File Roughing It 319.jpg thumb Seal The UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission was a private relief agency ... History of the UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission, Being the General Report of Its Work during the War ... UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission Philadelphia Branch collection , containing materials .... The http www.facebook.com groups 136253156395042 U.S SanitaryCommission, Boston Branch re enactor organization. American Civil War Category UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission Category 1861 establishments in the UnitedStates Category Military veterans affairs in the UnitedStates Category Old soldiers homes in the UnitedStates de UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission ... accessdate July 17, 2010 ref the organization was also inspired by the British SanitaryCommission ... thumb upright left The Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864, raised funds for the Commission colored ... http www.forttejon.org ussc ussc.html title US SanitaryCommission historical website accessdate December ... the U.S. SanitaryCommission operated 30 soldiers homes, lodges, or rests for traveling or disabled ... of the SanitaryCommission. Louisa May Alcott served as a nurse for the SanitaryCommission at a Union ... 1944 p 396 ref Legacy The U.S SanitaryCommission is memorialized by a group of re enactors who portray ... SanitaryCommission , a smaller rival based in St. Louis Hospital Ships of the SanitaryCommission ... Civil War 1998 , focus on the SanitaryCommission http www.questia.com PM.qst?a o&d 103699963 online edition Giesberg, Judith Ann. Civil War Sisterhood The U.S. SanitaryCommission and Women s Politics ... 230 Maxwell, William Quentin. Lincoln s Fifth Wheel The Political History of the U.S. SanitaryCommission ... SanitaryCommission, 1861 1863 1986 http www.amazon.com Papers Frederick Law Olmsted Commission dp ... books?id BIw AAAAYAAJ&pg PA1279&lpg PA1279&dq U.S. SanitaryCommission New York Soldiers Home&source ... , lodges, and rests for traveling or disabled soldiers, made uniforms, and organized Sanitary Fairs ... more details
The UnitedStates Christian Commission USCC was an organization that furnished supplies, medical services ..., the design for the UnitedStates Christian Commission, whose organization was completed next day. Two ... Thompson. See also UnitedStates military chaplains Notes reflist Additional reading M. Hamlin Cannon, The UnitedStates Christian Commission , The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 38, No. 1 .... Smith, Incidents of the UnitedStates Christian Commission , Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869 External links Portal UnitedStates Military history Christianity Miller, Ben. http opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com ... workers and collaborated with the U.S. SanitaryCommission in providing medical services. The Christian Commission was created in response to what the troops suffered in the First Battle of Bull Run ... Commission , Faith at Gettysburg, accessed 3 Mar 2009 ref The original plan of the USCC was to help ... cite web last Chamberlain first John title John C. Chamberlain and the Christian Commission url http www.edinborough.com Learn Commission Chamberlain.htm publisher Edinborough Press accessdate 24 March 2011 ref is found in Chamberlain s Christian Commission diary, kept during the battle of Gettysburg and is recorded in Edinborough Press book, Gettysburg and the Christian Commission. ref cite web last Hoisington first Daniel J. title Gettysburg and the Christian Commission url http www.amazon.com .... A national movement started in May 1864 with a view to organizing a Ladies Christian Commission ... to serve the soldiers. ref http www.usccgettysburg.org Official U.S. Christian Commission website ... recognition of need and a more efficient organization. The Ladies Christian Commission LCC played a critical role in this success. ref http www.usccgettysburg.org Official U.S. Christian Commission website , accessed 3 Mar 2009 ref Louisa May Alcott was among many women who worked with the Commission ... Commission , Edinborough Press, 2002 David M. Hovde, The U. S. Christian Commission s Library and Literacy ... more details
In the UnitedStates , a Presidential Commission is a special task force ordained by the President of the UnitedStates President to complete some special research or investigation. They are often used ... s Commission on CIA activities within the UnitedStates a.k.a. Rockefeller Commission 1975 Rogers Commission ... 1996 Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the UnitedStates 1998 President s Commission ... 2001 Commission on the Future of the UnitedStates Aerospace Industry 2001 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the UnitedStates a.k.a. 9 11 Commission 2002 President s Commission on the UnitedStates Postal Service 2002 President s Commission on Implementation of UnitedStates Space Exploration Policy 2004 Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the UnitedStates Regarding Weapons ..., 1973 1987 Alexandria, VA Chadwyck Healey, Inc,, 1987 . Category Presidency of the UnitedStates Category UnitedStates national commissions fr Commission pr sidentielle tats Unis ... 1979 Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership 1980 President s Commission on United ... by a commission can generally be counted on to draw attention from the Mass media media , depending ... wants to avoid taking action but still look concerned about an issue, he can convene a commission and then let it slip into obscurity bureaucracy ish? . However, there have been cases the Tower Commission Tower , Rogers Commission Rogers and Warren Commission s where the commission has created ... Expand list date August 2008 Philippine Commission Taft Commission 1900 Commission on the Organization of Government Scientific Work 1903 Committee on Department Methods Keep Commission 1905 1909 Commission on Economy and Efficiency President s Commission on Economy and Efficiency 1910 1912 Brownlow Committee President s Commission on Administrative Management Brownlow Committee 1937 Roberts CommissionCommission to Investigate the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor a.k.a. Roberts Commission 1941 ... more details
