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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 177. Board of inquiry
(a) Composition
A board of inquiry shall be composed of a chairman and such other
members as the President shall determine, and shall have power to
sit and act in any place within the United States and to conduct
such hearings either in public or in private, as it may deem
necessary or proper, to ascertain the facts with respect to the
causes and circumstances of the dispute.
(b) Compensation
Members of a board of inquiry shall receive compensation at the
rate of $50 for each day actually spent by them in the work of the
board, together with necessary travel and subsistence expenses.
(c) Powers of discovery
For the purpose of any hearing or inquiry conducted by any board
appointed under this title, the provisions of sections 49 and 50 of
title 15 (relating to the attendance of witnesses and the
production of books, papers, and documents) are made applicable to
the powers and duties of such board.
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