§ 901. — Purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 5USC901]
TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 9--EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION
Sec. 901. Purpose
(a) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United
States--
(1) to promote the better execution of the laws, the more
effective management of the executive branch and of its agencies and
functions, and the expeditious administration of the public
business;
(2) to reduce expenditures and promote economy to the fullest
extent consistent with the efficient operation of the Government;
(3) to increase the efficiency of the operations of the
Government to the fullest extent practicable;
(4) to group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions
of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes;
(5) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those
having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such
agencies or functions thereof as may not be necessary for the
efficient conduct of the Government; and
(6) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.
(b) Congress declares that the public interest demands the carrying
out of the purposes of subsection (a) of this section and that the
purposes may be accomplished in great measure by proceeding under this
chapter, and can be accomplished more speedily thereby than by the
enactment of specific legislation.
(c) It is the intent of Congress that the President should provide
appropriate means for broad citizen advice and participation in
restructuring and reorganizing the executive branch.
(d) The President shall from time to time examine the organization
of all agencies and shall determine what changes in such organization
are necessary to carry out any policy set forth in subsection (a) of
this section.
(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 92-179, Sec. 1,
Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 574; Pub. L. 95-17, Sec. 2, Apr. 6, 1977, 91
Stat. 29.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Statutes and
Derivation U.S. Code Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 133z. June 20, 1949, ch.
226, Sec. 2, 63
Stat. 203.
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In subsection (a), the words ``from time to time examine'' are
substituted for ``examine and from time to time reexamine'' since the
initial examination has been executed. The words ``of the Government''
following ``agencies'' are omitted as unnecessary in view of the
definition of ``agency'' in section 902. In subsection (a)(1), the words
``of the Government'' following ``executive branch'' are omitted as
unnecessary and to conform to the style of this title.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Codification
Section 901(c) of former Title 5, Executive Departments and
Government Officers and Employees, was transferred to section 60e-2(a)
of Title 2, The Congress.
Amendments
1977--Subsecs. (a) to (d). Pub. L. 95-17 reenacted subsecs. (a) and
(b) without change, added subsec. (c), and redesignated former subsec.
(c) as (d).
1971--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-179, Sec. 1(a), substituted ``The
Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States'' for ``The
President shall from time to time examine the organization of all
agencies and shall determine what changes therein are necessary to
accomplish the following purposes'' preceding par. (1).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-179, Sec. 1(b), added subsec. (c) consisting
of provisions formerly set out preceding par. (1) of subsec. (a).
Short Title of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98-614, Sec. 1, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3192, provided:
``That this Act [amending sections 903 to 906 and 908 to 912 of this
title] may be cited as the `Reorganization Act Amendments of 1984'.''
Short Title of 1977 Amendment
Section 1 of Pub. L. 95-17 provided: ``That this Act [amending this
chapter] may be cited as the `Reorganization Act of 1977'.''
National Commission on Executive Organization
Pub. L. 100-527, Sec. 17, Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2645, directed
President, within 30 days after Mar. 15, 1989, to make a determination
as to whether the national interest would be served by establishment of
a National Commission on Executive Organization to review structural
organization of executive branch of Federal Government, and stated that
if President failed to transmit to Congress notification of his intent
to establish such Commission section would cease to be effective 30 days
after Mar. 15, 1989. [President did not transmit such notification to
Cogress and thus section ceased to be effective 30 days after Mar. 15,
1989.]
Ex. Ord. No. 6166. Reorganization of Executive Agencies Generally
Ex. Ord. No. 6166, June 10, 1933, provided:
Sec. 1. Procurement
The function of determination of policies and methods of
procurement, warehousing, and distribution of property, facilities,
structures, improvements, machinery, equipment, stores, and supplies
exercised by an agency is transferred to a Procurement Division in the
Treasury Department, at the head of which shall be a Director of
Procurement.
The Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department
is transferred to the Procurement Division, except that the buildings of
the Treasury Department shall be administered by the Treasury Department
and the administration of post-office buildings is transferred to the
Post Office Department. The General Supply Committee of the Treasury
Department is abolished.