The UnitedStates Entomological Commission was established by an Act of Congress in 1877 as a department under the UnitedStates Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories headed by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden . The commission was created to find a solution for the Rocky Mountain locust that plagued much of the American West at that time. The original commission was allotted an 18,000 budget with a staff that included three skilled entomologists who were to be appointed by the UnitedStates Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior . The Entomological Commission s first annual report to Congress was published in 1878 their last was printed in 1902. ref The Yearbook of Agriculture By UnitedStates. Dept. of Agriculture 1900 ref ref name autogenerated1 First and annual report of the UnitedStates Entomological commission for ... By Geological Survey 1877 ref ref Annual report Entomological Society of Ontario By Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture 1877 ref The commission largely came about through the urging of two entomologists, Charles Valentine Riley and Cyrus Thomas both of whom, along with Alpheus Spring Packard , became the first entomologist to serve on the commission Dr. Riley as chief, Dr. Packard as secretary and Dr. Thomas as disbursing agent. ref name autogenerated1 ref Entomological Society of Ontario By Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture 1877 ref The UnitedStates Entomological Commission went on to assist American farmers and ranchers on a number of different ... online. ref List by titles of publications of the UnitedStates Department of ... By UnitedStates. Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Publications 1901 ref ref Google Books.com ref ref Bulletin of the UnitedStates Entomological Commission, Issues 1 6 By UnitedStates Entomological Commission 1877 ref Source reflist Category 1877 establishments in the UnitedStates Category UnitedStates Department ... more details
The UnitedStates Sentencing Commission is an Independent agencies of the UnitedStates government independent agency of the Judiciary judicial branch of the federal government of the UnitedStates . ref name ussc overview cite web url http www.ussc.gov About the Commission Overview of the USSC USSC Overview.pdf title An Overview of the UnitedStates Sentencing Commission publisher UnitedStates Sentencing Commission format PDF work UnitedStates Sentencing Commission accessdate 9 August 2011 ref It is responsible for articulating the Sentence law sentencing guidelines for the UnitedStates federal courts . The Commission promulgates the Federal Sentencing Guidelines , which replaced the prior ... political party . ref name ussc overview The UnitedStates Attorney General or his designee and the chair of the UnitedStates Parole Commission sit as ex officio members of the Commission. ref name ussc ... External links http www.ussc.gov UnitedStates Sentencing Commission http www.uscourts.gov ttb ... Guidelines US gov stub Category Judicial branch of the UnitedStates government Sentencing Commission Category Sentencing commissions in the UnitedStates de UnitedStates Sentencing Commission ... Court of the UnitedStates Supreme Court in Mistretta v. UnitedStates , ussc 488 361 1989 . Unlike ..., UnitedStates District Court for the District of Massachusetts U.S. District Court for the District ... UnitedStates Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania December 5, 2008 October 31, 2011 nowrap ... Ricardo H. Hinojosa br Commissioner Judge, UnitedStates District Court for the Southern District ... sup sup Beryl A. Howell br Commissioner Judge, UnitedStates District Court for the District of Columbia ... Assistant Counsel March 1, 2007 October 31, 2015 Isaac Fulwood br Ex officio Chair, UnitedStates ... to the maximum statutory punishment for the offense. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The commission ... of 1984 . ref name ussc overview The constitutionality of the commission was challenged as a congressional ... more details
The UnitedStatesCommission of Fish and Fisheries more commonly known as the U.S. Fish Commission was established ... naturalists and fish researchers around the UnitedStates and other countries, and descriptions of the Commission s exploratory cruises and hatchery efforts. In 1884, the Commission published the seminal ... of the UnitedStates . In 1902, the U.S. Fish Commission was reorganized as the UnitedStates Bureau of Fisheries and was made part of the newly created UnitedStates Department of Commerce and Labor ... Barnwell Roosevelt originated the bill to create the Commission in the UnitedStates House of Representatives . Notes Reflist Sources Bulletin of the UnitedStates Fish Commission. Volume 1 1881 through ... Fish Commission carried out extensive investigations of the fishes, shellfishes, marine mammals and other life in the rivers, lakes and marine waters of the UnitedStates and its territories, corresponded ... of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Record Group 22. 1868 1995 bulk 1870 1972 UnitedStates National Archives. External links http penbay.org cof uscof.html UnitedStatesCommission of Fish and Fisheries Annual Reports 1871 1903 http penbay.org usfc usfc01.html Bulletin of the UnitedStates Fish ... resolution on February 9, 1871 16 Stat. 593 , as an independent commission with a mandate to investigate ... waters, to recommend remedies to Congress and the states, and to oversee restoration efforts. The Commission was organized into three divisions The Division of Inquiry respecting Food Fishes and Fishing ... and Aleutian fur seal fishery . From 1871 to 1903, the Commission s http penbay.org cof uscof.html ... built for the Commission the convert 157 ft m adj on schooner rig steamer floating fish hatchery http ... long brigantine rig steamer USS Albatross 1882 . From 1881 to 1903, the U.S. Fish Commission published an annual http penbay.org cof uscof.html Bulletin of the UnitedStates Fish Commission summarizing the commission s annual report and correspondence. The bulletins include detailed catch reports ... more details
