(e) The term "firearm" means any firearm, as now or hereafter defined by the National Firearms Act, or any amendments thereof, or the regulations issued thereunder; and (f) The words "obligation or other security of the United States" are used as now or hereafter defined in section 261 of Title 18, as amended. RULES AND REGULATIONS SEC. 8 [49 U..S. C. 788] The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. STOWING AWAY ON AIRCRAFT [Act of March 4, 1944, 58 Stat 111] AN ACT Making it a misdemeanor to stow away on aircraft and providing punishment therefor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled [18 U. S. C. 472], That any person who, without the consent of the owner, charterer, or person in command of any aircraft and with intent to obtain a ride or transportation in such aircraft in flight, shall board or be within such aircraft scheduled to fly or flying between any State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, or any place occupied by, or under the jurisdiction of, the armed forces of the United States and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, or any place occupied by, or under the jurisdiction of, any of the armed forces of the United States, but through the air space over any place outside thereof; or wholly within the air space over any Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, or any place occupied by, or under the jurisdiction of, the armed forces of the United States shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. SEC. 2 [18 U. S. C. 472] Any person who, without the consent of the United States, its duly authorized officer or agent or the person in command of any aircraft owned or operated by the United States and with intent to obtain a ride or transportation in such aircraft in flight, shall board or be within such aircraft scheduled to fly or in flight shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. SEC. 3 [18 U. S. C. 473] The word "aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. SEC. 4 [18 U.S. C.474] Nothing contained in this Act shall modify, restrict, alter, or change any law of the United States enacted for the purpose of preventing any person from entering the United States in violation of the laws of the United States or for the purpose of securing the deportation from the United States of any person who, under the laws of the United States, shall be subject to deportation. NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM [Act of August 12, 1946, 60 Stat. 997] AN ACT To establish a national air museum, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled [20 U. S. C. 77], That (a) there is hereby established under the Smithsonian Institution a bureau to be known as a national air museum, which shall be administered by the Smithsonian Institution with the advice of a board to be composed of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, or his successor, the Chief of Naval Operations, or his successor, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and two citizens of the United States appointed by the President from civilian life who shall serve at the pleasure of the President. The members of the board shall serve as such members without compensation. (b) The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution with the advice. of the board may appoint and fix the compensation and duties of the head of a national air museum whose appointment and salary shall not be subject to the civil-service laws or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The Smithsonian Institution may employ such other officers and employees as may be necessary for the efficient operation and administration of the museum. SEC. 2 [20 U. S. C. 77a] Said national air museum shall memorialize the national development of aviation; collect, preserve, and display aeronautical equipment of historical interest and significance; serve as a repository for scientific equipment and data pertaining to the development of aviation; and provide educational material for the historical study of aviation. SEC. 3 [20 U. S. C. 776] The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution with the advice of the advisory board is hereby directed to investigate and survey suitable lands and buildings for selection as a site for said national air museum and to make recommendations to Congress for the acquisition of suitable lands and buildings for said national air museum. SEC. 4 [20 U. S. C. 77c] (a) The board is authorized to adopt an official seal which shall be judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it deems necessary for the administration of its functions. The board may function notwithstanding vacancies and three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business. (b) The Smithsonian Institution shall include in its annual report of its operations to Congress a statement of the operations of said national air museum, including all public and private moneys received and disbursed. SEC. 5 [20 U. S. C. d] (a) The heads of executive departments of the Government are authorized to transfer or loan to said national air museum without charge therefor aircraft, aircraft parts, instruments, engines, or other aeronautical equipment or records for exhibition, historical, or educational purposes. (b) The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, with the advice of the Commission of Fine Arts, is authorized (1) to accept as a gift to the Smithsonian Institution from George H. Stephenson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a statue of Brigadier General William L. Mitchell of such character as may be deemed appropriate, and (2) without expense to the United States, to cause such statue to be erected at a suitable location on the grounds of the national air museum. SEC. 6. [20 U. S. C. 77, Note] There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000 for the purposes of this Act and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually hereafter such sums as may be necessary to maintain and administer said national air museum including salaries and all other necessary expenses. STUDY OF THUNDERSTORMS [Act of June 16, 1948, 62 Stat. 470] AN ACT To provide safety in aviation and to direct a study of the causes and characteristics of thunderstorms and other atmospheric disturbances. