Regulation Reform Act of 1979: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First and Second Sessions, on H.R. 3263 ... November 7, 13, 16, 28, 1979, December 3, 5, 10, 1979, January 29, 1980, and February 1 and 5, 1980 |
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Page 1272 - No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Page 1229 - To the extent necessary to decision and when presented, the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning or applicability of the terms of an agency action. The reviewing court shall — (1) compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed; and (2) hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be — (A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise...
Page 1102 - ... hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be A. arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law; B. contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity; C. in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right; D.
Page 893 - Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 843 - Someone once said that there are three kinds of lies: "lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Page 966 - ALJs are of sufficient national importance that they may ultimately be reviewed by United States Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. Decisions of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, reviewed by a local Court of Appeals, are in quite another domain.
Page 1396 - Court decision in Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council. Inc...
Page 1292 - At any hearing involving a rate or charge sought to be increased, the burden of proof to show that the increased rate or charge is just and reasonable shall be upon the natural-gas company, and the Commission shall give to the hearing and decision of such questions preference over other questions pending before it and decide the same as speedil-y as possible.
Page 1319 - Part next following and of that part of such business which consists of the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and the sale of such energy at wholesale in interstate commerce is necessary in the public interest, such Federal regulation, however, to extend only to those matters which are not subject to regulation by the States.
Page 1314 - Thus, if our present staff were immediately tripled, and if all new employees would be as competent as those we now have, we would not reach a current status in our independent producer rate work until 2043 AD — eighty-two and one half years from now.