The UnitedStates Parole Commission is the parole board responsible to grant or deny parole and to supervise those released on parole to incarcerated individuals who come under its jurisdiction. ref name uspc2 cite web title Mission url http www.usdoj.gov uspc mission.htm publisher U.S. Parole Commission ... Parole System url http www.usdoj.gov uspc history.htm publisher U.S. Parole Commission accessdate 2006 08 10 ref Congress passed the Parole Commission and Reorganization Act which took effect in May 1976. The Board was re titled the UnitedStates Parole Commission. The Act also incorporated the regions ... mission.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 08 06 ref It is part of the UnitedStates Department of Justice . The commission has jurisdiction over Persons who committed a Federal offense before ... terms imposed by foreign countries and have been transferred to the UnitedStates to serve their sentence ref name uspc2 Additionally, the Commission has the responsibility to supervise two additional .... Further legislation was passed on September 30, 1950 which placed the Board under the UnitedStates ... required the Attorney General to report annually beginning in 1998 on whether the Commission remained cost effective. The 2002 act extended the life of the commission until November 2005. ref name uspc1 The UnitedStates Parole Commission Extension and Sentencing Commission Authority Act of 2005 , Pub. L. No. 109 76, 119 Stat. 2035, again extended the life of the USPC until November 2008. The UnitedStates parole Commission Extension Act of 2008 , Pub. L. No. 110 312, 122 Stat 3013, extended the life ... website DOJ agencies Category UnitedStates Department of Justice agencies US gov stub ... Act of 1984 brought major changes to the Commission. While preserving the Commission s jurisdiction .... ref name uspc1 Although the Commission was to be abolished in 1992, the life of the Commission was extended by the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, the Parole Commission Phaseout Act of 1996 ... more details
Lead rewrite date September 2009 Image Usmc1936 logo.jpg right thumb 200px Seal of the UnitedStates Maritime Commission The UnitedStates Maritime Commission was an independent executive agency of the U.S. ... War II tankers of the UnitedStates fleet replenishment oilers . The Commission also was tasked with the construction ... hyperwar ATO USGM MC.html UnitedStates Government Manual, 1945 UnitedStates Maritime Commission ... DEFAULTSORT Maritime Commission Category Defunct agencies of the UnitedStates government Category Independent agencies of the UnitedStates government Category Agencies of the UnitedStates government during World War II Category History of the UnitedStates 1918 1945 Category Maritime history of the UnitedStates Category Government agencies established in 1936 de UnitedStates Maritime Commission nl UnitedStates Maritime Commission ... 29, 1936, and replaced the UnitedStates Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended ... the UnitedStates Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship s officers to man the new ... was owned by the UnitedStates Line and operated in the passenger liner and cruise service during ... Tacoma class frigate s and large Category UnitedStates Navy transports troop transports . By the end ... of the super passenger liner SS UnitedStates which was intended to be both a symbol of American ... shipping trades and trade routes and the UnitedStates Maritime Administration , which was responsible ... Administration was established 1942 The UnitedStates Coast Guard takes over Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation 1942 UnitedStates Merchant Marine Academy opens at Kings Point, New York ... and MARAD , UnitedStates Maritime Administration See also Responsibility for U.S. merchant shipping has been held by many agencies since 1917. For a history, see UnitedStates Shipping Board . UnitedStates Merchant Marine War Shipping Administration UnitedStates Maritime Administration ... more details
, 1990 ref See also Missouri in the American Civil War UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission Notes references ... Category UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission Category Hospital ships Category Missouri in the American ...The Western SanitaryCommission was a private agency based in St. Louis that was a rival of the larger U.S. SanitaryCommission . It operated in the west during the American Civil War to help the U.S. Army deal with sick and wounded soldiers. It was led by abolitionists and focused more on the needs of Freedmen. It was founded in St. Louis August 1861 under the protection of General John C. Fr mont and under the leadership of Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot 1811 1887 . Its first mission was to care for the wounded from the battle of Wilson s Creek . In its first six weeks it established four large general hospitals with over two thousand beds. It later set up convalescent facilities. A major activity was acquiring adequate stocks of medicines and medical supplies for the hospitals run by the U.S. Army. Working with Dorothea Dix it took charge of finding women to be civilian nurses and nurses aides in Army facilities. ref Rosecrans, pp 519 30 ref The Western SanitaryCommission generally handled all sanitary affairs west of the Mississippi, and operated on a budget of 50,000 a month about one fourth the size of the rival national organization . The money came from private fundraising ... id 52244 rec 18 online edition Parrish, William E. The Western SanitaryCommission, Civil War History, March 1990, Vol. 36 Issue 1, pp 17 35 Rosecrans, W. S. Annual Report of the Western SanitaryCommission for the Years Ending July, 1862, and July, 1863 Circular of Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair .... 519 530 http www.jstor.org stable 25100518 in JSTOR Still , Charles J. History of the UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission, Being the General Report of Its Work during the War of the Rebellion 1866 , http ... Valley Sanitary Fair of 1864 and the Practice of Civil War Philanthropy, Missouri Historical Review ... more details
