9. Congress.

fs, COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 1569

CARD DIVISION

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION
OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND

JK649

1949

H. R. 1569, a bill to provide for the reorganization of Government agencies,
and for other purposes.

Comparative, committee print of Reorganization Act of 1945 and Reor-

ganization Act of 1949

Public Law 19, Seventy-sixth Congress, an act to provide for reorganizing
agencies of the Government, and for other purposes--

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Public Law 263, Seventy-ninth Congress, an act to provide for the reor-
ganization of Government agencies, and for other purposes--

Statement of—

Bailey, Hon. Cleveland, a Member of Congress from the State of

West Virginia_

Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Member of Congress from the State of
Florida..

Boggs, Hon. Hale, a Member of Congress from the State of Louisiana
Buckman, Henry H., consulting engineer, National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress_

Gathings, Hon. E. C., a Member of Congress from the State of

Arkansas.

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86

Hoffman, Hon. Clare E., a Member of Congress from the State of
Michigan__

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Hoover, Hon. Herbert C., Chairman, Commission on Organization of
the Executive Branch of the Government..

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Larcade, Hon. Henry D., Jr., a Member of Congress from the State of
Louisiana_.

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Lawton, Frederick J., Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget--
Lyon, A. E., executive secretary, Railway Labor Executive
Association

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Mack, Hon. Russell B., a Member of Congress from the State of

Washington----

Manasco, Hon. Carter, a former Member of Congress from the State

of Alabama.

Pickett, Hon. Tom, a Member of Congress from the State of Texas__

Sasscer, Hon. Lansdale, a Member of Congress from the State of

Maryland

Stengel, Charles Irwin__.

Vinson, Hon. Carl, a Member of Congress from the State of Georgia

Wagner, H. J., traffic director, Norfolk Port Authority, Norfolk, Va.

Warren, Hon. Lindsay C., Comptroller General of the United States

Whittington, Hon. William M., a Member of Congress from the State

of Mississippi....

Winter, Everett T., vice president, Mississippi Valley Association,
Omaha, Nebr___

Letters, telegrams, etc.:

Boykin, Hon. Frank W. to Hon. William L. Dawson, dated January
31, 1949

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Brown, Paul to Hon. Henderson Lanham, dated January 28, 1949.

Chesney, Hon. Chester A. to Hon. William L. Dawson, dated Febru-

ary 1, 1949

Gilliland, J. E. to Hon. Frank W. Boykin, dated January 27, 1949-

Harney, W. S. to Hon. Porter Hardy, Jr., dated January 27, 1949.

White, Hon. Compton I. to Hon. William L. Dawson, dated January
31, 1949

Executive Communication No. 38, Eighty-first Congress from Northwest

Rivers and Harbors Congress_

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Filing of report by Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch
of the Government, House Document 37--

Message from the President of the United States transmitting his recom-

mendation for the enactment of a new reorganization measure, House

Document 42..

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, adopted by senate of Arkansas.--

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REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1949

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES

IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS,

Washington, D. C.

The committee met at 10 a. m., the Honorable William L. Dawson

(chairman) presiding.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order.

We have met for the purpose of considering H. R. 1569.

(The bill referred to is as follows:)

[H. R. 1569, 81st Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To provide for the reorganization of Government agencies, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Reorganization Act of 1949."

NEED FOR REORGANIZATIONS

SEC. 2. (a) The President shall examine and from time to time reexamine

the organization of all agencies of the Government and shall determine what

changes therein are necessary to accomplish the following purposes:

(1) to promote the better execution of the laws, the more effective man-

agement of the executive branch of the Government and of its agencies

and functions and the expeditious administration of the public business;

(2) to reduce expenditures and promote economy, to the fullest extent

consistent with the efficient operation of the Government;

(3) to increase the efficiency of the operations of the Government to

the fullest extent practicable;

(4) to group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions of the

Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes;

(5) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having

similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies or

functions thereof as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the

Government; and

(6) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.

(b) The Congress declares that the public interest demands the carrying out

of the purposes specified in subsection (a) and that such purposes may be ac-

complished in great measure by proceeding under the provisions of this Act,

and can be accomplished more speedily thereby than by the enactment of

specific legislation.

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