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[CITE: 50USC404]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--COORDINATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
 
Sec. 404. Emergency preparedness


(a) Employment of personnel

    The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, subject to 
the direction of the President, is authorized, subject to the civil-
service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 
to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be 
necessary to assist him in carrying out his functions.

(b) Functions

    It shall be the function of the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to advise the President concerning the coordination of 
military, industrial, and civilian mobilization, including--
        (1) policies concerning industrial and civilian mobilization in 
    order to assure the most effective mobilization and maximum 
    utilization of the Nation's manpower in the event of war;
        (2) programs for the effective use in time of war of the 
    Nation's natural and industrial resources for military and civilian 
    needs, for the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian economy 
    in time of war, and for the adjustment of such economy to war needs 
    and conditions;
        (3) policies for unifying, in time of war, the activities of 
    Federal agencies and departments engaged in or concerned with 
    production, procurement, distribution, or transportation of military 
    or civilian supplies, materials, and products;
        (4) the relationship between potential supplies of, and 
    potential requirements for, manpower, resources, and productive 
    facilities in time of war;
        (5) policies for establishing adequate reserves of strategic and 
    critical material, and for the conservation of these reserves;
        (6) the strategic relocation of industries, services, 
    government, and economic activities, the continuous operation of 
    which is essential to the Nation's security.

(c) Utilization of Government resources and facilities

    In performing his functions, the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall utilize to the maximum extent the facilities and 
resources of the departments and agencies of the Government.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, Sec. 107, formerly Sec. 103, 61 Stat. 
499; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title IX, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972; 1950 
Reorg. Plan No. 25, Sec. 1, eff. July 9, 1950, 15 F.R. 4366, 64 Stat. 
1280; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 2(a), eff. June 12, 1953, 18 F.R. 
3375, 67 Stat. 634; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, Sec. 50, 68 Stat. 1244; 
1958 Reorg. Plan No. 1, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 1958, 23 F.R. 4991, 72 
Stat. 1799; Pub. L. 90-608, ch. IV, Sec. 402, Oct. 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 
1194; Ex. Ord. No. 11725, Sec. 3, eff. June 29, 1973, 38 F.R. 17175; Ex. 
Ord. No. 12148, Secs. 1-103, 4-102, July 20, 1979, 44 F.R. 43239; 
renumbered Sec. 107, Pub. L. 102-496, title VII, Sec. 705(a)(2), Oct. 
24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3190.)

                       References in Text

    The civil-service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (a), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 
title 5'' substituted for ``the Classification Act of 1949'' on 
authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the 
first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.


                               Amendments

    1954--Act Sept. 3, 1954, struck out subsec. (a) relating to 
establishment of National Security Resources Board, and redesignated 
subsecs. (b) to (d) as subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively.
    1949--Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification 
Act of 1949'' for ``Classification Act of 1923''.