Infobox government agency agency name UnitedStates Assay Commission logo US DeptOfTheTreasury Pre1968Seal.jpg logo width 150px logo caption formerly part of the UnitedStates Department of the Treasury ... States Assay Commission was an agency of the UnitedStates government from 1792 to 1980. Its ... was prestigious and carried with it a prized UnitedStates Assay Commission Medals ... Commission.png thumb 250px The 1916 UnitedStates Assay Commission seated with Mint officials standing ... to the UnitedStates Mint in Philadelphia Charles E. Barber standing third from left and commission ..., The UnitedStates Annual Assay Commission 1797 to 1817 . Article included in this DVD set of Assay ... 1989 title Medals of the UnitedStates Assay Commission 1860 1977 journal Token and Medal Society Journal ... Taxay cite book author UnitedStates Mint year 1976 title The Bicentennial Assay Commission publisher ... UnitedStates Assay Commission Category 1792 establishments Category 1980 disestablishments Category ... by the UnitedStates Mint. headquarters budget 2,500 ended 1980 parent agency UnitedStates Department ... coins produced by the UnitedStates Mint to ensure that they met specifications. Although some members ... at the Philadelphia Mint . Each year, the President of the UnitedStates appointed unpaid members ... it. History Founding and early days 1792 1873 In January 1791, UnitedStates Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton submitted a report to UnitedStates Congress Congress proposing ..., and the Attorney General of the UnitedStates, who are hereby required to attend for that purpose ... be certified to the President of the UnitedStates, and the said officer or officers shall be deemed ... required to attend to the district judge of Pennsylvania, the attorney for the UnitedStates in the district ... branches, before the judge of the district court of the UnitedStates, for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, the attorney of the UnitedStates, for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and the collector ... more details
Hayes case before the Electoral Commission, William M. Evarts, was appointed UnitedStates Secretary ... EB1911 Electoral Commission Category UnitedStates presidential election, 1876 Category Political controversies in the UnitedStates Category Former election commissions UnitedStates ... crisis the likes of which the nation had never seen, Congress of the UnitedStates Congress passed a law forming the Electoral Commission to settle the result. The Commission consisted of fifteen members five UnitedStates House of Representatives representatives , five UnitedStates Senate senators , and five Supreme Court of the UnitedStates Supreme Court justices . Eight members were Republicans seven were Democrats. The Commission ultimately voted along party lines to award all twenty disputed ... provides that no person holding an office of trust or profit under the UnitedStates shall be appointed an elector. Watts was a UnitedStates postmaster however, he resigned from his office a week after ... to end Reconstruction era of the UnitedStates Reconstruction . This thesis was most notably advanced ... of the UnitedStates publisher Charles Scribner s Sons date 1912 location New York ref If the same ...Image Florida Case.jpg right thumb 400px The Electoral Commission was a panel that resolved the disputed presidential election of 1876. The Electoral Commission was a temporary body created by Congress to resolve the disputed UnitedStates U.S. presidential election, 1876 presidential election of 1876 . It consisted of 15 members. The election was contested by the History of the UnitedStates Democratic Party Democratic ticket, Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks , and the History of UnitedStates Republican Party Republican ticket, Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler . Twenty electoral votes, from the states of Florida , Louisiana , Oregon , and South Carolina , were in dispute the resolution ... states were tainted by allegations of electoral fraud each side charged that ballot boxes had ... more details
Frederick Law Olmsted , the executive director of the UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission set up a system ... Category UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission Category Hospital ships ... The Civil War and the U.S. SanitaryCommission, 1861 1863 1986 http www.amazon.com Papers Frederick Law Olmsted Commission dp 0801830672 excerpt and text search Still , Charles J. History of the UnitedStatesSanitaryCommission, Being the General Report of Its Work during the War of the Rebellion ... of the battle, members of the SanitaryCommission in Cincinnati gathered supplies, volunteers and procured a steamer passengered by the most senior members of the commission at the Cincinnati branch. Upon ... and dispatched by the SanitaryCommission were joined by a fleet of private, army, and state ... these groups shared in common. Following this event, the SanitaryCommission began outfitting any ... the direction of the SanitaryCommission. Funding came from the army, SanitaryCommission, state, and volunteer organizations. The army transferred at least one ship to the SanitaryCommission, the steamer ... equipped and initially staffed by the SanitaryCommission until the ship was sold to the navy. St ... rarely travelling. The SanitaryCommission used their steamers as a means of bringing wounded ... ships and hospitals of the Union as nurses. The Western SanitaryCommission was a private agency based in St. Louis that was a rival of the larger U.S. SanitaryCommission, doing much the same work ... The SanitaryCommission, at the request of the army, created the Hospital Transport Service . It acquired ... Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century 2000 pp 208 13 ref The SanitaryCommission quickly ... Euterpe Pamunkey River n a n a Stationary Hospital Boats of the SanitaryCommission Fanny Bullitt ... Outfitted by SanitaryCommission but transferred to Army Red Rover Mississippi River later transferred ... History of the U.S. SanitaryCommission 1956 http www.questia.com PM.qst?a o&d 14128058 online ... more details
