United States International Trade Commission

Pages540-545

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436

Phone, 202-205-2000. Internet, www.usitc.gov.

Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun

Vice Chairman Jennifer A. Hillman

Commissioners Stephen Koplan, Marcia E. Miller, (2 vacancies)

Administrative Law Judges Charles E. Bullock, Sidney Harris, Paul J. Luckern, Delbert Terrill

Director, Office of Administration/Chief Stephen McLaughlin

Information Officer

Deputy Chief Information Officer for Dennis Szymanski

Management

Deputy Chief Information Officer for Martin Smith

Planning

Director, Office of Economics Robert B. Koopman

Director, Office of External Relations Daniel F. Leahy

Congressional Relations Officer Nancy M. Carman

Public Affairs Officer Margaret M. O'Laughlin

Trade Remedy Assistance Program John J. Greer

Manager

Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Jacqueline A. Waters

Director, Office of Industries M. Vern Simpson, Jr.

Division Chief, Agriculture and Cathy L. Jabara

Forest Products

Division Chief, Minerals, Metals, Larry L. Brookhart

Machinery, and Miscellaneous Manufactures

Division Chief, Energy, Chemicals, John J. Gersic

and Textiles

Division Chief, Electronics and Sylvia McDonough

Transportation

Division Chief, Services and Richard W. Brown

Investment

Director, Office of Investigations Robert G. Carpenter

Director, Office of Operations Robert Rogowsky

Director, Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Eugene A. Rosengarden

Agreements

Director, Office of Unfair Import Investigations Lynn Levine

General Counsel Lyn M. Schlitt

Inspector General Kenneth F. Clarke

Secretary Marilyn R. Abbott

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The United States International Trade Commission furnishes studies, reports, and recommendations involving international trade and tariffs to the President, the U.S. Trade Representative, and congressional committees. The Commission also conducts a variety of investigations pertaining to international trade relief.

The United States International Trade Commission is an independent agency created by act of September 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 795), and originally named 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 (19 U.S.C. 2231).

Six Commissioners are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate for 9-year terms, unless appointed to fill an unexpired term. The Chairman and Vice Chairman are designated by the President for 2-year terms, and succeeding Chairmen may not be of the same political party. The Chairman generally is responsible for the administration of the Commission. Not more than three Commissioners may be members of the same political party (19 U.S.C. 1330).

Activities

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 customslaws of the United States and foreign countries; the volume of importation in...

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