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PUBLIC LAW 89-554-SEPT. 6, 1966

[80 STAT.

§ 901. Purpose (a) The President shall from time to time examine the organization of all agencies and shall determine what changes therein are necessary to accomplish the following purposes: (1) to promote the better execution of the laws, the more effective management of the executive branch and of its agencies and functions, and the expeditious administration of the public business; (2) to reduce expenditures and promote economy to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient operation of the Government; (3) to increase the efficiency of the operations of the Government to the fullest extent practicable; (4) to group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes; (5) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies or functions thereof as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the Government; and (6) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort. (b) Congress declares that the public interest demands the carrying out of the purposes of subsection (a) of this section and that the purposes may be accomplished in great measure by proceeding under this chapter, and can be accomplished more speedily thereby than by the enactment of specific legislation. §902. Definitions For the purpose of this chapter— (1) "agency" means— (A) an Executive agency or part thereof; (B) an office or officer m the civil service or uniformed services in or under an Executive agency; and (C) the government of the District of Columbia or part thereof, except the courts; but does not include the General Accounting Office or the Comptroller General of the United States; and (2) "reorganization" means a transfer, consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition, referred to in section 903 of this title. § 903. Reorganization plans (a) When the President, after investigation, finds that— (1) the transfer of the whole or a part of an agency^ or of the whole or a part of the functions thereof, to the jurisdiction and control of another agency; (2) the abolition of all or a part of the functions of an agency; (3) the consolidation or coordination of the whole or a part of an agency, or of the whole or a part of the functions thereof, with the whole or a part of another agency or the functions thereof; (4) the consolidation or coordination of a part of an agency or the functions thereof with another part of the same agency or the functions thereof; (5) the authorization of an officer in the civil service or uniformed services to delegate any of his functions; or (6) the abolition of the whole or a part of an agency which

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