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Chap. 713: To establish a Joint Commission on Airports. 1929-03-04 713 Chapter 45 Stat. 1698 70 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public Chapter 713.— Joint Resolution To establish a Joint Commission on Airports. March 4, 1929.[[S. J. Res. 216](/us/bill/70/sjres/216).][[Pub. Res., No. 106](/us/bill/70/pubres/106).] Joint Commission on airports.Preamble.Whereas it is vital to the resources of the Capital of the United States that its airport facilities should be adequate for present and anticipated aviation needs in order that Washington’s equipment in this respect should serve maximum Capital requirements’ and reflect the Capital’s national leadership; and Whereas this important problem involves not only municipal facilities but also Federal facilities and a proper consideration of the relationships between them; and Whereas comprehensive inquiry and recommendation require simultaneous study of such ports and fields as may be maintained for the use and benefit of the War Department, the Navy Department, the Post Office Department, the Commerce Department, and the municipality; and Whereas this multilateral problem involves considerations ordinarily referred to several separate committees in the Senate and the House of Representatives:

Therefore be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Establishment and composition of. That there is hereby established a joint congressional commission to be known as the Joint Commission on. Airports and to be composed of five Senators, appointed by the President of the Senate, and five Members elect of the House of Representatives for the Seventy-first Congress, 1699appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

TheInvestigation of needs for, of Departments of War, Navy, Post Office and Commerce, and District of Columbia. commission is authorized and directed to investigate the needs for airports and aviation fields of the War Department, the Navy Department, the Post Office Department, the Department of Commerce, and the District of Columbia, and to report to the CongressReport and recommendations not later than December 12, 1929. as soon as practicable but in no event later than December 15, 1929, the results of its investigation, together with its recommendations of sites, plans, and suitable allocation of costs.

Sec. 2. For the purposes of this resolution the commission, or anyPowers conferred. committee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places, to employ such experts and clerical, stenographic, and other assistants, to require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable.

The cost of stenographic services in reporting hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the commission,Sum authorized in equal amount from contingent funds of Senate and House. which shall not exceed $2,000, shall be paid one-half from the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the commission. Sec. 3. The commission shall cease to exist upon the submissionCommission to cease upon submitting report. of its report to the Congress in accordance with the provisions of this resolution.

Approved, March 4, 1929.

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