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restrictions of the United States, reciprocal concessions obtained, modifications of existing trade agreements in order to effectuate more fully the purposes of the trade agreements legislation (including the incorporation therein of escape clauses), ** and other information relating to that program and to the agreements entered into thereunder.

** (June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title III, § 350, as added June 12, 1934, ch. 474, § 1, 48 Stat. 943, and amended June 7, 1943, ch. 118, § 2, 57 Stat. 125; July 5, 1945, ch. 269, §§ 2, 3, 59 Stat. 410; Sept. 26, 1949, ch. 585, §§ 4, 6, 63 Stat. 698; June 21, 1955, ch. 169, § 3, 69 Stat. 165; Aug. 20, 1958, Pub. L. 85-686, § 3, 72 Stat. 673.)

19 U.S.C., § 1361. Same; action by President; reports to Congress. [U.S. Tariff Commission.]

(a) Within thirty days after any trade agreement under section 1351 of this title, has been entered into which, when effective, will (1) require or make appropriate any modification of duties or other import restrictions, *** *or (2) fail to require or make appropriate the minimum increase in duty or additional import restrictions required to avoid such injury, the President shall transmit to Congress a copy of such agreement together with a message accurately identifying the article with respect to which such limits or minimum requirements are not complied with, and stating his reasons for the action taken with respect to such article. If either the Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, are not in session at the time of such transmission, such agreement and message shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or both, as the case may be.

(b) Promptly after the President has transmitted such foreign trade agreement to Congress the Commission shall deposit with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, a copy of the portions of its report to the President dealing with the articles with respect to which such limits or minimum requirements are not complied with. (June 16, 1951, ch. 141, § 4, 65 Stat. 73.)

19 U.S.C., § 1364. Operation of escape clause.

(a) Investigations; hearings and recommendations; publication of findings and recommendations.

(a) Upon the request of the President, upon resolution of either House of Congress, upon resolution of either the Committee on Finance of the Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, upon its own motion, or upon application of any interested party (including any organization or group of employees), the United States Tariff Commission shall promptly make an investigation and make a report thereon not later than six months after the application is made to determine whether any product upon which a concession has been granted under a trade agreement is, as a result, in whole or in part, of the duty or other customs treatment reflecting such concession, being imported into the United States in

such increased quantities, either actual or relative, as to cause or threaten serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products.

Should the Tariff Commission find, as the result of its investigation and hearings, that a product on which a concession has been granted is, as a result, in whole or in part, of the duty or other customs treatment reflecting such concession, being imported in such increased quantities, either actual or relative, as to cause or threaten serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products, it shall recommend to the President the withdrawal or modification of the concession, its suspension in whole or in part, or the establishment of import quotas, to the extent and for the time necessary to prevent or remedy such injury. The Tariff Commission shall immediately make public its findings and recommendations to the President, including any dissenting or separate findings and recommendations, and shall cause a summary thereof to be published in the Federal Register. ***

(c) Adjustment by President; report to Congress.

Upon (1) receipt of the Tariff Commission's report of its investigation and hearings, the President may make such adjustments in the rates of duty, impose such quotas, or make such other modifications as are found and reported by the Commission to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury to the respective domestic industry. If the President does not take such action within sixty days he shall immediately submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate stating why he has not made such adjustments or modifications, or imposed such quotas.

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(d) Publications of Tariff Commission's finding and conclusions.

When in the judgment of the Tariff Commission no sufficient reason exists for a recommendation to the President that a concession should be withdrawn or modified or a quota established, it shall make and publish a report stating its findings and conclusions.

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* ** (June 16, 1951, ch. 141, § 7, 65 Stat. 74; Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 348, title I, § 102, 67 Stat. 472; June 21, 1955, ch. 169, §§ 5, 6, 69 Stat. 166; Aug. 20, 1958, Pub. L. 85-686, §§ 5a, b(1), (c), 6, 72 Stat. 676.)

22 U.S.C., § 276. Report to Congress [Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group].

The United States group of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary group shall submit to the Congress a report for each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made including its expenditures under such appropriation. (June 11, 1959, Pub. L. 86-42, § 3, 73 Stat. 73.)

22 U.S.C., § 286k-2. Suspension of right of International Bank to issue securities under section 286k-1; report of Securities and Exchange Commission.

*** The [Securities and Exchange] Commission shall include in its annual reports to Congress such information as it shall deem advisable with regard to the operations and effect of sections 286k-1 and 286k-2 of this title [re securities issued by International Bank] and section 24 of Title 12 and in connection therewith shall include any views submitted for such purpose by any association of dealers registered with the Commission. (June 29, 1949, ch. 276, § 3, 63 Stat. 299.)

22 U.S.C., § 287b. Reports to Congress by President.

The President shall, from time to time as occasion may require, but not less than once a year, make reports to the Congress of the activities of the United Nations and of the participation of the United States therein. He shall make special current reports on decisions of the Security Council to take enforcement measures under the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, and on the participation therein under his instructions, of the representative of the United States. (Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, § 4, 59 Stat. 620.)

22 U.S.C., § 621. Reports to Congress.

The Attorney General shall, from time to time, make a report to the Congress concerning the administration of this subchapter, including the nature, sources, and content of political propaganda disseminated or distributed. (June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 11, as added Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, § 1, 56 Stat. 258.)

