Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 67.djvu/674

 638

REORGANIZATION PLANS OF 1953

[67 STAT.

member of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems. The Managing Director shall make such provisions as may be necessary for winding up any outstanding affairs of the said abolished boards and offices not otherwise provided for in this reorganization plan. SEC. 8. Effective date.—Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, of this reorganization plan shall become effective when the Managing Director first appointed hereunder enters upon office pursuant to the provisions of this reorganization plan.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 6 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 ^^fe^flective June 30 Representatives in Congress assembled, April 30, 1953, pursuant to the p r o 1953. ' visions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended. 63 Stat. 203. 5 USC 133z note. DEPARTMENT OP D E F E N S E

1. Transfers of functions.—(a) All functions of the Munitions Board, the Research and Development Board, the Defense Supply Management Agency and the Director of Installations are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Defense. (b) The selection of the Director of the Joint Staff by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his tenure, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense. (c) The selection of the members of the Joint Staff by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and their tenure, shall be subject to the approval of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (d) The functions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to managing the Joint Staff and the Director thereof are hereby transferred to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. SEC. 2. Abolition of agencies and functions.—(a) There are hereby abolished the Munitions Board, the Research and Development Board, and the Defense Supply Management Agency. (b) The offices of Chairman of the Munitions Board, Chairman of the Research and Development Board, Director of the Defense Supply Management Agency, Deputy Director of the Defense Supply Management Agency and Director of Installations are hereby abolished. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall provide for winding up any outstanding affairs of the said abolished agency, boards, and offices, not otherwise provided for in this reorganization plan. (d) The function of guidance to the Munitions Board in connection with Strategic and logistic plans as required by section 213(c) of the JNational Security Act oi 1947, as amended, is hereby abolished. SEC. 3. Assistant Secretaries of Defense.—Six additional Assistant Secretaries of Defense may be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each such Assistant Secretary shall perform such functions as the Secretary of Defense may from time to time prescribe and each shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for assistant secretaries of executive departments. SECTION

61 Stat. 505. fi u s e 171h.

