REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF

1953

Prepared by the President and Transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, March 25, 1953, Pursuant to the Provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, Approved June 20, 1949, as Amended1

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SECTION 1. Transfer of functions to the Secretary. (a) Subject to the exceptions specified in subsection (b) of this section, there are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture all functions not now vested in him of all other officers, and of all agencies and employees, of the Department of Agriculture.

(b) This section shall not apply to the functions vested by the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U. S. C. 1001 et seq.) in hearing examiners employed by the Department of Agriculture nor to the functions of (1) the corporations of the Department of Agriculture, - (2) the boards of directors and officers of such corporations, (3) the Advisory Board of the Commodity Credit Corporation, or (4) the Farm Credit Administration or any agency, officer, or entity of, under, or subject to the supervision of the said Administration,

SEC. 2 Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture. Two additional Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each such assistant secretary shall perform such functions as the Secretary of Agriculture shall, from time to time, prescribe and each shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of executive departments.

SEC. 3. Administrative Assistant Secretary. An Administrative Assistant Secretary of Agriculture shall be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the Secretary of Agriculture under the classified civil service, and shall perform such functions as the Secretary of Agriculture shall, from time to time, prescribe. The provisions of the item numbered (1) of the third proviso

1 Effective June 4, 1953, under the provisions of section 6 of the act; published pursuant to section 11 of the act (63 Stat. 203; 5 U. S. C. Sup. 133z).

under the heading "General Provisions" appearing in Chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, approved June 5, 1952, 66 Stat. 121, are hereby made applicable to the position of Administrative Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 4 Delegation of functions. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, or by any agency or employee, of the Department of Agriculture of any function of the Secretary, including any function transferred to the Secretary by the provisions of this reorganization plan.

(b) To the extent that the carrying out of subsection (a) of this section involves the assignment of major functions or major groups of functions to major constituent organizational units. of the Department of Agriculture, now or hereafter existing, or to the heads or other officers thereof, and to the extent deemed practicable by the Secretary, he shall give appropriate advance public notice of delegations of functions proposed to be made by him and shall afford appropriate opportunity for interested persons and groups to place before the Department of Agriculture their views with respect to such proposed delegations.

(c) In carrying out subsection (a) of this section the Secretary shall seek to simplify and make efficient the operation of the Department of Agriculture, to place the administration of farm programs close to the state and local levels, and to adapt the administration of the programs of the Department to regional. state, and local conditions.

1 SEC. 5. Incidental transfers. The Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time effect such transfers within the Department of Agriculture of any of the records, property and personnel affected by this reorganization plan and such transfers of unexpended balances (available or to be made available for use in connection with any affected function or agency) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of such Department, as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this reorganization plan; but such unexpended balances so transferred shall be used only for the purposes for which such appropriation was originally made.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF

1953

Prepared by the President and Transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, April 2, 1953, Pursuant to the Provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, Approved June 20, 1949, as Amended1

OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION

SECTION 1. Establishment of Office. (a) There is hereby established in the Executive Office of the President a new agency which shall be known as the Office of Defense Mobilization, hereinafter referred to as the Office.

(b) There shall be at the head of the Office a Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, hereinafter referred to as the Director, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,500 per

annum.

(c) There shall be in the Office a Deputy Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall receive compensation at the rate of $17,500 per annum, shall perform such functions as the Director shall designate, and shall act as Director during the absence or disability of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Director.

SEC. 2. Transfer of functions. There are hereby transferred to the Director:

(a) All functions of the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, including his functions as a member of the National Security Council, but excluding the functions abolished by section 5 (a) of this reorganization plan.

(b) All functions under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 U. S. C. 98 et seq.), vested in the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Interior or in any of them or in any combination of them, including the functions which vested in the Army and Navy Munitions

were

1 Effective June 12, 1953, under the provisions of section 6 of the act; published pursuant to section 11 of the act (63 Stat. 203; 5 U. S. C. Sup. 133z).

Board by the item numbered (2) in section 6 (a) of the said Act (60 Stat. 598), but excluding functions vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 7 of the said Act.

(c) The functions vested in the Munitions Board by section 4 (h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended (15 U. S. C. 714b (h)) and by section 204 (e) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U. S. C. 485 (e)).

(d) All functions now vested by any statute in the Director of Defense Mobilization or in the Office of Defense Mobilization provided for in Executive Order No. 101932 (15 F. R. 9031).

