Free Zones in Ports: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Sixth-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 3170, a Bill to Provide for the Establishment, Operation, and Maintenance of Foreign Trade Zones in Ports of Entry of the United States, to Expedite and Encourage Foreign Commerce, and for Other Purposes. October 10, 11, and 21, 1919 |
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advantage ALBRECHT American ships ASHWORTH Baltimore benefit bill bonded system bonded warehouse bring cargo cent Chairman and gentlemen Chamber of Commerce COHEN committee Congress customhouse customs laws customs territory domestic drawback system dutiable duty DWYER establishment of free export facilitate facilities favor foreign commerce foreign countries foreign trade foreign-trade zone free ports free zone free-zone system freight Germany Government grant gross tons GUILFORD Hamburg handling HEMPSTEAD Henry Cohen imported industry KENT labor LOCKETT MACELWEE manufacturing matter MCGUIRK merchandise merchant marine Murray Hulbert necessary operations Orleans Philadelphia piers port of entry present proposition protectionists question raw materials reexport regulations ROSSETER Secretary of Commerce Senator FLETCHER Senator LENROOT Senator SHEPPARD shipment STATEMENT steamer sugar thing tion to-day trade zone transshipment Treasury ULMANN United vessels WESLEY L wharves York zones in ports
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Page 67 - Act is declared unconstitutional or the application of any provision to certain circumstances be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provisions to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 37. That when used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "person," "vessel," "documented under the laws of the United States...
Page 64 - States; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That when used in this Act: The term "common carrier by water in foreign commerce...
Page 67 - The testimony and evidence taken or submitted before the said commission duly certified and filed as aforesaid as a part of the record, shall be considered by the court as the evidence in the case.
Page 65 - States, if it finds that the proposed plans and location are suitable for the accomplishment of the purpose of...
Page 6 - An act to provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes.
Page 4 - Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 o'clock am, in the committee room, Capitol, Hon.
Page 67 - In the conduct of any proceeding under this section for the revocation of a grant the Board may compel the attendance of witnesses and the giving of testimony and the production of documentary evidence, and for such purpose may invoke the aid of the district courts of the United States.
Page 65 - ... adjacent to an interior port; (B) the means of segregation from customs territory; (C) the fitness of the area for a zone; and (D) the possibilities of expansion of the zone area; (2) The facilities and appurtenances which it is proposed to provide and the preliminary plans and estimate of the cost thereof, and the existing facilities and appurtenances which it is proposed to utilize; (3) The time 'within which the applicant proposes to...
Page 64 - zone" means a "foreign-trade zone" as provided in this act. SEC. 2. (a) The Board is hereby authorized, subject to the conditions and restrictions of this act and of the rules and regulations made thereunder, upon application as hereinafter provided, to grant to corporations the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to ports of entry under the jurisdiction of the United States.
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