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[84 STAT. 796]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 796]

PUBLIC LAW 91-379-AUG. 15, 1970

796

SECRETARIAL Joint annual report to P r e s i dent for t r a n s mittal to Congress,

[84 STAT.

REPORTS

SEC. 4. Upon completion of each year's pilot program, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare a joint report detailing the contribution of the program toward achieving the purposes of the Act and providing recommendations. Each report shall be submitted to the President not later than one hundred and eighty days following completion of that year's pilot program. The President shall transmit the report to the Congress for review and appropriate action. AUTHORIZATION

OP

FUNDS

SEC. 5. For three years following enactment of this Act, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated amounts not to exceed $3,500,000 annually to be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 13, 1970.

Public Law 91-379 August 15, 1970 [S. 3302]

Defense Production Act of 1950, amendment.

AN ACT To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represe'titatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS

Ante,

p. 694.

Infra,

64 Stat. 815; 67 Stat. 130.

" Defense contractor."

82 Stat. 279. 50 USC app. 2151-2167,

§ lOL Extension of Act The first sentence of section 717(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App, 2166(a)) is amended— (1) by striking out "August 15, 1970'- and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1972"; and (2) by striking out "section 714" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 714 and 719". §102. Definitions Section 702 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2152) is amended— (1) by inserting "space," after "stockpiling," in subsection (d); and (2) by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(f) The term 'defense contractor' means any person who enters into a contract with the United States for the production of material or the performance of services for the national defense." § 103. Uniform cost-accounting standards Title VII of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: TO S T - ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD

"SEC. 719. (a) There is established, as an agent of the Congress, a Cost-Accounting Standards Board which shall be independent of the executive departments and shall consist of the Comptroller General of the United States who shall serve as Chairman of the Board and four members to be appointed by the Comptroller General, Of the members ai^pointed to the Board, two, of whom one shall be particularly knowledgeable about the cost accounting problems of small business, shall be from the accounting profession, one shall be representative of indus-