SanitaryCommission Category Local government in Maryland Category Public utilities of the UnitedStates Category Water companies of the UnitedStates Category Laurel, Maryland watersupply stub ...Image WSSC building.jpg thumb right WSSC Headquarters on Sweitzer Lane, Laurel Washington Suburban SanitaryCommission WSSC provides safe drinking water and sewage treatment wastewater treatment for Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery and Prince George s County, Maryland Prince George s Counties in Maryland . It was established on May 1, 1918. It is the eighth largest water and wastewater public utility utility in the UnitedStates . The WSSC serves about 1.8 million people in an approximately convert 1000 sqmi km2 sing on area. It owns and manages about convert 10000 mi km of water and sewer mains. ref name WSSC About Washington Suburban SanitaryCommission. Laurel, MD. http www.wsscwater.com home jsp content org fact sheet.faces About WSSC. Accessed 2010 10 14. ref Operations A bi county agency, WSSC has extensive regulatory functions. It promulgates and enforces the plumbing Regulation plumbing code for its jurisdiction as well as reviews and approves contract plans for extensions of water supply network water and sanitary sewer sewer mains. The agency operates 3 reservoir s plus shared access to a fourth reservoir , 2 water purification drinking water filtration plants, and 7 sewage treatment wastewater treatment plants. It also collects wastewater which is treated by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Blue Plains plant operated by District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority DC WASA in Washington, D.C. ref name WSSC About Facilities Reservoirs Rocky Gorge Reservoir Triadelphia Reservoir Little Seneca Lake nowiki nowiki span style font size 90 nowiki nowiki shared resource with Fairfax County Water Authority and Washington Aqueduct . Jennings Randolph .... The Commission s budget for Fiscal Year 2008 which ended June 30, 2008 was 807.5 million. ref ... more details
The President s Commission on the UnitedStates Postal Service was a Presidential CommissionUnitedStates Presidential Commission formed by President of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates President George W. Bush on December 11, 2002, through the Executive order UnitedStates Executive Order 13278 . ref http a257.g.akamaitech.net 7 257 2422 14mar20010800 edocket.access.gpo.gov 2002 pdf 02 31624.pdf Executive Order 13278 From the Federal Reserve. URL accessed September 4, 2006. ref References references Category UnitedStates national commissions US gov stub ... more details
Image US CommissionOnOceanPolicy Logo.svg right 230px The UnitedStatesCommission on Ocean Policy sometimes known as the Watkins Commission , after the chairman of the commission during its first gathering, James D. Watkins James Watkins was created by an act of the 106th UnitedStates Congress known as the Oceans Act of 2000 . The commission s mandate was to establish findings and develop recommendations ... from the MTS Archives Summer 2006 Category UnitedStates national commissions Ocean Policy Category Oceanography Category Environmental policy in the UnitedStates US org stub ... 2004, and shortly afterwards the commission was terminated, as scheduled by the Oceans Act. Working groups Image WatkinsCommissioners.jpg thumb right Members of the Watkins Commission In the course of its work, the Commission established four working group s to address the following issues Governance ... review of U.S. ocean policy had been conducted thirty five years before by the Stratton Commission ... to form the Commission on Ocean Policy to conduct a new review, and develop recommendations for future ocean policy. The Oceans Act of 2000 was passed in the UnitedStates Senate Senate June 6, 2000, and become effective on January 20, 2001. The Commission is composed of 16 members. Per the Act, the UnitedStates House of Representatives House of Representatives and UnitedStates Senate Senate Majority each nominated eight people, and the President of the UnitedStates President appointed four from each list. The Commission began its work in September 2001 with a series of nine regional meetings and 18 additional site visits in every coastal region of the UnitedStates and the Great Lakes . The Commission heard testimony from 445 experts, including many of the nation s top ocean scientists ... as receiving written testimony from countless others. The Commission released its Preliminary ... 20, 2004, the Commission submitted its Final Report to the President and Congress, An Ocean Blueprint ... more details
January 30, 2009. ref Introduction An excerpt from the introduction of the Interim Report 2 of the commission ref name interim2 http www.fas.org asmp resources govern AerospaceInterimRpt2.htm Commission on the Future of the UnitedStates Aerospace Industry Interim Report 2 A March 20, 2002 report. URL accessed September 4, 2006. ref The Commission on the Future of the UnitedStates Aerospace ... Commission on the Future of the UnitedStates Aerospace Industry Interim Report 3 PDF A June 26, 2002 ... the future importance of the domestic aerospace industry for the economic and national security of the UnitedStates. Commissioners The Commission consisted of 12 members, six of whom were appointed by the President ... Reports The commission produced three interim reports and a final report. Interim report 1 ref http www.spaceref.com news viewsr.html?pid 4320 Letter to President Bush from Robert Walker, chair of the Commission on the Future of the UnitedStates