An Act to extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 82-50 (H.R.1612), enacted 06/16/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 49—JUNE 15, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
June IS, 1961 
(H. J. Res. 267.] 
64 Stat. 596. 
Public Law 49 
CHAPTER 139 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making an additional appropriation for tlie Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
1951, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and Hou^e of RepresentativeH of the Umied 
State,"! of America in Congress assembled^ That there is hereby appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, the following sum: 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
CONITNGENT EXPENSES OF THE 
S E N A T E 
For an additional amount for "Expenses of Inquiries and Investi-
gations"', $150,000. 
Approved June 15, 1951. 
June 16, 1961 
IH. R. 1612] 
Public Law 50 
CHAPTER 141 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under 
section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and for otlier purposes. 
Trade Agreements 
Extension Act of 1961. 
48 Stat. 943. 
19 U. 8. C. S 1361. 
Furnishing of list by 
President. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951". 
SEC. 2. The period during which the President is authorized to 
enter into foreign-trade agreements under section o50 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended and extended is hereby extended for a further 
period of two years from June 12,1951. 
SEC. 3. (a) Before entering into negotiations concerning any pro-
posed foreign trade agreement under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, the President shall furnish the United States Tariff 
Commission (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Commission") 
with a list of all articles imported into the United States to be con-
sidered for possible modification of duties and other import restric-
tions, imposition of additional import restrictions, or continuance of 
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t to President, existing customs or excise treatment. 
Upon receipt of such list the 
Connnission shall make an investigation ;ind rei)ort to the President 
the findings of the Commission with respect to each such article as to 
(1) the limit to which such modification, imposition, or continuance 
may be extended in order to carry out the purpose of such section 350 
without causing or threatening serious injury to tlie domestic industry 
producing like or directly competitive articles; and (2) if increases in 
duties or additional import restrictions are required to avoid serious 
injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly c()mi)etitive 
articles the minimum increases in duties or additional import restric-
tions required. Such report shall be made by the Commission to the 
President not later than 120 days after the receipt of such list by the 
Commission. No such foreign trade agreement shall be entered into 
until the Commission has made its report to the I^resident or until the 
expiration of the 120-day period. 
(b) In the course of any investigation pursuant to this section the 
Commission shall hold hearings and give reasonable public notice 
Restriction. 
Hearings. 
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thereof, and shall afford reasonable o])portnnity for parties interested 
to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard at such hearin<^s. 
(c) Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Tariff Act 
of 1930", approved June 12, 1934, as amended (19 U: S. C, sec. 1354), 
is hereby amended by striking out the matter following the semi-
colon and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and before conclud-
ing such agreement the President shall request the Tariff Commission 
to make the investigation and report provided for by section 3 of the 
Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, and shall seek information 
and advice with respect to such agreement from the Departments of 
State, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, and from such other 
sources as he may deem approi)riate." 
SEC. 4. (a) Within thirty days after any trade agreement under 
section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, has been entered 
into which, when effective, will (1) require or make appropriate any 
modification of duties or other import restrictions, the imposition of 
additional import restrictions, or the contiimance of existing customs 
or excise treatment, which modification, imposition, or continuance 
will exceed the limit to which such modification, imposition, or con-
tinuance may be extended without causing or threatening serious 
injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive 
articles as found and reported by the Tariff Commission under section 
3, or (2) fail to require or make appropriate the minimum increase in 
duty or additional import restrictions required to avoid such injury, 
the President shall transmit to Congress a copy of such agreement 
together with a message accurately identifying the article with respect 
to which such limits or minimum requirements are not complied with, 
and stating his reasons for the action taken with respect to such 
article. If either the Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, 
are not in session at the time of such transmission, such agreement and 
message shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives, or both, as the case may be. 
(b) Promptly after the President has transmitted such foieign 
trade agi-eement to Congress the Commission shall deposit with the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate, a copy of the portions of its 
report to the President dealing with the articles with respect to which 
such limits or minimum requirements are not complied with. 
SEC. 5. As soon as practicable, the President shall take such action 
as is necessary to suspend, withdraw or prevent the application of any 
reduction in any rate of duty, or binding of any existing customs or 
excise treatment, or other concession contained in any trade agi-eement 
entered into under authority of section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended and extended, to imports from the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics and to imports from any nation or area dominated or con-
trolled by the foreign government or foreign organization controlling 
the world Communist movement. 
SEC. 6. (a) No reduction in any rate of duty, or binding of any 
existing customs or excise treatment, or other concession hereafter 
proclaimed under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
shall be permitted to continue in effect when the product on which the 
concession has been granted is, as a result, in whole or in part, of the 
duty or other customs treatment reflecting such concession, being 
imported into the United States in such increased quantities, either 
actual or relative, as to cause or threaten serious injury to the domestic 
industry producing like or directly competitive products. 
(b) The President, as soon as practicable, shall take such action 
as may be necessary to bring trade agreements heretofore entered into 
\mder section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, into con-
48 Stat. 046. 
19 U. 8. C. { 1364. 
Information and ad-
vice. 
Copy of agreement 
to Congress. 
48 Stat. 943. 
19 U. S. C. i 1361. 
Report to Congres-
sional Committees. 
Withdrawal of con-
cessions from Commu-
nist areas. 
48 Stat. 043. 
19 U. 8. C. S 1361. 
Escai)e clause: 
Restriction on con-
tinuance of conces-
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[65 STAT. 
Report to Cmgress. 
Investigation by 
Commission. 
Tarifl Commission 
bearings. 
Recommendation to 
President. 
Copy of report, etc., 
to Congress. 
Fact<»-s for C(msid-
eration. 
Modifications by 
President. 
Report. 
PublicatiOTi of Com-
mission's report. 
formity with the policy established in subsection (a) of this section. 
