62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 473-JUNE 16, 1948 airway property, exclusive of meteorological facilities, installed by or in the possession of such department in territory (including Alaska) outside the continental limits of the United States, which such depart- ment has found to be no longer required exclusively for military pur- poses and which in the opinion of the Administrator are, or are likely to become, necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Trans- fer of property in foreign territory shall be made hereunder only after consultation with the Air Coordinating Committee. (b) When considered consistent with the needs of national defense, and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be agreed upon in spe- cific cases between the parties, any department of the National Military Establishment is authorized to transfer at its discretion to the Chief of the Weather Bureau without charge therefor, meteorological facilities installed by or in the possession of such department in territory (including Alaska) outside the continental limits of the United States, which such department has found to be no longer required exclusively for military purposes, and which, in the opinion of the Chief of the Weather Bureau are, or are likely to become, necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Transfer of property in foreign territory shall be made hereunder only after consultation with the Air Coordi- nating Committee. (c) All property transferred to the Department of Commerce under the provisions of Executive Order 9709, dated March 29, 1946, and Executive Order 9797, dated November 6, 1946, and which is in the possession of the Department of Commerce on the date of the enact- ment of this Act shall be considered as property transferred pursuant to this section. AUTHORITY TO RETAKE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED UNDER SECTION 7 OR 8 SEC. 9. When necessary to meet military requirements, as deter- mined by the Secretary of the department which made the transfer, such department is authorized immediately to retake any property transferred under section 7 or section 8, together with any improve- ments or additions made thereto: Provided, That the Secretary of such department, upon the recommendation of the Administrator or the Chief of the Weather Bureau, as the case may be, is authorized in any case to waive any right or privilege conferred or reserved by this section. In the event property is retaken which incorporates improve- ments or additions not made at Government expense, reasonable com- pensation shall be paid to the person or persons who made such improvements or additions, or to their successors in interest. The Secretary of the department which made the transfer, or his duly authorized representative, shall determine, for purposes of this sec- tion, what is reasonable compensation for such improvements or additions. POWERS OF ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF OF WEATHER BUREAU WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN AIRPORT PROPERTY AND AIRWAY PROPERTY SEC. 10. (a) With regard to airport property and airway property in territory (including Alaska) outside the continental limits of the United States which he has acquired pursuant to this Act or any other provision of law, the Administrator is empowered and directed to do and perform, by contract or otherwise, all acts and things necessary or incident to their consolidation, operation, protection, maintenance, improvement, and administration, including but not limited to the power (1) to adapt, from time to time, such properties to the needs of civil aeronautics by construction, installation, reengineering, reloca- tion, or otherwise; (2) to make and amend such reasonable rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to the proper exercise of the 453 Transfer of meteoro- logical facilities. 3 CFR, 1946 8upp., pp. 115 ,175. Waiver of rights
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