96 Aeronautical Statutes and Related Material The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as Amended AND Other Statutory Provisions TOGETHER WITH Reorganization Plans No. III and No. IV AND Certain Other Nonstatutory Material Revised September 1, 1948 COMPILED BY THE STAFF OF THE CIVIL U. 3. Laws, statutes, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1948 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office 1 4-5-49 LD B Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended__ Message from the President of the United States transmitting Reorganiza- CIVIL AERONAUTICS ACT OF 19381 [Act of June 23, 1938, 52 Stat. 973; as amended by Act of July 2, 1940, 54 Stat. 735; Act of April 29, 1942, 56 Stat. 265; Act of May 16, 1942, 56 Stat. 300; Act of August 8, 1946, 60 Stat. 944; Act of July 25, 1947, 61 Stat. 449; Act of August 4, 1947, 61 Stat. 743; Act of June 16, 1948, 62 Stat. 470; Act of June 19, 1948, 62 Stat. 493; Act of June 29, 1948, 62 Stat. 1093; Act of July 1, 1948, 62 Stat. 1216.] AN ACT To create a Civil Aeronautics Authority, and to promote the development and safety and to provide for the regulation of civil aeronautics. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, divided into titles and sections according to the following table of contents, may be cited as the "Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938": Sec. 1. Definitions. TABLE OF CONTENTS* TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2. Declaration of policy. Sec. 3. Public right of transit. TITLE II-ORGANIZATION OF AUTHORITY Sec. 201. Creation of Authority. (a) Appointment of members of Authority. (b) Administrator. (c) Qualifications of members. (d) Quorum, principal office, and seal. Sec. 202. Organization of Authority. (a) Officers and employees. (b) Temporary personnel. Sec. 203. Personnel, property, and appropriations. (a) Personnel and Property. (a) General powers. (b) Cooperation with State aeronautical agencies. (c) Exchange of information. (d) Publications. Sec. 206. Annual report. TITLE III-POWERS AND DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR Sec. 301. Fostering of air commerce. Sec. 302. Civil airways and facilities. (a) General. (b) Method of establishment. (c) Airport survey. 1 See Reorganization Plan III, Sec. 7, and Reorganization Plan IV, Sec. 7, post pp. 74 and 82; also footnotes 4 and 5, post p. 10. *Table of contents has not been amended to reflect additions or changes made by amendment to Secs. 302, 309, 503, 504, and 601. |