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PUBLIC LAW 93-644-JAN. 4, 1975
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at a rate equal to the rate in effect for the compensation of the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity on the date of the enactment of such Act. " (b) There shall also be in the Administration one Deputy Director and Assistant Directors who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Director and the Assistant Directors shall perform such functions as the Director may prescribe. The Deputy Director and the Assistant Directors shall be compensated at a rate equal to the rate in effect for the Deputy Director and the Assistant Directors, respectively, of the Office of Economic Opportunity on the date of enactment of the Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership Act of 1974. ^"'^' P- 2291. "(c) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, the Administration shall be an independent agency. The Director shall have the responsibility for carrying out titles I, II, III - B, VI, VII, and IX of this Act. The functions of the Director with respect to car- ^2 USC*286^i^" rying out titles I, II (except section 232), III - B, VI, VII, and IX 2941. of this Act shall not be delegated to any other officer not directly,3^8^ ^" ^^^^' responsible, both with respect to program operation and administration, to the Director. Beginning after June 15, 1975, the policymaking functions, including the final approval of grants and contracts, of the Director, shall not be delegated to any regional office or official. " (d)(1) All official actions taken by the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, his designee, or any other person under the authority of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which are in force ^^'^^ "^^ ^^^^ on the date of the enactment of the Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership Act of 1974, and for which there is continuing authority under the provisions of this Act, shall continue in full force and effect until modified, superseded, or revoked by the Director. " (2) All references to the Office of Economic Opportunity, or to the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, in any statute, reorganization plan, executive order, regulation, or other official document or proceeding shall, on and after such date, be deemed to refer to the Adrainistration, or to the Director, as the case may be. "(3) No suit, action, or other proceeding, and no cause of action, by or against the Office of Economic Opportunity, or any action by any officer thereof acting in his official capacity, shall abafJe by reason of the enactment of the Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership Act of 1974. "(4) Persons appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to positions in the Office of Economic Opportunity, requiring appointment by and with such advice and consent, may, if the President so desires, continue to serve in comparable positions in the Administration; but the President may submit to the Senate nominations for appointment to any or all positions in the Administration, requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. " (e)(1) After March 15, 1975, the President may submit to the Con- Reorganization ^ ' ^ '
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gress a reorganization plan which, subject to the provisions of para- congress, graph (2) of this subsection, shall take effect if such reorganization plan is not disapproved by enactment of a joint resolution which shall be considered in Congress in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection and the procedures established with respect to reorganization plans by chapter 9 of title 5, United States 5 USC 901, Code, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Act. " (2) A reorganization plan submitted in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) shall pro vide—
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