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115-3. Traveling expenses on inter-island steamships in Hawaii.Whenever by or under authority of law actual expenses for travel may be allowed to officers and employees of the United States, such allowance, in the case of travel after the date of the enactment of this Act [Revenue Act of 1938] on inter-island steamships in the Territory of Hawaii, shall not exceed the rate for accommodations on such steamships equivalent as nearly as may be to the lowest firstclass accommodations on transpacific steamships. The maximum fixed by this section shall be in lieu of the maximum fixed by section 10 of the Treasury and Post Office Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1934 (47 Stat. 1516). (May 28, 1938, title V, sec. 811, 52 Stat. 577; 5 U. S. C., sec. 73e.

115-4. Allotment of pay by civilian officers and employees stationed abroad authorized. That the heads of the executive departments and establishments of the United States, under such regulations as they may prescribe, be, and are hereby, authorized to permit civilian officers and employees, during such time as they may be assigned for duty outside the continental limits of the United States, to make allotments, in whole or in part, from their pay, for the support of their families or relatives, for their own savings, or for other similar purposes. (May 14, 1937, 50 Stat. 166; 5 U. S. C., sec. 75c.

115-5. Holidays of employees by day, hour, or piece; pay.-That hereafter whenever regular employees of the Federal Government whose compensation is fixed at a rate per day, per hour, or on a piecework basis are relieved or prevented from working solely because of the occurrence of a holiday such as New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or any other day declared a holiday by Federal statute or Executive order, or any day on which the departments and establishments of the Government are closed by Executive order, they shall receive the same pay for such days as for other days on which an ordinary day's work is performed. (June 29, 1938, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1246; 5 U. S. C., sec. 86a.)

The joint resolution of January 6, 1885 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 86), and all other laws inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. (June 29, 1938, sec. 2, 52 Stat. 1247; 5 U. S. C., sec. 86a note.)

115-6. Same; Armistice Day.-That the 11th day of November in each year, a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day, is hereby made a legal public holiday to all intents and purposes and in the same manner as the 1st day of January, the 22d day of February, the 30th day of May, the 4th day of July, the first Monday of September, and Christmas Day are now made by law public holidays. (May 13, 1938, 52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. C., sec. 87a.)

115-7. Exchange of refrigerators, temperature control devices, watchmen's clocks, etc.-That any Government department is authorized to exchange used parts of mechanical refrigerators, hermetically sealed refrigerating units, temperature control devices, and watchmen's clocks as payment, in full or in part, for new or reconditioned parts to be used for the same purpose as those proposed to be exchanged. (Apr. 15, 1937, 50 Stat. 64; 5 U. S. C., sec. 118d.)

115-8. Detail of United States employees to Governments of American Republics, Philippines and Liberia authorized. That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, authorized, whenever he finds that the public interest renders such a course advisable, upon agreement with the government of any other American republic or the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands, or the Government of Liberia, if such government is desirous of obtaining the services of a person having special scientific or other technical or professional qualifications, other than those persons covered by the Act of May 19, 1926 (44 Stat. 565), as amended by the Act of May 14, 1935 (49 Stat. 218), from time to time to detail for temporary service of not exceeding one year at a time, under such government, any such person in the employ of the Government of the United States: Provided, That the President may, in extraordinary circumstances, extend the period of such detail for one or more additional periods of not to exceed six months each: Provided further, That while so detailed, such person shall be considered, for the purpose of preserving his rights and privileges as such, an officer or employee of the Government of the United States and of the department or agency from which detailed and shall continue to receive therefrom compensation, and he may receive additional compensation from the department or agency from which detailed not to exceed 50 per centum of the compensation he was receiving as an officer or employee of the United States at the time of detail, and shall receive from the United States reimbursement for travel expenses to and from the place of detail and monthly allowances determined by the President to be adequate for quarters and subsistence during the period of such detail. The additional compensation, travel expenses, and other allowances authorized by this Act to be paid to any such officer or employee shall be paid from any appropriations available for the payment of compensation and travel expenses of the officers and employees of the department or agency from which he is detailed: Provided, however, That if any government to which a detail is authorized by this Act shall express the desire to reimburse this Government in whole or in part for the expenses of such detail, the President is authorized, when he deems it in the public interest, to accept such reimbursement and the amount so received may be credited to (a) appropriations current at the time the expenses of such detail are to be or have been paid, (b) appropriations current at the time such amounts are received, or (c) in part as provided under (a) and in part as provided under (b) hereof; and such amount shall be available for the purposes of the appropriations to which credited: And provided further, That if any such government shall express the desire to provide advances of funds to be used by this Government, in whole or in part for the expenses of such detail, the President is authorized, when he deems it in the public interest, to accept such advances of funds, and the amounts so received may be established as a trust fund, to be available for the purpose and under the provisions of this Act until the termination of the detail; any unexpended balance of the trust fund to be returned to the foreign government making the advance. (May 25, 1938, 52 Stat. 442, as amended May 3, 1939, 53 Stat. 652; 5 U. S. C., sec. 118e.)

