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perform such functions as the Secretary may prescribe, and shall receive 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 GC-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. I (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 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 by this reorganization plan for the offices the functions of which they perform.

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS-COMPARISON OF REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS ELEVATING THE FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY

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2. Creates an Under Secretary
and two Assistant Secretaries to be
appointed by the President, with
the consent of the Senate, to per-
form such functions as the Sec-
retary may prescribe. Salaries at
rate provided by law for similar
positions ($17.500 and $15,000, re-
spectively). The Under Secretary
(or, during the absence or disability
of the Under Secretary, an Assist-
ant Secretary) shall act as Secre-
tary during the absence or disability
of the Secretary.

3. Provides for the appointment
by the President, with the consent
of the Senate, of a Special Assist-
ant to the Secretary (Health and
Medical Affairs) from among per-
sons who are recognized leaders in
the medical field with wide non-
governmental experience, who shall
review health and medical pro-
grams of the Department, and ad-
vise the Secretary with respect to
such programs; and shall receive
compensation at rate now or here-
after provided by law for Assistant
Secretaries ($15,000).

TO DEPARTMENTAL STATUS

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S. 1215 (INTRODUCED BY SENATOR
HUNT, OF WYOMING)

Creates a Department of Health,
Education, and Public Welfare, with
Secretary of Cabinet status, to be
appointed by the President and con-
firmed by the Senate. Salary same

as other Cabinet members ($22,-
500). Provides for seal of office and
insertion of appropriate name of
Department under section 158 of the
Revised Statutes.

Provides for the appointment of
an Under Secretary and four Assist-
ant Secretaries to be appointed by
the President with the consent of
the Senate, to perform such func-
tions as the Secretary may pre-
scribe. Salaries at rate prescribed
by law for similar positions ($17,-
500.
The
$15,000, respectively).
Under Secretary (or, during the ab-
sence or disability of the Under Sec-
retary an Assistant Secretary) shall
act as Secretary during the absence
or disability of the Secretary.

Provides for the appointment by
the Secretary, with the approval of
the President, of an Administrative
Assistant Secretary ($14,800) under
civil service, and for the appoint-
ment of a General Counsel and such
other officers as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of the
act.

Creates a Special Advisory Com-
mission to consist of 9 members,
3 of whom shall be leaders in the
field of medical science, 3 in the
field of education, and 3 in the
field of social security and public
welfare, all selected by the Secre-
tary, solely on the basis of estab-
lished records of distinguished serv-
ice, with staggered terms. Compen-

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31235-53

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PLAN NO. 27 OF 1950

Office of Education, the Commissioner of Social Security to head the Social Security Administration; each of whom shall perform all functions concerning health, education, and social security and public welfare, respectively, as may be required by law, or, as the Secretary may prescribe pursuant to law. The Surgeon General, the Commissioner of Education, and the Commissioner of Social Security shall each report directly to the Secretary; have professional qualifications, experience, and training appropriate to the duties of their office; be appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate, and receive compensation at the rate of $14,800 per annum. (Permits appointment of Surgeon General from the Commissioned Regular Corps of the Public Health Service.)

All functions of the Federal Security Administrator are transferred to the Secretary. All func

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The Department shall include
such bureaus, officers, service divi-
sions, and other units necessary to
carry out the functions of the De-
partment, including: (1) Public
Health Service, (2) Office of Edu-
cation, (3) Bureau of Public Wel-
fare. Prescribes that the Surgeon
General shall be head of the Public
Health Service, the Commissioner of
Education shall continue to be head
of the Office of Education, and the
Commissioner of Social Security
shall be known as the Commissioner
of Public Welfare; each of whom
shall perform all of the functions
concerning health, education, social
security, and welfare, respectively,
as may be required by law, or, as
the Secretary may prescribe pur-
suant to law, and shall have profes-
sional qualifications, experience, and
training appropriate to the duties
of their office.

All agencies of the Federal Secu-
rity Agency, together with their
functions, records, property, and

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tions existing in the Surgeon Gen-
eral of the Public Health Service,
and of the Commissioner of Educa-
tion, are transferred to the Surgeon
General and the Commissioner of
Education, respectively.

The Secretary is authorized to
make such provisions as he shall
deem appropriate to authorize per-
fornrance by any other officer, or by
any agency employee of the Depart-
ment, of any functions of the Sec-
retary.

The Secretary is authorized to es-
tablish central administrative serv-
ices in the fields of procurement,
budgeting, accounting, library, le-
gal, and other services and activities
common to the several agencies of
the Department and to transfer per-
sonnel, property, records, and funds
available for use in connection with
such administrative service activ-
ities as he may deem necessary. It
is provided that no authority is
granted to the Secretary to transfer
or remove from the control of the
Surgeon General, the Commissioner
of Education, or the Commissioner
of Social Security any professional
or substantive functions vested in
them, respectively, under the pro-
visions of the plan or of any law
hereinafter enacted.

The Federal Security Agency (ex-
cept agencies transferred by other
provisions of the plan); the office
of Federal Security Administrator,
the office of Assistant Federal Se-
curity Administrator, the two offices
of assistant heads of the Federal Se-
curity Agency, and the existing
offices of Surgeon General of the
Public Health Service and Commis-
sioner of Education are abolished.

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The Federal Security Agency (ex-
clusive of the agencies transferred
by other provisions of the act) the
office of Federal Security Admin-
istrator, the office of Assistant Fed-
eral Security Administrator, and
the two offices of assistant heads of
the Federal Security Agency are
abolished.

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PLAN NO. 27 OF 1950

The President is authorized to designate and empower any person who is an officer of FSA immediately prior to taking effect of the plan to perform, for a period not exceeding 60 days, the functions of any office provided for in the plan pending the appointment of the first person appointed to such office. Such person designated shall act and receive the compensation of such office for which he is designated. Provision is made that no person designated shall, by reason of such designation, forfeit his rights with respect to his office held immediately prior to the taking effect of the plan.

Disapproved by the House of Representatives July 10, 1950, by a vote of 249 to 71 (H. Res. 647).

S. 1215 (INTRODUCED BY SENATOR
HUNT, OF WYOMING)

The act shall take effect 60 days
after its enactment. The Secretary,
the Under Secretary, and Assistant
Secretaries may be appointed at any
time after enactment but shall not
take office until its effective date.
Authorizes expenditures, filing of
annual report, and necessary ap-
propriations.

Introduced March 6, 1953, and referred to the Comimttee on Government Operations.

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