In respect of any kind of procurement, warehousing, or distribution
for any agency the Procurement Division may, with the approval of the
President, (a) undertake the performance of such procurement,
warehousing, or distribution itself, or (b) permit such agency to
perform such procurement, warehousing, or distribution, or (c) entrust
such performance to some other agency, or (d) avail itself in part of
any of these recourses, according as it may deem desirable in the
interest of economy and efficiency. When the Procurement Division has
prescribed the manner of procurement, warehousing, or distribution of
any thing, no agency shall thereafter procure, warehouse, or distribute
such thing in any manner other than so prescribed.
The execution of work now performed by the Corps of Engineers of the
Army shall remain with said corps, subject to the responsibilities
herein vested in the Procurement Division.
The Procurement Division shall also have control of all property,
facilities, structures, machinery, equipment, stores, and supplies not
necessary to the work of any agency; may have custody thereof or entrust
custody to any other agency; and shall furnish the same to agencies as
need therefor may arise.
The Fuel Yards of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Commerce
are transferred to the Procurement Office. (As amended by Ex. Ord. No.
6623 of Mar. 1, 1934.)
Amendment of Section by Ex. Ord. No. 6623
Ex. Ord. No. 6623, Mar. 1, 1934, revoked a final paragraph of
section 1 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, which provided for the abolition of the
Federal Employment Stabilization Board and the transfer of its functions
to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Said Ex. Ord.
No. 6623 also provided in part as follows:
``It is further ordered that the said Federal Employment
Stabilization Board be, and it is hereby, abolished.
``There is hereby established in the Department of Commerce an
office to be known as the `Federal Employment Stabilization Office,' and
there are hereby transferred to such office the functions of the Federal
Employment Stabilization Board, together with its Director and other
personnel, and records, supplies, equipment, and property of every kind.
``The unexpended balances of appropriations and/or allotments of
appropriations of the Federal Employment Stabilization Board are hereby
transferred to the Federal Employment Stabilization Office, Department
of Commerce.''
Effective Date
The effective date of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 1, as provided for in
section 22, post, was extended to Dec. 31, 1933, by Ex. Ord. No. 6224,
of July 27, 1933, and the effective date of the last paragraph,
subsequently revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 6623, was deferred by Ex. Ord. No.
6624 of Mar. 1, 1934, until such revocation could become effective.
[Subsequent to the effective date of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 1,
certain functions affected thereby were again transferred as follows:
The Public Buildings Branch of the Procurement Division was transferred
to Public Buildings Administration within the Federal Works
Administration by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Secs. 301, 303, 4 Fed. Reg.
2729; 53 Stat. 1426, 1427; the Federal Employment Stabilization Office,
created by Ex. Ord. No. 6166, Sec. 1, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 6624,
was abolished by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 4, 4 Fed. Reg. 2727, 53
Stat. 1423, and its functions transferred to the Executive Office of the
President.]
Supersedure of Pars. 1, 3, and 5
Section 602(b) of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, 63 Stat.
401, eff. July 1, 1949, as renumbered from title V, section 502(b) of
said act June 30, 1949 by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Secs. 6(a), (b),
7(e), 64 Stat. 583, provided that: ``The provisions of the first, third,
and fifth paragraphs of section 1 of Executive Order Numbered 6166 of
June 10, 1933 [this Ex. Ord.], are hereby superseded, insofar as they
relate to any function now administered by the Bureau of Federal Supply
except functions with respect to standard contract forms.''
Sec. 2. National Parks, Buildings, and Reservations
All functions of administration of public buildings, reservations,
national parks, national monuments, and national cemeteries are
consolidated in the National Park Service in the Department of the
Interior, at the head of which shall be a Director of the National Park
Service; except that where deemed desirable there may be excluded from
this provision any public building or reservation which is chiefly
employed as a facility in the work of a particular agency. This transfer
and consolidation of functions shall include, among others, those of the
former National Park Service of the Department of the Interior and the
following National Cemeteries and Parks of the War Department which are
located within the continental limits of the United States:
National Military Parks
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and
Tennessee.
Fort Donelson National Military Park, Tennessee.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial, Virginia.
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, North Carolina.
Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina.
Moores Creek National Military Park, North Carolina.
Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia.
Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee.
Stones River National Military Park, Tennessee.
