are hereby transferred to the Depart- | office of Consumers' Counsel of the Nament of the Treasury. The War Finance tional Bituminous Coal Commission is Corporation is hereby abolished and the hereby abolished and its functions are Secretary of the Treasury shall complete transferred to, and shall be administered the winding up of its affairs and shall in, the Office of the Solicitor of the Dedispose of its assets in accordance with partment of the Interior under the dithe Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1442), rection and supervision of the Secretary not later than December 31, 1939. of the Interior. SEC. 3. Department of Justice.-Transfers, consolidations, and abolitions relating to the Department of Justice are hereby effected as follows: (a) Federal Prison Industries, Inc.The Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (together with its Board of Directors) and its functions are hereby transferred to the Department of Justice and shall be administered under the general direction and supervision of the Attorney General. (b) National Training School for Boys.-The National Training School for Boys and its functions (including the functions of its Board of Trustees) are hereby transferred to the Department of Justice and shall be administered by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General. (d) Bureau of Insular Affairs.-The Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department and its functions are hereby transferred to the Department of the Interior and shall be consolidated with the Division of Territories and Island Possessions in the Department of the Interior and administered in such Division under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. The office of the Chief of the Bureau and offices subordinate thereto provided for in section 14 of the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 769), are hereby abolished and all of the functions of such offices are transferred to, and shall be exercised by, the Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions. (e) Bureau of Fisheries.-The Bureau of Fisheries in the Department of Com(c) Board of Trustees of the National merce and its functions are hereby transTraining School for Boys Abolished.—ferred to the Department of the Interior The Board of Trustees of the National Training School for Boys (including the consulting trustees) is hereby abolished. SEC. 4. Department of the Interior. Transfers, consolidations, and abolitions relating to the Department of the Interior are hereby effected as follows: (a) Functions of the National Bituminous Coal Commission Transferred.The functions of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (including the functions of the members of the Commission) are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to be administered under his direction and supervision by such division, bureau, or office in the Department of the Interior as the Secretary shall determine. (b) National Bituminous Coal Commission Abolished.-The National Bituminous Coal Commission and the offices of the members thereof are hereby abolished and the outstanding affairs of the Commission shall be wound up by the Secretary of the Interior. (c) Office of Consumers' Counsel Abolished and Functions Transferred.-The and shall be administered in that Department under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. The functions of the Secretary of Commerce relating to the protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals, to the supervision of the Pribilof Islands and the care of the natives thereof, and to the Whaling Treaty Act, are hereby transferred to, and shall be exercised by, the Secretary of the Interior. (f) Bureau of Biological Survey.-The Bureau of Biological Survey in the Department of Agriculture and its functions are hereby transferred to the Department of the Interior and shall be administered in that Department under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. The functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the conservation of wild life, game, and migratory birds are hereby transferred to, and shall be exercised by, the Secretary of the Interior. The provisions of the Act of May 18, 1934 (c. 299, 48 Stat. 780), as amended by the Act of February 8, 1936 (c. 40, 49 Stat. 1105), insofar as they relate to officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture desig- | the supervision and direction of the Secnated by the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce any act of Congress for the protection, preservation or restoration of game and other wild life and animals shall apply to officers and employees of the Department of the Interior designated by the Secretary of the Interior to exercise and discharge such duties. (g) Officers of Biological Survey May Administer Oaths.-The provisions of the Act of January 31, 1925 (c. 124, 43 Stat. 803), shall be applicable to such officers, agents, or employees of the Department of the Interior performing functions of the Bureau of Biological Survey as are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes named in the Act. (h) Migratory Bird Conservation Commission.-The Secretary of the Interior shall be chairman of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall be a member thereof. (i) Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission.-The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission and its functions are hereby transferred to the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior. The functions vested in the Commission by section 3 and 4 (a) of the Act of June 15, 1938, (c. 402, 52 Stat. 694) shall continue to be exercised by the Commission. All other functions of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission shall be administered by the National Park Service under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. retary of Commerce. The capital stock of the Corporation shall continue to be held for the United States by the Secretary of the Treasury, but all other functions, rights, privileges, and powers and all duties and liabilities of the Secretary of War relating to the Inland Waterways Corporation are hereby transferred to, and shall be exercised, performed, and discharged by, the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall be substituted for the Secretary of War as, and shall be deemed to be, the incorporator of the Inland Waterways Corporation. PART 2.