An Act to permit continued exercise, until 6 months after termination of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, or until such earlier date as may be established by concurrent resolution of Congress, of certain powers, relating to preferences or priorities in the transportation of traffic, under sections 1 (15) and 420 of the Interstate Commerce Act
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INTERPRETATION AND SEPARABILITY 
SEC. 10. The provisions of this Act shall be held to be in addition to, 
and not in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any other 
law. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any 
person or circumstances is held invalid the remainder of the Act and 
the application of such provisions to any other person or circumstances 
shall not be affected thereby. 
EXCLUSIONS 
SEC. 11. The provisions of this Act shall not apply (a) to any com-
mon carrier, contract carrier, or freight forwarder with respect to an 
article of wearing apparel or fabric shipped or delivered for shipment 
into commerce in the ordinary course of its business; or (b) to any 
converter, processor, or finisher in performing a contract or commission 
service for the account of a person subject to the provisions of this Act: 
Provided^ That said converter, processor, or finisher does not cause any 
article of wearing apparel or fabric to become subject to this Act con-
trary to the terms of the contract or commission service; or (c) to any 
article of wearing apparel or fabric shipped or delivered for shipment 
into commerce for the purpose of finishing or processing to render such 
article or fabric not so highly flammable, under the provisions of sec-
tion 4 of this Act, as to be dangerous when worn by individuals. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 12. This Act shall take effect one year after the date of its 
passage. 
AUTHORIZATION OF NECESSARY APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 13. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved June 30, 1953. 
Public Law 89 
CHAPTER 165 
AN ACT 
To permit continued exercise until six montlis after termination of the national 
emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, or until such earlier date as may 
be established by concurrent resolution of Congress, of certain powers, 
relating to preferences or priorities in the transportation of traflSc, under 
sections 1 (15) and 420 of the Interstate Commerce Act. 
June 30, 1953 
[H. R. 2347] 
Be it enacted hy tKe Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions 
of sections 1 (15) and 420 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended 
(49 U. S. C , sees. 1 (15) and 1020), as continued in effect by section 
1 (a) (25) and (26) of the Emergency Powers Continuation Act 
(Public Law 450, Eighty-second Congress), and the authorizations 
conferred and liabilities imposed thereby, shall remain in full force 
and effect until six months after the termination of the national 
emergency proclaimed by the President on December 16, 1950 (Proc. 
2914, 3 C. F. R , 1950 Supp., p. 71), or until such earlier date as the 
Congress by concurrent resolution declares that it is no longer neces-
sary to exercise the powers continued in force and effect by this Act, 
notwithstanding anj^ limitation, by reference to war or threatened 
war, of the time during or for which the authorizations or liabilities 
thereunder may be exercised or imposed. 
Approved June 30, 1953. 
pri-
ICC traffic 
ority powers. 
Continuation. 
41 Stat. 476; 56 
Stat. 298; 66 Stat. 
332. 
64 Stat. A454.