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
National Parks
Abraham Lincoln National Park, Kentucky.
Fort McHenry National Park, Maryland.
Battlefield Sites
Antietam Battlefield, Maryland.
Appomattox, Virginia.
Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi.
Chalmette Monument and Grounds, Louisiana.
Cowpens, South Carolina.
Fort Necessity, Wharton County, Pennsylvania.
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia.
Monocacy, Maryland.
Tupelo, Mississippi.
White Plains, New York.
National Monuments
Big Hole Battlefield, Beaverhead County, Montana.
Cabrillo Monument, Fort Rosecrans, California.
Castle Pinckney, Charleston, South Carolina.
Father Millet Cross, Fort Niagara, New York.
Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida.
Fort Matanzas, Florida.
Fort Pulaski, Georgia.
Meriwether Lewis, Hardin County, Tennessee.
Mound City Group, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Statue of Liberty, Fort Wood, New York.
Miscellaneous Memorials
Camp Blount Tablets, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Kill Devil Hill Monument, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
New Echota Marker, Georgia.
Lee Mansion, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
National Cemeteries
Custer Battlefield, National Cemetery in the State of Montana.
Battleground, District of Columbia.
Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland.
Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Fort Donelson (Dover), Tennessee.
Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing), Tennessee.
Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tennessee.
Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Poplar Grove (Petersburg), Virginia.
Yorktown, Virginia.
National cemeteries located in insular possessions under the
jurisdiction of the War Department shall be administered by the Bureau
of Insular Affairs of the War Department.
The functions of the following agencies are transferred to the
National Park Service of the Department of the Interior, and the
agencies are abolished:
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission
Public Buildings Commission
Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital
National Memorial Commission
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission
Expenditures by the Federal Government for the purposes of the
Commission of Fine Arts, the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial
Commission, and the Rushmore National Commission shall be administered
by the Department of the Interior. (As amended by Ex. Ord. No. 6228 of
July 28, 1933; Ex. Ord. No. 6614 of Feb. 26, 1934; Ex. Ord. No. 8428 of
June 3, 1940, 5 F.R. 2132; and act Mar. 2, 1934. ch. 39, Sec. 1, 48
Stat. 389.)
Amendments
The enumeration of the National Cemeteries and Parks of the War
Department which were transferred to the Department of the Interior was
added by Ex. Ord. No. 6228, Sec. 1, of July 28, 1933, and Ex. Ord. No.
8428 of June 3, 1940.
A provision of this section transferring the administration of
national cemeteries located in foreign countries to the State Department
was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 6614 of Feb. 26, 1934.
Effective Date
See section 22 of this Ex. Ord. The transfer of national cemeteries
located in the insular possessions to the Bureau of Insular Affairs, as
provided in this section, was postponed until further order by Ex. Ord.
No. 6228, Sec. 3, of July 28, 1933.
Sec. 3. Investigations
All functions now exercised by the Bureau of Prohibition of the
Department of Justice with respect to the granting of permits under the
national prohibition laws are transferred to the Division of Internal
Revenue in the Treasury Department.
All functions now exercised by the Bureau of Prohibition with
respect to investigations and all the functions now performed by the
Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice are transferred to
and consolidated in a Division of Investigation in the Department of
Justice, at the head of which shall be a Director of Investigation.
All other functions now performed by the Bureau of Prohibition are
transferred to such divisions in the Department of Justice as in the
judgment of the Attorney General may be desirable.
Sec. 4. Disbursement
[Section, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 6728, May 29, 1934; 1940 Reorg.
Plan No. III, Sec. 1(a)(1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat.
1231; and 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, Secs. 3, 4, eff. June 30, 1940, 5
F.R. 2421, 54 Stat. 1234, which provided that the function of
disbursement of moneys of the United States exercised by any agency
[except United States marshals; the Post Office Department; the
Postmaster General; the Board of Trustees of the Postal Savings System;
and those disbursement functions of the War Department, Navy Department
(including the Marine Corps), and the Panama Canal, not pertaining to
departmental salaries in the District of Columbia] were transferred to
the [Fiscal Service of the] Treasury Department and, together with the
Office of Disbursing Clerk of that department, was consolidated in a
Division of Disbursement, at the head of which was a Chief Disbursing
Officer, that the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department
was authorized to establish local offices, or to delegate the exercise
of its functions locally to officers or employees of other agencies,
according as the interests of efficiency and economy might require, that
the Division of Disbursement would disburse moneys only upon the
certification of persons by law duly authorized to incur obligations
upon behalf of the United States and that the function of accountability
for improper certification would be transferred to such persons, and no
disbursing officer would be held accountable therefor, was repealed and
reenacted as section 3321 of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-
258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877, the first section of which enacted
Title 31.]
