conditions and limitations prescribed by law. There shall also be transferred to the General Services Administration such records, property, personnel, obligations, commitments, and unexpended balances (available or to be made available) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Treasury Department as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the functions transferred by the provisions of this subsection.

(c) Any other provision of this section notwithstanding, there may be retained in the Department of the Treasury any function referred to in subsection (a) of this section which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall, within ten days after the effective date of this Act, determine to be essential to the orderly administration of the affairs of the agencies of such Department, other than the Bureau of Federal Supply, together with such records, property, personnel, obligations, commitments, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, available or to be made available, of said Department, as said Director shall determine.

ANALYSIS

Section 102. Transfer of the Bureau of Federal Supply and contract-settlement functions to the General Services Administration (Sec. 102, 63 Stat. 380, as amended by sec. 6 (a), 64 Stat. 583; 5 U. S. C. 630a)

(a) Transfer of the Bureau of Federal Supply.-This subsection provides for transferring to the General Services Administration the functions, records, and personnel of the Bureau of Federal Supply, in the Department of the Treas ury, and for vesting in the Administrator of General Services the functions of Treasury personnel relating to the Bureau of Federal Supply. It also provides for abolishing the Bureau of Federal Supply, thereby permitting the Administrator of General Services to establish such organization as he deems necessary, which he has done by establishing the Federal Supply Service. The Bureau of Federal Supply had been in the Department of the Treasury since 1933 and exercised central procurement functions for the executive branch of the Government. Its functions were not essentially related to the primary fiscal and tax functions of the Department of the Treasury, so that the Bureau could readily be severed from that Department without impairment of the Department's efficiency. In the General Services Administration the Federal Supply Service supplements the property-service functions of that agency and facilitates more economical property management in the Government. The functions of the Bureau of Federal Supply are transferred to the Administrator, and records, property, personnel, obligations, and commitments are transferred to the Administration. This framework is in accordance with the recommendations of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. Functions of the Secretary of the Treasury, referred to in clause (4), include all functions vested in him by law but performed by the Bureau for him under appropriate delegation: for example, stockpiling under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (53 Stat. 811, as amended) and functions of over-all supervision and review of the performance of Bureau functions incidental to his position as head of the Department. Functions under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act have been assigned to the Defense Materials Service established by the Administrator of General Services as an organizational element of the General Services Administration. (The reference in sec. 102 (a) to title VI of the Act was to title V in the Act as originally enacted; sec. 6 (a) of Public Law 754 redesignated title V as title VI, and provided that "title V" wherever it appeared in the Act, as originally enacted, was amended to read "title VI”.) (See Sec. 201 for transportation and public utility responsibilities assigned to the Transportation and Public Utilities Service.)

(b) Transfer of contract-settlement functions.-This subsection provides for transfer to the Administrator of General Services of the functions, transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1947, of the Director of Contract Settlement and the Office of Contracts Settlement created by the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 649; 41 U. S. C. 101-125). These functions relate to the establishment of uniform policies and procedures for the settlement of terminated war contracts by Government contracting agencies and, because of the almost complete liquidation of the contract-termination program, are now routine and insignificant. Such little work as had been recently required in connection with this program was carried on in the Treasury primarily by the Bureau of Federal Supply. This subsection likewise transfers from the Treasury to the General Services Administration the Appeal Board and the Contract Settlement Advisory Board also created by the Contract Settlement Act of 1944. This transfer is for housekeeping purposes only. The Secretary of the Treasury did not, nor does the Administrator of General Services, review decisions of the Appeal Board which performs its functions under conditions and limitations prescribed by law. It should be noted that, by Public Law 537 of the 82d Congress, approved July 14, 1952 (66 Stat. 627), "An Act To amend the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 and to abolish the Appeal Board of the Office of Contract Settlement", the Appeal Board established under section 13 (d) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 was abolished. Public Law 537 provided, however, that such abolition was not to become effective until six months after enactment of the Act or such later date, nor more than nine months after the enactment of the Act, as might be fixed, subject to certain limitations as specified in the Act, by written order of the Director of Contract Settlement published in the Federal Register.

