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REORGANIZATION PLANS OF 1953

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(b) So much of the functions of the Secretary of Defense under section. 202(b) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, as consists of direction, authority, and control over functions transferred by this reorganization plan is hereby abolished. (c) Any functions which were vested in the Army and Navy Munitions Board or which are vested in. the Munitions Board with respect to serving as agent through which the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Interior jointly act, under section 2(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended, are hereby abolished. SEC. 6. Abolition of National Security Resources Board.—The National Security Resources Board (established by the National Security Act of 1947, 61 Stat. 499), including the offices of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, is hereby abolished, and the Director shall provide for winding up any outstanding affairs of the said Board or offices not otherwise provided for in this reorganization plan.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 4 OF 1953 Transmitted Apr. Prepared by the President and t r a n s m i t t e d to the Senate and the House of Effective June 20 Representatives in Congress assembled, April 20, 1953, pursuant to the pro1963. ' visions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended. 63 Stat. 203. 5 USC 133z note.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

1. Acting Attorney General.—(a) The function with respect to exercising the duties of the office of Attorney General vested in the Solicitor General by Section 347, Revised Statutes, as amended (5 U.S.C. 293), is hereby transferred to the Deputy Attorney General, and for the purposes of Section 177, Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 4), the Deputy Attorney General shall be deemed to be the first assistant of the Department of Justice. (b) During any period of time when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, neither the Attorney General nor the Deputy Attorney General is available to exercise the duties of the office of Attorney General, the Assistant Attorneys General and the Solicitor General, in such order of succession as the Attorney General may from time to time prescribe, shall act as Attorney General. SEC. 2. Assistant Attorney General.—There shall be in the Department of Justice an additional Assistant Attorney General who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for other Assistant Attorneys General, and who shall assist the Attorney General in the performance of his duties. The office of Assistant Attorney General in charge of customs matters created by section 30 of the act of June 10, 1890, as amended (36 Stat. 108, 5 U.S.C. 296), is hereby abolished. SECTION

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