Section 2
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications to foster air commerce in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and for such purpose: To encourage the establishment of air ports, civil airways and other navigation facilities. To make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources as to necessary establishment of meteorological facilities. To study the possibilities for the development of air commerce and the aeronautical industry and trade in the Philippine Islands, and to collect and disseminate information relative thereto and also as regards the existing state of the art. To request the Bureau of Science, the Weather Bureau, and other agencies in the Executive Branch of the Government to assist in carrying on such researches and development work as tend to improve air navigation facilities. The Secretary of Commerce and Communications is authorized to transfer funds available for carrying out the purposes of this subdivision to any such agency or agencies engaged in such research and development work in cooperation with the Department of Commerce and Communications. To investigate, record, and make public the causes of accidents in civil air navigation in the Philippine Islands. To exchange with foreign governments, through existing governmental channels, information pertaining to civil air navigation.