Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Department Investigations, Oversight, and Research of ...95-2 on H.R. 10520, H.R. 10584, H.R. 11442 and Related Bills, February 28, March 1, and May 31, 19781978 - 238 pages |
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Page 147 - But in regulating commerce with foreign nations, the power of congress does not stop at the jurisdictional lines of the several states. It would be a very useless power, if it could not pass those lines.
Page 147 - Commerce is a term of the largest import. It comprehends intercourse for the purposes of trade in any and all its forms, including the transportation, purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities between the citizens of our country and the citizens or subjects of other countries, and between the citizens of different States. The power to regulate it embraces all the instruments by which such commerce may be conducted.
Page 61 - Mr. Chairman, I have a statement I would like to submit for the record, but I would prefer to talk off the cuff about these pertinent problems.
Page 150 - Act of 1979 and means any United States resident or national (other than an individual resident outside the United States and employed by other than a United States person), any domestic concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign coni"ern). and any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (including any permanent foreign establishment) of any domestic concern which is controlled in fact by such domestic concern, as determined under regulations of the President.
Page 32 - Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. DE LA GARZA. Mr. Marlenee? Mr. MARLENEE.
Page 21 - WR POAGE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS MR. POAGE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate you, Mr.
Page 147 - Congress has no power to regulate commerce in [a foreign country], it does have power to regulate commerce 'with foreign Nations or among the several States.' This power is now generally interpreted to extend to all commerce, even intrastate and entirely foreign commerce, which has a substantial effect on commerce between the states or between the United States and foreign countries.
Page 145 - Office, that the export sales reporting system established by section 812 has fallen "short of providing timely, accurate, reliable and complete agricultural export data." [Statement of JK Fasick, Director, International Division of the General Accounting Office, Before the Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Policy and the Subcommittee on Aggricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Price of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry at 12 {Juns 24, 1976)].
Page 151 - This Act shall apply to any transaction or activity undertaken, by or through a United States or other person, with intent to evade the provisions of this Act...
Page 57 - ... for the record, state just how adequate the current efforts are to protect the interests of our Government. Mr. PECORA. The work on the geologic framework and geologic background, which leads to understanding of the resource potential, has been decreasing on a negative slope for the past 10 years. I think it should be the other way around, it should be on a positive slope. Mrs. HANSEN. Why should it be decreasing? Mr. PECORA. Because increase in the cost of living and the costs of salaries have...