APPENDIX

[PUBLIC LAW 13-83D CONGRESS]

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 5U.S.C. Suppl. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 623 That the provisions of Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 of 1953, submitted to the Congress on March 12, 1953, shall take effect ten days after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, and its approval by the President, notwithstanding the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, except that section 9 of such Act shall apply to such reorganization plan and to the reorganization made thereby. Approved April 1, 1953.

REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 1 of 1953

Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled, March 12, 1953, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

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SECTION 1. Creation of Department; Secretary.There is hereby established an executive department, which shall be known as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter in this reorganization plan referred to as the Department). There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Health, Edu- U.S.C. cation, and Welfare (hereafter in this reorganization note plan referred to as the Secretary), who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for the heads of executive departments. The Department shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the Secretary.

SEC. 2. Under Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.There shall be in the Department an Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and two Assistant Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare, each of whom shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall perform such functions as the Secretary may prescribe, and shall re

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ceive compensation at the rate now or hereafter provided by law for under secretaries and assistant secretaries, respectively, of executive departments. The Under Secretary (or, during the absence or disability of the Under Secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Under Secretary, an Assistant Secretary determined according to such order as the Secretary shall prescribe) shall act as Secretary during the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Secretary.

SEC. 3. Special Assistant.-There shall be in the Department a Special Assistant to the Secretary (Health and Medical Affairs) who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate from among persons who are recognized leaders in the medical field with wide nongovernmental experience, shall review the health and medical programs of the Department and advise the Secretary with respect to the improvement of such programs and with respect to necessary legislation in the health and medical fields, and shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter provided by law for assistant secretaries of executive departments.

SEC. 4. Commissioner of Social Security.-There shall be in the Department a Commissioner of Social Security who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall perform such functions concerning social security and public welfare as the Secretary may prescribe, and 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.

SEC. 5. Transfers to the Department.-All functions of the Federal Security Administrator are hereby transferred to the Secretary. All agencies of the Federal Security Agency, together with their respective functions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds (available or to be made available), and all other functions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds. (available or to be made available) of the Federal Security Agency are hereby transferred to the Department.

SEC. 6. Performance of functions of the Secretary.— The Secretary may from time to time make such provisions as the Secretary deems appropriate authorizing the performance of any of the functions of the Secretary by

any other officer, or by any agency or employee, of the Department.

SEC. 7. Administrative services. In the interest of economy and efficiency the Secretary may from time to time establish central administrative services in the fields of procurement, budgeting, accounting, personnel, library, legal, and other services and activities common to the several agencies of the Department; and the Secretary may effect such transfers within the Department of the personnel employed, the property and records used or held, and the funds available for use in connection with such administrative-service activities as the Secretary may deem necessary for the conduct of any services so established: Provided, That no professional or substantive function vested by law in any officer shall be removed from the jurisdiction of such officer under this section.

SEC. 8. Abolitions.-The Federal Security Agency (exclusive of the agencies thereof transferred by sec. 5 of this reorganization plan), the offices of Federal Security Administrator and Assistant Federal Security Administrator created by Reorganization Plan No. 1 (53 Stat. 1423), the two offices of assistant heads of the Federal Security Agency created by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1946 (60 Stat. 1095), and the office of Commissioner for Social Security created by section 701 of the Social Security Act, as amended (64 Stat. 558), are hereby abolished. The Secretary shall make such provisions as may be necessary in order to wind up any outstanding affairs of the Agency and the offices abolished by this section which are not otherwise provided for in this reorganization plan.

SEC. 9. Interim provisions.-The President may authorize the persons who immediately prior to the time this reorganization plan takes effect occupy the offices of Federal Security Administrator, Assistant Federal Security Administrator, assistant heads of the Federal Security Agency, and Commissioner for Social Security to act as Secretary, Under Secretary, and Assistant Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare and as Commissioner of Social Security, respectively, until those offices are filled by appointment in the manner provided by sections 1, 2, and 4 of this reorganization plan, but not for a period of more than 60 days. While so acting, such persons shall receive compensation at the rates provided

this reorganization plan for the offices the functions of which they perform.

