products, and operations in response to the needs of the particular area and direct the conduct of such programs. Media Services.-The Agency's four media services Broadcasting (the Voice of America), the Information Center Service, Motion Picture and Television Service, and Press and Publications-provide materials to USIS posts abroad for use or adaption by the posts. Other media products are acquired or produced locally by the posts.

The Broadcasting Service (VOA) produces and broadcasts radio programs in English and foreign languages, and operates broadcasting and relay facilities to transmit these programs. Programing includes news, detailed reports from correspondents on the scene and analysis of events from : Washington, presentation of conflicting views, feature programs, and music.

The Information Center Service provides program support and professional guidance and materials to overseas Information Centers and Binational Centers. It promotes the distribution of American books in English and in translation, and the presentation of American music, art, drama, and other cultural activities overseas; operates a worldwide exhibits program and donated books program; and supports English teaching activities at USIS posts.

The Motion Picture and Television Service produces, contracts for the production of, or acquires, motion pictures in appropriate languages and prints that support U.S. policies and current objectives. These are shown by USIS posts and in commercial theaters overseas. It also produces or acquires news coverages, TV programs, tapes and live or delayed telecasts via satellite transmission for overseas placement on local TV stations and networks; and provides facilitative assistance to foreign TV teams.

The Press and Publications Service provides USIS posts overseas with a wide variety of editorial materials aimed at selected audiences. It produces the Wireless File; publishes seven magazines; provides posts with pamphlets, reprints, photographs, and picture stories; and operates printing plants at three overseas locations.

OVERSEAS POSTS

USIS posts, under the supervision of the Chiefs of Mission, conduct public information, public relations, and cultural activities intended to inform or influence foreign public opinion for agencies of the U.S. Government except for Commands of the Department of Defense.

Sources of Information

Inquiries for information on the listed subjects should be directed to the specified office, United States Information Agency, Washington, D.C. 20547.

ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS

Any administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff, that affect any member of the public, issued, adopted, or promulgated on or after July 5, 1967, may be inspected in the Management Division, Office of Administration and Management, Room 1019, 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

CONTRACTS

Contact the Contract and Procurement Management, Room 523, 1776 PennDivision, Office of Administration and sylvania Avenue NW.

EMPLOYMENT

Contact the Recruitment Staff, Room 508, Office of Personnel and Training, 1776 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

INTERNATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM

For information concerning a certification program under international agreement to facilitate the export and

The United States International Trade Commission is an independent agency created by act of Congress approved September 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 795), as the United States Tariff Commission. The name was changed to the United States International Trade Commission by section 171 of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2009; 19 U.S.C. 2231). The Commission's present powers and duties are provided for largely by the Tariff Act of 1930; the Antidumping Act, 1921; the Agricultural Adjustment Act; the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; and the Trade Act of 1974.

Commissioners appointed after January 3, 1975, are appointed for a term of 9 years, unless appointed to fill an unexpired term, and are not eligible for reappointment. Prior to January 3, 1975, the Chairman and the Vice Chairman were designated annually by the President. Not more than three Commissioners may be members of the same political party. (Sec. 330, Tariff Act of 1930; 19 U.S.C. 1330.)

Functions

The Commission performs a number of functions pursuant to the statutes referred to above. Under the Tariff Act of 1930, the Commission is given. broad powers of investigation relating to the customs laws of the United States and foreign countries, the volume of importation in comparison with domestic production and consumption, the conditions, causes, and effects relating to competition of foreign industries with those of the United States, and all other factors affecting competition between articles of the United States and imported articles, and is required to make available to the President and to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, whenever requested, all information at its com

mand, and is directed to make such investigations and reports as may be requested by the President or by either of said committees or by either branch of the Congress.

In order to carry out these responsibilities, the Commission is required to engage in extensive research, conduct specialized studies, and maintain a high degree of expertise in all matters relating to the commercial and international trade policies of the United States. (Sec. 332, Tariff Act of 1930; 19 U.S.C. 1332.)

ADVICE CONCERNING TRADE

NEGOTIATIONS

The Commission advises the President as to the probable economic effect on the domestic industry and consumers of modification of duties and other barriers to trade which may be considered for inclusion in any proposed trade agreement with foreign countries. (Sec. 131, Trade Act of 1974; 19 U.S.C. 2151.)

GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES The Commission advises the President with respect to every article which may be considered for preferential removal of the duty on imports from designated developing countries as to the probable economic effect the preferential removal of duty will have on the domestic industry and on sumers. (Secs. 131 and 503, Trade Act of 1974; 19 U.S.C. 2151, 2163.)

IMPORT RELIEF FOR DOMESTIC
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The Commission conducts investigations upon petition on behalf of an industry, a firm, a group of workers, or other entity representative of an industry to determine whether an article is being imported in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause or threat of serious injury to the domestic

industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported article. If the Commission's finding is affirmative, the President has discretion to take action to provide import relief, such as an increase in duties, establishment of quantitative restrictions, orderly marketing arrangements, or specified types of adjustment assistance to groups of workers, firms, or communities. (Secs. 201, 202, and 203, Trade Act of 1974; 19 U.S.C. 2251-2253.)

