HR 11172 · 94th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
An Act to insure that the compensation and other emoluments for any person filling the vacancy on the Federal Maritime Commission caused by the resignation of Commissioner George Henry Hearn shall be those which were in effect on January 1, 1975, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Public law 94-195.(1975-12-31)
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Provides that the compensation and emoluments of the Office of the Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (vacated by the resignation of Commissioner George Henry Hearn) shall be those which were in effect on January 1, 1975. Allows any individual with standing to bring an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to contest the constitutionality of the appointment and continuance of the person filling such vacancy without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy. Vests exclusive jurisdiction in such court. Requires any such action to be heard by a three-judge panel and any appeal to lie in the Supreme Court.…
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