Sec. 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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