An Act to amend part II of the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide an exemption from the provisions of such part for the emergency transportation of any motor vehicle in interstate or foreign commerce by towing
PL 88-208 (H.R.2906), enacted 12/17/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-207-DEC. 17, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
December 17, 1963 
[H. R. 5691] 
Public Law 88-207 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38 of the United States Ctode to allow the Administrator of 
Veterans' Affairs to delegate to the Chief Medical Director in the Department 
of Medicine and Surgery, authority to act uiwn the recommendations of the 
disciplinary boards provided by section 4110 of title 38, United States Code. 
Veterans Ad-
ministration. 
Disciplinary 
boards. 
72 Stat. 1246. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ That section 4110 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection (e) to read as follows: 
"(e) The Administrator, within such limitations as he may pre-
scribe, may delegate to the Chief Medical Director the authority vested 
in him by subsections (b) and (d) of this section to (1) appoint the 
chairman and secretary of a disciplinary board, such official to have 
the power prescribed by this section, and (2) receive and act upon 
the recommendations of such a board. 
Any person against whom 
disciplinary action is taken under authority delegated pursuant to this 
subsection shall have the right to appeal such action to the Adminis-
trator, but in the absence of such an appeal the decision of the Chief 
Medical Director shall have the same force and effect as a decision of 
the Administrator." 
Approved December 17, 1963. 
December 17, 1963 
[H. R. 2906] 
Public Law 88-208 
AN ACT 
To amend part II of the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide an exemp-
tion from the provisions of such imrt for the emergency transportation of any 
accidentally wrecked or disabled motor vehicle in interstate or foreign 
commerce by towing. 
Wrecked vehi-
cles, emergency 
towing. 
49 Stat; 545. 
Be it eMQcted hy tlie Semite and House of Represemtathes 
of the 
United States of A?7ierica in Congress assembled, That section 2()3(b) 
of the Intei-state Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 303(b)) is amended by 
striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a semi-
colon and the following: '"or (10) the emergency transportation of any 
accidentally wrecked or disabled motor vehicle in interstate or foreign 
commerce by towing."' 
Approved December 17, 1963. 
December 17, 1963 
[H. J. Res. 335] 
Public Law 88-209 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Designating the 17th day of December of each year as "Wright Brothers Day' 
Wright Brothers 
Day. 
Designation. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the I7th day of Decem-
ber of each year is hereby designated as "Wright Brothers Day", 
in commemoration of the first successful flights in a heavier than air, 
mechanically propelled airplane, which were made by Orville and 
Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North 
Carolina. 
The President is authorized and requested to issue 
annually a proclamation inviting the people of the United States 
to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved December 17, 1963.