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 61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-JULY 21, 25, 26, 1947 members of the Cabinet, and other officers of the Government be, and hereby are, respectfully urged to accord the small businessmen of America representation on such Government agencies including par- ticularly policy-making bodies created by Executive appointment. Agreed to July 21, 1947. EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Senate and the House of Representatives hereby accept the invitations tendered by the President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Bahamas Government to have four Members of the Senate and four Members of the House of Representatives attend a meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association to be held in the Bahamas beginning December 28, 1947. The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are authorized to appoint the Members of the Senate and the Members of the House of Representatives, respectively, to attend such meeting and are further authorized to designate the chairmen of the delegations from each of the Houses. The expenses incurred by the members of the delegations appointed for the purpose of attending such meeting, which shall not exceed $5,000 for each of the delegations, shall be reimbursed to them from the contingent fund of the House of which they are Members, upon submission of vouchers approved by the chairman of the delegation of which they are members. Passed July 25, 1947. STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF PRESENT HIGH PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Joint Committee on the Economic Report is hereby author- ized and directed through two or more subcommittees of the said com- mittee, each to be composed of three members of the Senate (not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party) and three Members of the House of Representatives (not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party) take the ac- tion prescribed in section 2 hereof. Members of said subcommittees may be selected from the membership of said Joint Committee on the Economic Report or from Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives not members of said Committee on the Economic Report. Vacancies in the membership of the subcommittees shall not affect the powers of the remaining members to exercise the func- tions of the subcommittee and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the joint committee through the said subcommittees (1) to make a full and complete study and investiga- tion of the present high prices of consumer goods and (2) to report to the Congress not later than February 1, 1948, the results of the study and investigation of its subcommittees together with such recom- mendations, as to necessary legislation as it may deem desirable. SEC. 3. (a) The subcommittees herein established are authorized to sit and act at such places and times during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Eightieth Congress, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make 95347°- 49 -PT. II-5 1025 July 25, 1947 [H. Con. Res. 110] Acceptance of invi- tations to attend meet- ing in the Bahamas. Appointment of members of delega- tions. Expenses. July 26, 1947 [8. Con. Res. 19] Subcommittees of Joint Committee on Economic Report. Action required. Study, etc., of high prices of consumer goods. Report to Congress Authority of sub- committees.

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