2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Appendix (§§ 1 - 2420)
DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED RUBBER-PRODUCING FACILITIES (§§ 1941 - 1941y)
ACT AUG. 7, 1953, CH. 338, 67 STAT. 408 (§§ 1941 - 1941y)
Section 1941r - Termination of Commission; administration after termination

The Commission shall cease to exist thirty days after the termination of the transfer period as provided by section 7(i) of this Act [section 1941e(i) of this Appendix], but nothing contained in this section shall be construed in any way so as to abrogate, modify, or adversely affect any contract of sale or lease of the Government-owned rubber-producing facilities pursuant to this Act [sections 1941 to 1941y of this Appendix]. After the Commission ceases to exist, such contracts and leases and other matters involving the Commission shall be administered by such agency of the Government as the President may designate.

(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 338, §20, 67 Stat. 414.)

Functions, property, records, etc., of Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission transferred to Federal Facilities Corporation by Ex. Ord. No. 10678, Sept. 20, 1956, 21 F.R. 7199, set out under this section.

Federal Facilities Corporation dissolved and functions, property, records, etc., transferred to Administrator of General Services by Pub. L. 87–190, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 418, set out as a note under section 1938 of this Appendix.

Section 3 of act Mar. 21, 1956, ch. 89, 70 Stat. 52, provided that: “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of Public Law 336, Eighty-fourth Congress, approved August 9, 1955 [set out as a note below], of section 4 of Public Law 19, Eighty-fourth Congress, approved March 31, 1955 [set out as a note below], and section 20 of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953 [this section], the Commission established by the last-mentioned Act shall cease to exist at the close of the ninetieth day following the termination of the review period provided for in section 27(c) of that Act [section 1941y(c) of this Appendix], unless no sale of the Louisville plant is recommended by the Commission pursuant to section 27(c) of that Act [section 1941y(c) of this Appendix], in which event the Commission shall cease to exist at the close of the ninetieth day following the termination of the maximum period allowed for negotiation in section 27(b) [section 1941y(b) of this Appendix].”

Act Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 696, §4, 69 Stat. 629, provided that: “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of Public Law 19 [set out as a note below], approved March 31, 1955, and notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953 [this section], the Commission established by the latter Act [sections 1941 to 1941y of this Appendix] shall cease to exist at the close of the thirtieth day following the termination of the transfer period provided for in section 26(c) of that Act [section 1941x(c) of this Appendix], unless no sale of Plancor Numbered 980 is recommended by the Commission pursuant to section 26(c) of that Act [section 1941x(c) of this Appendix], in which event the Commission shall cease to exist at the close of the one hundred and thirtieth day following the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 9, 1955].”

Act Mar. 31, 1955, ch. 19, §4, 69 Stat. 16, provided that: “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953 [this section], the Commission established by that Act [sections 1941 to 1941y of this Appendix] shall cease to exist at the close of the thirtieth day following the termination of the transfer period provided for in section 25(c) of that Act [section 1941w(c) of this Appendix], unless no sale of Plancor Numbered 877 is recommended by the Commission pursuant to section 25(c) of that Act [section 1941w(c) of this Appendix], in which event the Commission shall cease to exist at the close of the one hundred and thirtieth day following the date of enactment of this Act [March 31, 1955].”

Ex. Ord. No. 10678, Sept. 20, 1956, 21 F.R. 7199, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 10720, July 11, 1957, 22 F.R. 5521, provided:

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 20 of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953 67 Stat. 414, as amended or modified (50 U.S.C. App. 1941r), and by section 6(d) of the act of March 21, 1956, 70 Stat. 53 [set out as a note under section 1941f of this Appendix], and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the Federal Facilities Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) is hereby designated as the agency to administer the contracts of sale or lease of the Government-owned rubber producing facilities made pursuant to the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, as amended [sections 1941 to 1941y of this Appendix], and to administer other matters involving the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission, including all powers and authority conferred upon the said Commission by sections 4, 5, and 6 of the said act of March 21, 1956 [set out as notes under sections 1941f and 1941y of this Appendix], and also including the winding up of the affairs of the Commission. The said contracts are hereby transferred to the Corporation.

Sec. 2. The administration of the national-security clause contained in such contracts of sale, including any contract of sale made under the act of March 31, 1955 69 Stat. 15 [enacting section 1941w and provisions set out under section 1938 and sections 1941w and 1941r of this Appendix], or under the said act of March 21, 1956 [set out as notes under sections 1941f and 1941y of this Appendix], and the administration of the national-security clause (including the recapture clause) contained in any lease of the unsold facilities made under any of the aforesaid acts shall be carried out in accordance with the needs and requirements of the national defense as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

Sec. 3. The records, property, liabilities, employees and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, available or to be made available, of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission are hereby transferred to the Corporation, for use or employment by the Corporation in connection with the administration or performance of its functions and duties under section 1 of this order, or for other disposition as determined, consonant with law, by the Corporation.

Sec. 4. All matters placed under the administration or jurisdiction of the Corporation by sections 1 and 3 of this order shall be subject to direction and control by the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 5. This order shall become effective on September 24, 1956.

Dwight D. Eisenhower.      

Administration by Administrator of General Services of matters involving the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission, including the winding up of the affairs of the Commission, see Dissolution of Federal Facilities Corporation note set out under section 1938 of this Appendix.