Spectrum Allocation: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on Allocation of Radio Spectrum Between Federal Government Users and Non-federal Government Users, June 8 and 9, 1959

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Panel consideration of H.J. Res. 331, related H.J. Res. 292, and H.R. 7057, to establish a board or commission to study management of and procedures for radio frequency allocations; and to report to the President what, if any, changes are recommended to effect improvements. Witnesses testified in panel format.

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Page 18 - ... (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (2) the terms oJ: office of the members first taking office after the date of the enactment of this Act...
Page 9 - OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 7. (a) The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, without regard to the provisions of the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 7 - Frequencies (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission" ) . (b) The Commission shall be composed of...
Page 8 - The members from private life shall each receive .$50 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.
Page 47 - Council shall hold office for a term of six years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (2) the terms of the members first taking office shall expire, as designated by the President at the time of appointment...
Page 10 - 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.
Page 87 - Study new uses for radio, provide for experimental uses of frequencies, and generally encourage the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest...
Page 15 - Commission shall have the power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and...
Page 6 - regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide wire and radio communications service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges...
Page 4 - Council shall hold office for a term of three years, except that — (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term ; and (2) the terms of the members first taking office shall expire as...

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