Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce: Consumer Protection Law : Including Federal Hazardous Substances Act, Fair Packaging and Labeling Act ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 370 pages |
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Page 158 - That for the purposes of this Act the commission, or its duly authorized -agent or agents, shall at all reasonable times have access to, for the purpose of examination, and the right to copy any documentary evidence of any corporation being investigated or proceeded against; and the commission shall have power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all such documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.
Page 150 - All of the expenses of the Commission, including all necessary expenses for transportation incurred by the Commissioners, or by their employees under their orders, in making any investigation, or upon official business in any other places than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the Commission.
Page 327 - When an agency decision rests on official notice of a material fact not appearing in the evidence in the record, a party is entitled, on timely request, to an opportunity to show the contrary.
Page 159 - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on...
Page 163 - ... fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the article to which the labeling relates...
Page 151 - means the Act entitled " An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. " Anti-trust acts " means the Act entitled " An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies...
Page 203 - All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Secretary or his representative pursuant to this subsection which information contains or relates to a trade secret or other matter referred to in section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code, shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that section...
Page 287 - ... may be brought in any such district or in the district wherein the defendant is found or is an inhabitant or transacts business, and process in such cases may be served in any other district of which the defendant is an inhabitant or wherever the defendant may be found.
Page 360 - Executive order; (2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; (3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld...
Page 164 - cosmetic" means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness. or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles ; except that such term shall not include soap. (j) The term "official compendium...