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PUBLIC LAW 93-159—NOV. 27, 1973
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the enactment of this Act, such provisions, orders, and requirements shall terminate on the date of expiration of the one-year period following the date of the enactment of this Act, except that as to offenses committed, or rights or liabilities incurred, prior to such termination date, the provisions of this Act, and such rules, orders, and requirements, shall be treated as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any proper suit, action, or prosecution with respect to any such right, liability, or offense.

(b) With respect to any such rules adopted pursuant to such section 3(a) to regulate and stabilize rents in the District of Columbia, the Council shall, on the expiration of six-month period following the effective date of such rules, conduct a hearing with a view to determining whether such rules should be modified or terminated by reason of a change in the situation which existed in the District at the time of the adoption of such rules and which was the basis for such rules. The provisions of the first sentence of section 3(b) of this Act shall be applicable with respect to such hearing held pursuant to this subsection.

emergency rent control act repealed

Sec. 9. Repeal.
65 Stat. 98.
The District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951 (D.C. Code, secs. 45-1601—45-1611) is hereby repealed.

Approved November 21, 1973.

Public Law 93-158

November 26, 1973
[S. 2645]

AN ACT

To amend Public Law 93-60 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

Atomic Energy Commission.
Appropriation authorization increase.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Sec. 2. That section 101(a) of Public Law 93—60 is hereby amended by striking therefrom the figure "$1,740,750,000" and substituting the figure "$1,751,450,000".

Sec. 2. Section 101(b) of Public Law 93-60 is hereby amended by adding to subsection (b)(1) the following words: Ante, p. 143. "Project 74-1-i, additional waste concentration and salt cake storage facilities, Richland, Washington, $30,000,000.".

Approved November 26, 1973.


Public Law 93-159

November 27, 1973
[S. 1570]

AN ACT

To authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or imminent shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system which jeopardize the public health, safety, or welfare; to provide for the delegation of authority; and for other purposes.

Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973".