DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Sec. 7. Transfer of Civil Aeronautics Authority
[Repealed. Pub. L. 85-726, title XIV, § 1401(c), Aug. 23, 1958, 72 Stat. 806. Section transferred Civil Aeronautics Authority and Air Safety Board to Department of Commerce, consolidated their functions into Civil Aeronautics Board, and provided for exercise of rule-making, adjudication and investigation functions of Board independent of Secretary of Commerce.]
Sec. 8. Transfer of Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau in the Department of Agriculture and its functions are transferred to the Department of Commerce and shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Commerce: Provided, That the Department of Agriculture may continue to make snow surveys and to conduct research concerning: (a) relationships between weather and crops, (b) long-range weather forecasting, and (c) relationships between weather and soil erosion.
