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PUBLIC LAW 205-AUG. 7, 1953
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SEC. 21. (a) The term "synthetic rubber" means any product of Definitions, chemical synthesis similar in general properties and applications to natural rubber, and specifically capable of vulcanization, produced in the United States, not including reclaimed synthetic rubber. (b) The term "general-purpose synthetic rubber'" means a synthetic rubber of the butadiene-styrene type generally suitable for use in the manufacture of transportation items such as tires or camelback, as well as any other type of synthetic rubber equally or better suited for use in the manufacture of transportation items such as tires or camelback as determined from time to time by the President. (c) The term "rubber-producing facilities" means facilities, in whole or in part, for the manufacture of synthetic rubber, and the component materials thereof, including, but not limited to, buildings and land in which or on which such facilities may be located and all machinery and utilities associated therewith. (d) The term "component materials" means the material, raw, semifinished, and finished, necessary for the manufacture of synthetic rubber. (e) The term "standby condition" means the condition in which rubber-producing facilities, in whole or in part, are placed if not sold or leased in accordance with this Act, but are maintained so as to be readily available for the production of synthetic rubber or component materials. (f) The term "person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, business trust, corporation, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. (g) The term "operating agency" means the Department, agency, officer. Government corporation, or instrumentality of the United States designated from time to time by the President pursuant to section 7(a) of the Rubber Act of 1948, as amended. (h) The term "small business enterprise" means an enterprise independently owned and operated which is not dominant in its field of operation, due regard being given to the number of its employees and dollar volume of business. SEC. 22. Section 20 of the Rubber Act of 1948, as amended, is further 1% %°^-c^54.^ ^ ^ amended as follows: In lieu of the date "March 31, 1954" insert the date 1^38. "May 1, 1955". SEC. 23. (a) The provisions of this section are enacted by the congressional r-i CongreSS:
(1) As an exercise of the rule-making power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in such House in the case of resolutions (as defined in subsection (b)); and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) With full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to the procedure in such House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. (b) As used in this section, the term "resolution" means only a resolution of either of the two Houses of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: (1) "That the does not favor sale of the facilities as recommended in the report of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission.", the blank therein being filled with the name of the resolving House; or (2) "That the does not favor the sale of the as recommended in the report of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission.", the first blank therein being filled with the
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