SEC. 3. Performance of transferred functions. (a) The Director may from time to time make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, or by any agency or employee, of the Office, of any function of the Director, exclusive of the function of being a member of the National Security Council.

(b) When authorized by the Director, any function transferred to him by the provisions of this reorganization plan (exclusive of the function of being a member of the National Security Council) may be performed by the head of any agency of the executive branch of the Government or, subject to the direction and control of any such agency head, by such officers, employees, and organizational units under the jurisdiction of such agency head as such agency head may designate.

(c) In addition to the representatives who by virtue of the last sentence of section 2 (a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 U. S. C. 98a (a)), and section 2 of this reorganization plan are designated to cooperate with the Director, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of such other agencies having functions regarding strategic or critical materials as the Director shall from time to time designate, shall each designate representatives who shall similarly cooperate with the Director.

23 CFR, 1950 Supp., p. 156.

SEC. 4. Records, property, personnel, and funds. There shall be transferred with the functions transferred by this reorganization plan from the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board and the Department of Defense, respectively, so much of the records, property, personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, used, held, employed, available, or to be made available in connection with the said functions, as the Director shall determine to be required for the performance of the transferred functions by the Office, but all transfers from the Department of Defense under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense.

SEC. 5. Abolition of functions. (a) The functions of the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board under section 18 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 U. S. C. App. 468), as affected by Reorganization Plan No. 25 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1280), with respect to being consulted by and furnishing advice to the President as required by that section, are hereby abolished.

(b) So much of the functions of the Secretary of Defense under section 202 (b) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, as consists of direction, authority, and control over functions transferred by this reorganization plan is hereby abolished.

(c) Any functions which were vested in the Army and Navy Munitions Board or which are vested in the Munitions Board with respect to serving as agent through which the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Interior jointly act, under section 2 (a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended, are hereby abolished.

SEC. 6. Abolition of National Security Resources Board. The National Security Resources Board (established by the National Security Act of 1947, 61 Stat. 499), including the offices of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, is hereby abolished, and the Director shall provide for winding up any outstanding affairs of

the said Board or offices not otherwise provided for in this reorganization plan.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 4 OF

1953

Prepared by the President and Transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, April 20, 1953, Pursuant to the Provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, Approved June 20, 1949, as Amended1

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SECTION 1. Acting Attorney General. (a) The function with respect to exercising the duties of the office of Attorney General vested in the Solicitor General by Section 347, Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U. S. C. 293), is hereby transferred to the Deputy Attorney General, and for the purposes of Section 177, Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 4), the Deputy Attorney General shall be deemed to be the first assistant of the Department of Justice.

(b) During any period of time when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, neither the Attorney General nor the Deputy Attorney General is available to exercise the duties of the office of Attorney General, the Assistant Attorneys General and the Solicitor General, in such order of succession as the Attorney General may from time to time prescribe, shall act as Attorney General.

SEC. 2. Assistant Attorney General. There shall be in the Department of Justice an additional Assistant Attorney General who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for other Assistant Attorneys General, and who shall assist the Attorney General in the performance of his duties. The office of Assistant Attorney General in charge of customs matters created by section 30 of the act of June 10, 1890, as amended (36 Stat. 108, 5 U. S. C. 296), is hereby abolished.

1 Effective June 20, 1953, under the provisions of section 6 of the act; published pursuant to section 11 of the act (63 Stat. 203; 5 U. S. C. Sup. 133z).

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5
OF 1953

Prepared by the President and Transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, April 30, 1953, Pursuant to the Provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, Approved June 20, 1949, as Amended1

THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF WASHINGTON

SECTION 1. The Managing Director. There is hereby established the office of Managing Director of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, hereinafter referred to as the Managing Director. The Managing Director shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the rate of $17,500 per annum.

SEC. 2. Deputy Director. There is hereby established the office of Deputy Director of the Export-Import Bank of Washington. The Deputy Director shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall receive compensation at the rate of $16,000 per annum, shall perform such functions as the Managing Director may from time to time prescribe, and shall act as Managing Director during the absence or disability of the Managing Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Managing Director.

There is

SEC. 3. Assistant Director. hereby established the office of Assistant Director of the Export-Import Bank of Washington.

The Assistant Director shall be appointed by the Managing Director under the classified civil service, shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter fixed by law for Grade GS-18 of the general schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and shall perform such functions as the Managing Director may from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 4. Functions transferred to the Managing Director. All functions of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of Washington are hereby transferred to the Managing Director.

