the duty of carrying into execution all lawful orders and directions which may be transmitted to him. The functions of the Commanding General, General Headquarters Air Force (Air Force Combat Command), and of the Chief of the Air Corps and of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, shall be transferred to the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. When such transfer becomes effective, the offices of the Chief of the Air Corps, United States Army, and Assistants to the Chief of the Air Corps, United States Army, provided for by the Act of June 4, 1920, as amended (41 Stat. 768), and Commanding General, General Headquarters Air Force, provided for by section 5 of the Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1525), shall cease to exist. While holding office as Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, the incumbent shall hold a grade and receive allowances equivalent to those prescribed by law for the Chief of Staff, United States Army. The Chief of Staff, United States Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, shall take rank between themselves according to their relative dates of appointment as such, and shall each take rank above all other officers on the active list of the Army, Navy, and Air Force: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall have the effect of changing the relative rank of the present Chief of Staff, United States Army, and the Chief of Naval Operations.

(c) All commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men, commissioned, holding warrants, or enlisted, in the Air Corps, United States Army, or the Army Air Forces, shall be transferred in branch to the United States Air Force. All other commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men, who are commissioned, hold warrants, or are enlisted in any component of the Army of the United States and who are under the authority or command of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, shall be continued under the authority or command of the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, and under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Air Force. Personnel whose status is affected by this subsection shall retain their existing commissions, warrants, or enlisted status in existing components of the armed forces unless otherwise altered or terminated in accordance with the existing law; and they shall not be deemed to have been appointed to a new or different office or grade, or to have vacated their permanent or temporary appointments in an existing component of the armed forces, solely by virtue of any change in status under this subsection. No such change in status shall alter or prejudice the status of any individual so assigned, so as to deprive him of any right, benefit, or privilege to which he may be entitled under existing law.

(d) Except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of the Air Force, all property, records, installations, agencies, activities, projects, and civilian personnel under the jurisdiction, control, authority, or command of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, shall be continued to the same extent under the jurisdiction, control, authority, or command, respectively, of the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, in the Department of the Air Force.

(e) For a period of two years from the date of the enactment of this Act, personnel (both military and civilian), property, records, installations, agencies, activities, and projects may be transferred between the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force by direction of the Secretary of National Defense.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFERS

SEC. 109. Each transfer, assignment, or change in status under section 107 or section 108 shall take effect upon such date or dates as may be prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense.

WAR COUNCIL

SEC. 110. There shall be within the National Defense Establishment a War Council composed of the Secretary of National Defense, as Chairman, who shall have power of decision; the Secretary of the Army; the Secretary of the Navy; the Secretary of the Air Force; the Chief of Staff, United States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; and the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. The War Council shall advise the Secretary of National Defense on matters of broad policy relating to the armed forces, and shall consider and report on such other matters as the Secretary of National Defense may direct.

JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

SEC. 111. (a) There is hereby established within the National Defense Establishment the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which shall consist of the Chief of Staff, United States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, if there be one.

(b) Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of National Defense, it shall be the duty of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

(1) to prepare strategic plans and to provide for the strategic direction of the military forces;

(2) to prepare joint logistic plans and to assign to the military services logistic responsibilities in accordance with such plans;

(3) to establish unified commands in strategic areas when such unified commands are in the interest of national security;

(4) to formulate policies for joint training of the military forces. (5) to review major material and personnel requirements of the military forces, in accordance with strategic and logistic plans;

(6) to provide United States representation on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.

(c) The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall act as the principal military advisers to the President and the Secretary of National Defense, and shall perform such other duties as they may direct or may be prescribed by law.

JOINT STAFF

SEC. 112. There shall be, under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a Joint Staff to consist of not to exceed one hundred officers and to be composed of approximately equal numbers of officers of the United States Army, the United States Navy, and the United States Air Force. The Joint Staff, operating under a Director thereof appointed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall perform such duties as may be directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Director shall be an officer junior in grade to all members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

MUNITIONS BOARD

SEC. 113. (a) There is hereby established in the National Defense Establishment a Munitions Board, hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Board". (b) The Board shall be composed of a Chairman, who shall be the head thereof, and an Under Secretary or Assistant Secretary from each of the three military departments, to be designated in each case by the Secretaries of their respective departments. The Chairman shall be appointed from civilian life by the Secretary of National Defense and shall receive compensation at the rate of $14,000 a year or at the rate of $50 a day but not to exceed $14,000 in any one year.

