<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id8cf59a53-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s2202"><num value="2202">§ 2202.</num><heading> Contracts</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The President may, in advance, exempt any specific action of the Commission in a particular matter from the provisions of law relating to contracts whenever he determines that such action is essential in the interest of the common defense and security.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id8cf59a54-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f">(<ref href="/us/act/1946-08-01/ch724">Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724</ref>, title I, § 162, as added <ref href="/us/act/1954-08-30/ch1073/s1">Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/68/951">68 Stat. 951</ref>; renumbered title I, <ref href="/us/pl/102/486/tIX/s902/a/8">Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8)</ref>, <date date="1992-10-24">Oct. 24, 1992</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/106/2944">106 Stat. 2944</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id8cf59a56-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Provisions similar to this section were contained in <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1812/b">section 1812(b) of this title</ref>, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act <date date="1946-08-01">Aug. 1, 1946</date>, by act <date date="1954-08-30">Aug. 30, 1954</date>.</p>
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