Aerospace Industry A December 18, 2001 letter at Spaceref.com. ..., September 17, 2002, and October 23, 2002. See also President s Commission on Implementation of UnitedStates Space Exploration Policy References Reflist NASA navbox DEFAULTSORT Commission On The Future Of The UnitedStates Aerospace Industry Category Reports of the UnitedStates government Category ...File AeroComFinalReport250.jpg 250px thumb right Cover page of final report The Commission on the Future of the UnitedStates Aerospace Industry was formed jointly by President of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates President George W. Bush and the UnitedStates Congress in 2001 . ref http www.stlncma.org rji ncma.pdf A November 29, 2001 Introduction to the Commission PDF Presentation from Boeing. ref ..., 2002. ref name final http trade.gov static aero rpt aero commission.pdf Commission on the Future ... for the commission. ref Buzz Aldrin former Astronaut Ed Bolen President of General Aviation Manufacturers ..., 2002 Meetings The commission held six public meetings the hear testimonies and gain different perspectives ... more details
Image USARC.gif right The UnitedStates Arctic Research Commission is a List of U.S. federal agencies UnitedStates federal agency . It was established by the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 as amended, Public Law 101 609 . Duties The Commission s principal duties are to establish the national policy, priorities, and goals necessary to construct a federal program plan for basic and applied scientific research with respect to the Arctic, including natural resources and materials, physical, biological and health sciences, and social and behavioral sciences to promote Arctic research, to recommend Arctic research policy, and to communicate our research and policy recommendations to the President of the UnitedStates President and the UnitedStates Congress Congress to work with the National Science Foundation as the lead agency responsible for implementing the Arctic research policy and to support ... Commission ref See also Portal Arctic Arctic Policy of the UnitedStates Notes references External links http thefederalregister.com b.p department ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION Arctic Research Commission ... ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION RSS Feed Category Agencies of the UnitedStates government Arctic Research Commission Category Arctic research US gov stub arctic stub ... Act was amended in 1990 to increase the number of Commissioners appointed by the President of the UnitedStates from five to seven voting members. Four members are from academic or research institutions ... serves as an ex officio member. Staff The Commission staff consists of an Executive Director in Arlington ... in the Arlington office. The principal office of the Commission is in Arlington and the Alaska office of the Commission is located in Anchorage. Advisors are appointed by the Commission on an as needed basis to provide information and advice on particular research needs and issues of concern to the Commission, review draft documents of the Commission and convey information of importance on the various ... more details
The UnitedStates Japan Advisory Commission , also known as the Wise Men s Group , was a group that worked on bilateral economic, security, and political issues between the Japan UnitedStates relations UnitedStates and Japan . ref cite book title UnitedStates Japan Relations Toward a New Equilibrium Annual Review 1982 83 author Richard B. Finn publisher Harvard University Transaction Publishers year 1983 page 14 url http books.google.com books?id dQqGvObkpbwC&pg PA14&dq us japan advisory commission&as brr 3&ei BZ29SujOMYaskASbl62WDw v onepage&q us japan advisory commission&f false ref References reflist Category American advisory organizations Category Japan UnitedStates relations US poli stub Japan stub ... more details
Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants Oklahoma Tax Commission v. UnitedStates ArgueDate April 9 ArgueYear 1943 DecideDate June 14 DecideYear 1943 FullName Oklahoma Tax Commission v. UnitedStates USVol 319 USPage 598 Citation 63 S. Ct. 1284 87 L. Ed. 1612 Prior cite court litigants UnitedStates v. Oklahoma Tax Commission vol 131 reporter F.2d opinion 635 pinpoint court 10th Cir. year 1942 url quote Subsequent ... 35 315 , usstat 44 239 , usstat 47 777 Oklahoma Tax Commission v. UnitedStates , Case citation 319 U.S. 598 1943 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates held that Indian land ... of Interior. ref name SCOTUS Oklahoma Tax Commission v. UnitedStates , ussc 319 598 1943 ref ref name 10thCir cite court litigants UnitedStates v. Oklahoma Tax Commission vol 131 reporter F.2d opinion ... Oklahoma Tax Commission v. UnitedStates , ussc 319 598 1943 DEFAULTSORT Oklahoma Tax Commission V. UnitedStates Category 1943 in UnitedStates case law Category Muscogee Category Seminole tribe Category UnitedStates Native American tax case law Category UnitedStates Supreme Court cases Category ... In 1908 UnitedStates Congress Congress passed usstat 35 315 , ref name 35Stat315 cite web ... an action in the UnitedStates District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to recover the taxes. The District Court entered a judgment for Oklahoma and the UnitedStates appealed. ref name SCOTUS ref name 10thCir On appeal, the UnitedStates Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Tenth Circuit Court reversed. The UnitedStates contended that the right to transfer land in these cases flowed ... taxes without the consent of the UnitedStates. The appellate court cited Childers v. Beaver , ussc ... and the UnitedStates Supreme Court Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear the case. ref name ... Civilized Tribes were restricted to members of that tribe unless the restrictions were lifted by the UnitedStates Secretary of the Interior . Three enrolled full blood members of the tribes died in 1930 ... more details
