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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT broadly speaking, (pacific statutory author! *; 1( required ! or ooetplue*e-flxed-fee oontraot. Exoeptlona for "publlo exigency," and the like, la the (totutoa requiring competitive bidding are not oonsldared broad enough to apply to tho proaont altuatlon for many roaaoaa. Thoro are alao exceptions applying to oontroctc Insignificant In amount. Recent etafeutee and appropriation aote, however, have contained the nece*saj-y authority. They have ordinarily Hated the public project* a* to which a ooet-plua-e-fixed-fee contract la panelttad, either apeelfloally by project, or by typaa of project*. The aite of the fee la uiually limited and, la each Instance, the llaltatlon la to a percentage of the estlsmted coat of the project exclusive of tho fee. In general, tho top limit of the perr.lttod fee la except that a limit of 7^ ia applicable to naval ahlp and aircraft construction, certain War Department contracts, and, upon enaotment of ponding lofialotlon, to Maritime Coenisalon eootraota. following ia a sunnary of tho present statutory authorisation* for eostpluaaflxedfoe contract* other than the exception* mentioned above. Subjeot Hatter Limitation os foe Remarks Statuta* X. XAVT 1. KavV, vestals. aircraft and spare porta. also maohlne tool*. Determination by frasidont of National lnteraat. Limitad to amerganey de clared on September b, 1939. Secre tary of Navy Is determine that priee la fair and reasonable. !*ubllc !.'o,671. 7fth Congress.