KF27 G659 1965 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman CHET HOLIFIELD, California L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts J. EDWARD ROUSH, Indiana FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island JOHN G. DOW, New York HENRY HELSTOSKI, New Jersey CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan OGDEN R. REID, New York FRANK J. HORTON, New York DELBERT L. LATTA, Ohio DONALD RUMSFELD, Illinois WILLIAM L. DICKINSON, Alabama JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois HOWARD H. CALLAWAY, Georgia EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Staff Director EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York II CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois ELMER W. HENDERSON, Counsel Statement of Harold Seidman, Assistant Director for Management_ and Organization, Bureau of the Budget; accompanied by Fred E. Levi, Assistant Chief; Howard Schnoor, management analyst; and Victor Zafra, management analyst, Office of Management and Organization... Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by- Dawson, Hon. William L., a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, and chairman, Êxecutive and Legislative Reorgani- Excerpt from message of President Johnson to the Congress upon presentation of a draft bill amending the Reorganization Public Law 109-81st Congress, providing for the reorganization of Government agencies, and for other purposes Rosenthal, Hon. Benjamin S., a Representative in Congress from the State of New York: Excerpt from House Report No. 195, 87th Congress, additional views of Congressman Clarence J. Brown, John B. Anderson, and Frank J. Horton... Seidman, Harold, Assistant Director for Management and Organiza- Excerpt from the First Hoover Commission Report_--- Excerpt from letter of President Johnson to the Speaker of the House of Representatives re reorganization.. Excerpt from President Johnson's budget message to the Congress- Excerpt from President Truman's message to the Congress in 1949 re permanent grant of authority to transmit reorganization Excerpt from report of the House Committee on Government 6, 8, 16 III FURTHER AMENDING THE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1949 (H.R. 4623) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1965 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 1501B, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. William L. Dawson (chairman) presiding. Present: Representatives William L. Dawson, Chet Holifield, Henry S. Reuss, Benjamin S. Rosenthal, Clarence J. Brown, and John N. Erlenborn. Also present: Elmer W. Henderson, subcommittee counsel; Louis I. Freed, investigator; James A. Lanigan, general counsel, Committee on Government Öperations; J. P. Carlson, minority counsel; and Raymond T. Collins, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. Chairman DAWSON. This meeting of the Subcommittee on Executive and Legislative Reorganization has been called to consider H.R. 4623, a bill introduced by me at the request of the President. It will amend the Reorganization Act of 1949 by repealing the time limitation on the authority given the President to submit reorganization plans to the Congress under the Reorganization Act of 1949. Heretofore, this authority has been extended for intervals of 2 years, with one exception of 4 years. This legislation, therefore, has the effect of making permanent the President's authority under the act which would expire on June 1, 1965. As members of this subcommittee well know, the President may submit reorganization plans to the Congress which will go into effect after 60 days unless either the House or the Senate vetoes the plan by a simple majority vote. We have been advised that the President contemplates reorganization of the various departments and agencies to produce economies and efficiency in the Government. În his message of February 3, 1965, to the Congress, submitting the draft bill, President Johnson said: With only a few lapses since 1932, authority generally similar to that conferred by the present Reorganization Act has been available to the Presidents then in office. The usefulness of the authority to transmit reorganization plans to the Congress and the continuing need for such authority to carry out fully the purposes of the Reorganization Act have been clearly demonstrated. The 1 |