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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 352-354--AY 28, 1948 exercised in each case only after a determination by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, or such official within their respective departments as they may designate, as the case may be, that existing private and other facilities are not and cannot be rendered adequate by other means, that reason- able effort has been made to induce operators of private facilities to provide the necessary service, and that its exercise will result in the most efficient method of supplying transportation to the personnel concerned and a proper utilization of transportation facilities. SEC. 2 . It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Army, the Sec- retary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force, respectively, to file with the Congress, within sixty days after the end of the fiscal year a summarized report of the exercise of the authority herein granted, which report shall include (1) location, nature, and size of the activity for which transportation facilities were provided; (2) type, amount, and original cost of equipment furnished; (3) outline of lease or charter for rented or reciprocally used equipment with total costs for period of use or operation; (4) citation of authority of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force under which exercised; and (5) for each activity for which transportation facilities were provided, the maximum number of motor vehicles or water carriers used, the total miles operated, the total revenue from fares or proceeds from the leasing or chartering of equipment, the operating and maintenance expense, depreciation, gross cost, and net cost. SEc. 3. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for furnishing trans- portation for certain Government and other personnel necessary for the effective prosecution of the war, and for other purposes", approved December 1, 1942 (56 Stat. 1024), as amended by subsections (a) and (b) of section 1 of the Act of April 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 86), is hereby repealed. Approved May 28, 1948. [CHAPTER 353] AN ACT Authorizing the head of the department or agency using the public domain for national defense purposes to compensate holders of grazing permits and licenses for losses sustained by reason of such use of public lands for national defense purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 9, 1942 (56 Stat. 654, 43 U. S . C., sec. 3 15q), is amended by inserting the words "or national defense" between the word "war" and the word "purposes" wherever the latter two words appear in that Act. SEC. 2 . This amendment is to take effect as of July 25, 1947. Approved May 28, 1948. [CHAPTER 354] AN ACT To authorize the construction, protection, operation, and maintenance of public airports in the Territory of Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- trator of Civil Aeronautics (hereinafter referred to as the "Admin- istrator") is hereby authorized and directed to construct, protect, 277 Reports to Oon gress. Repeal. 50U.S.C.app. §§ 841, 842 . May 28. 1048 [8.18741 [Public Law 5611 Use of public do- main for national do- fense purposes. 43 U.S. C., Supp. I. § 315q note. May 28, 1948 [H. R. 3510 IPublic Law 5621 Alaska. Public airports.