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REORGANIZATION PLANS Appointments; del- egation of authority. National Resources Committee abolished. Federal Employ- ment Stabilization Of- fice abolished. Transfer of records and property. Transfer of funds. Items included in determination of amount. Proviso. Provisions applica- ble. Ante, pp. 562, 563 . Excess personnel. Ante, p. 563. Federal Security Agency; offices etc. , transferred and con- solidated. Federal Security Administrator, ap- pointment, salary, au- thority, etc. (c) The Board may appoint necessary officers and employees and may delegate to such officers authority to perform such duties and make such expenditures as may be necessary. SEC. 5. National Resources Committee Abolished. -The National Re- sources Committee is hereby abolished, and its outstanding affairs shall be wound up by the National Resources Planning Board. SEC. 6 . FederalEmployment StabilizationOffice Abolished. -The Fed- eral Employment Stabilization Office is hereby abolished, and the Sec- retary of Commerce shall promptly wind up its affairs. SEC. 7. Transfer of Records and Property. -Al l records and property (including office equipment) of the several agencies transferred, or the functions of which are transferred, by this Part are hereby transferred to the Executive Office of the President for use in the administration of the agencies and functions transferred by this Part. SEC. 8. Transfer of Funds. - So much of the unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds available (including those available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940) for the use of any agency in the exercise of any functions transferred by this Part, or for the use of the head of any department or agency in the exercise of any functions so transferred, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine, shall be transferred to the Executive Office of the President for use in connection with the exercise of functions trans- ferred by this Part. In determining the amount to be transferred the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may include an amount to pro- vide for the liquidation of obligations incurred against such appropri- ations, allocations, or other funds prior to the transfer: Provided,That the use of the unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds transferred by this section shall be subject to the provi- sions of section 4 (d)(3) and section 9 of the Reorganization Act of 1939. SECTION 9. Personnel.- Any personnel transferred by this Part found to be in excess of the personnel necessary for the efficient admin- istration of the functions transferred by this Part shall be re-trans- ferred under existing law to other positions in the Government serv- ice, or separated from the service subject to the provisions of section 10(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1939. PART 2.- F E DE R A L SECURITY AGENCY SECTION 201. Federal Security Agency.- (a) The United States Em- ployment Service in the Department of Labor and its functions and personnel are transferred from the Department of Labor; the Office of Education in the Department of the Interior and its functions and personnel (including the Commissioner of Education) are transferred from the Department of the Interior; the Public Health Service in the Department of the Treasury and its functions and personnel (including the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service) are transferred from the Department of the Treasury; the National Youth Adminis- tration within the Works Progress Administration and its functions and personnel (including its Administrator) are transferred from the Works Progress Administration; and these agencies and their func- tions, together with the Social Security Board and its functions, and the Civilian Conservation Corps and its functions, are hereby consoli- dated under one agency to be known as the Federal Security Agency, with a Federal Security Administrator at the head thereof. The Federal Security Administrator shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive a salary at the rate of $12,000 per annum. He shall have general direc- 1424 [53 STAT.