Amendments
The bracketed provisions in the first sentence of section 4 of Ex.
Ord. No. 6166 reflect the changes effected by 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV,
Secs. 3, 4, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2421, 54 Stat. 1234, 1235, Ex.
Ord. No. 6728, and 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 1(a)(1), 5 F.R. 2107,
54 Stat. 1231, respectively.
Effective Date
The effective date of section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, originally
fixed by section 22 of this Ex. Ord., was subsequently postponed as
follows: to Dec. 31, 1933, by Ex. Ord. No. 6224 of July 27, 1933; to
June 30, 1934 (insofar as not already effected prior to Dec. 31, 1933),
by Ex. Ord. No. 6540 of Dec. 28, 1933; to Dec. 31, 1934 (insofar as not
already effected prior to June 30, 1934), by Ex. Ord. No. 6727 of May
29, 1934; to June 30, 1935, by Ex. Ord. No. 6927 of Dec. 31, 1934; to
Dec. 31, 1935 (insofar as not already effected prior to June 30, 1934),
by Ex. Ord. No. 7077 of June 15, 1935; to June 30, 1936 (insofar as not
already effected prior to Dec. 31, 1935), by Ex. Ord. No. 7261 of Dec.
31, 1935. Each of these orders contained a provision that the changes
therein delayed might be made sooner effective by order of the Secretary
of the Treasury approved by the President.
Sec. 5. Claims By or Against the United States
The functions of prosecuting in the courts of the United States
claims and demands by, and offenses against, the Government of the
United States and of defending claims and demands against the
Government, and of supervising the work of United States attorneys,
marshals, and clerks in connection therewith, now exercised by any
agency or officer, are transferred to the Department of Justice.
As to any case referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution
or defense in the courts, the function of decision whether and in what
manner to prosecute, or to defend, or to compromise, or to appeal, or to
abandon prosecution or defense, now exercised by any agency or officer,
is transferred to the Department of Justice.
For the exercise of such of his functions as are not transferred to
the Department of Justice by the foregoing two paragraphs, the Solicitor
of the Treasury is transferred from the Department of Justice to the
Treasury Department.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the function of
any agency or officer with respect to cases at any stage prior to
reference to the Department of Justice for prosecution or defense.
Effective Date
With regard to legal work performed by the Veterans' Administration
in connection with suits against the United States arising under section
19 of the World War Veterans Act, 1924, the effective date of this
section was postponed to Sept. 10, 1933, by Ex. Ord. No. 6222 of July
27, 1933.
The effective date of the first paragraph of this section, insofar
as it affected the functions of the General Counsel for the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, was postponed until Oct. 10, 1933, by Ex. Ord. No.
6244 of Aug. 8, 1933.
Sec. 6. Insular Courts
The United States Court for China, the District Court of the United
States for the Panama Canal Zone, and the District Court of the Virgin
Islands of the United States are transferred to the Department of
Justice.
Effective Date
Ex. Ord. No. 6243, Aug. 5, 1933, provided that ``the effective date
of the transfer to the Department of Justice of the District Court of
the United States for the Panama Canal Zone is hereby postponed to
October 4, 1933.''
Sec. 7. Solicitors
The Solicitor for the Department of Commerce is transferred from the
Department of Justice to the Department of Commerce.
The Solicitor for the Department of Labor is transferred from the
Department of Justice to the Department of Labor.
