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PUBLIC LAW 89.554-SEPT. 6, 1966

agency or part does not have, or on the taking effect of the reorganization plan will not have, any functions; is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes of section 901(a) of this title, he shall prepare a reorganization plan for the making of the reorganizations as to which he has made findings and which he includes in the plan, and transmit the plan (bearing an identification number) to Congress, together with a declaration that, with respect to each reorganization included in the plan, he has found that the reorganization is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes of section 901(a) of this title. (b) The President shall have a reorganization plan delivered to both Houses on the same day and to each House while it is in session. I n his message transmitting a reorganization plan, the President shall specify with respect to each abolition of a function included in the plan the statutory authority for the exercise of the function and the reduction of expenditures (itemized so far as practicable) that it is probable will be brought about by the taking effect of the reorganizations included in the plan. § 904. Additional contents of reorganization plans A reorganization plan transmitted by the President under section 903 of this title— (1) may change, in such cases as the President considers necessary, the name of an agency affected by a reorganization and the title of its head; and shall designate the name of an agency resulting from a reorganization and the title of its head; (2) may provide for the appointment and pay of the head and one or more officers of an agency (including an agency resulting from a consolidation or other type of reorganization) if the President finds, and in his message transmitting the plan declares, that by reason of a reorganization made by the plan the provisions are necessarj. The head so provided may be an individual or may be a commission or board with more than one member. I n case of such an appointment, the term of office may not be fixed at move than 4 years, the pay may not be at a rate in excess of that found by the President to be applicable to comparable officers in the executive branch, and, if the appointment is not to a position in the competitive service, it shall be by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, except that, in the case of an officer of the government of the District of Columbia, it may be by the Board of Commissioners or other body or officer of that government designated in the plan; (3) shall provide for the transfer or other disposition of the records, property, and personnel affected by a reorganization; (4) shall provide for the transfer of such unexpended balances of appropriations, and of other funds, available for use in connection with a function or agency affected by a reorganization, as the President considers necessary b j reason of the reorganization for use in connection with the functions affected by the reorganization, or for the use of the agency which shall have the fimctions after the reorganization plan is effective. However, the unexpended balances so transferred may be used only for the purposes for which the appropriation was originally made; and (5) shall provide for terminating the affairs of an agency abolished.

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