(c) It shall be the duty of the Board under the direction of the Secretary of National Defense and in support of strategic and logistic plans prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff

(1) to coordinate the appropriate activities within the National Defense Establishment with regard to industrial matters, including the procurement, production, and distribution plans of the Establishment;

(2) to plan for the military aspects of industrial mobilization; (3) to recommend assignment of procurement responsibilities among the several military services and to plan for standardization of specifications and for the greatest practicable allocation of purchase authority of technical equipment and common use items on the basis of single procurement;

(4) to prepare estimates of potential production, procurement, and personnel for use in evaluation of the logistic feasibility of strategic operation; (5) to determine relative priorities of the various segments of the military procurement programs;

(6) to supervise such subordinate agencies as are or may be created to consider the subjects falling within the scope of the Board's responsibilities; (7) to make recommendations to regroup, combine, or dissolve existing interservice agencies operating in the fields of procurement, production, and distribution in such manner as to promote efficiency and economy;

(8) to maintain liaison with other agencies for the proper correlation of military requirements with the civilian economy, particularly in regard to

the procurement or disposition of strategic and critical material and the maintenance of adequate reserves of such material, and to make recommendations as to policies in connection therewith;

(9) to assemble and review material and personnel requirements presented by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and those presented by the production, procurement, and distribution agencies assigned to meet military needs, and to make recommendations thereon to the Secretary of National Defense;

(10) to perform such other duties as the Secretary of National Defense may direct.

(d) When the Chairman of the Board first appointed has taken office, the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board shall cease to exist and all its functions, records, and personnel shall be transferred to the Munitions Board.

(e) The Secretary of National Defense shall provide the Board with such personnel and facilities as the Secretary may determine to be required by the Board for the performance of its functions.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ROARD

SEC. 114. (a) There is hereby established in the National Defense Establishment a Research and Development Board, hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Board." The Board shall be composed of a Chairman, who shall be the head thereof, and two representatives each from the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to be designated by the Secretaries of their respective Departments. The Chairman shall be appointed from civilian life by the Secretary of National Defense and shall receive compensation at the rate of $14,000 a year or at the rate of $50 a day but not to exceed $14,000 in any one year. The purpose of the Board shall be to advise the Secretary of National Defense as to the status of scientific research relative to the national security, and to assist him in assuring adequate provision for research and development on scientific problems relating to the national security.

(b) It shall be the duty of the Board, under the direction of the Secretary of National Defense

(1) to prepare a complete and integrated program of research and development for military purposes;

(2) to advise with regard to trends in scientific research relating to national security and the measures necessary to assure continued and increasing progress;

(3) to recommend measures of coordination of research and development among the military departments, and allocation among them of responsibilities for specific programs of joint interest;

(4) to formulate policy for the National Defense Establishment in connection with research and development matters involving agencies outside the National Defense Establishment;

(5) to consider the interaction of research and development and strategy, and to advise the Joint Chiefs of Staff in connection therewith;

(6) to perform such other duties as the Secretary of National Defense may direct.

(c) When the Chairman of the Board first appointed has taken office, the Joint Research and Development Board shall cease to exist and all its records and personnel shall be transferred to the Research and Development Board.

(d) The Secretary of National Defense shall provide the Board with such personnel and facilities as the Secretary may determine to be required by the Board for the performance of its functions.

TITLE II-COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SEC. 201. (a) There is hereby established a council to be known as the National Security Council (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Council"). The function of the Council shall be to advise the President with respect to the integration of foreign and military policies and to enable the military services and other agencies of the Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving national security. The Council shall be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, and such other members as the President may designate from time to time.

(b) In addition to performing such other functions as the President may direct, for the purpose of more effectively coordinating the policies of the departments and agencies of the Government and their functions relating to the national security, it shall, subject to the direction of the President, be the duty of the Council

(1) to assess and appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States in relation to our actual and potential military power, in the interests of national security, for the purpose of making recommendations to the President in connection therewith; and

(2) to consider policies on matters of common interest to the Department of State, the National Defense Establishment, and the National Security Resources Board, and to make recommendations to the President in connection therewith.

(c) The Council shall have a staff to be headed by an executive secretary who shall be appointed by the President, and who shall receive compensation at the rate of $12,000 a year. The executive secretary, subject to the direction of the Council is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Council in connection with the performance of its functions.