Sec. 8. Internal Revenue
The Bureaus of Internal Revenue and or Industrial Alcohol of the
Treasury Department are consolidated in a Division of Internal Revenue,
at the head of which shall be a Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Effective Date
The effective date of section 8 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, originally
fixed by section 22 of the same order, post, was subsequently postponed
as follows: to Dec. 31, 1933, by Ex. Ord. No. 6224 of July 27, 1933; to
June 30, 1934, by Ex. Ord. No. 6540 of Dec. 28, 1933. Said orders,
however, contained a provision whereby the changes thereby delayed might
be sooner effected by order of the Secretary of the Treasury approved by
the President.
Sec. 9. Assistant Secretary of Commerce
The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics shall be an
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and shall perform such functions as the
Secretary of Commerce may designate.
Sec. 10. Official Register
The function of preparation of the Official Register is transferred
from the Bureau of the Census to the Civil Service Commission.
Sec. 11. Statistics of Cities
The function of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of
Commerce of compiling statistics of cities under 100,000 population is
abolished for the period ending June 30, 1935.
Sec. 12. Shipping Board
The functions of the United States Shipping Board including those
over and in respect to the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet
Corporation are transferred to the Department of Commerce, and the
United States Shipping Board is abolished.
Sec. 13. National Screw Thread Commission
The National Screw Thread Commission is abolished, and its records,
property, facilities, equipment, and supplies are transferred to the
Department of Commerce.
Sec. 14. Immigration and Naturalization
The Bureaus of Immigration and of Naturalization of the Department
of Labor are consolidated as an Immigration and Naturalization Service
of the Department of Labor, at the head of which shall be a Commissioner
of Immigration and Naturalization.
Sec. 15. Vocational Education
The functions of the Federal Board for Vocational Education are
transferred to the Department of the Interior, and the Board shall act
in an advisory capacity without compensation.
Sec. 16. Apportionment of Appropriations
The functions of making, waiving, and modifying apportionments of
appropriations are transferred to the Director of the Bureau of the
Budget.
Sec. 17. Coordinating Service
The Federal Coordinating Service is abolished.
Effective Date
The effective date of this section originally fixed by section 22 of
this Ex. Ord., was subsequently deferred to Oct. 10, 1933, by Ex. Ord.
No. 6239 of Aug. 2, 1933.
Sec. 18. Functions Abolished
Section 18 of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, which provided for the partial
abolition of cooperative vocational education payments for agricultural
experiment stations; cooperative agricultural extension work; and
endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and
the mechanical arts, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 6536 of Feb. 6, 1934.
Sec. 19. General Provisions
Each agency, all the functions of which are transferred to or
consolidated with another agency, is abolished.
The records pertaining to an abolished agency or a function disposed
of, disposition of which is not elsewhere herein provided for, shall be
transferred to the successor. If there be no successor agency, and such
abolished agency be within a department, said records shall be disposed
of as the head of such department may direct.
The property, facilities, equipment, and supplies employed in the
work of an abolished agency or the exercise of a function disposed of,
disposition of which is not elsewhere herein provided for, shall, to the
extent required, be transferred to the successor agency. Other such
property, facilities, equipment, and supplies shall be transferred to
the Procurement Division.
All personnel employed in connection with the work of an abolished
agency or function disposed of shall be separated from the service of
the United States, except that the head of any successor agency, subject
to my approval, may, within a period of four months after transfer or
consolidation, reappoint any of such personnel required for the work of
the successor agency without reexamination or loss of civil-service
status.
Effective Date
The effective date of the last paragraph of this section, originally
fixed by section 22, post, was deferred as to employees separated from
service under sections 2 and 15, ante, until Sept. 30, 1933, by Ex. Ord.
No. 6227 of July 27, 1933. As to employees separated under section 12,
ante, a similar deferment to Sept. 30, 1933, was made by Ex. Ord. No.
6245 of Aug. 9, 1933.
Sec. 20. Appropriations
Such portions of the unexpended balances of appropriations for any
abolished agency or function disposed of shall be transferred to the
successor agency as the Director of the Budget shall deem necessary.
Unexpended balances of appropriations for an abolished agency or
function disposed of, not so transferred by the Director of the Budget,
shall, in accordance with law, be impounded and returned to the
Treasury.
Sec. 21. Definitions
As used in this order--
``Agency'' means any commission, independent establishment, board,
bureau, division, service, or office in the executive branch of the
Government.
``Abolished agency'' means any agency which is abolished,
transferred, or consolidated.
