AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND THE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED, SO THAT SUCH ACT WILL APPLY TO REORGANIZATION PLANS TRANSMITTED TO THE CONGRESS AT ANY TIME BEFORE JUNE 1, 1965 WITH ADDENDA ON REORGANIZATIONS IN THE JUNE 4 (legislative day, MARCH 30), 1964.-Ordered to be printed 32-913 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1964 CONTENTS Page Reorganizations in the executive branch agencies, proposed or ap- Commissions proposed or created (88th Cong.) Committees (congressional and administrative) proposed or created Reorganizations and reorganization proposals (creation of new de- partments, agencies, commissions, committees, boards, etc.) (80th- Executive departments proposed or created, and reorganizations in existing departments (80th-87th Congs.) - Reorganizations in the executive branch, proposed or approved Commissions, proposed or created, and reorganizations of existing commissions (80th-87th Congs.)_ Committees (congressional and administrative) proposed or created Appendix A. Action taken in the 81st-88th Congresses on reorganization Appendix B. A study of the origin and development of executive reorga- nizations by reorganization plan procedure since 1929- Exhibit 1.-Analysis index of Executive orders (1929-38) and reor- JUNE 4 (legislative day, MARCH 30), 1964.-Ordered to be printed Mr. MCCLELLAN, from the Committee on Government Operations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 3496] The Committee on Government Operations, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3496) to further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before June 1, 1965, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The objective of this proposed legislation is to reinstate the authority granted to the President by the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, to submit reorganization plans to the Congress for reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government. This authority expired on June 1, 1963. The Reorganization Act of 1949 was approved by the Congress as a method of expediting reorganizations within the executive branch of the Government. The 1949 act, which was primarily directed toward effecting prompt action on the recommendations of the first Hoover Commission, gave the President much wider latitude than the 1945 act by eliminating exemptions of specified agencies and authorizing him to submit reorganization plans providing for the creation of new departments within the executive branch at the Cabinet level The act was extended after its original expiration date on April 1, 1953, for 2-year periods in 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1961. The latter extension was to June 1, 1963. In the 86th Congress, the Committee on Government Operations reported a bill extending the provisions of the act for 2 years after its expiration date, or to June 1, 1961. The House of Representatives approved an identical bill but both the Senate and House measures died on the Senate Calendar at the end of the 86th Congress. A further extension to June 1. 1963, was approved in the 87th Congress. |