SEC. 13. Paragraph (c) of section 402 of the Communications Act of 1934 is hereby amended by inserting after the words in the last sentence "upon the application" the words "or order".

SEC. 14. Section 504 of the Communications Act of 1934 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"PROVISIONS RELATING TO FORFEITURES

"SEC. 504. (a) The forfeitures provided for in this Act shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United States brought in the district where the person or carrier has its principal operating office or in any district through which the line or system of the carrier runs: Provided, That in the case of forefeiture by a ship, said forfeiture may also be recoverable by way of libel in any district in which such ship shall arrive or depart. Such forfeitures shall be in addition to any other general or specific penalties herein provided. It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures under this Act. The costs and expenses of such prosecutions shall be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the courts of the United States.

(b) The forfeitures imposed by title III, part II of this Act shall be subject to remission or mitigation by the Commission, upon application therefor, under such regulations and methods of ascertaining the facts as may seem to it advisable, and, if suit has been instituted, the Attorney General, upon request of the Commission, shall direct the discontinuance of any prosecution to recover such forfeitures: Provided, however, That no forfeiture shall be remitted or mitigated after determination by a court of competent jurisdiction."

SEC. 15. Section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection to read as follows:

"(e) Such part or parts of the Act entitled "An Act to require apparatus and operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers", approved June 24, 1910, as amended, as relate to the ocean and to steamers navigating thereon, are hereby repealed. In all other respects said Act shall continue in full force and effect. The Commission is requested and directed to make a special study of the radio requirements necessary or desirable for safety purposes for ships navigating the Great Lakes and the inland waters of the United States, and to report its recommendations, and the reasons therefor, to the Congress not later than December 31, 1939."

SEC. 16. This Act shall take effect upon approval, provided that the Commission may defer the application of all or any part of sections 351 to 355, inclusive, for a period not to exceed six months after approval, in regard to any ship or classes of ships of the United States which are not subject to the provisions of the safety convention, if it is found impracticable to obtain the necessary equipment or make the required installations.

Approved, May 20, 1937.

4

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 67-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 748-1ST SESSION]

[S. J. Res. 197]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Authorizing an appropriation for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Inter-American Radio Conference to be held in 1937 at Habana, Cuba.

wise

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherappropriated, the sum of $15,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Inter-American Radio Conference to be held in 1937 at Habana, Cuba, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; stenographic reporting, translating, and other services by contract if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5); rent; traveling expenses; purchase of necessary books, documents, newspapers, and periodicals; stationery; official cards; printing and binding; entertainment; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State, including the reimbursement of other appropriations from which payments may have been made for any of the purposes herein specified.

Approved, August 24, 1937.

[CHAPTER 194-3D SESSION]

[S. 2986]

AN ACT

To amend section 6 of the Act approved May 27, 1936 (49 U. S. Stat. L. 1380).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Act of May 27, 1936 (49 Stat. L. 1380), entitled "An Act to provide for a change in the designation of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, to create a marine casualty investigation board and increase efficiency in administration of the steamboat inspection laws, and for other purposes", is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 6. The Secretary of Commerce shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compensation for overtime services of local inspectors of steam vessels and their assistants, United States shipping commissioners and their deputies and assistants, and customs officers and employees, who may be required to remain on duty between the hours of 5 o'clock postmeridian and 8 o'clock antemeridian or on Sundays or holidays to perform services in connection with the inspection of vessels or their equipment, supplying or signing on or discharging crews of vessels on the basis of one-half day's additional pay for each two hours or fraction thereof of at least one hour that the overtime extends beyond 5 o'clock postmeridian (but not to exceed two and one-half days' pay for the full period from 5 o'clock postmeridian to 8 o'clock antemeridian) and two additional days' pay for Sunday or holiday duty. The said extra compensation for overtime services shall be paid by the master, owner, or agent of such vessel to the local United States collector of customs or his representative who shall deposit such collection into the Treasury of the United States to an appropriately designated receipt account. The amount of the receipts so covered during the fiscal year 1936 is hereby authorized to be appropriated and made available for payment of extra compensation for overtime services to the several employees entitled thereto according to rates fixed therefor by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided, That effective July 1, 1936, and thereafter, the amounts of such collections received by the said collector of customs or his representative shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and the payments of such extra compensation to the several employees entitled thereto shall be made. from the annual appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Bureau: Provided further, That to the extent that the annual appropriations, which are hereby authorized to be made from the general fund of the Treasury, are insufficient, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury such additional amounts as may be necessary, to the extent that the amounts of such receipts are in excess of the amounts appropriated: Provided further, That such extra compensation shall be paid if such officers

or employees have been ordered to report for duty and have so reported, whether the actual inspection of the vessel or her equipment, or the supplying, or signing on, or discharging crews takes place or not: And provided further, That in those ports where customary working hours are other than those hereinabove mentioned, the local inspectors of steam vessels, United States shipping commissioners, or collectors of customs, as the case may be, are vested with authority to regulate the hours of such employees so as to agree with prevailing working hours in said ports, but nothing contained in this proviso shall be construed in any manner to alter the length of a working day for the local inspectors, their assistants, the United States shipping commissioners and their deputies and assistants, or customs officers and employees, or the overtime pay herein fixed." Approved, May 11, 1938.

[PUBLIC-No. 561-75TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 296-3D SESSION]

[H. R. 7711]

AN ACT

To amend the Act approved June 19, 1934, entitled the "Communications Act of 1934."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 201 (b) of the Act of June 19, 1934, entitled the "Communications Act of 1934" is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "Provided further, That nothing in this Act or in any other provision of law shall prevent a common carrier subject to this Act from furnishing reports of positions of ships at sea to newspapers of general circulation, either at a nominal charge or without charge, provided the name of such common carrier is displayed along with such ship position reports. The Commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary in the public interest to carry out the provisions of this Act."

Approved, May 31, 1938.

(116)