On or before January 10, 1952, and every six months thereafter, the 
President shall report to the Congress on the action taken by him 
under this subsection. 
SEC. 7. (a) Upon the request of the President, upon resolution of 
either House of Congress, upon resolution of either the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives, upon its own motion, or upon application 
of any interested party, the United States Tariff Commission shall 
promptly make an investigation and make a report thereon not later 
than one year after the application is made to determine whether any 
product upon which a concession has been granted under a trade 
agreement is, as a result, in whole or in part, of the duty or other 
customs treatment reflecting such concession, being imported into 
the United States in such increased quantities, either actual or relative, 
as to cause or threaten serious injury to the domestic industry pro-
ducing like or directly competitive products. 
In the course of any such investigation, whenever it finds evidence 
of serious injury or threat of serious injury or whenever so directed 
by resolution of either the Committee on Finance of the Senate or 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, 
the Tariff Commission shall hold hearings giving reasonable public 
notice thereof and shall afford reasonable opportunity for interested 
parties to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard at such 
hearings. 
Should the Tariff Commission find, as the result of its investigation 
and hearings, that a product on which a concession has been granted 
is, as a result, in whole or in part, of the duty or other customs treat-
ment reflecting such concession, being imported in such increased 
quantities, either actual or relative, as to cause or threaten serious 
injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive 
products, it shall recommend to the President the withdrawal or 
modification of the concession, its suspension in whole or in part, or 
the establishment of import quotas, to the extent and for the time 
necessary to prevent or remedy such injury. 
Within sixty days, or 
sooner if the President has taken action under subsection (c) of this 
section, the Tariff Commission shall transmit to the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives an exact copy of its report and recommenda-
tions to the President. 
(b) In arriving at a determination in the foregoing procedure the 
Tariff Commission, without excluding other factors, shall take into 
consideration a downward trend of production, employment, prices, 
profits, or wages in the domestic industry concerned, or a decline in 
sales, an increase in imports, either actual or relative to domestic 
production, a higher or growing inventory, or a decline in the propor-
tion of the domestic market supplied by domestic producers. 
(c) Upon receipt of the Tariff Commission's report of its investi-
gation and hearings, the President may make such adjustments in 
the rates of duty, impose such quotas, or make such other modifica-
tions as are found and reported b}r the Commission to be necessary 
to prevent or remedy serious injury to the respective domestic 
industry. 
If the President does not take such action within sixty 
days he shall immediately submit a report to the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House and to the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate stating why he has not made such adjustments or modifications, 
or imposed such quotas. 
(d) When in the judgment of the Tariff Commission no sufficient 
reason exists for a recommendation to the President that a concession 
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should be withdniwn or modified or a quota established, it shall make 
and publish a report stating its findings and conclusions. 
SEC. 8. (a) In any case where the Secretary of Agriculture deter-
mines and reports to the President and to the Tariff Commission with 
regard to any agricultural commodity that due to the perishability 
of the commodity a condition exists requiring emergency treatment, 
the Tariff Commission shall make an immediate investigation under 
the provisions of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as 
amended, or under the provisions of section 7 of this Act to determine 
the facts and make recommendations to the President for such relief 
under those i)rovisions as may be appropriate. 
The President may 
take immediate action however, without awaiting the recommenda-
tions of the Tariff Commission if in his judgment the emergency 
requires such action. 
In any case the report and findings of the 
Tariff Commission and the decision of the President shall be made 
at the earliest possible date and in any event not more than 25 cal-
endar days after the submission of the case to the Tariff Commission. 
(b) Subsection (f) of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"(f) No trade agreement or other international agreement hereto-
fore or hereafter entered into by the United States shall be applied 
in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of this section." 
SEC. 9. (a) The second sentence of section 2 (a) of the Act entitled 
"An Act to amend the Tariff Act of 1980", appix)ved June 12, 1984, 
as amended, is amended by striking out the word "sections" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the word "section" and by striking out "and 
516(b)". 
(b) Subsection (c) of section 17 of the Customs Administrative 
Act of 1938, as amended, is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 10. The enactment of this Act shall not be construed to deter-
mine or indicate the approval or disapproval by the Congress of the 
Executive Agreement known as the General Agreement on Tariff's 
and Trade. 
SEC. 11. The President shall, as soon as practicable, take such meas-
ures as may be necessary to prevent tlie importation of ermine, fox, 
kolinsky, marten, mink, muskrat, and weasel furs and skins, dressed 
or undressed, which are the product of the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics or of Communist China. 
Approved June 16, 1951. 
Perishable agricul-
tural commodities. 
Emergency action. 
49 Stat. 773. 
7U. S. C. §624. 
Ante, p. 74. 
62 Stat. 1250. 
7U. S. C. § 624 (f). 
48 Stat. 044. 
19 U. S. C. a 1001, 
1201. 
52 Stat. 1086. 
19 U. S. C. { 1516 
note. 
OATT. 
61 Stat., Pts. 5 and 6. 
Importation of cer-
tain furs. 
Restriction. 
Public Law 51 
CHAPTER 
144 
AN ACT 
To provide for the common defense and security of the United States and to 
permit the more effective utilization of manpower re.sources of the United 
States by authorizing universal military training and service, and for other 
purposes. 
June Ifl, 1951 
18.1] 
Be it enacted by the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Conffress assembled^ 
TITLE I 
1961 Amendments to 
the Universal Mill-
tary T r a i n i n g and 
SECTION 1. The Selective Service Act of 1^8 (62 Stat. 604) as 8«'^*«»^<^t. 
amended, is further amended as follows: 
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(a) Section 1 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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"Si-xmoN 1. (a) This Act may be cited as the 'Universal Military l«i(a)". 
Training and Service Act'." 
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