63 STAT.]
81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 288-JUNE 30, 1949
RECORDS MANAGEMENT: TRANSFER OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
SEC. 104. (a) The National Archives Establishment and its func-
tions, records, property, personnel, obligations, and commitments are
hereby transferred to the General Services Administration. There
are transferred to the Administrator (1) the functions of the Archivist
of the United States, except that the Archivist shall continue to be a
member or chairman, as the case may be, of the bodies referred to in
subsection (b) of this section, and (2) the functions of the Director
of the Division of the Federal Register of the National Archives
Establishment. The Archivist of the United States shall hereafter be
appointed by the Administrator.
(b) There are also transferred to the General Services Administra-
tion the following bodies, together with their respective functions and
such funds as are derived from Federal sources: (1) The National
Archives Council and the National Historical Publications Commis-
sion, established by the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122), (2) the
National Archives Trust Fund Board, established by the Act of July
9, 1941 (55 Stat. 581), (3) the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library, established by the Joint Resolution of July 18, 1939
(53 Stat. 1062), and (4) the Administrative Committee established
by section 6 of the Act of July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 501), which shall
hereafter be known as the Administrative Committee of the Federal
Register. The authority of the Administrator under section 106
hereof shall not extend to the bodies or functions affected by this
subsection.
(c) The Administrator is authorized (1) to make surveys of Gov-
ernment records and records management and disposal practices and
obtain reports thereon from Federal agencies; (2) to promote, in
cooperation with the executive agencies, improved records manage-
ment practices and controls in such agencies, including the central
storage or disposition of records not needed by such agencies for their
current use; and (3) to report to the Congress and the Director of
the Bureau of the Budget from time to time the results of such
activities.
TRANSFER FOR LIQUIDATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE WAR ASSETS
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 105. The functions, records, property, personnel, obligations,
and commitments of the War Assets Administration are hereby trans-
ferred to the General Services Administration. The functions of the
War Assets Administrator are hereby transferred to the Administra-
tor of General Services. The War Assets Administration, the office of
the War Assets Administrator, and the office of Associate War Assets
Administrator are hereby abolished. Personnel now holding appoint-
ments granted under the second sentence of section 5 (b) of the Sur-
plus Property Act of 1944, as amended, may be continued in such posi-
tions or may be appointed to similar positions for such time as the
Administrator may determine.
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONS
SEC. 106. The Administrator is hereby authorized, in his discretion,
in order to provide for the effective accomplishment of the functions
transferred to or vested in him by this Act, and from time to time, to
regroup, transfer, and distribute any such functions within the Gen-
eral Services Administration. The Administrator is hereby author-
ized to transfer the funds necessary to accomplish said functions and
report such transfers of funds to the Director of the Bureau of the
Budget.
381
Appointment of
Archivist.
44 U.s.C. §.300-
300k; Supp. 1, § 300c
et seq.
44 U. .0.a.
§300aa-
300jj.
44U.S.0. 306.
Administrative
Committee of the
Federal Register.
Infra.
Reports.
58 Stat. 768.
50U.S.a. app.
§ 1614; Supp. II, i 1614
note.
Post, p. 399.
Transfer of funds.
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