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60 Stat. 808. Duties.

Reports to President and Congress. Powers of the Commission.

Reports.

Oaths. Subpenas.

Aid of district court.

Testimony by deposition.

Payment of witnesses. Compliance order.

PUBLIC LAW 88-354-jULY 3, 1964

178 STAT.

sary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission. (b) Each member of the Commission who is appointed by the President may receive compensation at the rate of $100 for each day such member is engaged upon work of the Commission, and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.—^(a) The Commission shall study and appraise the marketing structure of the food industry, including the following: (1) The actual changes, principally in the past two decades, in the various segments of the food industry; (2) The changes likely to materialize if present trends continue; (3) The kind of food industry that would assure efficiency of production, assembly, processing, and distribution, provide appropriate services to consumers, and yet maintain acceptable competitive alternatives of procurement and sale in all segments of the industry from producer to consumer; (4) The changes in statutes or public policy, the organization of farming and of food assembly, processing, and distribution, and the interrelationships between segments of the food industry which would be appropriate to achieve a desired distribution of power as well as desired levels of efficiency; (5) The effectiveness of the services, including the dissemination of market news, and regulatory activities of the Federal Government in terms of present and probable developments in the industry; and (6) The effect of imported food on United States producers, processors and consumers. (b) The Commission shall make such interim reports as it deems advisable, and it shall make a final report of its findings and conclusions to the President and to the Congress by July 1, 1965. SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—(a) The Commission, or any three members thereof as authorized by the Commission, may conduct hearing^ anywhere in the United States or otherwise secure data and expressions of opinions pertinent to the study. I n connection therewith the Commission is authorized by majority vote— (1) to require, by special or general orders, corporations, business firms, and individuals to submit in writing such reports and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe; such submission shall be made within such reasonable period and under oath or otherwise as the Commission may determine; ^2) to administer oaths; (3) to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence relating to the execution of its duties; (4) in the case of disobedience to a subpena or order issued under paragraph (a) of this section to invoke the aid of any district court of the United States in requiring compliance with such subpena or order; (5) in any proceeding or investigation to order testimony to be taken by deposition before any person who is designated by the Commission and has the power to administer oaths, and in such instances to compel testimony and the production of evidence in the same manner as authorized under subparagraph (3) and (4) above; and (6) to pay witnesses the same fees and mileage as are paid in like circumstances in the courts of the United States. (b) Any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which an inquiry is carried on may, in case of refusal to obey a

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