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306 50 USC 2155.

PUBLIC LAW 4 2 9 - J U N E 30, 1952 app.

50 U S C a p p. 2157. 50 U S C a p p. 2162. Joint Committee o n Defense Production.

65 Stat. 144. 50 USC app, 2166. Certain recovery actions.

50 Stat. 246. 7 USC 674.

Jurisdiction.

SDPA. 50 USC 2163a.

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50 USC 2166.

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Termination dates.

61 Stat. 193. 50 USC app, 1881 note. SO u s e 1884.

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Termination. s o u s e app, 1894.

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SEC. 117. Section 705 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding thereto the following new subsection: "(f) Any person subpenaed under this section shall have the right to make a record of his testimony and to be represented by counsel." SEC. 118. The first sentence of section 707 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking out the word "his". SEC. 119. Subsection (b) of section 712 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking out the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " I t shall be the function of the Committee to make a continuous study of the programs and of the fairness to consumers of the prices authorized by this Act and to review the progress achieved in the execution and administration thereof." SEC. 120. Section 717 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) No action for the recovery of any cooperative payment made to a cooperative association by a Market Administrator under an invalid provision of a milk marketing order issued by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 shall be maintained unless such action is brought by producers specifically named as party plaintiffs to- recover their respective share of such payments within ninety days after the date of enactment of the Defense Production Act Amendments of 1952 with respect to any cause of action heretofore accrued and not otherwise barred, or within ninety days after accrual with respect to future payments, and unless each claimant shall allege and prove (1) that he objected at the hearing to the provisions of the order under which such payments were made and (2) that he either refused to accept payments computed with such deduction or accepted them under protest to either the Secretary or the Administrator. The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all such actions regardless of the amount involved. This subsection shall not apply to funds held in escrow pursuant to court order. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no termination date shall be applicable to this subsection." SEC. 121. (a) Paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 714 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended by striking out "1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "1953". (b) Section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " (a) Titles I, II, III, VI, and VII of this Act and all authority conferred thereunder shall terminate at the close of June 30, 1953; and titles IV and V of this Act and all authority conferred thereunder shall terminate at the close of April 30, 1953." TITLE II — AMENDMENTS TO H O U S I N G AND R E N T ACT O F 1947, AS A M E N D E D SEC. 201. (a) Subsection (e) of section 4 of the Housing and Eent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1952" and inserting in lieu thereof "April 30, 1953", (b) Subsection (f) of section 204 of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(f)(1) The provisions of this title shall cease to be in effect at the close of September 30, 1952, except that they shall cease to be in effect at the close of April 30, 1953— " (A) in any area which prior to or subsequent to September 30, 1952, is certified under subsection (1) of section 204 of this Act as a critical defense housing area;