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PUBLIC LAW 93-618--JAN. 3, 1975


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SEC. 174. REPRESENTATION IN COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Section 333(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1333(c)) is amended— (1) by striking out "Upon application of the Attorney General of the United States, at'' in subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "At", and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (g) REPRESENTATION I N COURT PROCEEDINGS.—The Commission shall be represented in all judicial proceedings by attorneys who are employees of the commission or, at the request of the commission, by the Attorney General of the United States." SEC. 175. INDEPENDENT PRIATIONS.

BUDGET AND AUTHORIZATION

OF APPRO-

(a)(1) Effective with respect to the fiscal year beginning Octo- pendltur^'es^tnd" bei' 1, 1976, for purposes of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 proposed approprili.S.C. 1 et seq.), estimated expenditures and proposed appropria- faJ°o^pre''s'ide'nt tions for the United States International Trade Commission shall be 19 USC 2232. transmitted to the President on or before October 15 of the year preceding the beginning of each fiscal year and shall be included by him in the Budget without revision, and the Commission shall not be considered to be a department or establishment for purposes of such Act. (2) Section 3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665) is amended by inserting "the United States International Trade Commission," before ", or the District of Columbia" each place it appears in subsections (d) and (g). (b) Section 330 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission only such sums as may hereafter be provided by law.". (c)(1) Paragraph (2) is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and with full I'ecognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change its rules at any time. (2) Paragraph 6(a) of rule X VI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end of the table contained therein the following: "Committee on Finance For the International Trade Commission.".

TITLE II—RELIEF FROM INJURY CAUSED BY IMPORT COMPETITION CHAPTER 1—IMPORT RELIEF SEC. 201. INVESTIGATION BY INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION.

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(a)(1) A petition for eligibility for import relief for the purpose ti(^'w'ifh°iTc^''' of facilitating orderly adjustment to import competition may be filed with the International Trade Commission (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Commission") by an entity, including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers, which is representative of an industry. The petition shall include a statement describing the specific purposes for which import relief is being sought, which may include such objectives as facilitating the orderly transfer

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