, and forfeitures under existing law. (f) Any power, authority, or discretion conferred on the President by this Act may be exercised through such department, agency, or officer of the Government as the President may direct, and shall be exercised in conformity with such rules or regulations as he may prescribe. (g) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including the necessary expenses and contributions of the United States in con- nection with the administration of the International Wheat Agree- ment. (h) Funds appropriated under authority of this Act may be used for the purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles, for printing and binding, for rent and personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without regard to the limitation contained in section 607 (g) of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended, and for the employment of experts or consultants or organization thereof, on a temporary basis, by contract or otherwise, without regard to the Classification Act, at rates not in excess of $50 per diem. (i) The functions exercised under authority of this Act shall be excluded from the operation of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237) except as to the requirements of sections 3 and 10 thereof. (j) The term "person" as used in this section shall include the singular and the plural and any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other organized group of persons. Approved October 27, 1949. [CHAPTER 775] AN ACT To amend the Independent Offices Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1950. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sentence in title I, Public Law 266, Eighty-first Congress, pertaining to appro- priations for the use of the Atomic Energy Commission is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof, inserting a colon, and adding the following new clause: "Provided further, That the two foregoing provisos shall have no application with respect to technical and production facilities (1) if the Commission certifies to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that immediate construction or immediate continuation of construction is necessary to the national defense and security, and (2) if the Director agrees that such certifica- tion is justified." Approved October 28, 1949. 947 Jurisdiction of courts. Delegationof power, etc. Appropriation au- thorized. Use of funds. 60 Stat. 219. 5U.S.C. 947(g). 60 Stat. 238, 243. 5U.S.C.§§1001- 1011, 1002 , 1009; Supp. 11, § 1001. "Person." October 28, 1949 [S. 2668] [Public Law 422] Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1950, amendment. Ante, p. 633.
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