In view of the potential importance of governmental reorganization, the staff of the Committee on Government Operations, at the direction of the chairman, compiled the following tabulation of proposed legislation which includes measures providing for the establishment of new executive departments. The tabulation also includes a compilation of all proposals for reorganizations within existing departments, as well as those which have been approved by the Congress or effected by Presidential or other administrative actions, beginning with the convening of the 80th Congress in 1947 to the start of the 88th Congress on January 9, 1963.

A committee print of the data contained in this addenda was submitted to all departments and the major agencies, for correction of any errors or for the inclusion of any reorganization or transfer of functions of importance which might have been omitted in the original draft. All agencies approved the text as applied to them, or submitted additional data, pertinent parts of which have been incorporated.

There were many internal transfers and realinements of components in organization of the executive departments and larger Federal agencies, involving the reassignment of functions, which were not included in the tabulations. Only those transferring functions from one department or agency to another, or which vested functions in the Secretary or head of the agency through an act of Congress or a reorganization plan, were listed, except in some instances where they involved functions of sufficient importance to warrant inclusion.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS PROPOSED OR CREATED, AND
REORGANIZATIONS IN EXISTING DEPARTMENTS

80TH-87TH CONGRESSES)

Aeronautics and Space. To establish. 86th, S. 3085; H.R. 10637. 87th, S. 1408. Agriculture. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1950*. 82d, S. 1149*. 83d,

Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953* 86th, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1959, S. Rept. 1353, Public Law 86-509 (74 Stat. 205, June 11, 1960). Air Force. Establishment of. 80th, Public Law 80-253 (61 Stat. 495 ff., July 26, 1947). 81st, Public Law 81-216 (63 Stat. 578 ff., Aug. 10, 1949). (See Department of Defense.) 84th, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1956, new Assistant Secretary for Research and Development.

Army. 80th, name changed from Department of War (see Department of Defense), Public Law 80-253 (61 Stat. 495 ff., July 26, 1947). 81st, Public Law 81-216 (63 Stat. 578 ff., Aug. 10, 1949; Army Reorganization Act of 1950, Public Law 81-581 (64 Stat. 263). 84th, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1956, new Assistant Secretary for Research and Development.

Civil Defense. Establish within Department of Defense. 83d, H. Con. Res. 233. Civil Defense. To establish. 84th, H.R. 8936, 8979, 8985, 9007, 9041. 85th, H.R. 147, 174, 1043, 2383.

Commerce. 80th, Assistant Secretary, created, Public Law 80-191, July 15, 1947. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1949, transfer of Public Roads Administration from Federal Works Agency to; Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950*; Reorganization Plan No. 21 of 1950*, transfer functions of U.S. Maritime Commission to; Reorganization Plan No. 24 of 1950, transfer RFC to. 82d, Patent Office, Public Law 82-593 (66 Stat. 792), S. 4, revise and codify laws. 83d, Public Law 83-471, July 2, 1954, Assistant Secretary, created (replaced position of Assistant Secretary for Administration established by Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1950). 87th, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology, Public Law 87-405 (76 Stat. 9, Feb. 2, 1962); Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Commission-New York World's Fair, established by Department Order No. 180, August 7, 1962.

Consumers. To establish. 86th, S. 1571*; H.R. 7024, 13036. 87th, S. 1688.

Hearings held by Senate Committee on Government Operations.

Defense. Establishment of. (National Military Establishment as Department.) 80th, Public Law 80-253* (61 Stat. 495ff., July 26, 1947). Joint Chiefs of Staff, established Public Law 80-253 (61 Stat. 495). 81st, Reoganization Plan No. 8 of 1949, Public Law 81-216 (63 Stat. 578ff., Aug. 10, 1949). 83d, Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953, reorganization of Joint Chiefs of Staff. 84th, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1956. Assistant Secretaries for research and development. 85th, S. 3210, 3649; H.R. 11958, 12801, Public Law 85-599 (72 Stat. 514ff., Aug. 6, 1958), Reorganization Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 514, Aug. 6, 1958). 87th, assigning civil defense responsibilities to Secretary of Defense and others, E.O. 10952, July 20, 1961; establishment of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Civil Defense), DOD Directive 5140.1, August 31, 1961; reorganization of Department of Army, Department of Defense reorganization order, January 10, 1962; transfer of Alaska Communications System from Army to Air Force, May 24, 1962.

