exchange of notes of Nov. 30 and Dec. 3, 1966, between the U.S. and Mexico. Terminated Nov. 5, 1969.

U.S.-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico Established by act of Feb. 20, 1964 (78 Stat. 17). Terminated by terms of act.

U.S. Railroad Administration See Director
General of Railroads

U.S. Railway Association Established by act of Jan. 2, 1974 (87 Stat. 985). Terminated Apr. 1, 1987, by act of Oct. 21, 1986 (100 Stat. 1906).

U.S. Regulatory Council Disbanded by Vice Presidential memorandum of Mar. 25, 1981. Certain functions continued in Regulatory Information Service Center.

U.S. Science Exhibit-Century 21 Exposition Established Jan. 20, 1960, by Commerce Department Order 167. Abolished by revocation of order June 5, 1963.

U.S. Shipping Board Established by act of Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 729). Abolished by EO 6166 of June 10, 1933, and functions, including those in respect to U.S. Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation, transferred to U.S. Shipping Board Bureau, Commerce Department, effective Mar. 2, 1934. Separation of employees deferred until Sept. 30, 1933, by EO 6245 of Aug. 9, 1933. Functions assumed by U.S. Maritime Commission Oct. 26, 1936, pursuant to act of June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1985).

U.S. Shipping Board Bureau See U.S. Shipping Board

U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Established Apr. 16, 1917, under authority of act of Sept. 7, 1916 (39 Stat. 729). Renamed U.S. Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation by act of Feb. 11, 1927 (44 Stat. 1083). Terminated Oct. 26, 1936, under provisions of act of June 29, 1936 (49 Stat. 1985), and functions transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission.

U.S. Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation See U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation

U.S. Study Commission on the Neches, Trinity, Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe, San Antonio, Nueces, and San Jacinto River Basins and Intervening Areas Established by act of Aug. 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 1058). Terminated June 30, 1962. U.S. Study Commission on the Savannah, Altamaha, Saint Marys, ApalachicolaChattahoochee, and Perdido-Escambia River Basins and Intervening Areas Established by act of Aug. 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 1090). Terminated Dec. 23, 1962.

U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation Established by act of June 30, 1980 (94 Stat. 636). Terminated Apr. 18, 1986, by act of Dec. 19, 1985 (99 Stat. 1249), and functions transferred to Treasury Secretary.

U.S. Tariff Commission Renamed U.S.
International Trade Commission by act of Jan. 3,

1975 (88 Stat. 2009).

U.S. Training and Employment Service
Established in Manpower Administration, Labor
Department, Mar. 17, 1969. Abolished by
Secretary's letter of Dec. 6, 1971, and functions
assigned to Office of Employment Development
Programs and U.S. Employment Service.

U.S. Travel Service Replaced by U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, Commerce Department, pursuant to act of Oct. 16, 1981 (95 Stat. 1014).

Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission
Established by EO 11659 of Mar. 22, 1972.
Terminated by EO 12319 of Sept. 9, 1981.

Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Established by act of July 9, 1964 (78 Stat. 302).
Most functions transferred to Transportation
Department by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1968, effective
June 30, 1968, and joint responsibility assigned to
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development
Departments for functions relating to research,
technical studies, and training. Transportation and
Housing and Urban Development Under Secretaries
agreed in November 1969 that Transportation
Department should be focal point for urban mass
transportation grant administration.

Virgin Islands Public works programs under act of Dec. 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 827), transferred from General Services Administrator to Interior Secretary by Reorg. Plan No. 15 of 1950, effective May 24, 1950.

Virgin Islands Company Established in 1934. Reincorporated as Government corporation by act of June 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 350). Program terminated June 30, 1965, and Corporation dissolved July 1, 1966.

Virgin Islands Corporation See Virgin Islands
Company

Vocational Rehabilitation Administration Made
component of newly created Social and
Rehabilitation Service as Rehabilitation Services
Administration by Health, Education, and Welfare
Department reorganization Aug. 15, 1967.

Volunteers in Service to America Established by act of Nov. 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 1472). Service administered by Office of Economic Opportunity and functions transferred to ACTION by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1971, effective July 1, 1971.

Wage Adjustment Board Established May 29, 1942, by Labor Secretary at Presidential direction of May 14, 1942, to accomplish purpose of act of Mar. 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1494), as amended by acts of Aug. 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1011), and Jan. 30, 1942 (56 Stat. 23). Disbanded on termination of National Wage Stabilization Board.

Wage and Price Stability Program See Council on Wage and Price Stability

Wage Stabilization Board Established by EO 10161 of Sept. 9, 1950. Reconstituted by EO 10377 of July 25, 1952. Terminated Apr. 30, 1953, by EO 10434 of Feb. 6, 1953, and acts of June 30, 1952 (66 Stat. 296), and June 30, 1953 (67 Stat. 131).

Wallops Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA Formerly separate field installation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Made component of Goddard Space Flight Center by NASA Management Instruction 1107.10A of Sept. 3, 1981.