The Commission reports with respect to developments within an industry that has been granted import relief and advises the President of the prob

able economic effect of the reduction or elimination of the tariff increase that has been granted. The President may continue, modify, or terminate the import relief previously granted. (Sec. 351, Trade Expansion Act of 1962; 19 U.S.C. 1981 and sec. 203, Trade Act of 1974; 19 U.S.C. 2253.)

EAST-WEST TRADE MONITORING
SYSTEM

The Commission monitors imports into the United States from non-marketeconomy countries and makes a report not less frequently than once each calendar quarter on the effect of such imports on the production of like or directly competitive articles in the United States and on employment within the industry. (Sec. 410, Trade Act of 1974; 19 U.S.C. 2240.)

TRADE WITH COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

The Commission makes investigations to determine whether increased imports of an article produced in a Communist country are causing market disruption in the United States. If the Commission's determination is in the affirmative, the President may take the same action as in the case of injury to an industry, except that the action would apply only to imports of the article from the Communist country. (Sec. 406, Trade Act of 1974; 19 U.S.C. 2436.)

INVESTIGATIONS UNDER THE
ANTIDUMPING ACT

The Commission conducts investigations to determine whether an industry in the United States is being or is likely to be injured, or is prevented from being established, by reason of the importation of merchandise which the Secretary of the Treasury has determined is being, or is likely to be, sold at less than its fair value. If the Commission's determination is affirmative, the Secretary of the Treasury imposes a dumping duty on imports of the articles in question. (Sec. 201, Antidumping Act, 1921; 19 U.S.C. 160.)

IMPORT INTERFERENCE WITH

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

The Commission conducts investigations at the direction of the President to determine whether any articles are being or are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to materially interfere with programs of the Department of Agriculture for agricultural commodities or products thereof, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from such commodities or products, and makes findings and recommendations. The President may restrict the imports in question by imposition of either import fees or quotas. (Sec. 22, Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 624.)

UNFAIR PRACTICES IN IMPORT TRADE

The Commission conducts investigations to determine whether unfair methods of competition or unfair acts are being committed in the importation of articles into the United States, or in their domestic sale, the effect or tendency of which is to substantially injure or destroy an efficiently and economically operated domestic industry, or to prevent the establishment of such an industry, or to restrain or monopolize trade and commerce in the United States. If the

Commission determines that there is a violation of the statute, it shall direct that the articles involved be excluded from entry into the United States, or in lieu of so acting, it may issue cease and desist orders directing the person engaged in such violation to cease and desist from engaging in such unfair methods or acts. Provision is made for the Commission to make certain public interest determinations which could result in the withholding of an exclusion or cease and desist order. Provision is made also for the President to intervene, for policy reasons, to terminate a Commission order. The Commission determinations of violation are subject to court review. (Sec. 337, Tariff Act of 1930; 19 U.S.C. 1337, and sec. 341, Trade Act of 1974.)

RESTOWAL OF BOUNTIES OR
GRANTS ON IMPORTS

The Commission determines, with respect to any duty-free article on which the Secretary of the Treasury has determined that a bounty or grant is being paid, whether an industry in the United States is being or is likely to be injured or is prevented from being established by reason of the importation of such article. (Sec. 303, Tariff Act of 1930; 46 Stat. 687.)

UNIFORM STATISTICAL DATA

The Commission, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce, establishes for statistical purposes an enumeration of articles imported into the United States and exported from the United States, and seeks to establish comparability of such statistics with statistical programs for domestic production.

In conjunction with such activities, the three agencies are to develop concepts for an international commodity code for reporting transactions in international trade and to report thereon to the Congress. (Sec. 484 (e), Tariff Act of 1930; 19 U.S.C. 1484(e), and sec. 608, Trade Act of 1974.)

TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES, ANNOTATED

The Commission issues a publication containing U.S. tariff schedules and related matters and considers questions concerning the arrangement of such schedules and the classification of articles. (Sec. 201, Tariff Classification Act of 1962; 76 Stat. 74, secs. 332(a) and 484 (e), Tariff Act of 1930; 19 U.S.C. 1332 (a) and 1484 (e).)

TARIFF SUMMARIES

The Commission prepares and publishes, from time to time, a series of summaries of trade and tariff information. These summaries contain descriptions (in terms of the Tariff Schedules of the United States) of the thousands of products imported into the United States, methods of production, and the extent and relative importance of U.S. consumption, production, and trade, together with certain basic factors affecting the competitive position and economic health of domestic industries. (Sec. 332, Tariff Act of 1930; 19 U.S.C. 1332.) Sources of Information

Inquiries should be directed to the specific organizational unit or to the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, Eighth and E Streets NW., Washington, D.C. 20436.

READING ROOMS

In the Office of the Secretary, in the Commission Library, and in the New York Office of the U.S. International Trade Commission, 6 World Trade Center, Room 629, New York, N.Y. 10048.

CONTRACTS

The Chief, Finance Division, has responsibility for contract matters.

PUBLICATIONS

The Commission publishes results of investigations concerning various commodities and subjects; it also publishes

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