22 U.S.C., § 1102. Report to Congress.

The Secretary [of the Treasury] shall submit annually to the President and to the Congress a comparative report showing the condition of the [Foreign Service Retirement and Disability] Fund and estimates of appropriations necessary to continue this title in full force. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title VIII, § 862, 60 Stat. 1024.) 22 U.S.C., § 1468. Recommendations and reports.

The [U.S. Advisory] Commissions [on Information and Educational Exchange] shall meet not less frequently than once each month during the first six months after their establishment, and thereafter at such intervals as the Commissions find advisable, and shall transmit to the Secretary a quarterly report, and to the Congress a semiannual report of all programs and activities carried on under the authority of this chapter, including appraisals, where feasible, as to the effectiveness of the several programs, and such recommendations as shall have been made by the Commissions to the Secretary for effectuating the purposes and objectives of this chapter and the action taken to carry out such recommendations. (Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title VI, § 603, 62 Stat. 11.)

22 U.S.C., § 1794. Reports to Congress.

(a) The President, from time to time while funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter continue to be available for obligation,

shall transmit to the Congress reports covering each six months of operations*** except information the disclosure of which he deems incompatible with the security of the United States. Reports provided for under this section shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be ***

(b) All documents, papers, communications, audits, reviews, findings, recommendations, reports, and other material which relate to the operation or activities of the International Cooperation Administration shall be furnished to the General Accounting Office and to any committee of the Congress, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, charged with considering legislation or appropriation for, or expenditures of, such Administration, upon request of the General Accounting Office or such committee or subcommittee as the case may be. (Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937. Ch. IV, § 534, 68 Stat. 860; July 8, 1955, ch. 301, § 10(e), 69 Stat. 289; Aug. 14, 1957, Pub. L. 85-141, § 10(f), 71 Stat. 364; July 24, 1959, Ch. ÏV, § 401(i), Pub. L. 86-108, 73 Stat. 254.)

22 U.S.C., § 1793a. Office of Inspector General and Comptroller [of State Department].

(d) Expenses; furnishing of documents to General Accounting Office and to Congressional Committees.

Expenses of the Office of the Inspector General and Comptroller with respect to programs under this Act shall be charged to the appropriations made to carry out such programs: Provided, That all documents, papers, communications, audits, reviews, findings, recommendations, reports, and other material which relate to the operation or activities of the Office of Inspector General and Comptroller shall be furnished to the General Accounting Office and to any committee of the Congress, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, charged with considering legislation or appropriation for, or expenditures of, such Office, upon request of the General Accounting Office or such committee or subcommittee as the case may be. (Pub. L. 86-108, 73 Stat. 254.)

22 U.S.C., § 1998. Reports.

The President shall transmit to the Congress reports covering each six months of operations under this chapter. [International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation.] (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 811, § 9, 70 Stat. 779.)

22 U.S.C., § 2022. Purpose of participation; reports to Congress.

*** In addition to any other requirements of law, the Department of State and the Atomic Energy Commission shall keep the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as appropriate, currently informed with respect to the activities of the Agency and the participation of the United States therein. (Pub. L. 85–177, §3, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 453.)

25 U.S.C., § 271. Employment of instructors for Indians.

The President may, in every case where he shall judge improvement in the habits and condition of such Indians practicable, and that the means of instruction can be introduced with their own consent, employ capable persons of good moral character to instruct them in the mode of agriculture suited to their situation; and for teaching their children in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and performing such other duties as may be enjoined according to such instructions and rules as the President may give and prescribe for the regulation of their conduct, in the discharge of their duties. A report of the proceedings adopted in the execution of this provision shall be annually laid before Congress. (R.S. § 2071.)

26 U.S.C., § 6103. Publicity of returns and lists of taxpayers.

(b) Inspection by states.

(1) State officers.

The proper officers of any State may, upon the request of the governor thereof, have access to the returns of any corporation, or to an abstract thereof showing the name and income of any corporation, at such times and in such manner as the Secretary or his delegate may prescribe.

(2) State bodies or commissions.

All income returns filed with respect to the taxes imposed by chapters 1, 2, 3, and 6 (or copies thereof, if so prescribed by regulations made under this subsection), shall be open to inspection by any official, body, or commission, lawfully charged with the administration of any State tax law, if the inspection is for the purpose of such administration or for the purpose of obtaining information to be furnished to local taxing authorities as provided in this paragraph. * * * (c) Inspection by shareholders.

All bona fide shareholders of record owning 1 per centum or more of the outstanding stock of any corporation shall upon making request of the Commissioner, be allowed to examine the annual income returns of such corporation and of its subsidiaries.

(d) Inspection by Committees of Congress.

(1) Committees on Ways and Means and Finance.

(A) The Secretary * * upon request from the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, or a Select Committee of the Senate or House *** shall furnish such committee *** with any data of any character contained in or shown in any return.

(B) Any such committee shall have the right *** to inspect any or all of the returns at such times and in such manner as it may determine.

(C) Any relevant or useful information thus obtained may be submitted *** to the Senate or the House ***.

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