1 Effective June 30, 1953, under the provisions of section 6 of the act; published pursuant to section 11 of the act (63 Stat. 203; 5 U. S. C. Sup. 133z).

SEC. 5. General policies. The National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems shall from time to time establish general lending and other financial policies which shall govern the Managing Director in the conduct of the lending and other financial operations of the Bank.

SEC. 6. Performance of transferred functions. The Managing Director may from time to time make such provisions as he deems appropriate authorizing the performance of any of the functions of the Managing Director by any other officer, or by any agency or employee, of the Bank.

SEC. 7. Abolitions. The following are hereby abolished: (1) The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, including the offices of the members thereof provided for in section 3 (a) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended; (2) the Advisory Board of the Bank, together with the functions of the said Advisory Board; and (3) the function of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ExportImport Bank of Washington of being a member of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems. The Managing Director shall make such provisions as may be necessary for winding up any outstanding affairs of the said abolished boards and offices not otherwise provided for in this reorganization plan.

SEC. 8. Effective date. Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, of this reorganization plan shall become effective when the Managing Director first appointed hereunder enters upon office pursuant to the provisions of this reorganization plan.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 6
OF 1953

Prepared by the President and Transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, April 30, 1953, Pursuant to the Provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, Approved June 20, 1949, as Amended

DEPARTMENt of DefenSE

SECTION 1. Transfers of functions. (a) All functions of the Munitions Board, the

Effective June 30, 1953, under the provisions of section 6 of the act; published pursuant to section 11 of the act (63 Stat. 203; 5 U. S. C. Sup. 133z).

Research and Development Board, the Defense Supply Management Agency and the Director of Installations are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Defense.

(b) The selection of the Director of the Joint Staff by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his tenure, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense.

(c) The selection of the members of the Joint Staff by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and their tenure, shall be subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

(d) The functions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to managing the Joint Staff and the Director thereof are hereby transferred to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

SEC. 2. Abolition of agencies and functions. (a) There are hereby abolished the Munitions Board, the Research and Development Board, and the Defense Supply Management Agency.

(b) The offices of Chairman of the Munitions Board, Chairman of the Research and Development Board, Director of the Defense Supply Management Agency, Deputy Director of the Defense Supply Management Agency and Director of Installations are hereby abolished.

(c) The Secretary of Defense shall provide for winding up any outstanding affairs of the said abolished agency, boards, and offices, not otherwise provided for in this reorganization plan.

(d) The function of guidance to the Munitions Board in connection with strategic and logistic plans as required by section 213 (c) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, is hereby abolished.

SEC. 3. Assistant Secretaries of Defense. Six additional Assistant Secretaries of Defense may be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each such Assistant Secretary shall perform such functions as the Secretary of Defense may from time to time prescribe and each shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for assistant secretaries of executive departments.

SEC. 4. General Counsel. The President may appoint from civilian life, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a General Counsel of the Department of Defense who shall be the chief legal officer of the Department, and who shall perform such functions as the

Secretary of Defense may from time to time prescribe. He shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for assistant secretaries of executive departments.

SEC. 5. Performance of functions. The Secretary of Defense may from time to time make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, or by any agency or employee, of the Department of Defense of any function of the Secretary, including any function transferred to the Secretary by the provisions of this reorganization plan.

SEC. 6. Miscellaneous provisions. (a) The Secretary of Defense may from time to time effect such transfers within the Department of Defense of any of the records, property, and personnel affected by this reorganization plan, and such transfers of unexpended balances (available or to be made available for use in connection with any affected function or agency) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of such Department, as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this reorganization plan.

(b) Nothing herein shall affect the compensation of the Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee (63 Stat. 762).

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 7 OF

1953

Prepared by the President and Transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress Assembled, June 1, 1953, Pursuant to the Provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, Approved June 20, 1949, as Amended1

FOREIGN OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION

SECTION 1. Establishment of Foreign Operations Administration. (a) There is hereby established a new agency which shall be known as the Foreign Operations Administration, hereinafter referred to as the "Administration."

(b) There shall be at the head of the Administration a Director of the Foreign Operations Administration, hereinafter referred to as the "Director." The

1 Effective August 1, 1953, under the provisions of section 6 of the act; published pursuant to section 11 of the act (63 Stat. 203; 5 U. S. C. Sup. 133z).