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief of the Weather Bureau is authorized and directed to study fully and thoroughly the internal structure of thunderstorms, hurricanes, cyclones, and other severe atmospheric disturbances, particularly the degree of turbulence within such storms and the development, maintenance, and magnitude of updrafts and downdrafts with a view to establishing methods by which the characteristics of particular thunderstorms may be forecast and methods by which the characteristics of such storms may be determined on visual observation from outside of the immediate thunderstorm area. Such study shall be concluded at the earliest prac ticable date and a final report submitted to Congress. The Chief of the Weather Bureau shall make interim reports to Congress at least annually during the course of the study. SEC. 2. The Chief of the Weather Bureau is empowered to make such expenditures at the seat of government and elsewhere as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act and as from time to time may be appropriated for by Congress, including expenditures for the development and purchase of special meteorological instruments and other equipment (including motor vehicles and aircraft), without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 3. Any executive department or independent establishment is hereby authorized to cooperate with the Chief of the Weather Bureau in carrying out the purposes of this Act, and for such purposes may lend or transfer to the Chief of the Weather Bureau any officer or employee of such department or establishment and any property, equipment, lands, or buildings under its control. PROVISIONS IN THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION ACT [Amendment of June 30, 1947, 61 Stat. 202] JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the succession, lending powers, and the functions of the Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 4 (a). To aid in financing agriculture, commerce, industry, to help in maintaining the economic stability of the country and to assist in promoting maximum employment and production, the Corporation, within the limitations hereinafter provided, is authorized: (1) To purchase the obligations of and to make loans to any business enterprise organized or operating under the laws of any State or the United States: Provided, That the purchase of obligations (including equipment trust certificates) of, or the making of loans to, railroads or air carriers engaged in interstate commerce or receivers or trustees thereof, shall be with the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission or the Civil Aeronautics Board, respectively: Provided further, That in the case of railroads or air carriers not in receivership or trusteeship, the Commission or the Board, as the case may be, in connection with its approval of such purchases or loans, shall also certify that such railroad or air carrier, on the basis of present and prospective earnings, may be expected to meet its fixed charges without a reduction thereof through judicial reorganization except that such certificates shall not be required in the case of loans ̧ or purchases made for the acquisition of equipment or for maintenance. PROVISION IN THE FEDERAL TRADE [Act of March 21, 1938, 52 Stat. 111, as amended by Act of June 23, 1938, 52 Stat. 1027; Act of September 18, 1940,54 Stat. 898] SEC. 5 (a) [15 U. S. C. 45] Unfair methods of competition in commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce, are hereby declared unlawful. The Commission is hereby empowered and directed to prevent persons, partnerships, or corporations, except banks, common carriers subject to the Acts to regulate commerce, air carriers and foreign air carriers subject to the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, and persons, partnerships, or corporations subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, except as provided in section 406 (b) of said Act, from using unfair methods of competition in commerce and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce. (As amended by section 1107 (f) of the Civil Aeronautics Act.) 180 PROVISIONS IN PART II OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT [Act of August 9, 1945, 49 Stat. 545, as amended by Act of June 23, 1938, 52 Stat. 1027; Act of September 18, 1940, 54 Stat. 898] SEC. 203 (b) [49 U. S. C. 303] Nothing in this part, except the provisions of section 204 relative to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation or standards of equipment shall be construed to include 7 (a) the transportation of persons or property by motor vehicle when incidental to transportation by aircraft (As amended by section 1107 * * (j) of the Civil Aeronautics Act.) * * * SEC. 204 (a) [49 U. S. C. 304] It shall be the duty of the Commission (1) To regulate common carriers by motor vehicle as provided in this part, and to that end the Commission may establish reasonable requirements with respect to continuous and adequate service, transportation of baggage and express, uniform systems of accounts, records, and reports, preservation of records, qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees, and safety of operation and equipment. (2) To regulate contract carriers by motor vehicle as provided in this part, and to that end the Commission may establish reasonable requirements with respect to uniform systems of accounts, records, and reports, preservation of records, qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees, and safety of operation and equipment. (3) To establish for private carriers of property by motor vehicle, if need therefor is found, reasonable requirements to promote safety of operations, and to that end prescribe qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees, and standards of equipment. In the event such requirements are established, the term "motor carrier" shall be construed to include private carriers of property by motor vehicle in the administration of sections 204 (c); 205; 220; 221; 222 (a), (b), (d), (f), and (g); and 224, of this part (as amended by the Transportation Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 898, approved September 18, 1940). (4) To regulate brokers as provided in this part, and to that end the Commission may establish reasonable requirements with respect to licensing, financial responsibility, accounts, records, reports, operations, and practices of any such person or persons. (5) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions pertaining to safety, the Commission may avail itself of the assistance of any of the several research agencies of the Federal Government having special knowledge of any such matter, to conduct such scientific and technical researches, investigations, and tests as may be necessary to promote the safety of operation and equipment of motor vehicles as provided in this part; the Commission may transfer to such agency or agencies such funds as may be necessary and available to make this provision effective. (6) To administer, execute, and enforce all provisions of this part, |