A Commission to Study Overseas Activities of the Federal Government: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, First Session. June 11, 12, and August 2, 1951

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Page 2 - Governor thereof. Such committee shall confer with and advise the Secretary of the Interior with respect to all determinations made and regulations adopted by him pursuant to subsection (a). The members of the committee shall select a chairman from among their number. Any vacancy in the committee shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The members of the committee...
Page 2 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman...
Page 2 - Commission deems advisable. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or any subcommittee or members thereof.
Page 2 - Commission, and shall appoint, in accordance with the civil service laws, such officers, agents, attorneys, and employees as it deems necessary to assist it in the performance of its functions and to fix their compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 2 - POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 10. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission or, on the authorization, of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places...
Page 1 - ... appointed by the President of the Senate, four Members of the HOuse of Representatives appointed by the Speaker, and four persons in the executive branch of the Government appointed by the President. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The members of the Commission shall serve without additional compensation by reason of such membership, but they shall be allowed and paid their necessary...
Page 1 - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created a commission to be known as the...
Page 6 - ... administration, we are making no definite recommendation for reorganization since we feel that this complicated problem requires further detailed study before any definite conclusions can be reached as to the most effective organizational arrangement.
Page 60 - DC to undertake a study of the administration of foreign affairs and overseas operations of the United States Government.
Page 2 - Act, hold such hearings and sit and act as such times and places, administer such oaths, and require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and documents as the Commission or such subcommittee or member may deem advisable. Subpenas...

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