115-9. Native employees in foreign countries; last illness and burial expenses. That the head of any executive department, which maintains permanent staffs of employees in foreign countries is hereby authorized to pay out of any appropriation available to the department concerned for miscellaneous or contingent expenses, burial expenses, and expenses in connection with last illness and death, not in excess of $100 in any one case, of the native employees of such department in those countries with respect to which the Secretary of State shall determine it is customary for employers to pay such expenses; and the head of any executive department, which maintains permanent staffs of employees in foreign countries where such custom does not exist, is authorized, upon finding that the immediate family of the deceased is destitute, to make such payments within the limitations prescribed above to the family, heirs-at-law, or persons responsible for the debts of the deceased, as the officer in charge of the office abroad in which the deceased was employed shall determine to be proper. (July 15, 1939, 53 Stat. 1043; 5 Ú. S. C., sec. 118f.)

115-10. Reorganization of Executive and Administrative Agencies; Declaration of objects and purposes.-(a) The Congress hereby declares that by reason of continued national deficits beginning in 1931 it is desirable to reduce substantially Government expenditures and that such reduction may be accomplished in some measure by proceeding immediately under the provisions of this Act. The President shall investigate the organization of all agencies of the Government and shall determine what changes therein are necessary to accomplish the following purposes:

(1) To reduce expenditures to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient operation of the Government;

(2) To increase the efficiency of the operations of the Government to the fullest extent practicable within the revenues;

(3) To group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes;

(4) To reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the Government;

and

(5) 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 accomplished in great measure by proceeding immediately under the provisions of this title, and can be accomplished more speedily thereby than by the enactment of specific legislation. (Apr. 3, 1939, title I, part 1, sec. 1, 53 Stat. 561; 5 U. S. C., sec. 133.)

NOTE.-By the terms of a provision preceding section 1 of this Act, which constitutes paragraphs 115-10 to 115-30, the act herein is to be cited as the "Reorganization Act of 1939."

115-11. Term "agency" defined.-When used in this title, the term "agency" means any executive department, commission, independent establishment, corporation owned or controlled by the United States, board, bureau, division, service, office, authority, or administration, in the executive branch of the Government. (Apr. 3, 1939, title I, part 1, sec. 2, 53 Stat. 561; 5 U. S. C., sec. 133a.)

115-12. Limitations on reorganization plan.-No reorganization plan under section 4 shall provide

(a) For the abolition or transfer of an executive department or all the functions thereof or for the establishment of any new executive department;

(b) In the case of the following agencies, for the transfer, consolidation, or abolition of the whole or any part of such agency or of its head, or of all or any of the functions of such agency or of its head: Civil Service Commission, Coast Guard, Engineer Corps of the United States Army, Mississippi River Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Power Commission, Federal Trade Commission, General Accounting Office, Interstate Commerce Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Securities and Exchange Commission, Board of Tax Appeals, United States Employees Compensation Commission, United States Maritime Commission, United States Tariff Commission, Veterans' Administration, National Mediation Board, National Railroad Adjustment Board, Railroad Retirement Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; or

(c) For changing the name of any executive department or the title of its head, or for designating any agency as "Department" or its head as "Secretary"; or

(d) For the continuation of any agency beyond the period authorized by law for the existence of such agency; or

(e) For the continuation of any function of any agency beyond the period authorized by law for the exercise of such function; or

(f) For authorizing any agency to exercise any function which is not expressly authorized by law. (Apr. 3, 1939; title I, part 1, sec. 3, 53 Stat. 561; 5 U. S. C., sec. 133b.)

