§ 715h. — Hearings and investigation by boards; appointment of board and employees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC715h]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 15A--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Sec. 715h. Hearings and investigation by boards; appointment of
board and employees
(a) Hearings
Any board established under authority of section 715d of this title,
and any agency designated under authority of section 715j of this title,
may hold and conduct such hearings, investigations, and proceedings as
may be necessary for the purposes of this chapter, and for such purposes
those provisions of section 78u of this title relating to the
administering of oaths and affirmations, and to the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence (including
penalties), shall apply.
(b) Appointments
The members of any board established under authority of section 715d
of this title shall be appointed by the President, subject to chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; and any such board may
appoint, subject to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title
5, such employees as may be necessary for the execution of its functions
under this chapter.
(Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, Sec. 9, 49 Stat. 33; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782,
title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972.)
Codification
Provisions of subsec. (b) that authorized appointments ``without
regard to the civil service laws'' omitted as obsolete and superseded.
Such appointments are now subject to the civil service laws unless
specifically excepted by those laws or by laws enacted subsequent to
Executive Order 8743, Apr. 23, 1941, issued by the President pursuant to
the Act of Nov. 26, 1940, ch. 919, title I, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 1211, which
covered most excepted positions into the classified (competitive) civil
service. The Order is set out as a note under section 3301 of Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
``Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5''
substituted in subsec. (b) for ``the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80
Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5.
Amendments
1949--Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification
Act of 1949'' for ``Classification Act of 1923''.
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966,
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
