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Title 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE > CHAPTER 55—DEFENSE PRODUCTION > SUBCHAPTER I—PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS

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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.

( 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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