                                 Repeals

    Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was 
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency'' substituted 
for ``Chairman of the Board'' in subsec. (a), and for ``Board'' in 
subsecs. (b) and (c), on authority of the following:
    ``Chairman of the Board'', meaning Chairman of National Security 
Resources Board, substituted in subsecs. (b) and (c) for ``Board'', 
meaning National Security Resources Board, on authority of section 1 of 
Reorg. Plan No. 25 of 1950, set out below.
    ``Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization'' substituted in 
text for ``Chairman of Board'' meaning National Security Resources 
Board, pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1953, Secs. 1(a), 2(a), and 6, 
eff. June 12, 1953, 18 F.R. 3375, 67 Stat. 634, set out below, which 
established Office of Defense Mobilization, as an agency within 
Executive Office of President, abolished National Security Resources 
Board, and transferred to Director of Office of Defense Mobilization 
functions, records, property, personnel, and funds of Board.
    Office of Defense Mobilization and Federal Civil Defense 
Administration consolidated to form Office of Emergency Planning, an 
agency within Executive Office of President, by section 2 of Reorg. Plan 
No. 1 of 1958, eff. July 1, 1958, 23 F.R. 4991, 72 Stat. 1799, as 
amended, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees, and functions vested by law in Office of Defense Mobilization 
and Director thereof transferred to President, with power to delegate, 
by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1958.
    Office of Emergency Planning changed to Office of Emergency 
Preparedness pursuant to section 402 of Pub. L. 90-608, Oct. 21, 1968, 
82 Stat. 1194, which provided that references in laws to Office of 
Emergency Planning after Oct. 21, 1968, should be deemed references to 
Office of Emergency Preparedness.
    Office of Emergency Preparedness, including offices of Director, 
Deputy Director, Assistant Directors, and Regional Directors, abolished 
and functions vested by law in Office of Emergency Preparedness 
transferred to President of United States by sections 1 and 3(a)(1) of 
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1973, eff. July 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 9579, 87 Stat. 
1089, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
    Functions vested in Director of Office of Emergency Preparedness as 
of June 30, 1973, by Executive Order, proclamation, or other directive 
issued by or on behalf of President or otherwise under this section and 
Ex. Ord. No. 10421, formerly set out below, with certain exceptions, 
transferred to Administrator of General Services by Ex. Ord. No. 11725, 
Sec. 3, June 27, 1973, 38 F.R. 17175, formerly set out under section 
2271 of the Appendix to this title, to be exercised in conformance with 
such guidance as provided by National Security Council and, with respect 
to economic and disposal aspects of stockpiling of strategic and 
critical materials by Council on Economic Policy. Functions of 
Administrator of General Services under this chapter performed by 
Federal Preparedness Agency within General Services Administration.
    Functions of Director of Office of Defense Mobilization under this 
section, which were previously transferred to President, delegated to 
Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency by sections 1-103 and 4-
102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12148, July 20, 1979, 44 F.R. 43239, set out as a 
note under section 5195 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

                    Emergency Preparedness Functions

    For assignment of certain emergency preparedness functions to 
Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency, see parts 1, 2, and 17 
of Ex. Ord. No. 12656, Nov. 18, 1988, 53 F.R. 47491, set out as a note 
under section 5195 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.


                      Office of Emergency Planning

    Pub. L. 87-296, Sec. 2, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 630, provided that: 
``Any reference in any other law to the Office of Civil and Defense 
Mobilization shall, after the date of this Act [Sept. 22, 1961], be 
deemed to refer to the Office of Emergency Planning.''


                   REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 25 OF 1950

         Eff. July 9, 1950, 15 F.R. 4366, 64 Stat. 1280

Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of 
    Representatives in Congress assembled, May 9, 1950, pursuant to the 
    provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949 
    [see 5 U.S.C. 901 et seq.].


                    NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD

              Section 1. Functions of Chairman and of Board

    The functions of the National Security Resources Board are hereby 
transferred to the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, 
and the Board shall hereafter advise and consult with the Chairman with 
respect to such matters within his jurisdiction as he may request.


                          Sec. 2. Vice Chairman

    There is hereby established the office of Vice Chairman of the 
National Security Resources Board. Such Vice Chairman shall (1) be an 
additional member of the National Security Resources Board, (2) be 
appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, (3) receive compensation at the rate of 
$16,000 per annum, and (4) perform such of the duties of the Chairman as 
the Chairman shall designate.


              Sec. 3. Performance of Functions of Chairman

    The Chairman may from time to time make such provisions as he shall 
deem appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, or by 
any agency or employee, of the National Security Resources Board of any 
function of the Chairman.


