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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 314. JUNE 30, 1932. 413 TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF FE ES OF JURORS AND WITNESSES SEC. 323. During the fiscal year 1933- y (a) the per diem fee authorized to be paid to jurors under section 2 of the Act of April 26, 1926 (44 Stat . 323), shall be $3 instead of $4; (b) the per diem fee authorized to be paid to witnesses under section 3 of the Act of April 26, 1926 (44 Stat . 323), shall be $1 .50 instead of $2, and the proviso of said section 3, relative to per diem for expenses of subsistence, shall be suspended. TITLE IV-REORGANIZATION of ExEcUTivE DEPARTMENTS DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 401 . In order to further reduce - expenditures and increase efficiency in government it is declared to be the policy of Congress- (a) To group, coordinate, and consolidate executive and adminis- trative agencies of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purpose ; (b) To reduce the number of such agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head c) To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort ; and (d) To segregate regulatory agencies and functions from those of an administrative and executive character . DEFI NITI ONS SEC. 402. When used in this title- (1) The term "executive agency" means any commission, board, bureau, division, service, or office in the executive branch of the Government, but does not include the executive departments men- tioned in title 5, section 1, United States Code . (2) The term " independent executive agency " means any execu- tive agency not under the jurisdiction or control of any executive department . POWER OF PRESIDENT Jurors and witnesses . Per diem fees re- duced . Jurors . Vol . 44,1, .323. Witnesses . Subsistence provision susp ende d . Reor gani zati on of ex . ecutive departments . Policy declared. Purposes. Post, p. 1517. Definitions . " Executive agency ." Exe cuti ve d epar t- ments excluded. U.S.C.p.28. " Independent execu- tive agency . " Power of President. SEC. 403. For the purpose of carrying out the policy of Congress Transfers and con- sol idat ions by Execu- as declared in section 401 of this title ; the President is authorized tive order. by Executive order- Post, p, 1518. (1) To transfer the whole or any part of any independent execu- tive agency, and/or the functions thereof, to the jurisdiction and control of an executive department or another independent executive agency ; (2) To transfer the whole or any part of any executive agency and/or the functions thereof, from the jurisdiction and control ol one executive department to the jurisdiction and control of another executive department ; or (3) To consolidate or redistribute the functions vested in any executive department or in the executive agencies included in any executive department ; and (4) To designate and fix the name and functions of any consoli- dated activity or executive agency and the title, powers and duties of its executive head. SEc. 404. The Pres iden t's orde r di rect ing any tran sfer or con- solidation under the provisions of this title shall also designate the records, property (including office equihmei~t), Iitinoiiuel, and unex- pended balances of appropriations to be transferred.