EXPIRATION OF THE COMMISSION SEO. 9. Ninety days after the submission to the Congress of the report provided for in section 10 (b), the Commission shall cease to exist. DUTIES OF TIIE COMMISSION SEO. 10. (a) INVESTIGATION.-The Commission shall study and investigate the present organization and methods of operation of all departments, bureaus, agencies, boards, commissions, offices, independent establishments, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the Government, to determine what changes therein are necessary in their opinion to accomplish the purposes set forth in section 1 of this Act. (b) REPORT-Within ten days after the Eighty-first Congress is convened and organized, the Commission shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the Congress. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEO. 11. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.-The Commission, or any member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, and take such testimony, as the Commission or such member may deem advisable. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or before such member. (b) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.-The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman or Vice Chairman. Approved July 7, 1947. B. To Extend for 60 Days the Time Within Which the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government May Make a Report of Its Findings and Recommendations, and for Other Purposes (Hoover Commission) (62 Stat. 1292) This act was the result of the enactment of House Joint Resolution 448, 80th Congress. It was approved on December 31, 1948, as Public Law 906, 80th Congress. The text of the public law appears in volume 62, Statutes at Large, page 1292. Expired. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 906, 80TH CONGRESS 1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD REFERENCES TO DEBATES, ETC. (Page citations are to vol. 94, Congressional Record) House Joint Resolution 448: To extend for 60 days the time within which the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government may make a report of the findings and recommendations, and for other purposes. Mr. Brown; passed House, 10264. Passed Senate, 10257. Examined and signed, 10262, 10273. Presented to the President, 10273. Approved (Public Law 906), 10273. 2. SERIAL NUMBERS TO BOUND VOLUMES OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 906, 80TH CONGRESS No written reports. 3. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 906, (None found.) 80TH CONGRESS JOINT RESOLUTION To oxtend for sixty days the timo within which tho Commission on Organization of the Excoutivo Branch of the Government may make a report of its findings and recommendations, and for other purpos08. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 7, 1947, entitled "An Act for the establishment of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government", is amended as follows: Section 10 (b) is amended to read as follows: (b) REPORT.-Not later than seventy days after the Eighty-first Congress is convened and organized, the Commission shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to the Congress." (2) Section 3 is amonded, as of December 31, 1948, by inserting at the end thereof a new subsection reading as follows: "(d) CONTINUATION OF MEMBERSHIP UPON CHANGE OF STATUS.— Despite the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) a person appointed to the Commission in the status of a Membor of Congress or in the status of a person in the Executive branch of the Government, who thereafter conses to have such status, shall nevertheless continue as a member of the Commission, and from and after his change of status shall, if he has returned to privato lifo (except for his membership on the Commission), receive the samo compensation as a person appointed to the Commission in the status of a person from private life." Approved December 31, 1948. C. Relating to the Extension and the Final Liquidation of the Commission on Organization of the. Executive Branch of the Government (Hoover Commission) (69 Stat. 64) This act was the result of the enactment of S. 1763, 84th Congress. It was approved on May 23, 1955, as Public Law 41, 84th Congress. The text of the act appears in volume 69, Statutes at Large, page 64. Expired. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 41, 84TH CONGRESS 1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD REFERENCES TO DEBATES, ETC. (Page citations are to vol. 101, Congressional Record) S. 1763: Relating to the extension and the final liquidation of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Mr. McClellan and Mr. Budges; Committee on Government Operations, 4772. Reported (S. Rept. 217), 4950. Passed Senate, 5105. Referred to House Committee on Government Operations, 5178. Reported (H. Rept. 482), 5692. Passed House, 6352. Examined and signed, 6452, 6518. Presented to the President, 6596. Approved (Public Law 41), 6860. 2. SERIAL NUMBERS TO BOUND VOLUMES OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 41, 84TH CONGRESS Senate Report 217, 84th Congress, 11815. 3. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 41, 84TH (None found.) CONGRESS 42-247 O- 75 - 12 May 23, 1955 [S. 17631 note. AN ACT Relating to the extension and the final liquidation of the Commission on Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 9 (b) of the Act entitled "An Act for the establishment of a Commission on SUBC 138-138) Governmental Operations", approved July 10, 1953 (67 Stat. 142), is hereby amended (1) by striking out "May 31, 1955" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1955", and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the Chairman of the Commission shall have charge of the final liquidation of the affairs of the Commission after June 30, 1955, including the printing of reports, the payment of bills, the transfer of records and documents to the National Archives, and the disposition of furniture and other equipment of the Commission. The Chairman of the Commission shall designate such members of the staff of the Commission as he deems necessary for these purposes. Such Jiquidation shall be completed within a period of not to exceed ninety days after June 30, 1955, and the funds of the Commission shall remain available for necessary expenses during such period.” Approved May 23, 1955. |