                        Message of the President

To the Congress of the United States:
    I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 25 of 1950, prepared in 
accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949. The 
plan transfers the function of the National Security Resources Board 
from the Board to the Chairman of the Board and makes the Board advisory 
to the Chairman. The plan also provides for a Vice Chairman, appointed 
by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
    The function assigned to the National Security Resources Board by 
the National Security Act of 1947 is ``to advise the President 
concerning the coordination of military, industrial and civilian 
mobilization.'' Proper performance of this function requires action by 
the Board and its staff in two broad areas:
    (1) The conduct of advance mobilization planning which identifies 
the problems which will arise and the measures necessary to meet these 
problems if and when the Nation moves from a peacetime into a wartime 
situation.
    (2) The formulation of current policies and programs which will help 
the Nation achieve an adequate state of readiness against the 
eventuality of a future war.
    The role assigned the National Security Resources Board is clearly 
one of staff assistance to the President. The Congress recently 
recognized this fact in its approval of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 
1949 which, pursuant to the specific recommendation of the Hoover 
Commission, placed the National Security Resources Board in the 
Executive Office of the President.
    The accompanying reorganization plan is designed to make the 
National Security Resources Board a more effective instrument. 
Successful performance of the Board's mission requires a wide range of 
detailed study and analysis to cover all the major aspects of national 
mobilization. A committee of department heads or departmental 
representatives encounters some natural difficulties in providing 
supervision and leadership in such an extensive and detailed activity. 
The Chairman has the difficult task of exercising discretion as to which 
matters shall be submitted for Board approval. The departmental members 
of the Board cannot possibly supervise or approve the Board's extensive 
and detailed activities and yet, as Board members, must accept ultimate 
responsibility for all such activities. Likewise, the departmental 
members are encumbered by the difficulty of having to reach collective 
and speedy decisions on a great many matters for which they, as Board 
members, are responsible.
    By vesting the functions of the Board in the Chairman, the 
difficulties of Board operation will be overcome. At the same time, the 
reorganization plan provides for the continued participation of the 
several departments and agencies in the task of mobilization planning. 
This is not only a matter of established policy but also a requirement 
of the National Security Act. The departments will continue to have 
representation on the Board. The Board, in an advisory relationship to 
the Chairman, will be a useful arrangement for obtaining the necessary 
participation of departments in mobilization planning and for 
coordination of their activity. It will enable the departments to keep 
abreast of the total range of security resources planning. Without 
reliance on the departments for the execution of much of the actual job 
of mobilization planning, coordination with the total range of 
governmental policies and objectives would be lost.
    The Congress in passing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 
recognized the difficulty which exists when functions of staff advice 
and assistance are placed in a board-type agency. The National Security 
Act Amendments of 1949, in clarifying the role of the Chairman of the 
Munitions Board and the Research and Development Board, strengthened and 
increased the effectiveness of these staff agencies of the Secretary of 
Defense by providing for the exclusive exercise of responsibilities by 
the Chairman. This plan achieves the same objective for the National 
Security Resources Board.
    The accompanying reorganization plan provides for a Vice Chairman 
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The tremendous 
responsibilities of the National Security Resources Board and the heavy 
workload on the Chairman fully warrant this. Providing the Chairman with 
a principal associate for the exercise of his responsibilities is 
consistent with the usual practice in other agencies of the executive 
branch.
    After investigation I have found and hereby declare that each 
reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 25 of 1950 is 
necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 
2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949.
    I have found and hereby declare that it is necessary to include in 
the accompanying reorganization plan, by reason of reorganizations made 
thereby, provisions for the appointment and compensation of a Vice 
Chairman of the National Security Resources Board. The rate of 
compensation fixed for this officer is that which I have found to 
prevail in respect of comparable officers in the executive branch of the 
Government.
    The taking effect of the reorganizations included in Reorganization 
Plan No. 25 may not in itself result in substantial immediate savings. 
However, the important objective is maximum effectiveness in security 
resources planning.
    The security of this Nation requires that these steps be taken to 
enable security resources planning to move forward more effectively. It 
is for that reason that Reorganization Plan No. 25 is today submitted to 
the Congress. It is for that reason, and that reason alone, that I 
strongly urge congressional acceptance of Reorganization Plan No. 25.
                                                        Harry S. Truman.
    The White House, May 9, 1950.


                    REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1953

         Eff. June 12, 1953, 18 F.R. 3375, 67 Stat. 634

Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of 
    Representatives in Congress assembled, April 2, 1953, pursuant to 
    the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 
    1949, as amended [see 5 U.S.C. 901 et seq.].


