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Box 22

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

H. R. 8517-air carriers, 1959-1960

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation introduced by Representative Rivers to provide that the Department of Defense shall enter into contracts for air transportation with air carriers as defined by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.

Dates: 1959-1960
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 4. Legislative files / Sponsored legislation / 86th Congress

H. R. 8563-ship building, 1960

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation introduced by Representative Rivers to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 to eliminate the 6 per centum differential applying to certain bids of Pacific coast shipbuilders.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 4. Legislative files / Sponsored legislation / 86th Congress

H. R. 8779-shrimp importation, 1959-1960

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation introduced by Representative Rivers to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the establishment of country-by-country quotas for the importation of shrimps and shrimp products, to impose a duty on all unprocessed shrimp imported in excess of the applicable quota, and to impose a duty on processed shrimp and prohibit its importation in excess of the applicable quota.

Dates: 1959-1960
Found in: Special Collections / L. Mendel Rivers papers / 4. Legislative files / Sponsored legislation / 86th Congress
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