(c) Functions retained in the Treasury.-This subsection permits the Bureau of the Budget to retain in the Treasury Department certain minor functions of the Bureau of Federal Supply, for example, as to printing, which properly pertain to the Treasury Department.

TRANSFER OF AFFAIRS OF THE FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY

SEC. 103. (a) All functions of the Federal Works Agency and of all agencies thereof, together with all functions of the Federal Works Administrator, of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and of the Commissioner of Public Roads, are hereby transferred to the Administrator of General Services. There are hereby transferred to the General Services Administration the Public Roads Administration, which shall hereafter be known as the Bureau of Public Roads, and all records, property, personnel, obligations, and commitments of the Federal Works Agency, including those of all agencies of the Federal Works Agency.

(b) There are hereby abolished the Federal Works Agency, the Public Buildings Administration, the office of Federal Works Administrator, the office of Commissioner of Public Buildings, and the office of Assistant Federal Works Administrator.

ANALYSIS

Section 103. Transfer of affairs of the Federal Works Agency (Sec. 103, 63 Stat. 380; 5 U. S. C. 630b)

(a) Transfer of constituents and functions of the Federal Works Agency.This subsection transfers to the General Services Administration the functions, records, and personnel of (1) the Public Buildings Administration and (2) the Public Roads Administration (to be known as the Bureau of Public Roads), and all other functions, records, and personnel of (3) the Federal Works Agency. The functions of the Federal Works Administrator, the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and the Commissioner of Public Roads are transferred to the Administrator of General Services, so that there thus is conformance to the strong recommendation of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the

Government for an integrated organization with all statutory authority and responsibility vested in the head of the organization.

[NOTE: The Bureau of Public Roads, together with its functions, personnel, and funds and the functions of the Commissioner of Public Roads, was transferred to the Department of Commerce by Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1949, effective Aug. 20, 1949 (63 Stat. 1070; 5 U. S. C. 133z-15, note).]

Various functions received by the General Services Administration from the Federal Works Agency pursuant to sec. 103 (a), and carried out by the Bureau of Community Facilities, a constituent agency of the Federal Works Agency, were transferred from the General Services Administration by Reorganization Plans Nos. 15, 16, and 17 of 1950, all effective May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 1267, 1268, 1269; 5 U. S. C., 133z-15, note), to the Department of the Interior, the Federal Security Agency, and the Housing and Home Finance Agency, respectively.

(b) Abolition of Federal Works Agency.-This subsection abolishes the Federal Works Agency, Public Buildings Administration, Office of the Federal Works Administrator, Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and the Office of the Assistant Federal Works Administrator. The Administrator of General Services has established the Public Buildings Service to succeed the Public Buildings Administration.

RECORDS MANAGEMENT: TRANSFER OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

SEC. 104. (a) The National Archives Establishment and its functions, records, property, personnel, obligations, and commitments are hereby transferred to the General Services Administration. There are transferred to the Administrator (1) the functions of the Archivist of the United States, except that the Archivist shall continue to be a member or chairman, as the case may be, of the bodies referred to in subsection (b) of this section, and (2) the functions of the Director of the Division of the Federal Register of the National Archives Establishment. The Archivist of the United States shall hereafter be appointed by the Administrator.

(b) There are also transferred to the General Services Administration the following bodies, together with their respective functions and such funds as are derived from Federal sources: (1) The National Archives Council and the National Historical Publications Commission, established by the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122), (2) the National Archives Trust Fund Board, established by the Act of July 9, 1941 (55 Stat. 581), (3) the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, established by the Joint Resolution of July 18, 1939 (53 Stat. 1062), and (4) the Administrative Committee established by section 6 of the Act of July 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 501), which shall hereafter be known as the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register. The authority of the Administrator under section 106 hereof shall not extend to the bodies or functions affected by this subsection.

(c) The Administrator is authorized (1) to make surveys of Government records and records management and disposal practices and obtain reports thereon from Federal agencies; (2) to promote, in cooperation with the executive agencies, improved records management practices and controls in such agencies, including the central storage or disposition of records not needed by such agencies for their current use; and (3) to report to the Congress and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget from time to time the results of such activities.

