§ 177. — Board of inquiry.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC177]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER III--CONCILIATION OF LABOR DISPUTES; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
Sec. 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.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, Sec. 207, 61 Stat. 155.)