http www.usitc.gov press room about usitc.htm The UnitedStates International Trade Commission ITC is an independent, bi partisan political partisan , quasi judicial , Federal Government of the UnitedStates federal agency of the UnitedStates that provides trade expertise to both the legislature ... and Maintain the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the UnitedStates . In so doing, the Commission ... by the President and confirmed by the UnitedStates Senate . The formal commission is signed by the President ... of the UnitedStates government International Trade Commission Category Article I tribunals International Trade Commission Category Anti dumping authorities Category UnitedStates trade policy Category ... UnitedStates International Trade Commission ja zh ... on which UnitedStates trade policy U.S. international trade policy is based. Statutory authority for the Commission s responsibilities is provided primarily by the Tariff Act of 1930 , the Agricultural ... own words, the mission of the Commission is to Administer U.S. trade remedy laws within its mandate in a fair and objective manner Provide the President of the UnitedStates President , Office of the UnitedStates Trade Representative , and UnitedStates Congress Congress with independent, quality ... Office of the UnitedStates Trade Representative UnitedStates Commercial Service World ...Infobox Government agency agency name International Trade Commission logo logo width logo caption seal UnitedStates International Trade Commission seal.PNG seal width 150 px seal caption Official seal formed September 8, 1916 preceding1 U.S. Tariff Commission jurisdiction International Trade Issues headquarters Washington, D.C. employees 360 2010 budget chief1 name Deanna Tanner Okun chief1 position ... on September 8, 1916 as the U.S. Tariff Commission. ref 39 Stat. 795 ref In 1974, the name was changed to the U.S. International Trade Commission by section 171 of the Trade Act of 2002 Trade ... more details
Update date September 2009 The UnitedStates Capitol Preservation Commission was established under Title ... on the Bicentennial of the UnitedStates Senate and the Chairman of the Commission of the House ... of the Capitol Site Category UnitedStates Capitol Capitol Preservation Commission ... for the UnitedStates Capitol and other locations under the control of the Congress. In September 1999, the Commission was given the responsibility, pursuant to Public Law 106 57, for approving the planning ... projects are invested in interest bearing obligations of the UnitedStates. The Fund s assets ... of the UnitedStates Congress Commemorative Coin Act and the Bicentennial of the UnitedStates Capitol Commemorative Coin Act . These proceeds were received without restriction, deposited into the Fund and have been available to the Commission for use in funding approved improvement, preservation, and acquisition projects. In 1999, the Commission was designated to receive surcharge proceeds authorized by the UnitedStates Capitol Visitor Center Commemorative Coin Act . Proceeds ... Stevens Alaska Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Illinois . UnitedStates Senate Bill Frist R TN , Majority Leader Harry Reid D NV , Democratic Leader Wayne Allard R CO , Chairman, UnitedStates Senate ... Bennett R UT Christopher Dodd D CT Thad Cochran R MS Dick Durbin Richard Durbin D IL . UnitedStates ... Jerry Lewis R CA , Chairman, UnitedStates House Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations Vernon Ehlers R MI , Chairman, UnitedStates House Committee on House Administration Committee ... Bill Shuster R PA , Chairman, UnitedStates House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development ... activities of the Commission. In addition, in January 2002, the Commission received authority ..., design, or construction of the CVC, under Public Law 107 117. In April 2003, the Commission approved ... with its rules, the Commission may fund or assist in the funding of improvements to the Capitol Building ... more details
Refimprove date September 2009 Infobox Government agency agency name UnitedStates br Atomic Energy Commission ... caption Seal of the UnitedStates br Atomic Energy Commission formed 1946 date1 date1 name date2 date2 ... G. Sachs , director of the Argonne National Laboratory . The UnitedStates Atomic Energy Commission AEC was an agency of the UnitedStates government established after World War II by United ... all technical information and research results would be under Commission control. The UnitedStates ... Energy Commission Harold Hodge , head of the UnitedStates Atomic Energy Commission s AEC Division ... Category Chairmen of the UnitedStates Atomic Energy Commission Category Defunct agencies of the United ... organizations Category Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the UnitedStates Atomic Energy Commission Category UnitedStates Department of Energy Atomic Energy Commission ca Comissi de l Energia At mica dels Estats Units de UnitedStates Atomic Energy Commission es Comisi n de Energ a At mica de Estados ... history title U.S. Department of Energy Germantown Site History publisher UnitedStates Department of Energy ... transfer between the UnitedStates and other countries, and required FBI investigations for all scientists ... Commission s mission. cn date December 2011 The AEC was furthermore in charge of developing the United ... electricity for homes and businesses across the UnitedStates. But after 1973, reactor orders declined ... Administration , which was later incorporated into the UnitedStates Department of Energy . cn date December 2011 AEC Chairperson class wikitable Term Name President of the UnitedStates ... Richard Nixon 1973 1974 Dixy Lee Ray Richard Nixon See also Anti nuclear movement in the UnitedStates List of anti nuclear groups in the UnitedStatesUnitedStates Department of Energy Manhattan Project Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Unethical human experimentation in the UnitedStates ... atomica degli Stati Uniti d America he nl UnitedStates Atomic ... more details
