NATIONAL MUNITIONS ACT HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 8788 TO CONTROL THE TRADE IN ARMS, AMMUNITION Cont 7-21-35 NATIONAL MUNITIONS ACT TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1935 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10 a. m., Honorable Sam D. McReynolds (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. We have before us for consideration this morning H. R. 8788, a bill to control the trade in arms, ammunition, and implements of war. (The bill referred to is as follows:) [H. R. 8788, 74th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To control the trade in trms, ammunition, and implements of war 66 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of this Act— (a) The term Board means the National Munitions Control Board which is hereby established to carry out the provisions of this Act. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of State, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the Board, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Commerce. Except as otherwise provided in this Act or by other law, the administration of this Act is vested in the Department of State; (b) The term "United States" when used in a geographical sense includes the several States and Territories, the insular possessions of the United States (including the Philippine Islands), the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia; (c) The term " person" includes a partnership, company, association, or corporation, as well as a natural person. SEC. 2. The President is hereby authorized to proclaim upon recommendation of the Board from time to time a list of articles which shall be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of this Act. SEC. 3 (a) Within ninety days after the effective date of this Act or upon first engaging in business every person who engages in the business of export ing or importing any of the arms, ammunition, and implements of war referred to in section 2, whether as an exporter, importer, manufacturer, or dealer, shall register with the Secretary of State his name, or style, principal place of business, and places of business in the United States, and a list of the arms, ammunition, and implements of war, which he exports, imports, or manufactures for export. (b) Every person required to register under the provisions of this section shall pay a registration fee of $500 and upon receipt of such fee the Secretary of State shall issue a registration certificate valid for five years, which shall be renewable for further periods of five years upon the payment for each renewal of a fee of $500. (c) Every person required to register under this section shall notify the Secretary of State of any change in the arms, ammunition, and implements of war which he exports, imports, or manufactures for export; and upon such notification the Secretary of State shall issue to such person an amended certificate of registration, free of charge, which shall remain valid until the date of expiration of the original certificate. 1 |