Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1995: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - United States |
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Page 44 - The commission is to be non-partisan; and it must, from the very nature of its duties, act with entire impartiality. It is charged with the enforcement of no policy except the policy of the law. Its duties are neither political nor executive, but predominantly quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative. Like the Interstate Commerce Commission, its members are called upon to exercise the trained judgment of a body of experts " appointed by law and informed by experience.
Page 382 - A material weakness is a reportable condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions.
Page 34 - The authority of Congress, in creating quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial agencies, to require them to act in discharge of their duties independently of executive control cannot well be doubted...
Page 1110 - Provided further, that none of the funds In this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of...
Page 1238 - Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in official travel status...
Page 176 - This document is included in the docket for today's proposed rule. After considering the economic impacts of today'i proposed rule on small entities. I certify that this action will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Page 188 - ... shall cover a series of shipments during a stated period of time in contrast to contracts of carriage governing individual shipments...
Page 313 - DOE certifies that the proposal will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because...
Page 970 - ... have been or were validly determined to be violations at the time they occurred. Incidents that shall not be considered under paragraph (g)(3) of this section are those that: (1) Occurred prior to...
Page 38 - But when it is attempted to apply to transportation through an entire series of States a principle of this kind, and each one of the States shall attempt to establish its own rates of transportation, its own methods to prevent discrimination in rates, or to permit it, the deleterious influence upon the freedom of commerce among the States and upon the transit of goods through those States cannot be overestimated.