Department of Housing and Urban Development--independent Agencies Appropriations for 1978: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Part 4

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Page 4 - I soon discovered that zero-based budgeting means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
Page 164 - Act are — (1) to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products ; (2) to assist consumers in evaluating the comparative safety of consumer products ; (3) to develop uniform safety standards for consumer products and to minimize conflicting State and local regulations; and (4) to promote research and investigation into the causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. (a) For purposes of this Act: (1) The...
Page 164 - The purposes of this Act are — (1) to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products...
Page 151 - Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, Including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 USC 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for...
Page 72 - Commission (CPSC) is to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury from consumer products; to assist consumers to evaluate the comparative safety of consumer products; to develop uniform safety standards for consumer products and minimize conflicting State and local regulations; and to promote research and investigation into the causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries.
Page 50 - For purposes of this section, the term "substantial product hazard" means — (1) a failure to comply with an applicable consumer product safety rule which creates a substantial risk of injury to the public, or (2) a product defect which (because of the pattern of defect, the number of defective products distributed in commerce, the severity of the risk, or otherwise) creates a substantial risk of injury to the public.
Page 151 - COMMISSION Federal Funds General and Special Funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the...
Page 29 - A decision package identifies a discrete activity, function, or operation in a definitive manner for management evaluation and comparison with other activities. This identification includes: Purpose (or goals and objectives) Consequences of not performing the activity Measures of performance Alternative courses of action Costs and benefits The...
Page 221 - ... the identified risk of injury. (8) Additional criteria. Additional criteria may arise that the staff believes warrant the Commission's attention. The Commission encourages the Inclusion of such criteria for Its consideration in establishing priorities. The Commission recognizes that incontrovertible data related to the criteria identified in this policy statement may be difficult to locate or develop on a timely basis. Therefore, the Commission may not require extensive documentation on each...
Page 9 - There they are broken down by act : the Consumer Product Safety Act, Federal Hazardous Substances Act, Flammable Fabrics Act, Poison Prevention Packaging Act, and Petitions and Voluntary Standards.

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