                     OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION

                   Section 1. Establishment of Office

    (a) There is hereby established in the Executive Office of the 
President a new agency which shall be known as the Office of Defense 
Mobilization, hereinafter referred to as the ``Office.''
    (b) There shall be at the head of the Office a Director of the 
Office of Defense Mobilization, hereinafter referred to as the 
``Director,'' who shall be appointed by the President by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate and shall receive compensation at the 
rate of $22,500 per annum.
    (c) There shall be in the Office a Deputy Director of the Office of 
Defense Mobilization, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall receive compensation at 
the rate of $17,500 per annum, shall perform such functions as the 
Director shall designate, and shall act as Director during the absence 
or disability of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office 
of the Director.


                      Sec. 2. Transfer of Functions

    There are hereby transferred to the Director:
    (a) All functions of the Chairman of the National Security Resources 
Board, including his functions as a member of the National Security 
Council, but excluding the functions abolished by section 5(a) of this 
reorganization plan.
    (b) All functions under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
Piling Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), vested in the Secretaries 
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Interior or in any of them or in any 
combination of them, including the functions which were vested in the 
Army and Navy Munitions Board by the item No. (2) in section 6(a) of the 
said Act (60 Stat. 598) [former section 98e(a)(2) of this title], but 
excluding functions vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 7 
of said Act [former section 98f of this title].
    (c) The functions vested in the Munitions Board by section 4(h) of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
714b(h)), and by section 204(e) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 485(e)).
    (d) All functions now vested by any statute in the Director of 
Defense Mobilization or in the Office of Defense Mobilization provided 
for in Executive Order Numbered 10193 (15 F.R. 9031) [revoked by Ex. 
Ord. No. 10480, 18 F.R. 4939, formerly set out as a note under section 
2153 of Appendix to this title].


              Sec. 3. Performance of Transferred Functions

    (a) The Director may from time to time make such provisions as he 
shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, 
or by any agency or employee, of the Office, of any function of the 
Director, exclusive of the function of being a member of the National 
Security Council.
    (b) When authorized by the Director, any function transferred to him 
by the provisions of this reorganization plan (exclusive of the function 
of being a member of the National Security Council) may be performed by 
the head of any agency of the executive branch of the Government or, 
subject to the direction and control of any such agency head, by such 
officers, employees, and organizational units under the jurisdiction of 
such agency head as such agency head may designate.
    (c) In addition to the representatives who by virtue of the last 
sentence of section 2(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 
Piling Act, as amended [former section 98a(a) of this title], and 
section 2 of this reorganization plan are designated to cooperate with 
the Director, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, 
and the heads of such other agencies having functions regarding 
strategic or critical materials as the Director shall from time to time 
designate, shall each designate representatives who shall similarly 
cooperate with the Director.


             Sec. 4. Records, Property, Personnel, and Funds

    There shall be transferred with the functions transferred by this 
reorganization plan from the Chairman of the National Security Resources 
Board and the Department of Defense, respectively, so much of the 
records, property, personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
allocations, and other funds, used, held, employed, available, or to be 
made available in connection with the said functions, as the Director 
shall determine to be required for the performance of the transferred 
functions by the Office, but all transfers from the Department of 
Defense under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject 
to the approval of the Secretary of Defense.


                     Sec. 5. Abolition of Functions

    (a) The functions of the Chairman of the National Security Resources 
Board under section 18 of the Universal Military Training and Service 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 468), as affected by Reorganization Plan Numbered 25 
of 1950 (64 Stat. 1280) [set out above], with respect to being consulted 
by and furnishing advice to the President as required by that section, 
are hereby abolished.
    (b) So much of the functions of the Secretary of Defense under 
section 202(b) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended [see 10 
U.S.C. 113(b)], as consists of direction, authority, and control over 
functions transferred by this reorganization plan is hereby abolished.
    (c) Any functions which were vested in the Army and Navy Munitions 
Board or which are vested in the Munitions Board with respect to serving 
as agent through which the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Interior jointly act, under section 2(a) of the Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended [former section 98a of this 
title], are hereby abolished.


         Sec. 6. Abolition of National Security Resources Board

    The National Security Resources Board (established by the National 
Security Act of 1947, 61 Stat. 499 [this section]), including the 
offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the National Security Resources 
Board, is hereby abolished, and the Director shall provide for winding 
up any outstanding affairs of the said Board or offices not otherwise 
provided for in this reorganization plan.
    [For subsequent history relating to Office of Defense Mobilization, 
see notes set out under this section.]


