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50 USC § 4514 - Limitation on actions without congressional authorization 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s4514"
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title: "50 USC § 4514 - Limitation on actions without congressional authorization"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "4514"
section_name: "Limitation on actions without congressional authorization"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEFENSE PRODUCTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(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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# § 4514. Limitation on actions without congressional authorization

**(a)** **Wage or price controls** 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.

**(b)** **Chemical or biological weapons** section 5312 of title 5

No provision of this subchapter shall be exercised or interpreted to require action or compliance by any private person to assist in any way in the production of or other involvement in chemical or biological warfare capabilities, unless authorized by the President (or the President’s designee who is serving in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule in accordance with ) without further redelegation.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 102–558, title I, § 112, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4202.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , known as the Defense Production Act of 1950, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 2074 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 104 of , as added , title I, § 101(c), ; amended , , related to limitations on imports of fats and oils, prior to termination at close of , pursuant to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section deemed to have become effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under .

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Authority

Authority of President under subsec. (b) of this section delegated to Secretary of Defense, without authority to redelegate, by section 204 of Ex. Ord. No. 13603, , 77 F.R. 16653, set out as a note under .