``Successor agency'' means any agency to which is transferred some
other agency or function, or which results from the consolidation of
other agencies or functions.
``Function disposed of'' means any function eliminated or
transferred.
Sec. 22. Effective Date
In accordance with law, this order shall become effective 61 days
from its date: Provided, That in case it shall appear to the President
that the interests of economy require that any transfer, consolidation,
or elimination be delayed beyond the date this order becomes effective,
he may, in his discretion, fix a later date therefor, and he may for
like cause further defer such date from time to time. (Promulgated June
10, 1933.)
[Postponements of effective date of certain transfers, etc., see
notes under the various sections of this Executive Order effecting those
transfers, etc.]
Executive Order No. 7261, promulgated December 31, 1935, provided
that ``except as hereinafter provided, the transfers, consolidations,
and eliminations contemplated by section 4 of Executive Order No. 6166
of June 10, 1933, as amended, which are not effected prior to December
31, 1935, pursuant to Executive Order No. 6224 of July 27, 1933,
Executive Order No. 6540 of December 28, 1933, Executive Order No. 6727
of May 29, 1934, Executive Order No. 6927 of December 21, 1934, and
Executive Order No. 7077 of June 15, 1935, together with the operation
of all other provisions of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, as
amended, in so far as they relate to said section 4, be further delayed
until June 30, 1936: Provided, that any transfer, consolidation, or
elimination, in whole or in part, under said section 4, including any
other provisions of the said order of June 10, 1933, in so far as they
relate to section 4 thereof, may be made operative and effective between
December 31, 1935, and June 30, 1936, by order of the Secretary of the
Treasury, approved by the President.''
Executive Order No. 7980, promulgated September 29, 1938, provided:
``That the transfers, consolidations, and eliminations contemplated by
section 4 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, as amended,
together with the operation of all other provisions of Executive Order
No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, as amended, so far as they relate to the said
section 4, be further delayed until December 31, 1938, with respect to
the function of disbursement now exercised by United States Marshals
under the Department of Justice.''
Functions relating to disbursement by United States marshals which
would otherwise have become functions of Treasury Department on July 1,
1940, by virtue of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, as amended, were transferred to
and vested in Department of Justice to be exercised by United States
marshals under supervision of Attorney General in accordance with
existing statutes pertaining to such functions, by Reorg. Plan No. IV of
1940, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940. See, also, sections 13-15 of said plan
for provisions relating to transfer of functions of department heads,
records, property, personnel, and funds.
Functions relating to disbursement of postal revenues and all other
funds under jurisdiction of Post Office Department, Postmaster General,
and Board of Trustees of Postal Savings System which would otherwise
have become functions of Treasury Department on July 1, 1940, by virtue
of Ex. Ord. No. 6166, as amended, set out in note under this section,
were transferred to and vested in (a) said Board of Trustees as to
postal savings disbursements, and (b) Post Office Department as to all
other disbursements involved, such functions to be exercised by
postmasters and other authorized disbursing agents of Post Office
Department and of Postal Savings System in accordance with existing
statutes pertaining to such functions, by Reorg. Plan No. IV of 1940,
Sec. 4, eff. June 30, 1940. See, also, sections 13-15 of said plan for
provisions relating to transfer of functions of department heads,
records, property, personnel, and funds.
Public Buildings Branch of Procurement Division and its functions
and personnel were transferred to Public Buildings Administration, and
functions of Secretary of Agriculture and Director of Procurement
Division relating to administration thereof and to selection of sites
for public buildings were transferred to Federal Works Administrator by
Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, Secs. 301, 303, effective July 1, 1939. See
also sections 307-310 of said plan for provisions relating to transfer
of records, property, funds, and personnel.
Executive Order No. 11007
Ex. Ord. No. 11007, Feb. 27, 1962, 27 F.R. 1875, which related to
regulations for formation and use of advisory committees, was superseded
by Ex. Ord. No. 11671, June 5, 1972, 37 F.R. 11307.
Executive Order No. 11671
Ex. Ord. No. 11671, June 5, 1972, 37 F.R. 11307, which related to
committee management, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11686, Oct. 7,
1972, 37 F.R. 21421, set out in the Appendix to this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 903 of this title.
