No person shall be held liable for damages or penalties for any act or failure to act resulting directly or indirectly from compliance with a rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, notwithstanding that any such rule, regulation, or order shall thereafter be declared by judicial or other competent authority to be invalid. No person shall discriminate against orders or contracts to which priority is assigned or for which materials or facilities are allocated under subchapter I of this chapter or under any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, by charging higher prices or by imposing different terms and conditions for such orders or contracts than for other generally comparable orders or contracts, or in any other manner.
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No person shall be held liable for damages or penalties for any act or failure to act resulting directly or indirectly from compliance with a rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter, notwithstanding that any such rule, regulation, or order shall thereafter be declared by judicial or other competent authority to be invalid. No person shall discriminate against orders or contracts to which priority is assigned or for which materials or facilities are allocated under subchapter I of this chapter or under any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, by charging higher prices or by imposing different terms and conditions for such orders or contracts than for other generally comparable orders or contracts, or in any other manner.
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§ 4559. Public participation in rulemaking
(a) Exemption from Administrative Procedure
Act
Any regulation issued under this chapter shall
not be subject to sections 551 through 559 of title
5.
(b) Opportunity for notice and comment
(1) In general
Except as provided in subsection (c), any
regulation issued under this chapter shall be
published in the Federal Register and oppor-
tunity for public comment shall be provided
for not less than 30 days, consistent with the
requirements of section 553(b) of title 5.
(2) Waiver for temporary provisions
The requirements of paragraph (1) may be
waived, if—
(A) the officer authorized to issue the reg-
ulation finds that urgent and compelling cir-
cumstances make compliance with such re-
quirements impracticable;
(B) the regulation is issued on a temporary
basis; and
(C) the publication of such temporary reg-
ulation is accompanied by the finding made
under subparagraph (A) (and a brief state-
ment of the reasons for such finding) and an
opportunity for public comment is provided
for not less than 30 days before any regula-
tion becomes final.
(3) Consideration of public comments
All comments received during the public
comment period specified pursuant to para-
graph (1) or (2) shall be considered and the
publication of the final regulation shall con-
tain written responses to such comments.
(c) Public comment on procurement regulations
Any procurement policy, regulation, proce-
dure, or form (including any amendment or
modification of any such policy, regulation, pro-
cedure, or form) issued under this chapter shall
be subject to section 1707 of title 41.
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title VII, § 709, 64 Stat. 819;
Pub. L. 102–558, title I, § 136(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106
Stat. 4216.)
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