53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-PLAN NO. II -MAY 9, 1939 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. II Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, May 9, 1939, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1939, approved April 3, 1939. PART 1.-DEPARTMENTS SECTION 1. State Department. -Transfers and consolidations relat- ing to the Department of State are hereby effected as follows: (a) Foreign Commerce Service and Foreign Agricultural Service. - The Foreign Commerce Service of the United States and its functions in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce and the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States and its functions as established by the Act of June 5, 1930 (46 Stat. 497), in the Department of Agriculture are hereby transferred to the Department of State and shall be consolidated with and administered as a part of the Foreign Service of the United States under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of State. (b) Functions of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Agriculture Transferredto the Secretary of State; Exceptions. -The func- tions of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the Foreign Commerce Service and the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to the Foreign Agricultural Service (other than functions with respect to such services pertaining to activities in the United States and to the compilation, publication, and dissemination of information) are hereby transferred to, and shall be exercised by, the Secretary of State, except and provided that under regulations pre- scribed by the President- (1) The Secretary of State shall cause to be made such investi- gations relating to commercial and industrial conditions and activities in foreign countries and such other specific investiga- tions relating to foreign commerce as the Secretary of Commerce shall determine to be in the public interest, and shall report to the Secretary of Commerce the results of, and the information secured through, such investigations. He shall also cause to be made such investigations relating to world competition and demand for agricultural products, to production, marketing, and disposi- tion of such products in foreign countries, and to farm manage- ment and other phases of agricultural industry in foreign countries, and shall conduct abroad such activities (including the demon- stration of standards for cotton, wheat, and other American agricultural products), as the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine to be in the public interest, and shall report to the Secretary of Agriculture the results of, and the information secured through, such investigations and activities. (2) The Secretary of Commerce may from time to time when he deems it in the public interest designate any officer in his De- partment to render temporary service under the provisions of, and subject to the conditions named in, section 5 of the Act of March 3, 1927, (44 Stat. 1396). Transmitted May 9, 1939. Effective July 1, 1939; ante, p. 813 . Ante, p . 561. State Department, transfers, etc., relat- ing to. Foreign Commerce Service and Foreign Agricultural Service. 46 Stat. 497. 7 U.S. . ch. 23. Functions trans- ferred to Secretary of State; exceptions. Investigation of commercial and indus- trial conditions, etc. Temporary details. 44 Stat. 1396. 15 U.S. C . §197d. 1431
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