-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES SECTION 201. Federal Security Agency.-Transfers and consolidations relating to the Federal Security Agency are hereby effected as follows: (a) Radio Service and United States Film Service Transferred.-The functions of the Radio Division and the United States Film Service of the National Emergency Council are hereby transferred to the Federal Security Agency and shall be administered in the Office of Education under the direction and supervision of the Federal Security Administrator. (b) American Printing House for the Blind.-The functions of the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the administration of the appropriations for the American Printing House for the Blind (except the function relating to the perpetual trust fund) are hereby transferred to the Federal Security Agency and shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Federal Security Administrator. The annual report and vouchers required to be furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury by the trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind shall be furnished to the Federal Security SEC. 5. Department of Agriculture: Rural Electrification Administration Transferred.-The Rural Electrification Administration and its functions and activities are hereby transferred to the Department of Agriculture and shall be administered in that Department by the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration under the general direction and supervision of the Secre- Administrator. tary of Agriculture. are SEC. 202. National Archives.-TransSEC. 6. Department of Commerce: fers, consolidations, and abolitions reTransfer of Inland Waterways Corpora-lating to the National Archives tion.-The Inland Waterways Corpora- hereby effected as follows: tion and all of its functions and obliga- (a) Functions of Codification Board tions are hereby transferred to the De- | Transferred.-The functions of the partment of Commerce and shall be ad- Codification Board, established by the ministered in that Department under Act of June 19, 1937 (50 Stat. 304), are hereby transferred to the National Archives and shall be consolidated in that agency with the functions of the Division of the Federal Register and shall be administered by such Division under the direction and supervision of the Archivist. (b) Codification Board Abolished.The Codification Board is hereby abolished and its outstanding affairs shall be wound up by the Archivist through the Division of the Federal Register in the National Archives. PART 3.-EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SECTION 301. Transfers and abolitions relating to the Executive Office of the President are hereby effected as follows: (a) Functions of National Emergency Council Transferred.-All functions of the National Emergency Council other than those relating to Radio Service and Film Service (transferred by section 201 (a) of this plan to the Federal Security Agency) are hereby transferred to the Executive Office of the President and shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the President. (b) National Emergency Council Abolished.-The National Emergency Council is hereby abolished and its outstanding affairs shall be wound up under the direction and supervision of the President. PART 4.-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. Transfer of Functions of Heads of Departments.-Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, the functions of the head of any Department relating to the administration of any agency or function transferred from his Department by this Plan, are hereby transferred to, and shall be exercised by, the head of the department or agency to which such transferred agency or function is transferred by this Plan. SEC. 402. Transfer of Records, Property, and Personnel.-All records and property (including office equipment) of the several agencies, and all records and property used primarily in the administration of any functions, transferred by this Plan and, except as otherwise provided, all the personnel used in the administration of such agencies and func tions (including officers whose chief duties relate to such administration) are hereby transferred to the respective departments or agencies concerned, for use in the administration of the agencies and functions transferred by this Plan: Provided, That any personnel transferred to any department or agency by this section found by the head of such department or agency to be in excess of the personnel necessary for the administration of the functions transferred to his department or agency shall be retransferred under existing law to other positions in the Government service, or separated from the service subject to the provisions of section 10 (a) of the Reorganization Act of 1939. SEC. 403. Transfer of Funds. So much of the unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds available for the use of any agency in the exercise of any function transferred by this Plan, or for the use of the head of any department or agency in the exercise of any function so transferred, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget with the approval of the President shall determine, shall be transferred to the department or agency concerned for use in connection with the exercise of the function so transferred. In determining the amount to be transferred the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may include an amount to provide for the liquidation of obligations incurred against such appropriations, allocations, or other funds prior to the transfer: Provided, That the use of the unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds transferred by this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 4 (d) (3) and section 9 of the Reorganization Act of 1939. SEC. 404. Transfer of Functions Relating to Personnel.