Education. To establish. 87th, H.R. 12883.

General Services. To establish. 85th, H.R. 7694.

Health. To establish. 82d, S. 1140*, 3314.

Health, Education, and Security. To establish. 80th, S. 140*, 712*, 1239 (Independent Office of Education), S. 2060 (amendment). 81st, Peorganization Plan No. 27 of 1950)*.

Health, Education, and Technology. To establish. 87th (S. Doc. 15).

Health, Education, and Welfare. 80th, National Heart Institute, established June 16, 1948, (62 Stat. 464); National Institute of Dental Research, established June 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 598). 81st, National Institute of Mental Health, established September 1, 1949; National Institute of Metabolic Diseases, established August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 444); National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, established August 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 444). (This act also gave the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, authority to establish or abolish Institutes.) 83d, establishment of Department, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953*, Public Law 83-13, April 1, 1953. 84th, include among executive departments and providing for appointment of General Counsel, S. 3768 (S. Rept. 2192), Public Law 84-852 (70 Stat. 732, July 31, 1956); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, established 1956. 87th, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, established October 17, 1962, Public Law 87-838; National Institute of General Medical Sciences, established October 17, 1962, Public Law 87-838.

Housing and Metropolitan Affairs. To establish. 86th, S. 3292 (S. Rept. 1607). Housing and Urban Affairs. To establish. 84th, S. 3159. 85th, S. 2159. 87th, S. 609. (See Urban affairs and housing.)

Interior. 80th, Bureau of Land Management, reestablishing office of registers, S. 28*. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 Transfer function to Secretary. Reestablish Registers of Land Office; S. 1143, transfer functions to Secretary. 84th, S. 3694; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, established by Public Law 84-1024 (70 Stat. 1119, Feb. 23, 1956). 86th, Reorganization Plan No. 1, of 1959, Public Law 86-509 (74 Stat. 205, June 11, 1960). Justice. 80th, Office of Alien Property, established in Department, Department Order No. 3732, June 1, 1947, Supplemental Order No. 27, May 29, 1947. 81st, Board of Parole, reorganized and created in Department, Public Law 81-865, September 30, 1950 (created Youth Correction Division); Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1950, vested functions of Department in Attorney General, created Deputy Attorney General and Office of Legal Counsel. 82d, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1952*. 83d, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1953; Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, established in Office of Deputy Attorney General, Department Order 8-53, April 6, 1953. 84th, Executive Office for U.S. Marshals, established in the Office of Deputy Attorney General, Department Order 137-56, November 23, 1956.

Labor. 80th, Transfer Bureau of Employment Security, U.S. Employment Service, and Veterans' Placement Service Board to, Reorganization Plan 2 of 1947. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1949*; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, vesting functions in Secretary; Bureau of Employees' Compensation transferred from Federal Security Agency by Reorganization Plan 19 of 1950. Expand activities (Administration of Labor Standards), Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950.

Labor and Public Welfare. To establish. 87th, S. Doc. 15.
Local Affairs. To establish. 87th, S. 375.

83d, S. 2432. 84th,

Mineral Resources. To establish. 82d, H.R. 5964, 6586.
S. 3441. 85th, H.R. 8187. 86th, S. 573; H.R. 1780. 87th, H.R. 2210.

*Hearings held by Senate Committee on Government Operations.

