Defense Production Act Amendments of 1989 (H.R. 486): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, May 17, 18, 24, and June 20, 1989U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 - 614 pages |
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... national defense industrial base , why should we give it away in exchange for a high resolution television set ? It is idiocy . So our concern on this treaty , much like yours , is that we are shooting ourselves in the foot . Chair ...
... national defense industrial base , why should we give it away in exchange for a high resolution television set ? It is idiocy . So our concern on this treaty , much like yours , is that we are shooting ourselves in the foot . Chair ...
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... national defense economic adjustment commission , very much like the military base closing commission , to oversee and help develop economic adjustment plans for impacted defense dependent communities and companies . Third , a community ...
... national defense economic adjustment commission , very much like the military base closing commission , to oversee and help develop economic adjustment plans for impacted defense dependent communities and companies . Third , a community ...
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... DEFENSE Mr. PHILLIPS . Thank you , Madam Chair . I am president of the National Council for Industrial Defense . We appreciate your lead- ership in the fight to strengthen the American industrial base and your sponsorship of H.R. 486 ...
... DEFENSE Mr. PHILLIPS . Thank you , Madam Chair . I am president of the National Council for Industrial Defense . We appreciate your lead- ership in the fight to strengthen the American industrial base and your sponsorship of H.R. 486 ...
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... national defense , anchored by proven American productive capa- bilities . Before discussing the specific provisions of H.R. 486 , I would like to outline seven of the major problem areas that have contributed over the years to the ...
... national defense , anchored by proven American productive capa- bilities . Before discussing the specific provisions of H.R. 486 , I would like to outline seven of the major problem areas that have contributed over the years to the ...
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... defense industrial base is eroding . Our defense industrial preparedness needs major surgery and the operation is long overdue . I think it is fair to say that most Americans go to bed at night confident that our national defense is ...
... defense industrial base is eroding . Our defense industrial preparedness needs major surgery and the operation is long overdue . I think it is fair to say that most Americans go to bed at night confident that our national defense is ...
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Page 500 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 425 - EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946, AS AMENDED, WITH RELATED LAWS (60 Stat. 23) [PUBLIC LAW 304— 79TH CONGRESS] AN ACT To declare a national policy on employment, production, and purchasing power, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1 . This Act may be cited as the "Employment Act of 1946".
Page 214 - Individuals so employed may be compensated at rates not in excess of $50 per diem and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed transportation and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses while so employed.
Page 258 - Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States.
Page 499 - ... to make such expenditures as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The...
Page 199 - Whenever in the judgment of the Commission any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation...
Page 451 - Government, to enter into contracts or into amendments or modifications of contracts heretofore or hereafter made and to make advance payments thereon, without regard to other provisions of law relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, whenever he deems that such action would facilitate the national defense.
Page 257 - CREATION OF TRUST FUND. - There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the 'Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund...
Page 190 - For the purpose of subsection (b) of this section — (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session...
Page 499 - ... or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing...