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REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 1971

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(b) Such further measures and dispositions as the Director of Office of Management and Budget shall deem to be necessary in order to effectuate the transfers referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be carried out in such manner as he shall direct and by such agencies as he shall designate. SEC. 5. Interim officers, (a) The President may authorize any person who immediately prior to the effective date of this reorganization plan held a position in the executive branch of the Government to act as Director of Action until the office of Director is for the first time filled pursuant to the provisions of this reorganization plan or by recess appointment, as the case may be. (b) The President may similarly authorize any such person to act as Deputy Director, authorize any such person to act as Associate Director, and authorize any such person to act as the head of any principal constituent organizational entity of Action. (c) The President may authorize any person who serves in an acting capacity under the foregoing provisions of this section to receive the compensation attached to the office in respect of which he so serves. Such compensation, if authorized, shall be in lieu of, but not in addition to, other compensation from the United States to which such person may be entitled. SEC. 6. Effective date. The provisions of this reorganization plan shall take effect as provided by section 906(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, or on July 1, 1971, whichever is later.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: WEEKLY COMPILATION O F PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, VoL 7, No. 13: Mar. 24, P r e s i d e n t i a l m e s s a g e transmitting Plan to C o n g r e s s. HOUSE R E P O R T No. 92-222 accompanying H. R e s. 411 (Comm. on Government Operations). SENATE R E P O R T No. 92-136 accompanying S. R e s. 108 (Comm. on Government Operations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 117 (1971): May 25, considered and approved by House. June 2, 3, considered and approved by Senate.

so Stat. 396.

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