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TABLE A.-Some major amendments of the Public Health Service Act since 19441

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hospitals and public health centers and for planning construction of addi-
tional facilities, and to authorize grants to assist in such construction.
To amend the PHS Act to support research and training in diseases of the heart
and circulation, and to aid the States in the development of community
programs for the control of these diseases, and for other purposes.

To amend the PHS Act to provide for, foster, and aid in coordinating research
relating to dental diseases and conditions, and for other purposes.

To amend the Hospital Survey and Construction Act (title VI of the PHS Act),
to extend its duration and provide greater financial assistance in the construc-
tion of hospitals, and for other purposes.

To amend the PHS Act to support research and training in matters relating to
arthritis and rheumatism, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, polio-
myelitis, blindness, leprosy, and other diseases.

To amend the hospital survey and construction provisions of the PHS Act to
provide assistance to the States for surveying the need for diagnostic or treat-
ment centers, for hospitals for the chronically ill and impaired, for rehabilita-
tion facilities, and for nursing homes, and to provide assistance in the con-
struction of such facilities through grants to public and nonprofit agencies,
and for other purposes.

To provide for a continuing survey and special studies of sickness and disability
in the United States, and for periodic reports of the results thereof, and for
other purposes.
To confer upon Alaska autonomy in the field of mental health, transfer from the
Federal Government to the Territory the fiscal and functional responsibilities
for the hospitalization of committed mental patients, and for other purposes.
(Includes PHS grants to Alaska for mental health program.)

To amend the PHS Act so as to provide for grants-in-aid to non-Federal public and nonprofit institutions for the constructing and equipping of facilities for research in the sciences related to health.

To amend title III of the PHS Act, and for other purposes. (Establishes in the
PHS the National Library of Medicine.)

12. Health Amendments Act of 1956.

P.L. 84-911, Aug. 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 923)..

13. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Per- P.L. 86-415, Apr. 8, 1960 (74 Stat. 32). sonnel Act of 1960.

1 This table includes only major amendments which have made significant or extensive changes in the PHS Act. It does not purport to be a comprehensive listing of all amendments of that act.

As authorized in the act, except where noted.

Since the 85th Cong., each public law has carried a prefix which is the number of the
Congress in which it was enacted. Thus, P.L. 85-480 is Public Law 480 of the 85th Cong.

To improve the health of the people by assisting in increasing the number of
adequately trained professional and practical nurses and professional public
health personnel, assisting in the development of improved methods of care
and treatment in the field of mental health, and for other purposes.
To strengthen the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service through
revision and extension of some of the provisions relating to retirement, ap-
pointment of personnel, and other related personnel matters, and for other
purposes.

to provide for international cooperation in health research, research
training, and research planning, and for other purposes. (NOTE: By error
there was left in the purpose clause the phrase "to establish a National
Institute for International Health and Medical Research" although, as
enacted, the law carried no such provision. We have used asterisks in lieu
of that phrase to prevent confusion.)

To assist in expanding and improving community facilities and services for
the health care of aged and other persons, and for other purposes.
To amend title III of the PHS Act to authorize grants for family clinics for
domestic agricultural migratory workers, and for other purposes.

To amend the PHS Act to provide for the establishment of an Institute of
Child Health and Human Development, to extend for 3 additional years the
authorization for grants for the construction of facilities for research in the
sciences related to health, and for other purposes.

To assist States and communities to carry out intensive vaccination programs
designed to protect their populations, particularly all preschool children,
against poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.

For convenience, the references to public laws contained herein have been conformed to
this new practice. The dates cited herein are the dates of Presidential approval of the
act, and are not necessarily the dates of effectiveness of specific provisions of law. The
parenthetical citations are to the United States Statutes at Large.
• Quoted from the purpose clause of the public law.