Authorities Note

Predecessor: United States. Bureau of Air Commerce (n81149201)

Successor: Civil Aeronautics Administration (n50076072)

Variant: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aeronautics Authority

Appears it was Civil Aeronautics Authority from ~TBD to 29 Aug 1940.

LCNAF: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration; under provisions of Dept. of Commerce order 52, Aug. 29, 1940, that part of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, the functions of which were admin. by the administrator of civil aeronautics under the direction and supervision of the secretary of commerce, was given the organization title Civil Aeronautics Administration; superseded by U.S. Federal Aviation Agency, established by Federal aviation act of 1958, effective 23 Aug. 1958)

Wikipedia: The Civil Aeronautics Authority Act of 1938 superseded the Watres Act, which had regulated commercial aviation since the mid-1920s, and created a new agency, the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The agency was renamed in 1940, due to a merger with the Air Safety Board. It became an independent agency under Reorganization Plans Nos. III and IV of 1940, effective on June 30, 1940. The Air Safety Board had formed in 1938.

Other predecessor agencies included the Aeronautics Branch (1926–1934), the Bureau of Air Commerce (1934–1938), and the Bureau of Air Mail, Interstate Commerce Commission (1934–38).

Wikipedia: In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Act transferred the federal civil aviation responsibilities from the Commerce Department to a new independent agency, the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The legislation also expanded the government's role by giving the CAA the authority and the power to regulate airline fares and to determine the routes that air carriers would serve.