File Members of the Commission of Fine Arts U.S. February 2009.jpg thumb 220px Members of the Commission of Fine Arts, February 2009. The UnitedStatesCommission of Fine Arts CFA , established in 1910 by an act of Congress of the UnitedStates Congress , is an advisory agency of the Federal government of the UnitedStates Federal government . The CFA is mandated to review and provide advice on matters of design and aesthetics , involving federal projects and urban planning planning in Washington, D.C. In accordance with the Old Georgetown Act , the CFA advises on matters of historic preservation in the Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, and other areas adjacent to federal interests , in accordance with the Shipstead Luce Act , authored by Minnesota Senator Henrik Shipstead and Michigan Congressman Henry Luce . The CFA mandate does not apply to the UnitedStates Capitol , the Library of Congress , or the other properties and locations overseen by the Architect of the Capitol . History In the context of the McMillan Plan for the capital city, President Theodore Roosevelt created the Council of Fine Arts by executive order in 1909. He appointed the following thirty men to this aesthetic review board, reflecting the official tastemakers of the day architects Cass Gilbert , Heins & LaFarge C. Grant La Farge , Walter Cook, William A. Boring , Trowbridge ... . In May 2008, the Commission, which has final approval on all elements of the Martin Luther ... The current members of the Commission are Earl A. Powell III, Chair, Appointed 18 May 2008 ... official http www.cfa.gov http openregs.com agencies view 184 commission of fine arts Proposed and finalized federal regulations from the UnitedStatesCommission of Fine Arts DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesCommission Of Fine Arts Category 1910 establishments in the UnitedStates Category UnitedStates federal boards, commissions, and committees Commission of Fine Arts fr Commission des beaux arts ... more details
for all.html?id Y3 Prb1qthgC Mary Frances Berry , And Justice for All UnitedStatesCommission on Civil ... index.asp Historical Publications of the UnitedStatesCommission on Civil Rights, a project of the University ... agencies view 183 commission on civil rights Proposed and finalized federal regulations from the UnitedStatesCommission on Civil Rights Category Independent agencies of the UnitedStates government Commission on Civil Rights Category Civil rights organizations in the UnitedStates sw CCR ... The Commission is composed of eight Commissioners. Four are appointed by the President of the UnitedStates , two by the President pro tempore of the UnitedStates Senate President Pro Tempore of the Senate and two by the Speaker of the UnitedStates House of Representatives Speaker of the House ... dominated by conservatives after two Republican Party UnitedStates Republican commissioners ...The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is historically a bipartisan, independent commission of the U.S. ... 2011, the members of the Commission are Martin R. Castro , Chair D President and CEO of Castro Synergies ... minority in Congress, 2007 . History The Commission was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ... hoc President s Committee on Civil Rights. In calling for a permanent commission, that committee ... that status.... A permanent Commission could perform an invaluable function by collecting data ....... The Commission should also serve as a clearing house and focus of coordination for the many ... to them and to the federal government. A permanent Commission on Civil Rights should point all of its .... Johnson put it, the Commission s task is to gather facts instead of charges. I t can sift out the truth ... men. Since the 1957 Act, the Commission has been re authorized and re configured by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Acts of 1983 and 1991 and the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994. Soon after the passage of the 1957 Act, the then six member, bipartisan Commission, consisting of John ... more details
SCOTUSCase Litigants UnitedStates v. Interstate Commerce Commission ArgueDate March 2 ArgueYear 1949 DecideDate June 20 DecideYear 1949 FullName UnitedStates v. Interstate Commerce Commission, et al ..., Burton LawsApplied wikisource UnitedStates v. Interstate Commerce Commission 337 U.S. 426 UnitedStates v. Interstate Commerce Commission , case citation 337 U.S. 426 1949 is a decision of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates addressing several issues, including the judicial standard of one party s inability to sue itself, the ability of the Federal government of the UnitedStatesUnited ... cases Category 1949 in UnitedStates case law Category Interstate Commerce Commission ... the UnitedStates District Court for the District of Columbia Subsequent Holding SCOTUS 1946 1949 Majority ... versa. At some point during the war, the UnitedStates government referred to by the Court in its ... the Government s complaint. After the ICC s decision, the UnitedStates government sought relief in United ... of law. Language in the 28 UnitedStates Code U.S.C. 46 required that any judicial action taken to set aside a decision of the ICC shall be brought... against the UnitedStates, which effectively meant that the UnitedStates was bringing suit against itself. As such, the District Court required the Attorney General of the UnitedStates Attorney General to appear in court as both plaintiff ... bring suit against itself accordingly, they reasoned, the UnitedStates could not bring suit against the UnitedStates. Issues presented In addition to the facts of the case proper, the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates Court first had to address the concerns raised by the District Court that prompted ... constructed by statute, caused the UnitedStates to sue itself. Similarly, the Court addressed the argument made by the railroads that, because the Act specified the UnitedStates as the defendant in this sort ... to as UnitedStates v. UnitedStates, et al., was a violation of the long standing theory that a group ... more details
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