75TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3d Session

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REPORT No. 2031

CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

MARCH 29, 1938.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. O'CONNOR of New York, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. J. Res. 277)

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration Senate Joint Resolution 277, report the same to the House, with the recommendation that the resolution do pass with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 3, after the word "That" insert the words "for the purpose of obtaining information as a basis for legislation".

Page 2, line 4, after the word "including" strike out the colon and insert "the following, but not excluding any other matters pertaining to the administration and policies;".

Page 2, line 8, strike out the figure "(2)".

Page 2, line 10, strike out the period and the word "Also" and insert the words "and also".

Page 3, line 3, strike out the comma after the word "what" and insert a comma after the word "so".

Page 3, line 14, strike out the word "Any" and insert the words. "Whether any", and after the word "loss" insert the words "has been caused."

Page 3, line 15, strike out the word "caused".

Page 3, line 23, strike out the word "Any" and insert the word "What", and after the word "activities" insert the words "there have been".

Page 4, line 6, strike out the word "Any" and insert the word "What", and after the comma following the word "any" insert the words "have been".

Page 4, line 7, strike out the word "affecting" and insert the words "to affect".

Page 4, line 11, strike out the words "The facts as to whether" and insert "Whether".

Page 6, line 19, after the word "practicable" insert the words "but not later than January 3, 1939".

Page 6, line 21, after the period insert a new sentence:

If Congress shall not be in session at the time such report shall be made, the report shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Page 6, line 25, strike out the period and insert "and during recesses and adjournments of Congress, or either House."

Page 7, line 16, after the period insert a new sentence:

The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes (relating to examination and testimony of witnesses) shall apply with respect to any person who is summoned as a witness under authority of this joint resolution.

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MARCH 30, 1938.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. COCHRAN, from the Select Committee on Government Organization, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 3331]

The Select Committee on Government Organization, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3331) to provide for reorganizing agencies of the Government, extending the classified civil service, establishing a General Auditing Office and a Department of Welfare, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report it back to the House with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

The committee amendment strikes out all of the Senate bill after the enacting clause and inserts in lieu thereof a substitute which reads as follows:

This Act may be cited as the "Reorganization Act of 1938."

TITLE I-REORGANIZATION

PART I-POWER OF THE PRESIDENT

SECTION 1. (a) Title IV of part II of the Legislative Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1933, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 5, secs. 124-132), is hereby reenacted and is amended in the following respects:

(1) Section 401, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 5, sec. 124), is amended by striking out the first paragraph and the words "Accordingly, the " in the second paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the word "The";

(2) Section 402, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 5, sec. 125), is amended by inserting after the word "establishment," the words "corporation owned or controlled by the United States," and by changing the period at the end of the section to a comma and inserting thereafter the following: "but shall not include except as to the function of preparing estimates of appropriations, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Power Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Bituminous Coal Commission, the United States Maritime Commission, the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, the Coast Guard, the General Accounting Office, and the United States Tariff Commission.";

(3) Section 409, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 5, sec. 132), is stricken out.

(b) No Executive order issued by the President under the authority of subsection (a) of this section shall become effective unless transmitted to the Congress within two years from the date of the enactment of this Act.

PART 2-BUDGETARY CONTROL

SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 31, sec. 2), is amended by inserting after the word "including" the words "any independent regulatory commission or board and".

PART 3-THE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE

SEC. 3. There shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Welfare, and a Secretary of Welfare, who shall be the head thereof, and shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and have a tenure of office like that of the heads of the other executive departments. Section 158 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 5, sec. 1), is amended to include such Department and the provisions of title IV of the Revised Statutes, including all Acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, shall be applicable to such Department.

SEC. 4. There shall be in the Department of Welfare an Under Secretary of Welfare and two Assistant Secretaries of Welfare who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and a Solicitor, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Welfare, and all of whom shall exercise such functions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Welfare or required by law.

SEC. 5. The Secretary of Welfare shall promote the public health, safety, and sanitation; the protection of the consumer; the cause of education; the relief of unemployment and of the hardship and suffering caused thereby; the relief of the needy and distressed; the assistance and benefits of the aged and the relief and vocational rehabilitation of the physically disabled; and in general shall coordinate and promote public health, education, and welfare activities.

SEC. 6. The Secretary of Welfare shall cause a seal of office to be made for his Department, of such device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken of such seal.

SEC. 7. The Secretary of Welfare shall annually, at the close of each fiscal year, make a report in writing to the Congress, giving an account of all money received and expended by him and his Department and describing the work done by the Department. He shall also from time to time make such special investigations and reports as he may be required to make by the President, or by the Congress, or as he himself may deem necessary.

PART 4-GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 8. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such suins as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Title.

TITLE II-ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS

SEC. 201. The President is authorized to appoint not to exceed six administrative assistants and to fix the compensation of each at the rate of not more than $10,000 per annum. Each such administrative assistant shall perform such duties as the President may prescribe.

TITLE III-ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING

SEC. 301. The first sentence of section 301 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, hereinafter referred to as the "Act" (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 31, sec. 41), is amended to read as follows:

"There is created an establishment of the Government to be known as the General Accounting Office, at the head of which shall be a Comptroller General of the United States."

SEC. 302. Section 302 of the Act (U. S. C., 1934 edition, 31, sec. 42), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 302. There shall be in the General Accounting Office a Comptroller General of the United States, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive a salary of $10,000