Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1021 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1021 : US Code - Notes

(Feb. 20, 1946, ch. 33, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 23; Pub. L. 95-523, title
I, Sec. 102, Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1890.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, referred to
in subsecs. (d), (e), (f), (h), and (j), is Pub. L. 95-523, Oct.
27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1887, as amended, which is classified
principally to chapter 58 (Sec. 3101 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1978 - Pub. L. 95-523 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), inserted provisions relating to promotion of balanced growth,
a balanced Federal budget, adequate productivity growth, proper
attention to national priorities, improvement in trade balance, and
reasonable price stability, and added subsecs. (b) to (j).
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of act Feb. 20, 1946, provided: "This Act [enacting
this chapter] may be cited as the 'Employment Act of 1946'."
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Section 101 of Pub. L. 95-523 provided that: "It is the purpose
of this title [enacting sections 1022a to 1022f of this title,
amending sections 1021, 1022 and 1023 of this title and section
225a of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and enacting provisions set
out as a note under section 225a of Title 12] -
"(1) to declare the general policies of this Act [see Short
Title note under section 3101 of this title];
"(2) to provide an open process under which economic goals and
policies are proposed, reviewed, and established;
"(3) to provide for yearly review of national economic policies
to ensure their consistency with these goals to the maximum
extent possible; and
"(4) to strengthen and supplement the purposes and policies of
the Employment Act of 1946 [this chapter]."