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<br />102 <br /> <br />MR. IL\UELE: I think probably thoro has boen aomc cenfusien ef <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />language in the ~ct of Cengress, but the Censtitution dees net centemplate <br /> <br />anything mere than a consent te a cempact of this kind and of course that <br />can boehangod by an ,\d of Congress. I th'ink we should follow the <br />language of the Constitution and mako it a consent. The ~ct already passed <br /> <br />.llf <br /> <br />is nothing more than a consent to negotiations. <br /> <br />MR. DAVIS: The language j_s a consent te onter into a compact. That <br /> <br />is what the ~ct says. <br /> <br />CI:L\JRMMJ HOOVER: The actual difference is not very material, <br /> <br />because Congress has to act one l'iay or the ether, vrhether it acts by <br /> <br />approval or by consent. Suppose Cengress again consents by legislation <br /> <br />it doesn't materially affect it, they themselves can rcverse their 01'/ll <br /> <br />actien if thcy like, Can't they? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MR. I:L\MELE: They can. <br /> <br />MR. DAVIS: Have yeu any idca en that, Judge Sloan? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />JUDGE SLOAN: I think you are quite right, Judge. I den't take it <br />that tho word "consent" is of such definite import that equivalent Innguage <br />may not express it. An approval is a censent always. <br /> <br />CI:L\IRM1\.N HOOVER: Consent is not necessarily approval, though. <br /> <br />JUDGE SLO~N: Consent is not necessarily approval. In thc aense, <br /> <br />thcugh, of the constitution of the United States I think they are synenymeus <br />terms. It doesn't necessarily mean the Congress ef the United States shall <br /> <br />approve every form ef it, te be sure, but if the~do approve it, it is <br /> <br />consent nnd the Act of Congress specifically pl'ovides for an approval. <br /> <br />, <br />CI:L\TI1.!iL\N HOOVER: I was 1'fOndering if some technologists get up in <br />Congress and say "we don It approve this thing under the Censtitution" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />how is it going to affect your pact? <br />!.lR. l:L\l.lELE: I think as Judge Sloan says, that the Congress in this <br />Act used the word "approval" as a synonym of consent and that being true <br /> <br />.. <br />