Air Commerce Act, 1926: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on H.R. 9599 |
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Aeronautics Branch Air Commerce Act air lines air navigation aircraft power plants airline certificate airplanes airways amended by inserting appeal Army and Navy automobiles bill causes of accidents Chairman Commerce Commission functions cost court Department of Commerce end thereof equipment expense expert witness facts ascertained Federal Securities Act foreign air commerce FOREIGN COMMERCE give HOLMES immunity clause inspection inspector to testify Interstate Commerce Commission interstate or foreign investigate accidents JAMES WOLFENDEN Lake Pontchartrain license lights on bridges limited registration MALONEY of Louisiana matter of fact MONAGHAN navigable waters parachute particular passenger Pennsylvania PEHR pilots plane present private fliers private flying properly lighted provision publish the results question reason required to testify safety devices SAM RAYBURN scheduled air transport Secretary of Commerce section 3 U.S.C. Senate sentence thereof statement subcommittee Subdivision subpena Supp testimony thereof the following tion title 49
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Page 17 - ... no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
Page 3 - Commission, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture...
Page 3 - USC 1177(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "and...
Page 3 - States district court, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or the United States court of any Territory or other place to which this Act applies.
Page 2 - That neither said report nor any report of said investigation nor any part thereof shall be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in said report or investigation.
Page 3 - ... (3) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence in obedience to the...
Page 3 - ... unless it shall have been acknowledged before a notary public or other officer authorized by law of the United States, or of a State, Territory, or possession thereof, or the District of Columbia, to take acknowledgment of deeds.
Page 3 - The Secretary of Commerce shall not deny any application for an airline certificate or revoke or suspend any airline certificate except for failure of the airline to comply with safety standards applicable to the operation thereof prescribed by the Secretary.
Page 2 - Witnesses summoned or whose depositions are taken shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses in courts of the United States.
Page 5 - Provide for the issuance and expiration, and for the suspension and revocation, of registration, aircraft, and airman certificates, and such other certificates as the Secretary of Commerce deems necessary in administering the functions vested in him under this act.