Peace. To establish. 80th, S. 79, 1098. 83d, H.R. 1421, 6132. 84th, H.R. 7790. 85th, H.R. 4137, 4298. 86th, S. 2332; H.R. 1352. 87th, H.R. 9010. Peace and Disarmament. To establish. 84th, H.R. 196, 5099.

Post Office. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1949*. 82d, Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1952, appointment of Postmasters. 83d, Reorganization
Plan No. 10 of 1953, airline subsidies.
Public Health and Welfare. To establish.

83d, H.R. 3182.

Public Information. To establish. 86th, H.R. 12357, 12358. 87th, S. 494.
Public Relations. To establish. 87th, H.R. 5768.

Public Welfare. To establish. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1949*.
Rural and Suburban Government. To establish. 87th, H.J. Res. 278.
Science. To establish. 85th, S. 3180, H.R. 11392. 86th, S. 586*. 87th, S. 623.
Science, Health, and Education. To establish. 87th, S. Doc. 15.

Science and Technology. To establish. 80th, S. 493*. (Technical Information and Services Act). 85th, S. 3126* (S. Doc. 90). 86th, S. 676*, S. 1851*, S. 3887 (S. Rept. 120; S. Doc. 113), H.R. 8325. (See Commission on, 86th, S. 1851). 87th, S. Doc. 15.

Small Towns and Rural Affairs. To establish. 87th, H.R. 6714.

Social Security and Education. To establish. 82d, S. 1145. 83d, H.R. 300. State. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 20 of 1950; Treaties and Statutes; Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1954. Establish Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, transfer Displaced Persons Commission and War Claims Commission. 82d, S. 1147*, reorganiza tion of, S. 1389. 83d, S. 623, reorganization of Foreign Operations Administration; Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1953, U.S. Information Agency; Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953; reorganization of Passport Office. 84th, S. 3440* (S. Repts. 1604-1605). 85th (S. Repts. 113, 1288), S. 2095* (staff report).

Transportation. To establish. 80th, S. 1812. 81st, S. 402. 86th, S. 3596. 87th, S. 867.

Transportation and Communications. To establish. 85th, H.R. 3424. 86th, H.R. 985. 87th, H.R. 1126.

Treasury. 80th, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1947, abolishing Office of Contract Settlement, and transfer of functions to Treasury. 81st, Public Law 81-152 (63 Stat. 377, June 30, 1949), abolishing Bureau of Federal Supply and transfer of functions (with certain exceptions) to GSA, and transfer of functions of Office of Contract Settlement from Treasury to GSA; Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1950* and Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950, vested all functions of the Department (except the Comptroller of the Currency) in the Secretary. 82d, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1952*, reorganization of the Bureau of Customs; S. 1150, reorganization of the Department. 83d, Public Law 83-163 (67 Stat. 230, July 30, 1952), transfer of RFC functions under section 409 of Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to Treasury, transfer of RFC functions under section 302 of Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, to Treasury; E.O. 10488, September 26, 1953; Bureau of Internal Revenue, designated Internal Revenue Service by Secretary July 9, 1953. 85th, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1957, June 30, 1957, transfer of functions to RFC among other departments and agencies, and to Treasury for abolishment; Loan Policy Board, created Public Law 85-536 (72 Stat. 384).

Urban Affairs. To establish. 84th, H.R. 7731. 86th, H.R. 781, 2423, 4481, 11918, 12508, 13024. 87th H.R. 301 (8 other bills).

Urban Affairs and Housing. To establish. 87th Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1962*; S. 1633* (6 other bills). (S. Rept. 879); H.R. 6433 (6 other bills). Urban Affairs, Federal-State. To establish. 87th, S. 2861.

Urbiculture. To establish. 83d, H.R. 10032. 84th, H.R. 1864. 85th, H.R. 1019. 86th, S. 2397; H.R. 984, 9259. 87th, H.R. 1125.

