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PUBLIC LAW 233—OCT. 30, 1951

[65 STAT.

(4) The extent, if any, to which Post Office Department expenditures in excess of revenue, for its various services and for the handling of various classes of mail, are justified as being in the public interest. Powers. (c)(1) The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized (A) to hold such hearings; (B) to sit and act at such places and times; (C) to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents; (D) to administer such oaths; (E) to take such testimony; (F) to procure such printing and binding; and (G) Stenographic to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenoices. graphic services to report such hearings shall not exceed 25 cents per hundred words. The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of 2 U.S.C.5§ 192-194. the Revised Statutes shall apply in the case of any failure of any witness to comply with a subpena or to testify when summoned under authority of this section. Personnel, etc. (2) The joint committee is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems necessary to assist it in the performance of its functions. Such compensation shall not be fixed at a rate in excess of the maximum rate payable under section 60 Stat. 835. 202 (e) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1^46, as amended, 2 U. 8. C. i 72a. in the case of employees of standing committees, except that the joint committee may employ part-time consultants, experts, and technicians at a per diem rate not in excess of $50. The joint committee may also contract for the service of accounting and management engineering firms to assist it in the performance of its functions. Insofar as practicable, the joint committee shall employ persons familiar with the operation of the postal service, accounting practices, or problems of public transportation and distribution with special reference to rate making in those fields. The chairman and vice chairman of the joint committee are authorized to assign from time to time the members of the staff of their respective committees to duties and responsibilities in connection with the operation of such joint committee. Reports to Congress. (d) The joint committee shall report from time to time to the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives from which the membership of the joint committee was appointed, and shall submit its final report to the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than January 15, 1953, of the results of its study and investigation together with such recommendations as to necessary legislaTermination of com- tion as it may deem advisable. Upon the submission of such final mittee. report the joint committee shall cease to exist. Appropriation au(e) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not in excess thorized. of $100,000 to carry out the purposes of this section, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate on vouchers signed by the chairman and vice chairman of the joint committee. REPEAL OF E X I S T I N G PROVISIONS

SEC. 14. All existing laws or portions thereof, inconsistent or in conflict with this title, are hereby amended or repealed. APPLICATION TO GUAM

SEC. 15. This Act shall have the same force and effect within Guam as within other possessions of the United States. EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 16. This title shall take effect on the first day of the third calendar month following the calendar month in which it is enacted,

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