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Aviation Act of 1917
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Long titleAn 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 bythe 65th United States Congress
EffectiveJuly 24, 1917
Citations
Public lawPub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–29
Statutes at Large40 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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