Amend Section 2 of the Export Control Act of 1949: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on S. 948, a Bill to Amend Section 2 of the Export Control Act of 1949, May 24 and 25, 1965

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Considers S. 948, to amend Export Control Act of 1949 by incorporating policy statement that U.S. opposes restrictive trade practices or boycotts imposed by foreign countries against other countries friendly to the U.S.

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Page 2 - US Senate, Washington, DC DEAR SENATOR : This is in response to your request for the views of the Department of Justice on S. 1719, to amend the Interstate Commerce Act and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958...
Page 149 - No person shall be held liable for damages or penalties for any default under any contract...
Page 150 - ... refuse to take any action, including the furnishing of information or the signing of agreements, which has the effect of furthering or supporting the restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against another country friendly to the United States.
Page 2 - Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States to use export controls to the extent necessary (a) to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the inflationary impact of abnormal foreign demand; (b) to further the foreign policy of the United States...
Page 149 - This prohibition applies to the owner of the ship or aircraft, the master of the ship or aircraft, or any other officer, employee or agent of the owner of the ship or aircraft who participates in the transportation. The consular officers of the United States are furnished with current Information as to commodities on the Positive List and will advise whether commodities are currently on that List.
Page 123 - ... responsible to or subject to the supervision or direction of any officer, employee, or agent engaged in the performance of investigative or prosecuting functions for any agency.
Page 149 - No person shall take on board any ship documented under the laws of the United States or any aircraft registered...
Page 149 - ... is issued shall report this fact promptly to the Under Secretary for Transportation, Department of Commerce, Washington 25, DC, and advise what steps he has taken to comply with the requirements of section 1 of this order.
Page 2 - ... to further the foreign policy of the United States and to aid in fulfilling its international responsibilities; and (c) to exercise the necessary vigilance over exports from the standpoint of their significance to the national security of the United States.

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