An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Signal Corps of the Army and to purchase, manufacture, maintain, repair, and operate airships, and to make appropriations therefor, and for other purposes.
Enacted by
the 65th United States Congress
Effective
July 24, 1917
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–29
Statutes at Large
40 Stat. 243
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5326 by S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D–AL)
Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on July 24, 1917
Aviation Act of 1917 was a United States military appropriations bill authorizing a temporary increase for the United States Army Signal Corps. The Act of Congress authorized provisions for airship or dirigible operations governed by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division. The legislation provided United States President Woodrow Wilson emergency authority for the maintenance, manufacture, operation, purchase, and repair of airships and associated aerial machines.
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