Part 15
Civil Aeronautics Board
SECTION 1501 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "War Air Service Program" (hereinafter referred to as WASP) means the program
designed to provide for the maintenance of essential civil air routes and services, and to
provide for the distribution and redistribution of air carrier aircraft among civil air
transport carriers after withdrawal of aircraft allocated to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
(2) "Civil Reserve Air Fleet" (hereinafter referred to as CRAF) means those air carrier
aircraft allocated by the Secretary of Transportation to the Department of Defense to
meet essential military needs in the event of an emergency.
SEC. 1502 Functions.
The Civil Aeronautics Board, under the coordinating authority of the Secretary of
Transportation, shall:
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(1) Distribution of aircraft. Develop plans and be prepared to carry out such distribution
and redistribution of all air carrier civil aircraft allocated by the Secretary of Transportation
among the civil air transport carriers as may be necessary to assure the maintenance
of essential civil routes and services under WASP operations after the CRAF
requirements have been met.
(2) Economic regulations. Develop plans covering route authorizations and operations,
tariffs, rates, and fares charged the public, mail rates, government compensation and
subsidy, and accounting and contracting procedures essential to WASP operations.
(3) Operational controls and priorities. Develop plans and procedures for the
administration of operational controls and priorities of passenger and cargo movements in
connection with the utilization of air carrier aircraft for WASP purposes in an emergency.
(4) Investigation. Maintain the capability to investigate violations of emergency
economic regulations affecting air carrier operations.
(5) Contracting. Prepare to perform as a contracting agency, if such an agency is
necessary, in connection with distribution and redistribution of aircraft for WASP.
Part 16
Export-Import Bank of the United States
SECTION 1601 Functions.
(a) Under guidance of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Export-Import Bank shall
develop plans for the utilization of the resources of the Bank, or other resources made
available to the Bank, in expansion of productive capacity abroad for essential materials,
foreign barter arrangements, acquisition of emergency imports, and in support of the
domestic economy, or any other plans designed to strengthen the relative position of the
Nation and its allies.
(b) In carrying out the guidance functions described above, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall consult with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce as appropriate.
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Part 17
Federal Bank Supervisory Agencies
SECTION 1701 Financial Plans and Programs.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency,
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal
Deposit Insur- ance Coorporation shall participate with the Office of Emergency
Preparedness, the Department of the Treasury, and other agencies in the formulation of
emergency financial and stabilization policies. The heads of such agencies shall, as
appropriate, develop emergency plans, programs, and regula- tions, in consonance with
national emergency financial and stabilization plans and policies, to cope with potential
economic effects of mobilization or an attack, including, but not limited to, the following:
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(1) Money and credit. Provision and regulation of money and credit in accordance with
the needs of the economy, including the acquisition, decentralization, and distribution of
emergency supplies of currency; the collection of cash items and non-cash items; and the
conduct of fiscal agency and foreign operations.
(2) Financial institutions. Provision for the continued or resumed operation of banking,
savings and loan, and farm credit institutions, including measures for the re-creation of
evidence of assets or liabilities destroyed or inaccessible.
(3) Liquidity. Provision of liquidity necessary to the continued or resumed operation of
banking, savings and loan, credit unions, and farm credit institutions, including those
damaged or destroyed by enemy action.
(4) Cash withdrawals and credit transfers. Regulation of the withdrawal of currency and
the transfer of credits including deposit and share account balances.
(5) Insurance. Provision for the assumption and discharge of liability pertaining to
insured deposits and insured savings accounts or withdrawable shares in banking and
savings and loan institutions destroyed or made insolvent.
SEC. 1702 Sharing of war losses.
Heads of agencies shall, as appropriate, participate with the Office of Emergency
Preparedness and the Department of the Treasury in the development of policies, plans,
and procedures for implementation of national policy on sharing war losses.
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Part 18
Federal Communications Commission
SECTION 1801 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Common carrier" means any person subject to Commission regulation engaged in
providing for use by the public, for hire, interstate or foreign communications facilities or
services by wire or radio; but a person engaged in radio broadcasting shall not, insofar as
such person is so engaged, be deemed a common carrier.
(2) "Broadcast facilities" means those stations licensed by the Commission for the
dissemination of radio communications intended to be received by the public directly or
by the intermediary of relay stations.
(3) "Safety and special radio services" includes those non-broadcast and non-common
carrier services which are licensed by the Commission under the generic designation
"safety and special radio services" pursuant to the Commission's Rules and Regulations.
SEC. 1802 Functions.
The Federal Communications Commission shall develop policies, plans, and procedures,
in consonance with national telecommunications plans and policies developed pursuant to
Executive Order No. 10705, Executive Order No. 10995, Executive Order No. 11051, the
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Presidential Memorandum of August 21, 1963, "Establishment of the National
Communications System", and other appropriate authority, covering:
(1) Common carrier service.
(a) Extension, discontinuance, or reduction of common carrier facilities or services, and
issuance of appropriate authorizations for such facilities, services, and personnel in an
emergency; and control of all rates, charges, practices, classifications, and regulations for
service to Government and non-Government users during an emergency, in consonance
with overall national economic stabilization policies.
(b) Development and administration of priority systems for public correspondence and
for the use and resumption of leased inter-city private line service in an emergency.
(c) Use of common carrier facilities and services to overseas points to meet vital needs in
an emergency.
(2) Broadcasting service. Construction, activation, or deactivation of broadcasting
facilities and services, the continuation or suspension of broadcasting services and
facilities, and issuance of appropriate authorizations for such facilities, services, and
personnel in an emergency.
(3) Safety and special radio services. Authorization, opera- tion, and use of safety and
special radio services, facilities, and personnel in the national interest in an emergency.
(4) Radio frequency assignment. Assignment of radio frequencies to, and their use by,
Commission licensees in an emergency.
(5) Electromagnetic radiation. Closing of any radio station or any device capable of
emitting electro-magnetic radiation or suspension or amending any rules or regulations
applicable thereto, in any emergency, except for those belonging to, or operated by, any
department or agency of the United States Government.
(6) Investigation and enforcement. Investigation of viola- tions of pertinent law and
regulations in an emergency, and development of procedures designated to initiate,
recom- mend, or otherwise bring about appropriate enforcement actions required in the
interest of national security.
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Part 19
Federal Power Commission
SECTION 1901 Functions.
The Federal Power Commis- sion shall assist the Department of the Interior, in
conformity with Part 7, in the preparation of national emergency plans and the
development of preparedness programs for electric power and natural gas in the areas as
set forth in the Memorandum of Agreement dated August 9, 1962, between the Secretary
of the Interior and the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission.