S. 929--the Department of Commerce Dismantling Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 929, to Abolish the Department of Commerce, July 25 and 27, 1995U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 263 pages |
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Page 107 - Department of State Department of the Treasury Department of Defense Department of the Interior Department of Agriculture Department of Labor Department of Transportation Department of Energy Office of Management and Budget Office of the US Trade Representative Council of Economic Advisers Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Administration Agency for International Development
Page 199 - advice and consent of the Senate. The Agency shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Administrator. The Administrator shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
Page 97 - (TDA); major trade negotiations and agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); trade regulation, including antidumping and countervailing duty matters; export licensing; and other issues. The Federal Government's
Page 159 - Article I, section 8, gives Congress the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." This quite clearly refers to protection of intellectual property rights, not to passing out checks to favored industries.
Page 106 - The Overseas Private Investment Corporation was created to mobilize and facilitate the participation of US private capital and skills in the economic and social development of developing countries, thereby complementing the development assistance objectives of the United States. The agency
Page 106 - The Department of the Treasury has responsibility for international monetary affairs, international finance and investment, and coordination of US policies regarding international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Within the Department, the US Customs Service is charged with collecting import duties and enforcing the hundreds of laws or regulations relating to international trade.
Page 229 - 1980.—The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 USC 3701 et seq.) is amended— (A) in section 3, by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; (B) in section 4, by striking paragraphs (1), (4), and (13) and redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9),
Page 228 - (3) Funding.—No Federal funds may be appropriated for the National Technical Information Service for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1995. (d) Amendments.— (1) National institute of standards and technology ACT.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 USC 271 et seq.) is amended— (A) in section
Page 1 - met, pursuant to notice, at 2:31 pm, in room SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. William V. Roth, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Roth,
Page 250 - (2) The Minority Business Development Administration. (3) The United States Travel and Tourism Administration. (4) The National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (5) The Advanced Technology Program under section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 USC 278n). (6) The Manufacturing Extension Programs under sections 25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology- Act (15 USC 278k and 2781).