(d) The Council shall, from time to time, make such recommendations and such other reports to the President as it deems appropriate or as the President may require.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

SEC. 202. (a) There is hereby established under the National Security Council a Central Intelligence Agency with a Director of Central Intelligence, who shall be the head thereof, to be appointed by the President. The Director shall receive compensation at the rate of $14,000 a year.

(b) Any commissioned officer of the United States Army, the United States Navy, or the United States Air Force may be appointed to the office of Director; and his appointment to, acceptance of, and service in, such office shall in no way affect any status, office, rank, or grade he may occupy or hold in the United States Army, the United States Navy, or the United States Air Force, or any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to or arising out of any such status, office, rank, or grade. Any such commissioned officer on the active list shall, while serving in the office of Director, receive the military pay and allowances payable to a commissioned officer of his grade and length of service and shall be paid, from any funds available to defray the expenses of the Agency, annual compensation at a rate equal to the amount by which $14,000 exceeds the amount of his annual pay and allowances.

(c) Effective when the Director first appointed under subsection (a) has taken office

(1) the functions of the National Intelligence Authority (11 Fed. Reg. 1337, 1339, February 5, 1946) are transferred to the National Security Council, and such Authority shall cease to exist.

(2) the functions of the Director of Central Intelligence, and the functions, personnel, property, and records of the Central Intelligence Group are transferred to the Director of Central Intelligence appointed under this Act and to the Central Intelligence Agency, respectively, and such Group shall cease to exist. Any unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds available or authorized to be made available for such Group shall be available and shall be authorized to be made available in like manner for expenditure by the Agency.

NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD

SEC. 203. (a) There is hereby established a National Security Resources Board, hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Board", to be composed of the Chairman of the Board and such heads or representatives of the various executive departments and independent agencies as may from time to time be designated by the President to be members of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed from civilian life by the President and shall receive compensation at the rate of $15,000 a year or at the rate of $50 a day but not to exceed $15,000 in any one year.

(b) The Chairman of the Board, subject to the direction of the President, is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to assist the Board in carrying out its functions.

(c) It shall be the function of the Board to advise the President concerning the coordination of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization, including

(1) policies concerning industrial and civlian mobilization in order to assure the most effective mobilization and maximum utilization of the Nation's manpower in the event of war;

(2) programs for the effective use in time of war of the Nation's natural and industrial resources for military and civilian needs, for the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian economy in time of war, and for the adjustment of such economy to war needs and conditons;

(3) policies for unifying, in time of war, the activities of Federal agencies and departments engaged in or concerned with production, procurement, distribution, or transportation of military or civilian supplies, materials, and products;

(4) the relationship between potential supplies of and potential requirements for manpower, resources, and productive facilities in time of war; (5) policies for establishing adequate reserves of strategic and critical material, and for the conservation of these reserves;

(6) the strategic relocation of industries, services, government, and economic activities, whose continuous operation is essential to the Nation's security.

(d) The Board shall perform such other functions, not inconsistent with law, concerning the coordination of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization as the President may direct.

(e) In performing its functions, the Board shall utilize to the maximum extent the facilities and resources of the departments and agencies of the Government. TITLE III-MISCELLANEOUS

SUCCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY

SEC. 301. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the performance of the duties of the Office of President in case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and of the Vice President", approved January 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 1), is amended (1) by striking out "Secretary of War" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of National Defense", and (2) by striking out "or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Secretary of the Navy".

COMPENSATION OF SECRETARIES

SEC. 302. (a) The Secretary of National Defense shall receive the compensation prescribed by law for heads of executive departments.

(b) The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each receive the compensation prescribed for the Secretary of National Defense.

UNDER SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

SEC. 303. The Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force shall each receive compensation at the rate of $12,000 a year and shall perform such duties as the Secretaries of their respective departments may prescribe.

ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND PERSONNEL

SEC. 304. (a) The Secretary of National Defense, the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, and the Director of Central Intelligence are authorized to appoint such advisory committees and to employ consistent with other provisions of this Act, such part-time advisory personnel as they may deem necessary in carrying out their respective functions and the functions of agencies under their control. Persons holding other offices or positions under the United States for which they receive compensation while serving as members of such committees shall receive no additional compensation for such service. Other members of such committees and other part-time advisory personnel so employed may serve without compensation or may receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $50 for each day of service, as determined by the appointing authority.