72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 314. JUNE 30, 1932.
SEC. 403. For the purpose of carrying out the policy of Congress as declared in section 401 of this title, the President is authorized by Executive order-
(1) To transfer the whole or any part of any independent executive agency, and/or the functions thereof, to the jurisdiction and control of an executive department or another independent executive agency;
(2) to transfer the whole or any part of any executive agency and/or the functions thereof, from the jurisdiction and control one executive department to the jurisdiction and control of another executive department; or
(3) To consolidate or redistribute the functions vested in any executive department or in the executive agencies included in any executive department; and
(4) To designate and fix the name and functions of any consolidated activity or executive agency and the title, powers and duties of its executive head.
SEC. 404. The President's order directing any transfer or consolidation under the provisions of this title shall also designate the records, property (including office equipment), personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations to be transferred.
SEC. 405. (a) All orders, rules, regulations, permits or other privileges made, issued, or granted by or in respect of any executive agency or function transferred or consolidated with any other executive agency or function under the provisions of this title , and in effect at the time of the transfer or consolidation, shall continue in effect to the same extent as if such transfer or consolidation had not occurred, until modified, superseded, or repealed.
(b) No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of any department or executive agency or other officer of the United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate by reason of any transfer of authority, powers, and duties from one officer or executive agency of the Government to another under the provisions of this title, but the court, on motion or supplemental petition filed at any time within twelve months after such transfer takes effect, showing a necessity for a survival of such suit, action, or other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved, may allow the same to be maintained by or against the head of the department or executive agency or other officer of the United States to whom the authority, powers, and duties are transferred.
(c) All laws relating to any executive agency or function transferred or consolidated with any other executive agency or function under the provisions of this title, shall, in so far as such laws are not inapplicable, remain in full force and effect, and shall be administered by the head of the executive agency to which the transfer is made or with which the consolidation is effected.
Sec. 406. Whenever, in carrying out the provisions of this title, the President concludes that any executive department or agency created by statute should be abolished and the functions thereof transferred to another executive department or agency or eliminated entirely the authority granted in this title shall not apply, and he shall report his conclusions to Congress, with such recommendations as he may deem proper.
SEC. 407. Whenever the President makes an Executive order under the provisions of this title, such Executive order shall be transmitted to the Congress while in session and shall not become effective until after the expiration of sixty calendar days after such transmission, unless Congress shall sooner approve of such Executive order or orders by concurrent resolution, in which case said order or orders shall become effective as of the date of the adoption of the resolution:
Provided, That if Congress shall adjourn before the expiration of sixty calendar days from the date of such transmission such Executive order shall not become effective until after the expiration of sixty calendar days from the opening day of the next succeeding regular or special session: Provided further, That if either branch of Congress within such sixty calendar days shall pass a resolution disapproving of such Executive order, or any part thereof, such Executive order shall become null and void to the extent of such disapproval: Provided further, That in order to expedite the merging of certain activities, the President is authorized and requested to proceed, without the application of this section, with setting up consolidations of the following governmental activities: Public Health (except that the provisions hereof shall not apply to hospitals now under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration), Personnel Administration, Education (except the Board of Vocational Education shall not be abolished), and Mexican Water and Boundary Commission, and to merge such activities, except those of a purely military nature, of the War and Navy Departments as, in his judgment, may be common to both and where the consolidation thereof in either one of the departments will effect economies in Federal expenditures, except that this section shall not apply to the United States Employees' Compensation Commission.
SEC. 408. The President shall report specially to Congress at the beginning of each regular session any action taken under the provisions of this title, with the reasons therefor.
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