Veterans' Affairs. To establish. 80th, H.R. 580. 81st, H.R. 1844. 82d, H.R. 351. 83d, H.R. 23. 84th, H.R. 10381. 85th, H.R. 409. 86th, H.R. 5723. 87th, H.R. 10911.

Welfare. To establish. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1959; S. 2060.

In addition to the above data on executive departments, the following tabulations include (1) reorganizations of executive branch agencies, proposed and/or approved; (2) Federal commissions proposed and/or created; and (3) Congressional, Presidential, and departmental committees proposed and/or created, during the period beginning on Janu

•Hearings held by Senate Committee on Government Operations.

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ary 7, 1947, and ending upon the convening of the 88th Congress, covered in the preceding section of this addenda. Every proposal to establish new commissions and committees are not included, as there were many which dealt only with matters of minor importance or were of local or temporary significance, such as Executive orders creating emergency boards or commissions to inquire into certain labor disputes and other matters of temporary duration.

REORGANIZATIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, PROPOSED OR APPROVED

(80TH-87TH CONGRESSES, JANUARY 3, 1947, TO JANUARY 9, 1963)

(Includes the establishment, proposals to establish, the abolition, and the transfer of components within or between agencies)

Administrative Conference of the United States. E.O. 10934, April 13, 1961. Administrative Vice President. To create. 84th* (S. Rept. No. 1960). Advanced Research Projects Agency. 85th, transfer certain functions from Defense to NASA, including Vanguard and certain other projects, E.O. 10783, October 1, 1958.

Advisory Council on National Security. Establishment of. 86th, S.J. Res. 83. Advisory Service Center, SBA. Transferred from Department of Defense; Procurement Advisory Center established in SBA August 1, 1962. (See Small Business Administration.)

Agency for International Development (successor to ICA). 87th, Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Public Law 87-195 (75 Stat. 445, Sept. 4, 1961); established by State Department Delegation of Authority 104, November 3, 1961, pursuant to E.O. 10973, November 3, 1961.

Aging, President's Council on. E.O. 11022, May 14, 1962. Agricultural Conservation Program Service (Agriculture). 83d, programs, except for field activities, detached from Production and Marketing Administration by Secretary's memorandum 1320, January 21, 1953; officially designated as the Agricultural Conservation Program Service by Secretary's memorandum 1320, Supplement 4, November 2, 1953. 87th, programs merged with those of the Commodity Stabilization Service by Secretary's memorandum 1446, Supplement 2, April 19, 1961.

Agricultural Marketing Service (Agriculture). 83d, established by Secretary's memorandum 1320, Supplement 4, November 2, 1953. Marketing, economic, and distribution functions as well as statistical work consolidated in this reorganization.

Agricultural Research Service (Agriculture). 83d, established by Secretary's memorandum 1320, Supplement 4, November 2, 1953. Successor agency to the Agricultural Research Administration; certain related research and regulatory activities were simultaneously reassigned to the new agency from other USDA components.

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (Agriculture). 83d, established as the Commodity Stabilization Service (partial successor to the Production and Marketing Administration) by Secretary's memorandum 1320, Supplement 4, November 2, 1953. 87th, name changed to Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service by Secretary's memorandum 1458, June 14,

1961. Airways Modernization Board. 85th, Public Law 85-133 (71 Stat. 349, Aug. 14, 1957; 49 U.S.C. 1211); Transferred to FAA by E.O. 10786, November 1, 1958, pursuant to authority provided by Public Law 85-726, August 23, 1958. American Samoa, Administration of (Interior). Transfer from Navy. 82d, E.O. 10264, June 29, 1951.

Area Redevelopment Administration (Commerce).
Commerce Order 171, May 8, 1961.

Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, National.

Law 87-186, August 31, 1961.

Established by Secretary of

87th, established by Public

Board of Foreign Scholarships (State). 87th, Public Law 87-256 (75 Stat. 532, Sept. 21, 1961).

