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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 55— DEFENSE PRODUCTION · SUBCHAPTER I— PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS · § 4514

§ 4514. Limitation on actions without congressional authorization

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(a)Wage or price controls No provision of this chapter shall be interpreted as providing for the imposition of wage or price controls without the prior authorization of such action by a joint resolution of Congress.
(b)Chemical or biological weapons No provision of this subchapter shall be exercised or interpreted to require action or compliance by any private person to assist in any way in the production of or other involvement in chemical or biological warfare capabilities, unless authorized by the President (or the President’s designee who is serving in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule in accordance with section 5312 of title 5) without further redelegation.
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 102–558, title I, § 112, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4202.)
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  • Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932
  • Pub. L. 102–558, title I, § 112
  • 106 Stat. 4202
  • act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932
  • 64 Stat. 798
  • act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I
  • July 31, 1951, ch. 275
  • 65 Stat. 132
  • June 30, 1952, ch. 530, § 103
  • 66 Stat. 297
  • section 304 of Pub. L. 102–558
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