War Assets Administration Established in Office for Emergency Management by EO 9689 of Jan. 31, 1946. Functions transferred to Surplus Property Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, effective July 1, 1947, and agency renamed War Assets Administration. Abolished by act of June 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 738), and functions transferred for liquidation to General Services Administration.

War Assets Corporation See Petroleum Reserves Corporation

War Claims Commission Established by act of July 3, 1948 (62 Stat. 1240). Abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1954, effective July 1, 1954, and functions transferred to Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the U.S.

War Commodities Division Established in Office of Foreign Economic Coordination by State Departmental Order of Aug. 27, 1943. Office

abolished by Departmental Order of Nov. 6, 1943, pursuant to EO 9380 of Sept. 25, 1943, which established Foreign Economic Administration in Office for Emergency Management.

War Contracts Price Adjustment Board Established by act of Feb. 25, 1944 (58 Stat. 85). Abolished by act of Mar. 23, 1951 (65 Stat. 7), and functions transferred to Renegotiation Board, established by same act, and General Services Administrator.

War Damage Corporation See War Insurance
Corporation

War Department Established by act of Aug. 7,
1789 (1 Stat. 49), succeeding similar department
established prior to adoption of the Constitution.
Three military departments-Army; Navy, including
naval aviation and U.S. Marine Corps; and Air
Force-reorganized under National Military
Establishment by act of July 26, 1947 (61 Stat. 495).

War Finance Corporation Established by act of Apr. 5, 1918 (40 Stat. 506). Functions and obligations transferred by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, effective July 1, 1939, to Treasury Secretary for liquidation not later than Dec. 31, 1939.

War Food Administration See Administration of Food Production and Distribution

War Insurance Corporation Established Dec. 13, 1941, by act of June 10, 1941 (55 Stat. 249). Charter filed Mar. 31, 1942. Renamed War Damage Corporation by act of Mar. 27, 1942 (56 Stat. 175). Transferred from Federal Loan Agency to Commerce Department by EO 9071 of Feb. 24, 1942. Returned to Federal Loan Agency by act of Feb. 24, 1945 (59 Stat. 5). Agency abolished by act of June 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 202), and functions assumed by Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Powers of War Damage Corporation, except for purposes of liquidation, terminated as of Jan. 22, 1947.

War Manpower Commission Established in Office for Emergency Management by EO 9139 of Apr. 18, 1942. Terminated by EO 9617 of Sept. 19, 1945, and functions, except Procurement and Assignment Service, transferred to Labor Department.

War Production Board Established in Office for Emergency Management by EO 9024 of Jan. 16, 1942. Board terminated and successor agency, Civilian Production Administration, established by EO 9638 of Oct. 4, 1945.

War Refugee Board Established in Executive
Office of the President by EO 9417 of Jan. 22, 1944.
Terminated by EO 9614 of Sept. 14, 1945.

War Relocation Authority Established in Office for Emergency Management by EO 9102 of Mar. 18, 1942. Transferred to Interior Department by EO 9423 of Feb. 16, 1944. Terminated by EO 9742 of June 25, 1946.

War Resources Board Established in August 1939 as advisory committee to work with Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board. Terminated by President

Weather Bureau Established in Agriculture

Department by act of Oct. 1, 1890 (26 Stat. 653). Transferred to Commerce Department by Reorg. Plan No. IV of 1940, effective June 30, 1940. Functions transferred to Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, effective July 13, 1965.

Welfare Administration Established by Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary's reorganization of Jan. 28, 1963. Components consisted of Bureau of Family Services, Children's Bureau, Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development, and Cuban Refugee Staff. These functions reassigned to Social and Rehabilitation Service by Department reorganization Aug. 15, 1967.

White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals Established by act of Dec. 7, 1974 (88 Stat. 1617). Terminated Dec. 30, 1977, pursuant to terms of act.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Established by act of May 14, 1942 (56 Stat. 278), repealed in part and superseded by act of July 1, 1943 (57 Stat. 371), which established Women's Army Corps. Corps abolished by Defense Secretary Apr. 24, 1978, pursuant to provisions of 10 U.S.C. 125A.

Women's Business Enterprise Division Renamed Office of Women's Business Enterprise by Small Business Administrator's reorganization, effective Aug. 19, 1981. Renamed Office of Women's Business Ownership Aug. 19, 1982.

Women's Reserve Established in U.S. Coast Guard by act of Nov. 23, 1942 (56 Stat. 1020). Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission Established by act of Oct. 4, 1961 (75 Stat. 783). Terminated on submittal of final report to President and Congress Sept. 29, 1966.

Wool Textile Work Assignment Board Established by EO 6877 of Oct. 16, 1934. Terminated June 15, 1935.

Work Projects Administration See Works
Progress Administration

Works Progress Administration Established by EO 7034 of May 6, 1935, and continued by subsequent yearly emergency relief appropriation acts. Renamed Work Projects Administration by Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, effective July 1, 1939, which provided for consolidation of Works Progress Administration into Federal Works Agency. Transferred by President to Federal Works Administrator Dec. 4, 1942.