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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
EXECUTIVE BRANCH IN 80TH-88TH CONGRESSES

JUNE 4 (legislative day, MARCH 30), 1964.-Ordered to be printed

32-913

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1964

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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.

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