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REORGANIZATION PLANS Transfer of records and property. Transfer of funds. Liquidation of obli- gations incurred prior to transfer. Proviso. Provisions applica- ble. Ante, pp. 562, 563. Administrative funds. Excess personnel. Ante, p. 563. Federal Works Agency, offices, etc., transferred and con. solidated. SECTION 208. Transfer of Records and Property.- A l l records and property (including office equipment) of the several agencies which, with their functions, are consolidated by section 201 into the Federal Security Agency are hereby transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Federal Security Agency for use in the administration of the agencies and functions consolidated by that section. SECTION 209. Transfer of Funds. - So much of the unexpended bal- ances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds (including those available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940) available 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 for use in connection with the exercise of the functions transferred by this Part. In determining the amount to be transferred the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may include an amount to provide for the liquidation of obligations in- curred against such appropriations, allocations, or other funds prior to the transfer: Provided,That the use of the unexpended balances of appro- priations, allocations, or other funds transferred by this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 4 (d) (3) and section 9 of the Reorganization Act of 1939. SECTION 210. Administrative Funds. -The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall allocate to the Federal Security Agency, from appropri- ations, allocations, or other funds available (including those available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940) for the administrative ex- penses of the agencies and functions consolidated by this Part, such sums, and in such proportions, as he may find necessary for the administrative expenses of the Federal Security Agency. SECTION 211. 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-transferred under existing law to other positions in the Government service, or separated from the service subject to the provisions of section 10 (a) of the Reorganization Act of 1939. PART 3.- F EDER AL WORKS AGENCY SECTION 301. Federal Works Agency.-(a) The Bureau of Public Roads in the Department of Agriculture and its functions and person- nel (including the Chief thereof) are transferred from the Department of Agriculture; the Public Buildings Branch of the Procurement Divi- sion m the Treasury Department and its functions and personnel are transferred from the Treasury Department; the Branch of Buildings Management of the National Park Service m the Department of the Interior and its functions and personnel (except those relating to monuments and memorials), and the functions of the National Park Service in the District of Columbia in connection with the general assignment of space, the selection of sites for public buildings, and the determination of the priority in which the construction or enlargement of public buildings shall be undertaken, and the personnel engaged exclusively in the administration of such functions, and the United States Housing Authority in the Department of the Interior and its functions and personnel (including the Administrator) are transferred from the Department of the Interior; and all of these agencies and functions, together with the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works and its functions, and all of the Works Progress Adminis- tration and its functions (except the National Youth Administration and its functions) are hereby consolidated into one agency to be known 1426 [53 STAT.