78TH CONG. , 2n SESS.-CH. 480-OCT. 3 , 1944 in this title referred to as the "Administrator"), to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to receive a salary at the rate of $12,000 per annum. The same person may serve as Administrator and as Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, but in such case he shall receive only the salary provided by this section. SEO. 302. It shall be the function of the Administration- (a) to have general supervision and direction of the activities of all existing executive agencies (except the Veterans' Adminis- tration and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs) authorized by law relating to retraining, reemployment, vocational educa- tion, and vocational rehabilitation for the purpose of coordinating such activities and eliminating overlapping functions of such agencies. To the extent necessary to achieve such purposes the Administrator shall have power to issue regulations in connection with the work of such executive agencies, but nothing in this title shall be deemed to confer any power or authority upon any such agency or authorize any activities by any such agency not authorized by provisions of law other than this title, or to extend any existing power beyond the date upon which it would otherwise expire; and (b) to confer with existing State and local agencies and officials in charge of existing programs relating to retraining, reemploy- ment, vocational education, and vocational rehabilitation for the the purpose of coordinating the activities of existing Federal agencies with the activities of such State and local agencies. SEC. 303. The Administrator shall, within the limits of funds which may be made available, employ and fix the compensation of such Assistant Administrators and other officers and employees, and may make such expenditures for supplies, facilities, and services as may be necessary to carry out his functions and the functions of the Administration. All such officers and employees shall be appointed in accordance with the civil-service laws and their compensation fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, except that Assistant Administrators and expert administrative, technical, and professional personnel may be employed and their compensation fixed without regard to such laws. To the fullest extent practicable, the Administrator shall perform the duties imposed upon him through the facilities and personnel of other executive agencies. TITLE IV-ADVANCES TO STATE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS SEC. 401. (a) Section 904 (a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, is further amended by inserting, immediately before the period at the end of the second sentence of the subsection, a comma and the following: "or deposited pursuant to appropriations to the Federal unemployment account". (b) Section 904 (e) of the Social Security Act, as amended, is further amended by inserting, after the words "a separate book account for each State agency" a comma and the following: "the Fed- eral unemployment account,". (c) Section 904 of the Social Security Act, as amended, is further amended by adding, at the end of the section, the following new subsections: "(g) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, to make transfers from the Federal unemployment account to the account of any State in the Unemployment Trust Fund in accord- Dual service of Ad- ministrator of Vet- erans' Affairs. Function of Admin- istration. Supervision of ac- tivities. Regulations. Coordination with State and local agen- ies. Assistant Adminis- trators and other per- sonnel. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.. c.C 661; Supp. IIl,1 661 tseg. Unemployment Trust Fund. 49 Stat. 640 . 42U. S. C . 1104(a). 49 Stat. 641. 42U.S.C . 1104(e). 49 Stat. 640. 42 U. S. C. 1104. Tranfers of funda 58 STAT.] 789
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