Miscellaneous Bills, Coast Guard: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Coast Guard of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 182, a Bill to Increase the Retired Pay of Certain Members of the Former Lighthouse Service; H.R. 273, a Bill to Revise, Codify, and Enact Into Law, Title 14 of the U.S. Code, Entitled "Coast Guard"; H.R. 1309, a Bill to Provide Additional Retirement Benefits for Certain Persons Serving in the Coast Guard who Served in the Former Lighthouse Service; H.R. 2986, a Bill to Increase the Retired Pay of Certain Members of the Former Lighthouse Service; H.R. 3294, a Bill to Regulate the Hours of Duty and the Pay of Civilian Keepers of Lighthouse and Civilian Employed on Lightships and Other Vessels of the Coast Guard. May 2, 1949

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Page 33 - In case the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force (or the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard) determines that enlistment, enrollment, or appointment in, or assignment to, an organized unit of a Reserve component or an officers...
Page 57 - That whenever a ribbon issued under the provisions of this Act shall have been lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued, a new ribbon shall be issued to such person without charge therefor.
Page 62 - And his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him.
Page 30 - States in channel improvement, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department.
Page 30 - ... facilities, and rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and shall maintain a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war.
Page 38 - The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States.
Page 70 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 55 - ... presented to a judge, he shall immediately call to his assistance to hear and determine the application two other judges. Said application shall not be heard or determined before at least five days notice of the hearing has been given to the Interstate Commerce Commission, to the Attorney General of the United States, and to such other persons as may be defendants in the suit : Provided, That in cases where irreparable damage would otherwise ensue to the petitioner, a majority of said three judges...
Page 62 - ... willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness, or to testify, or produce documentary evidence which such person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, for...
Page 66 - ... in reimbursement for medical or hospital services furnished at the expense of the United States nor, in the case of burial, of such portion of the expense thereof as may be otherwise paid by the United States.

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