Federal Register - July 1, 1939
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F E D E R A L R E G I S T E R , Saturday, July 1, 1939
d Administrative Funds. The D i rector of the Bureau of the Budget shall allocate to the Federal Loan Agency, from appropriations, allocations, or other funds available including those avail able for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940 for the administrative expenses of the agencies named in this section, such sums, and in such proportion, as he may find necessary for the administrative ex penses of the. Federal Loan Agency.
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Prepared by the President and transmit ted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, May 9, 1939, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganisation Act of 1939, ap proved April 3,1939
PART 1. DEPARTMENTS
S e c t i o n 1. State Department. Trans fers and consolidations relating to the Department of State are hereby effected as follows:
a Foreign Commerce Service and Foreign Agricultural Service. The For eign Commerce Service of the United States and its functions in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce and the For eign Agricultural Service of the United States and its functions as established by the Act of June 5, 1930 46 Stat. 497, in the Department o f Agriculture are here by transferred to the Department of State and shall be consolidated with and administered as a part of the Foreign Service of the United States under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of State.
b Functions of the Secretary of Com merce and the Secretary of Agriculture Transferred to the Secretary of State;
Exceptions. The functions of the Sec retary of Commerce with respect to the Foreign Commerce Service and the func tions of the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to the Foreign Agricultural Serv ice other than functions with respect to such services pertaining to activities in the United States and to the compilation, publication, and dissemination of infor mation are hereby transferred to, and shall be exercised by, the Secretary of State, except and provided that under regulations prescribed by the President 1 The Secretary of State shall cause to be made such investigations relating to commercial and industrial conditions and activities in foreign countries and such other specific investigations relating to foreign commerce as the Secretary of Commerce shall determine to be in the public interest, and shall report to the Secretary of Commerce the results of, and the information secured through, such investigations. He shall also cause to be made such investigations relating to world competition and demand for agricultural products, to production, marketing, and disposition of such prod ucts in foreign countries, and to farm management and other phases of agri-
cultural industry in foreign countries, and shall conduct abroad such activities including the demonstration of stand ards for cotton, wheat, and other Amer ican agricultural products, as the Sec retary of Agriculture shall determine to be in the public interest, and shall report to the Secretary of Agriculture the results of, and the information secured through, such investigations and activities.
2 The Secretary of Commerce may from time to time when he deems it in the public interest designate any officer in his Department to render temporary service under the provisions of, and sub ject to the conditions named in, section 5 of the Act of March 3, 1927, 44 Stat.
1396.
3 The Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time when he deems it in the public interest designate any officer in his Department to render temporary service under the provisions of, and sub ject to the conditions named in, section 2
of the Act of June 5,1930, 46 Stat. 498.
4 The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Agriculture may each designate an officer in his Department, acceptable to the Secretary of State, to serve in the Department of State as liaison officer in connection with the ad ministration of the foreign service of the United States.
5 One officer in the Department of Commerce designated by the Secretary of Commerce and acceptable to the Sec retary of State and one officer in the Department of Agriculture designated by the Secretary of Agriculture and ac ceptable to the Secretary of State shall be added to the membership of the Board of Foreign Service Personnel for the Foreign Service.
c Status of Foreign Service Officers. Foreign Commerce Service officers and Foreign Agricultural Service officers who by reason of transfer to the Foreign Service o f the United States and by ap pointment according to law acquire status of Foreign Service officers therein shall not be included in the total num ber of officers in such Service for the purpose of determining the percentage limitation established by section 10 of the Act of February 23, 1931 46 Stat.
1207, as amended.
d China Trade Act Registrar. Such officer of the Foreign Service as the Sec retary of State shall make available for that purpose may be authorized by the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties of China Trade Act Registrar pro vided for in the Act of September 19, 1922 42 Stat. 849, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce.
e Foreign Service Buildings Com mission. The Foreign Service Buildings Commission and its functions are here by transferred to the Department of State. The Commission shall exercise advisory functions, but all other func tions including administrative func tions shall be exercised under the di rection and supervision of the Secretary of State by such division, bureau, or
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office in the Department of State as the Secretary shall determine.
S ec . 2. Treasury Department. Trans fers, consolidations, and abolitions relat ing to the Department of the Treasury are hereby effected as follows:
a Bureau of Lighthouses. The Bu reau of Lighthouses in the Department of Commerce and its functions are hereby transferred to and shall be consolidated with and administered as a part of the Coast Guard in the Department of the Treasury.
b Director General of Railroads: O f fice Abolished and Functions Trans ferred. The office of Director General of Railroads is hereby abolished.
The functions and duties of the Director Gen eral of Railroads are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury to be exercised and performed by him per sonally or through such officer or officers of the Department of the Treasury as he may authorize. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby designated as the agent provided for in section 206 of the Transportation Act, 1920 41 Stat. 461.
c War Finance Corporation Abol ished. All of the functions, property, and obligations of the W ar Finance Cor poration not heretofore transferred by statute to the Secretary of the Treasury are hereby transferred to the Depart ment of the Treasury. The W ar Finance Corporation is hereby abolished and the Secretary of the Treasury shall complete the winding up of its affairs and shall dispose of its assets in accordance with the Act of March 1, 1929 45 Stat. 1442, not later than December 31, 1939.
S ec . 3. Department of Justice. Trans fers, consolidations, and abolitions re lating to the Department of Justice are hereby effected as follows:
a Federal Prison Industries, In c .
The Federal Prison Industries, Inc. to gether with its Board of Directors and its functions are hereby transferred to the Department of Justice and shall be administered under the general direction and supervision of the Attorney General.
b National Training School for Boys. The National Training School for Boys and its functions including the functions of its Board of Trustees are hereby transferred to the Department of Justice and shall be administered by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General.
c Board of Trustees of the National Training School for Boys Abolished.
The Board of Trustees of the National Training School for Boys including the consulting trustees is hereby abolished.
S ec . 4. Department of the Interior.
Transfers, consolidations, and abolitions relating to the Department of the In
terior are hereby effected as follows:
a Functions of the National Bitu minous Coal Commission Transferred.
The functions of the National Bitumi nous Coal Commission including the functions of the members of the Com-