§ 211.1   Authority.

   (a) Authority to direct priorities for the restoration of communications
   services in national emergencies is vested in the President, including
   authority conferred by section 103 of the National Security Act of 1947, as
   amended (50 U.S.C. 404), section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950,
   as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2070), section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense
   Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2281), section 1 of Reorganization
   Plan No. 1 of 1958, as amended (3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 447), and section
   606 of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended. (47 U.S.C. 606).

   (b)  Authority  to  develop  plans  policies,  and  procedures for the
   establishment of such restoration priorities has been delegated to the
   National Security Council, by Executive Orders 11051, 11490, and by the
   President's  Memorandum of August 21, 1963 ( 28 FR 9413 , 3 CFR part 858
   (1959-63 comp.)), all as amended by Executive Order 12046, (FR 43, 13349 et
   seq.).

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