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50 U.S.C. § 4516 — 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5312&num=0&edition=prelim)) without further redelegation.
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5312&num=0&edition=prelim)) without further redelegation.
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Level I of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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In this subchapter:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — Except as provided in [section 4584(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4584/d&num=0&edition=prelim), the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(2) **Country of concern** — The term “country of concern” means—
(A) the People’s Republic of China, including the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions;
(B) the Republic of Cuba;
(C) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(D) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(E) the Russian Federation; and
(F) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the regime of Nicolas Maduro Moros.
(3) **Covered foreign person** — Subject to regulations prescribed in accordance with this subchapter, the term “covered foreign person” means a foreign person that—
(A) is incorporated in, has a principal place of business in, or is organized under the laws of a country of concern;
(B) is a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party or is a member of the political leadership of a country of concern;
(C) is subject to the direction or control of a country of concern, as defined by regulation, an entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B), or the state or the government of a country of concern (including any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof); or
(D) is owned in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by a country of concern, an entity described in subparagraph
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**(a) Participation** Small business concerns shall be given the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as contractors, and subcontractors at various tiers, in all programs to maintain and strengthen the Nation’s industrial base and technology base undertaken pursuant to this chapter.
**(b) Administration of chapter** In administering the programs, implementing regulations, policies, and procedures under this chapter, requests, applications, or appeals from small business concerns shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be expeditiously handled.
**(c) Advisory committee participation** Representatives of small business concerns shall be afforded the maximum opportunity to participate in such advisory committees as may be established pursuant to this chapter.
**(d) Information** Information about this chapter and activities undertaken in accordance with this chapter shall be made available to small business concerns.
**(e) Allocations under section 4511** Whenever the President makes a determination to exercise any authority to allocate any material pursuant to [section 4511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4511&num=0&edition=prelim), small business concerns shall be accorded, to the extent practicable, a fair share of such material, in proportion to the share received by such business concerns under normal conditions, giving such special consideration as may be possible to emerging small business concerns.
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), any information or documentary material filed with the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee pursuant to this subchapter shall be exempt from disclosure under [section 552(b)(3) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim), and no such information or documentary material may be made public.
**(b) Exceptions** Subsection (a) shall not prohibit the disclosure of the following, subject to appropriate confidentiality and classification requirements:
(1) Information relevant to any administrative or judicial action or proceeding.
(2) Information to Congress or any duly authorized committee or subcommittee of Congress.
(3) Information important to the national security analysis or actions of the Secretary to any domestic governmental entity, or to any foreign governmental entity of a United States ally or partner, under the exclusive direction and authorization of the Secretary, only to the extent necessary for national security purposes, and subject to appropriate confidentiality and classification requirements.
(4) Identity of a covered foreign person in the public database described in [section 4585 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4585&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) Information that the parties have consented to be disclosed to third parties.
(6) Information gathered by the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee where the disclosure is determined to be in the national security interest, which may include publication of anonymized data.
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 4517
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 4501 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 2074 of the
former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi-
fication and renumbering as this section.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 104 of act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I,
as added July 31, 1951, ch. 275, title I, § 101(c), 65 Stat.
132; amended June 30, 1952, ch. 530, § 103, 66 Stat. 297, re-
lated to limitations on imports of fats and oils, prior to
termination at close of June 30, 1953, pursuant to sec-
tion 4564(a) of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section deemed to have become effective Mar. 1, 1992,
see section 304 of Pub. L. 102–558, set out as an Effective
Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 4502 of this
title.
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Authority of President under subsec. (b) of this sec-
tion delegated to Secretary of Defense, without author-
ity to redelegate, by section 204 of Ex. Ord. No. 13603,
Mar. 16, 2012, 77 F.R. 16653, set out as a note under sec-
tion 4553 of this title.
§ 4515. Presidential power to ration gasoline
among classes of end-users unaffected
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
authorize the President to institute, without the
approval of the Congress, a program for the ra-
tioning of gasoline among classes of end-users.
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 105, as added Pub.
L. 96–294, title I, § 103, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 617.)
TERMINATION OF SECTION
For termination of section, see section 4564(a)
of this title.
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referr
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