115-13. Powers and duties of President; preparation and contents of reorganization plan; submission to the Congress.-Whenever the President, after investigation, finds that

(a) the transfer of the whole or any part of any agency or the functions thereof to the jurisdiction and control of any other agency; or

the consolidation of the functions vested in any agency; or (c) the abolition of the whole or any part of any agency which agency or part (by reason of transfers under this Act or otherwise, or by reason of termination of its functions in any manner) does not have, or upon the taking effect of the reorganizations specified in the reorganization plan will not have, any functions, is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes of section 1 (a), he shall

(d) prepare a reorganization plan for the making of the transfers, consolidations, and abolitions, as to which he has made findings and which he includes in the plan. Such plan shall also—

(1) designate, in such cases as he deems necessary, the name of any agency affected by a reorganization and the title of its head;

(2) make provision for the transfer or other disposition of the records, property (including office equipment), and personnel affected by such transfer, consolidation, or abolition;

(3) make provision for the transfer of such unexpended balances of appropriations available for use in connection with the function or agency transferred or consolidated, as he deems necessary by reason of the transfer or consolidation for use in connection with the transferred or consolidated functions, or for the use of the agency to which the transfer is made, but such unexpended balances so transferred shall be used only for the purposes for which such appropriation is originally made;

(4) make provision for winding up the affairs of the agency abolished; and

(e) transmit such plan (bearing an identifying number) to the Congress, together with a declaration that, with respect to each transfer, consolidation, or abolition referred to in paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this section and specified in the plan, he has found that such transfer, consolidation, or abolition is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes of section 1 (a). The delivery to both Houses shall be on the same day and shall be made to each House while it is in session.

The President, in his message transmitting a reorganization plan, shall state the reduction of expenditures which it is probable will be brought about by the taking effect of the reorganizations specified in the plan. (Apr. 3, 1939, title I, part 1, sec. 4, 53 Stat. 562; 5 U. S. C.,

sec. 133c.)

115-14. Reorganizations specified in plan, when to take effect. The reorganizations specified in the plan shall take effect in accordance with the plan:

(a) Upon the expiration of sixty calendar days after the date on which the plan is transmitted to the Congress, but only if during such sixty-day period there has not been passed by the two Houses a concurrent resolution stating in substance that the Congress does not favor the reorganization plan.

(b) If the Congress adjourns sine die before the expiration of the sixty-day period, a new sixty-day period shall begin on the opening day of the next succeeding regular or special session. A similar rule shall be applicable in the case of subsequent adjournments sine die before the expiration of sixty days. (Apr. 3, 1939, title I, part 1, sec. 5, 53 Stat. 562; 5 U. S. C., sec. 133d.)

115-15. Limitations on effect of reorganization plan.-No reorganization under this title shall have the effect-(a) of continuing any agency or function beyond the time when it would have terminated if the reorganization had not been made; or

(b) of continuing any function beyond the time when the agency in which it was vested before the reorganization would have terminated if the reorganization had not been made; or

(c) of authorizing any agency to exercise any function which is not expressly authorized by law. (Apr. 3, 1939, title I, part 1, sec. 6, 53 Stat. 563; 5 U. S. C., sec. 133e.)

115-16. Reorganization, what to constitute. For the purposes of this title any transfer, consolidation, abolition, designation, disposition, or winding up of affairs, referred to in section 4 (d), shall be deemed a "reorganization". (Apr. 3, 1939, title I, part 1, sec. 7, 53 Stat. 563; 5 U. S. C., sec. 133f.)

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