-Except as prohibited by section 3 (b) of the Reorganization Act of 1939, all functions relating to the appointment, fixing of compensation, transfer, promotion, demotion, suspension, or dismissal of persons to or from offices and positions in any department vested by law in any officer of such department other than the head thereof are hereby transferred to the head of such department and shall be administered under his direction and supervision by such division, bureau, office, or persons as he shall determine. CHAPTER V-MILITARY ORDERS MILITARY ORDER velopment of aviation of the Army and of the Navy, and to provide an agency for consideration of aeronautical matters, and (4) the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board organized for the purpose of harmonizing the plans of the Army and Navy for the procurement of munitions and supplies for war purposes, now functioning by understanding between the Secretary of War and the Sec By virtue of authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is hereby ordered that (1) the Joint Army and Navy Board, organized to secure complete cooperation and coordination in all matters and policies involving joint action of the Army and Navy relative to the na-retary of the Navy, shall hereafter exertional defense, (2) the Joint Economy Board organized for the purpose of effecting economies without loss of efficiency, by the elimination of overlap or the simplification of functions in those activities of the War and Navy Departments concerned with joint operations of the two services or which have approximately parallel functions, (3) the Aeronautical Board organized for the purpose of securing a more complete measure of cooperation and coordination in the de cise their functions for the purposes aforesaid under the direction and supervision of the President as Commanderin-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. This order shall become effective on FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, July 5, 1939. CHAPTER VI-REGULATIONS CONCERNING CREDITS TO BELLIGERENTS REGULATION OF SEPTEMBER 6, 1939 Section 3 of the joint resolution of Congress approved May 1, 1937, reads in part as follows: I hereby find that it will serve to protect the commercial and other interests of the United States and its citizens to except from the operation of Section 3 of the joint resolution of Congress approved May 1, 1937, as made applicable to Germany and France, Poland, and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand by the Proclamation of the President of September 5, 19391 issued under the au olution, ordinary commercial credits and short-time obligations in aid of legal transactions and of a character customarily used in normal peacetime commercial transactions; and they are therefore hereby excepted. "SEC. 3. (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 of this Act, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any person within the United States to purchase, sell, or exchange bonds, securities, or other obligations of the government of any belligerent state or of any state wherein civil strife exists, named in such proclamation, or of any political sub-thority of Section 1 of such joint resdivision of any such state, or of any person acting for or on behalf of the government of any such state, or of any faction or asserted government within any such state wherein civil strife exists, or of any person acting for or on behalf of any faction or asserted government within any such state wherein civil strife exists, issued after the date of such proclamation, or to make any loan or extend I hereby authorize the Secretary of any credit to any such government, political the Treasury to administer the prosubdivision, faction, asserted government, or visions of this regulation and to properson, or to solicit or receive any contribution for any such government, political sub-mulgate such rules and regulations not division, faction, asserted government, or per- | inconsistent with law as may be necesson: Provided, That if the President shall find sary and proper to carry out such prothat such action will serve to protect the visions. commercial or other interests of the United States or its citizens, he may, in his discre- This regulation shall continue in full tion, and to such extent and under such force and effect unless and until modregulations as he may prescribe, except from FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, September 6, 1939. the operation of this section ordinary com-ified, revoked, or otherwise terminated, mercial credits and short-time obligations in pursuant to law. aid of legal transactions and of a character customarily used in normal peacetime commercial transactions. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the solicitation or collection of funds to be used for medical aid and assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve human suffering, when such solicitation or collection of funds is made on behalf of and for use by any person or organization which is not acting for or on behalf of any such government, political subdivision, faction, or asserted government, but all such solicitations and collections of funds shall be subject to the approval of the President and shall be made under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe. “(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a renewal or adjustment of such indebtedness as may exist on the date of the President's proclamation. "(c) Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section or of any regulations issued hereunder shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. Should the violation be by a corporation, organization, or association, each officer or agent thereof participating in the violation may be liable to the penalty herein prescribed." EXTENSION OF APPLICATION OF 1939 I hereby prescribe that the provisions of my regulation of September 6, 1939,2 concerning credits to France; Germany; Poland; and the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand shall henceforth apply equally in respect to credits to Canada and the Union of South Africa. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE September 11, 1939. 14 F. R. 3819; 3 CFR, 1939 Supp., page 54. 24 F.R. 3852; 3 CFR, 1939 Supp., page 260. |