[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR213.0]

[Page 773]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
    CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND NATIONAL 
                            SECURITY COUNCIL
 
PART 213_GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRECEDENCE 
SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  213.0  Authority.

    (a) The voice and message precedence procedures for departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government prescribed by this part are 
prescribed pursuant to Executive Order No. 12046 (43 FR 13349 et seq.) 
and the President's memorandum of August 21, 1963, which established the 
National Communications System (28 FR 9413; 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 
858).
    (b) The procedures applicable to communications common carriers and 
non-Federal Government users prescribed by this part are prescribed by 
authority conferred upon the President by subsection 606(a) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and delegated to the National 
Security Council by Executive Order 12046. That authority under section 
606(a) may be exercised only during the continuance of a war in which 
the United States is engaged.