Board of Geographic Names (Interior). 80th, Public Law 242, July 25, 1947. Bureau of Employees Compensation (Labor). 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 19,

*Hearings held by Senate Committee on Government Operations.

Bureau of Employment Security. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1949. Transfer from FSA to Labor.

Bureau of Family Services (HEW). Established by Secretary, January 1, 1962. Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (as an independent agency).. 80th, S. 818.

Bureau of Internal Revenue. 82d, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1952*. Bureau of International Labor Affairs (Labor). Established December 31, 1959, replacing Office of International Labor Affairs.

Bureau of Labor-Management Reports (Labor). Departmental Order, September 24, 1959.

Bureau of Land Management (Interior). Reestablishing Office of Registers of Land Offices; superseding provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946. 81st, S. 28*; 82d, S. 4; 84th, S. 317.

Bureau of Naval Weapons (Navy). 86th, established, Public Law 86-174 (73 Stat. 395).

Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (Interior). 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950; 87th, created by Secretary of Interior, April 2, 1962.

Bureau of Public Roads (Commerce). 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1949. 86th, established by Department Order No. 109, August 20, 1959, pursuant to plan.

Business and Defense Services Administration (Commerce). Established by
Secretary of Commerce, Order 152, October 1, 1953.
Career Executive Board. E.O. 10758, March 4, 1958.

Central Intelligence Agency. Established. 80th, Public Law 80-253 (61 Stat. 495), transfer functions of Central Intelligence Group.

Civil Aeronautics Administration. 85th, abolished, functions assigned to FAA, December 31, 1958, by Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Public Law 85-726. Civil Aeronautics Board. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 13 of 1950*. 83d, Reorganization Plan No. 10 of 1953. 85th, Public Law 85-726, Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (transferring to FAA safety rulemaking). 87th, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1961, delegation of authority; Public Law 87-820 (transferring guarantee loan function to Commerce Department).

Civil Defense Advisory Council. 85th, transferred to Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization by Reorganization Plan 1 of 1958. (See Office of Defense Mobilization.)

Civil Defense Coordinating Board. E.O. 10611, May 11, 1955.

Civil Rights Division (Justice). 85th, established by Department Order 155–57, December 9, 1957, superseded by 28 CFR section 50-0.52.

Civil Service Commission. 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1949.

Clemency and Parole Board for War Criminals. 82d, established E.O. 10393, September 4, 1952. 84th, functions E.O. 10613, May 16, 1955. 85th, revoked E.O. 10747, December 31, 1957.

Commodity Exchange Authority (Agriculture). 80th, established by Secretary's
Memorandum 1185, January 21, 1947. The administration of the Commodity
Exchange Act, as amended, transferred from the Production and Marketing
Administration.

Communications Policy Board, President's. 81st, established E.O. 10110,
February 17, 1950.
Community Facilities Administration (HHFA). Established by Administrator's
Order No. 1, December 23, 1954.

Congress, Reorganization of. 80th, evaluation of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, S. 2575*. 82d, Organization and Operation of the Congress*. 83d, S. 2175*; S. Res. 148, S. 3784.

Council of Economic Advisers. 83d, Reorganization Plan No. 9 of 1953* (H. Rept. 939).

Credit Unions, Bureau of Federal (HEW). 80th, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1947, transfer functions of Federal Credit Union System; the act of June 29, 1948 (62 Stat. 1091; 14 U.S.C. 751a), established a Bureau of Federal Credit Unions within Federal Security Agency, and all functions transferred to new Bureau. 83d, Reorganization Plan No. 1, of 1953*, transferred to Health, Education, and Welfare.

Cuban Refugee Program (HEW). 87th, established by Presidential letter, January 27, 1961, Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962.

Customs, Bureau of (Treasury). 81st, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1950, vests functions in Secretary. 82d, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1952*.

*Hearings held by Senate Committee on Government Operations.