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[84 STAT. 928]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 928]

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Repeal.

Repeal.

PUBLIC LAW 91-452-OCT. 15, 1970

[84 STAT.

"(b) An agency of the United States may issue an order under subsection (a) of this section only if in its judgment— "(1) the testimony or other information from such individual may be necessary to the public interest; and " (2) such individual has refused or is likely to refuse to testify or provide other information on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination. "§6005. Congressional proceedings "(a) I n the case of any individual who has been or may be called tx) testify or provide other information at any proceeding before either House of Congress, or any committee, or any subcommittee of either House, or any joint committee of the two Houses, a United States district court shall issue, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, upon the request of a duly authorized representative of the House of Congress or the committee concerned, an order requiring such individual to give testimony or provide other information which he refuses to give or provide on the basis of his privilege against selfincrimination, such order to become effective as provided in section 6002 of this part. "(b) Before issuing an order under subsection (a) of this section, a United States district court shall find that— " (1) in the case of a proceeding before either House of Congress, the request for such an order has been approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Members present of that House; "(2) in the case of a proceeding before a committee or a subcommittee of either House of Congress or a joint committee of both Houses, the request for such an order has been approved by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the full committee; and " (3) ten days or more prior to the day on which the request for such an order was made, the Attorney General was served with notice of an intention to request the order "(c) Upon application of the Attorney General, the United States district court shall defer the issuance of any order under subsection (a) of this section for such period, not longer than twenty days from the date of the request for such order, as the Attorney General may specify." (b) The table of parts for title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "V. Immunity of Witnesses 6001". SEC. 202. The third sentence of paragraph (b) of section 6 of the Commodity Exchange Act (69 Stat. 160; 7 U.S.C. 15) is amended by striking "49 U.S.C. 12, 46, 47, 48, relating to the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of documentary evidence, and the immunity of witnesses" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(49 U.S.C. § 12), relating to the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence,". g^^ 203. Subsection (f) of section 17 of the United States Grain Standards Act (82 Stat. 768; 7 U.S.C. § 87f (f)), is repealed. SEC. 204. The second sentence of section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the marketing of economic poisons and devices, and for other purposes", approved June 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 168; 7 U.S.C. § 135c), is amended by inserting after "section", the following language: ", or any evidence which is directly or indirectly derived from such evidence,". gj,^, £05. Subsection (f) of section 13 of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (46 Stat. 536; 7 U.S.C. § 499m(f)), is repealed.