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ANALYSIS

Section 104. Records management: Transfer of the National Archives (Sec. 104, 63 Stat. 381; 44 U. S. C. 391)

(a) Transfer of the National Archives Establishment.-This subsection transfers to the General Services Administration the functions, records, and personnel of the National Archives Establishment, and to the Administrator of General Services the functions of the Archivist of the United States (except his membership in the bodies specified in subsection (b)), and of the Director of the Division of the Federal Register. The Archivist is to be appointed by the Administrator. The National Archives Establishment, provided for in the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122) which is cited in subsection (b) and which was repealed by section 7 (d) of Public Law 754, has been succeeded by the National Archives and Records Service established by the Administrator.

(b) Transfer of National Archives Council and other bodies.-This subsection transfers to the General Services Administration the National Archives Council, the National Historical Publications Commission, the National Archives Trust Fund Board, the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, and the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, and provides that the authority of the Administrator under section 106 shall not extend to those bodies or their functions. The National Archives Council ceased to exist by virtue of section 7 (d) of Public Law 754, which repealed the Act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1122) cited in text. Section 504 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, which was introduced into the Act as part of title V by section 6 of Public Law 754, provided for the establishment by the Administrator of a new Federal Records Council. The former National Historical Publications Commission was reconstituted by section 503 (a) of the Act, which was introduced therein as part of title V by section 6 of Public Law 754.

(c) Surveys of Government records.—This subsection authorizes the Administrator to make surveys of Government records, records management, and disposal practices, and obtain reports on records and disposal procedures from Federal agencies. The Administrator is authorized to promote improvements in records management, storage, and disposition of records and to report to Congress and to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget the result of such activities. This subsection is to be read in the light of title V of the Act introduced therein by section 6 of Public Law 754 and headed "Federal Records".

TRANSFER FOR I IQUIDATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE WAR ASSETS
ADMINISTRATION

Sre. 103. The functions, records, property, personnel, obligations, and commitments of the War Assets Administration are hereby transferred to the General Services Administration. The functions of the War Assets Administrator are hereby transferred to the Administrator of General Servias The War Assets Administration, the office of De War Assets Administrator, and the ofle of Associate War Assets Adminstrator am temby sbolistal. Personnel now holding appointmanus granad under the word entere of section 3. b of the Surplus Property Act of lies, as amen fed may be continned in such posiPlas LOW OF Mg le for math time as the

the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and their appointment to similar positions.

The retention in employment and the status of other personnel transferred from War Assets Administration to the General Services Administration are to be governed by applicable provisions of existing law.

REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONS

SEC. 106. The Administrator is hereby authorized, in his discretion, in order to provide for the effective accomplishment of the functions transferred to or vested in him by this Act, and from time to time, to regroup, transfer, and distribute any such functions within the General Services Administration. The Administrator is hereby authorized to transfer the funds necessary to accomplish said functions and report such transfers of funds to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.

ANALYSIS

Section 106. Redistribution of functions (Sec. 106, 63 Stat. 381; 5 U. S. C. 630d) Under this section the Administrator of General Services, in order effectively to perform the functions vested in him under the terms of this Act, is authorized to regroup and distribute within the Administration functions transferred to or vested in him by this Act, to make appropriate transfers of funds in connection therewith, and to report such transfers of funds to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.

Such reporting is necessary in order to assure that funds are expended for the purpose for which they were appropriated, but it is not intended to give the Director of the Bureau of the Budget veto power over the Administrator so far as the organization of the Administration is concerned. The authority in this field should not be divided.

TRANSFER OF FUNDS

SEC. 107. (a) All unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds available or to be made available, for the use of the Bureau of Federal Supply, the War Assets Administration, the Federal Works Agency, and the National Archives Establishment, and so much of the other unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the Department of the Treasury, available or to be made available, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to functions transferred to or vested in the Administrator by the provisions of this Act, shall be transferred to the General Services Administration for use in connection with the functions to which such balances relate, respectively.

(b) When other functions are transferred to the General Services Administration from any Federal agency, under section 201 (a) (2) or (3), or otherwise under this Act, there shall be transferred such records, property, personnel, appropriations, allocations, and other funds of such agency to the General Services Administration as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the functions so transferred.