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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 90, 91, JUNE 16, 1933 . 211 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE SEC. 303 . If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. SHORT TITLE S EC. 304. This Act may be cited as the " National Industrial Recovery Act ." Approved, June 16, 1933, 11 :55 a .m. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Emergency Railroad cc " Transportation Act, be cited as the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, 1933 ." 1933 . TITLE I-EMERGENCY POWERS TITLE I-Emergency powers. SECTION 1. As used in this title- Definitions. (a) The term Commission " means the Interstate Commerce "Commissi on. " Comm iss ion . (b) The term Coordinator " means the Federal Coordinator of "Coordinator Transportation hereinafter provided for . (c) The term committee" means any one of the regional coordi- "com mit tee ." nating committees hereinafter provided for. (d) The term " carrier " means any common carrier by railroad "Carrier." subject to the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, including any receiver or trustee thereof. (e) The term "subsidiary" means any company which is directly "Subsidiary." or indirectly controlled by, or affiliated with, any carrier or carriers. For the purpose of the foregoing definition a company shall be deemed to be affiliated with a carrier if so affiliated within the mean- ing of paragraph (8) of section 5 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by this Act. (f) The term " employee " includes every person in the service of •Employee » a carrier (subject to its continuing authority to supervise and direct the manner of rendition of his service) who performs any work defined as th at of an emp loyee or sub ordinat e offi cial i n acco rdance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act. (g) The term " State commission " means the commission, board, "State commission ." or official, by whatever name designated, exercising power to regulate the rates or service of common carriers by railroad under the laws of any State. SEC. 2. In order to foster and protect interstate commerce in rela- Objects of title de » tion to railr oad tr anspor tation by pr eventin g and reliev ing ob struc- Glared. tions and burdens thereon resulting from the present acute economic emergency, and in order to safeguard and maintain an adequate national system of transportation, there is hereby created the office office of Federal of Fede ral Co ordina tor of Trans portat ion, wh o shal l be a ppoint ed by portadtiont createdrans- the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or be designated by the President from the membership of the Commission. If so designated, the Coordinator shall be relieved from other duties as Commissioner during his term of service to such extent as the Separability clause. Short tit le. [CHAPTER 91 .] AN ACT To relieve the existing national emergency in relation to interstate railroad June 16,1933. transportation, and to amend sections 5, 15a, and 193 of the Interstate Com- [S .1580.1 merce Act, as amendea. [Public, No. 68.1