§  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.

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