**(a)** Whenever in the judgment of the President any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this chapter, he may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, or for an order enforcing compliance with such provision, and upon a showing by the President that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or practices a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, with or without such injunction or restraining order, shall be granted without bond.
**(b)** The district courts of the United States and the United States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall have jurisdiction of violations of this chapter or any rule, regulation, order, or subpena thereunder, and of all civil actions under this chapter to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule, regulation, order, or subpena thereunder. Any criminal proceeding on account of any such violation may be brought in any district in which any act, failure to act, or transaction constituting the violation occurred. Any such civil action may be brought in any such district or in the district in which the defendant resides or transacts business. Process in such cases, criminal or civil, may be served in any district wherein the defendant resides or transacts business or wherever the defendant may be found; the subpena for witnesses who are required to attend a court in any district in such case may run into any other district. The termination of the authority granted in any subchapter or section of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or ord
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**(a)** Whenever in the judgment of the President any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this chapter, he may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, or for an order enforcing compliance with such provision, and upon a showing by the President that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or practices a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, with or without such injunction or restraining order, shall be granted without bond.
**(b)** The district courts of the United States and the United States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall have jurisdiction of violations of this chapter or any rule, regulation, order, or subpena thereunder, and of all civil actions under this chapter to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule, regulation, order, or subpena thereunder. Any criminal proceeding on account of any such violation may be brought in any district in which any act, failure to act, or transaction constituting the violation occurred. Any such civil action may be brought in any such district or in the district in which the defendant resides or transacts business. Process in such cases, criminal or civil, may be served in any district wherein the defendant resides or transacts business or wherever the defendant may be found; the subpena for witnesses who are required to attend a court in any district in such case may run into any other district. The termination of the authority granted in any subchapter or section of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, shall not operate to defeat any suit, action, or prosecution, whether theretofore or thereafter commenced, with respect to any right, liability, or offense incurred or committed prior to the termination date of such subchapter or of such rule, regulation, or order. No costs shall be assessed against the United States in any proceeding under this chapter. All litigation arising under this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder shall be under the supervision and control of the Attorney General.
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§ 4558. Voluntary agreements and plans of action
for preparedness programs and expansion of
production capacity and supply
(a) Immunity from civil and criminal liability or
defense to action under antitrust laws; ex-
ceptions
Except as specifically provided in subsection
(j) of this section, no provision of this chapter
shall be deemed to convey to any person any im-
munity from civil or criminal liability, or to
create defenses to actions, under the antitrust
laws.
(b) Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) Antitrust laws
The term ‘‘antitrust laws’’ has the meaning
given to such term in subsection (a) of section
12 of title 15, except that such term includes
section 45 of title 15 to the extent that such
section 45 applies to unfair methods of com-
petition.
(2) Plan of action
The term ‘‘plan of action’’ means any of 1 or
more documented methods adopted by partici-
pants in an existing voluntary agreement to
implement that agreement.
(c) Prerequisites for agreements and plans of ac-
tion; delegation of authority to Presidential
designees
(1) Upon finding that conditions exist which
may pose a direct threat to the national defense
or its preparedness programs, the President may
consult with representatives of industry, busi-
ness, financing, agriculture, labor, and other in-
terests in order to provide for the making by
such persons, with the approval of the President,
of voluntary agreements and plans of action to
help provide for the national defense.
(2) The authority granted to the President in
paragraph (1) and subsection (d) may be dele-
gated by him (A) to individuals who are ap-
pointed by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, or are holding offices to which they
have been appointed by and with the advice and
co