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 55 STAT.] 77TH OONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 593, 594-DEC. 18, 19, 1941 he may from time to time specify, or which may be carried by any vessel or other means of transportation touching at any port, place, or Territory of the United States and bound to or from any foreign country. Any person who willfully evades or attempts to evade the submission of any such communication to such censorship or willfully uses or attempts to use any code or other device for the purpose of concealing from such censorship the intended meaning of such com- munication shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000, or, if a natural person, imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and the officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation shall be punished by a like fine, imprison- ment, or both, and any property, funds, securities, papers, or other articles or documents, or any vessel, together with her tackle, apparel furniture, and equipment, concerned in such violation shall be forfeited to the United States. TITLE IV-TIME LIMIT AND SHORT TITLE SEc. 401. Titles I and II of this Act shall remain in force during the continuance of the present war and for six months after the termina- tion of the war, or until such earlier time as the Congress by concurrent resolution or the President may designate. SEC. 402. This Act may be cited as the "First War Powers Act, 1941". Approved, December 18, 1941. 841 Penaltyforevasions, using codes, etc. [CHAPTER 594] JOINT RESOLUTION December 19, 1941 Creating a commission to investigate ways and means for improving economic [tI. J. Res. 255] conditions in the anthracite coal producing regions of the United States. [Public Law 355] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created a commission to be composed of two Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; two Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and three individuals to be appointed by the Presi- dent, one of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Bureau of Mines, one of whom shall be an officer or employee of the National Resources Planning Board, and one of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Any vacancy in the commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. No member of the commission shall receive compensation for his services as such member. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the commission to conduct an investi- gation for the purpose of determining the facts relating to, and ways and means for improving, economic conditions in the anthracite coal producing regions of the United States, and in the conduct of such investigation the commission shall take into consideration, among other relevant factors, (a) the availability in such regions, for national-defense activities, of skilled and unskilled workers, factories, and housing and other facilities, and (b) possible new and extended uses for anthracite coal and the byproducts thereof. SEC. 3. The commission shall report to the President and to the Congress the results of its investigation, together with its recom- mendations, at the earliest practicable date. The commission shall cease to exist upon the submission to the President and the Congress of its final report. Anthracite coal commission. Investigation. Report.

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