REORGANIZATION PLANS
REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. I
Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Transmitted April
Representatives in Congress assembled, April 25, 1939, pursuant to the pro- 25,ie39.-v
visions of the Reorganization Act of 1939, approved April 3, 1939
1939; ante, p. 813.
Ante, p. 661 .
PART 1.-EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
SECTION 1. Bureauof the Budget. -The Bureau of the Budget and all Bureau of the
of its functions and personnel (including the Director and Assistant
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Director) are hereby transferred from the Treasury Department to
the Executive Office of the President; and the functions of the Bureau
of the Budget shall be administered by the Director thereof under the
direction and supervision of the President.
SECTION 2. CentralStatisticalBoard.- TheCentral Statistical Board Central Statistical
and all of its functions and personnel (including the Chairman and the Board
members of the Board) are hereby transferred to the Bureau of the
Budget in the Executive Office of the President. The Chairman of
the Board shall perform such administrative duties as the Director of
the Bureau of the Budget shall direct.
SECTION 3. Central Statistical Committee Abolished and Functions onmti'tatlSatisae
Transferred.-TheCentral Statistical Committee is hereby abolished, and functions trans-
and its functions are transferred to the Director of the Bureau of the erred.
Budget to be administered by him under the direction and supervision
of the President. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall
promptly wind up any outstanding affairs of the Central Statistical
Committee.
SecTION 4. National Resources PlanningBoard. - (a) The functions National Resources
of the National Resources Committee, established by Executive Order Planning Board.
No. 7065 of June 7, 1935, and its personnel (except the members of the
Committee) and all of the functions of the Federal Employment
Stabilization Office in the Department of Commerce and its personnel
are hereby transferred to the Executive Office of the President. The Consolbidation o
functions transferred by this section are hereby consolidated, and they tlon of Board.
shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the
President by the National Resources Planning Board (hereafter
referred to as the Board), which shall be composed of five members to
be appointed by the President. The President shall designate one
of the members of the Board as Chairman and another as Vice Chair-
man. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence of the
Chairman or in the event of a vacancy in that office. The members Payandallowances.
of the Board shall be compensated at the rate of $50 per day for time
spent in attending and traveling to and from meetings, or in otherwise
exercising the functions and duties of the Board, plus the actual cost
of transportation: Provided,That in no case shall a member be entitled Prmio.
Compensation re-
to receive compensation for more than thirty days' service in two striction.
consecutive months.
(b) The Board shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and
Rules of proceed-
a majority of its members in office shall constitute a quorum for the ' et
transaction of business, but the Board may function notwithstanding
vacancies.
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