[PUBLIC LAW 818-77TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 780-2D SESSION] (H. R. 6729] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to establish fees or charges for services performed or publications furnished by the Department of Commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to establish, from time to time, a schedule or schedules of reasonable fees or charges for services performed or for any publications furnished by the Department of Commerce or any of the agencies thereof, to, for, or on behalf of individuals, corporations, associations, or others, at their request or as required by law, except those services performed for or publications furnished to the Government of the United States, its Territories or possessions, and the governments of the several States and the District of Columbia. All charges or fees authorized hereby shall be collected by the Secretary of Commerce or his representatives from the aforesaid individuals, corporations, associations, or others, and the proceeds thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall alter, amend, modify, or repeal any existing law prescribing fees or charges or authorizing the prescribing of fees or charges for services performed or for any publications furnished by the Department of Commerce or any or its several agencies. Approved, December 19, 1942. [CHAPTER 299-1ST SESSION] (H. R. 3366] To amend section 409 of the Interstate Commerce Act, relating to joint rates. of freight forwarders and common carriers by motor vehicle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 409. of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the words "eighteen months" wherever they appear therein and inserting in lieu thereof the words "thirty-six months". SEC. 2. Paragraph (4) of the proviso contained in subsection (a) of such section 409 is amended to read as follows: "(4) No new or additional joint rate or charge may be established under authority of this section for service from any point of origin to any point of destination with respect to any particular commodity or class of traffic unless at least one rate or charge for service from such point of origin to such point of destination with respect to such commodity or class of traffic, established by an individual freight forwarder or by a freight forwarder jointly with a common carrier by motor vehicle, is already lawfully in effect; but for purposes of this paragraph the making of a change in a joint rate or charge which has been established, or which has become effective pursuant to this section, shall not be deemed to constitute the establishment of a new or additional joint rate or charge." Approved November 12, 1943. PUBLIC LAW 436-78TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 423-2D SESSION] (H. R. 5196] AN ACT To amend section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act by authorising common carriers to grant reduced fares to personnel of armed services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act is hereby amended by inserting after "homes;" at the end of the second clause thereof the following clause: "nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from establishing by publication and filing in the manner prescribed in section 6 reduced fares for application to the transportation of (a) personnel of United States armed services or of foreign armed services, when such persons are traveling at their own expense, in uniform of those services, and while on official leave, furlough, or pass; or (b) persons discharged, retired, or released from United States armed services within thirty days prior to the commencement of such transportation and traveling at their own expense to their homes or other prospective places of abode;". Approved September 27, 1944. [CHAPTER 128-1ST SESSION] AN ACT To amend section 409 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 409 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the words "thirty-six months" wherever they appear therein and inserting in lieu thereof the words "forty-five months". Approved May 16, 1945. (PUBLIC LAW 184-79TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 383-1ST SESSION] (S. 374] AN ACT To amend the Act of October 29, 1919, entitled "An Act to punish the transportation of stolen motor vehicles in interstate or foreign commerce." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2, subsection (a), of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (41 Stat. 324; 18 U. S. C. 408), is amended by adding the following new language at the end thereof: "and the term 'aircraft' means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or for flight in the air". SEC. 2. Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act are amended by adding after the words "motor vehicle" wherever they appear therein, the words "or aircraft". SEC. 3. The title of the Act of October 29, 1919, is amended to read "An Act to punish the transportation of stolen motor vehicles or aircraft in interstate or foreign commerce". Approved September 24, 1945. |