Independent Regulatory Agencies Legislation: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representataives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 909 pages Considers. H.R. 4800 and related H.R. 6774, to amend the Communications Act, the Federal Aviation Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, and the Securities Exchange Act to increase regulatory agencies power and independence of action. S. 1735, to amend the Communications Act to repeal the honorarium provision regarding presentation or delivery of publications to the FCC. S. 1736, to amend the Communications Act to eliminate required oath or affirmation on certain documents filed with FCC. S. 1738, to amend the Communications Act to lessen functions of FCC review staff. S. 1965, to amend the Federal Power Act to readjust succession and appointment policies for Commissioners of regulatory agencies. Includes "Problems of the CAB and the Independent Regulatory Commissions" by Louis J. Hector, Sept. 10, 1959 (p. 336-411); and CAB "Comments on the Hector Memorandum" (p. 412-507) |
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Page 709 - Any commissioner may be removed by the President for .inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 694 - Any member of the Board may be removed by the President, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other cause.
Page 171 - ... agency and includes the approval or prescription for the future of rates, wages, corporate or financial structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, services or allowances therefor or of valuations, costs, or accounting, or practices bearing on any of the foregoing; (5) "rule making...
Page 154 - Commission and be heard, in person or by attorney. Every vote and official act of the Commission shall be entered of record, and its proceedings shall be public upon the request of either party interested. Said Commission shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed. Either of the members of the Commission may administer oaths and affirmations and sign subpoenas.
Page 42 - Study new uses for radio, provide for experimental uses of frequencies, and generally encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest...
Page 147 - Social Relations It is not necessary to the proper performance of judicial duty that a judge should live in retirement or seclusion; it is desirable that, so far as reasonable attention to the completion of his work will permit, he continue to mingle in social intercourse, and that he should not discontinue his interest in or appearance at meetings of members of the Bar.
Page 186 - Any examiner who divulges any fact or information which may come to his knowledge during the course of such examination, except in so far as he may be directed by the Commission or by a court...
Page 256 - This section applies, according to the provisions thereof, except to the extent that there is involved — (1) a military or foreign affairs function of the United States; or (2) a matter relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.
Page 41 - ... includes the approval or prescription for the future of rates, wages, corporate or financial structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, services or allowances therefor or of valuations, costs, or accounting, or practices bearing upon any of the foregoing. "Rule making" means agency process for the formulation, amendment, or repeal of a rule.
Page 415 - The encouragement and development of an air transportation system properly adapted to the present and future needs of the foreign and domestic •commerce of the United States, of the postal service, and of the national •defense...