Administration, and a Defense Fisheries Administration. Each of the defense administrations shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and who shall report and be responsible directly to the Secretary. SEC. 3. Delegation of authority.-Except as provided in section 4 of this order, and except as the Secretary of the Interior may otherwise provide, all of the functions and powers vested in the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order 10161 and by subdelegations made to him under that order by appropriate officers of the Government may be performed and exercised by: (a) the Administrator of the Defense Minerals Administration in so far as these functions and powers relate to metals and minerals, (b) the Administrator of the Defense Power Administration in so far as these functions and powers relate to electric power, (c) the Administrator of the Defense Solid Fuels Administration in so far as these functions and powers relate to solid fuels, and (d) the Administrator of the Defense Fisheries Administration in so far as these functions and powers relate to fishery commodities. SEC. 4. Limitations.-With respect to the defense administrations established by this order, the Secretary of the Interior reserves to himself: (a) the approval of any redelegation by an Administrator of any of the powers delegated to him by the Secretary of the Interior; (b) the creation of advisory committees, and the establishment of policies respecting the composition, appointment of members, and operation of such committees; (c) the exercise of the powers and the performance of the functions respecting voluntary agreements and programs delegated to the Secretary of the Interior by section 701 (b) of Executive Order 10161; (d) the exercise of the powers and the performance of the functions respecting the guarantee of loans and the certification of loans, purchases, and commitments delegated to the Secretary of the Interior by Part III of Executive Order 10161; (e) the employment of persons under section 710 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the obtaining of exemptions under that section; (f) the requisitioning of property; (g) the making of recommendations with respect to necessity certificates in regard to amortization; (g) the approval of all industry orders, and amendments, which the Administrators formulate; (i) the approval of major policy or program actions which the Administrators propose to take; (j) the maintenance of all interagency relationships with respect to matters which are common to the areas of responsibility covered by the defense administrations, including representation on the policy level with the National Security Resources Board, the National Production Authority, the Executive Office of the President, and other major agencies concerned with defense production, and the Congress; and (k) the establishment of general policies and procedures respecting the exercise of powers and the performance of functions vested in the Secretary of the Interior by or under Executive Order 10161 and matters of internal administration. SUBJECT: Defense Administrations for Minerals, Power, Solid Fuels, and Fisheries Order No. 2605 (15 F. R. 8718) is revised to read as follows: SEC. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this order is to establish the Defense Minerals Administration, the Defense Electric Power Administration, the Defense Solid Fuels Administration, and the Defense Fisheries Administration, to carry out the functions vested in the Secretary of the Interior under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (Public Law 774, 81st Cong.) with respect to metals and minerals, electric power, solid fuels and fishery commodities. SEC. 2. Establishment of administrations.-There are established a Defense Minerals Administration, a Defense Electric Power Administration, a Defense Solid Fuels Administration, and a Defense Fisheries Administration. Each of the defense administrations shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and who shall report and be responsible directly to the Secretary. SEC. 3. Delegation of authority.-Except as provided in section 4 of this order, and except as the Secretary of the Interior may otherwise provide, all of the functions and powers vested in the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order 10161 as amended (15 F. R. 6105, 16 F. R. 61) and by redelegations made to him under that order by appropriate officers of the Government and by redelegations made by the Defense Production Administrator under Executive Order 10200 (16 F. R. 61) may be performed and exercised by: (a) the Administrator of the Defense Minerals Administration insofar as these functions and powers relate to metals and minerals, (b) the Administrator of the Defense Electric Power Administration insofar as these functions and powers relate to electric power, (c) the Administrator of the Defense Solid Fuels Administration insofar as these functions and powers relate to solid fuels, and (d) the Administrator of the Defense Fisheries Administration insofar as these functions and powers relate to fishery commodities. SEC. 4. Limitations.—(a) Section 3 of this order does not authorize any of the Administrators there mentioned to: (1) exercise any functions or powers which cannot be redelegated by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of Executive Order 10161 or under redelegations pursuant to that order or under redelegations made by the Defense Production Administrator pursuant to Executive Order 10200, or (2) redelegate any power or function to any person other than an officer of the agency which the Administrator heads. (b) With respect to the defense administrations established by this order, the Secretary of the Interior reserves to himself the maintenance of interagency relationships respecting matters which are common to two or more defense administrations, including representation on the policy level with the Office of Defense Mobilization, the Defense Production Administration, the National Production Authority, the Executive Office of the President, other major agencies concerned with defense production, and the Congress. SEC. 5. Policies and procedures.-The powers and functions delegated by this order shall be exercised subject to the direction and control of the Secretary of the Interior. This order will be supplemented from time to time by policy and procedural instructions respecting the exercise of powers and performance of functions by the Administrators. SEC. 6. Effect on other orders.-This order does not affect section 4 of Order 2509, Order 2596, or Order 2609. /s/ OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Secretary of the Interior. CORRELATION OF OUTSIDE UNITS (Annex (b)) The correlation of all offices or units of the administrative branch of the Government whose functions and activities directly or indirectly effect (1) the defense minerals production program and (2) the policies, programs, and procedures of the Defense Minerals Administration. Describe why and how each such office or unit has effected or can effect (1) and (2) above. Many agencies, other than those listed below, actually effect directly or indirectly the functions and activities of the Defense Minerals Administration. For the sake of brevity, only those agencies with which the Defense Minerals Administration has had contact directly during recent weeks are listed: Department of the Interior.-The Defense Minerals Administration obviously is dependent upon correlating its work not only with the Office of the Secretary of the Interior but with other units within the Department of the Interior upon which its work directly impinges. As mentioned in the opening statement, the United States Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines have already integrated considerable of their assignment under the Defense Minerals Administration. Other agencies within the Department that are concerned either directly or indirectly with the work of the DMA are the Defense Solid Fuels Administration, the Defense Electric Power Administration, the Petroleum Administration for Defense, the Bureau of Land Management, Office of Territories, and the Defense Fisheries Administration. These agencies are more or less in touch with the Defense Minerals Administration in the normal routine of everyday work as it impinges upon their own particular field of endeavor. The following list embraces those agencies outside of the Department of the Interior with which the Defense Minerals Administration must correlate its functions and activities in the course of normal operations: Department of Defense.-Questions involving manpower policy and the possible drafting for military duty of personnel from critical occupations are constantly under discussion between the Department of Defense and the DMA. Although the Office of Selective Service is not directly under the Department of Defense, there is considerable discussion with them concerning draft policies particularly as regards the procurement of men of draft age from occupations that are directly tied in with mineral production. Munitions Board. This agency of the Department of Defense is tied into the Defense Minerals Administration's work in that it is the Munitions Board that determines largely what the military requirements for raw materials will be with respect to the stockpile. Officials from the Munitions Board are in constant consultation with the staff of the Defense Minerals Administration. Defense Production Administration. All policies governing the operations of the Defense Minerals Administration are cleared through the DPA. For example, the exploration program required the authorization of DPA prior to its submission to the Bureau of the Budget or to other agencies concerned with its final disposition. The Administrator of the Defense Production Administration has direction over the activities of DMA (Executive Order 10200) and is the primary point of coordination of DMA's activities which impinge or are impinged upon by other defense agencies. National Production Authority.-All questions involving the procurement program and material allocations and requirements are cleared through NPA. This is especially true in cases involving mining machinery and items necessary for maintenance, repair, and operations of going mines, mills, and smelters. The DMA is the claimant agency before NPA in this particular field of its work. Office of Price Stabilization.-This is the agency that has the responsibility for setting price ceilings and the establishment of policies involving purchases at above the market price. The Defense Minerals |