                        Message of the President

To the Congress of the United States:
    I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1953, prepared in 
accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as 
amended.
    The reorganization plan is designed to achieve two primary 
objectives: The first is to improve the organization of the Executive 
Office of the President; the second is to enable one Executive Office 
agency to exercise strong leadership in our national mobilization 
effort, including both current defense activities and readiness for any 
future national emergency.
    The National Security Resources Board was established by the 
National Security Act of 1947 to advise the President concerning various 
aspects of future military, industrial, and civilian mobilization. The 
areas of responsibility assigned to the Board included the use of 
national and industrial resources for military and civilian needs; the 
sufficiency of productive facilities; the strategic relocation of 
industries; the mobilization and maximum utilization of manpower; and 
the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian economy.
    The vigorous and efficient discharge of these vital functions is not 
well served by the simultaneous existence in the Executive Office of the 
President of the National Security Resources Board (charged with 
planning for the future) and the present Office of Defense Mobilization 
(charged with programs of the present). The progress of the current 
mobilization effort has made plain how artificial is the present 
separation of these functions.
    Both functions should now be combined into one defense mobilization 
agency. Accordingly, the reorganization plan would create in the 
Executive Office of the President a new agency, to be known as the 
Office of Defense Mobilization. It would transfer to the new Office the 
functions of the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board and 
abolish that Board, including the offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman.
    The reorganization plan also transfers to the new agency the 
statutory functions of the present Office of Defense Mobilization. These 
are of a minor nature, the major functions of the present Office of 
Defense Mobilization having been delegated to it by the President, 
principally under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. It is 
my intention to transfer the latter functions to the new agency by 
Executive order, and to abolish the Office of Defense Mobilization 
established by Executive Order No. 10193. There will thus result a new 
agency which combines the activities of the National Security Resources 
Board and both the statutory and delegated functions of the heretofore 
existing Office of Defense Mobilization.
    The proposed plan would also reorganize various activities relating 
to the stockpiling of strategic and critical materials. Those activities 
are principally provided for in the Strategic and Critical Materials 
Stock Piling Act, as amended. It has become increasingly apparent that 
the policy and program aspects of stockpiling are an integral part of 
mobilization planning. They should not be administered separately from 
plant expansion, conservation of materials, and materials procurement 
under the Defense Production Act of 1950, or from the duties placed in 
the National Security Resources Board by the National Security Act of 
1947. Therefore, the reorganization plan would transfer to the Director 
of the new Office of Defense Mobilization responsibility for major 
stockpiling actions, including the determination of the nature and 
quantities of materials to be stockpiled. In the main, these functions 
are transferred from the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force 
(acting jointly through the agency of the Munitions Board) and the 
Secretary of the Interior. The duties of the Administrator of General 
Services regarding the purchase of strategic and critical materials and 
the management of stockpiles are not affected by the reorganization 
plan, except that he will receive his directions, under the plan, from 
the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization instead of from the 
Department of Defense.
    This transfer of stockpiling functions will correct the present 
undesirable confusion of responsibilities. The functions of the heads of 
the military departments of the Department of Defense and the Secretary 
of the Interior under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling 
Act, as amended, are at present in considerable measure subject to other 
authority of delegates of the President springing from the Defense 
Production Act of 1950, as amended. The allocation and distribution of 
scarce materials among essential civilian and military activities and 
the continued maintenance of adequate stockpiles of strategic and 
critical materials are of major current importance. The reorganization 
plan will make possible more effective coordination and close control 
over the Government's whole stockpile program. It will speed decisions. 
It can result in significant economies.
    The Department of Defense will, of course, continue to be 
responsible for presenting the needs of the military services. That 
Department and the Department of the Interior are specifically 
designated in the plan as additional agencies which shall appoint 
representatives to cooperate with the Director of the Office of Defense 
Mobilization in determining which materials are strategic and critical 
and how much of them is to be purchased. Final authority with regard to 
such determination will, however, be in the Director of the Office of 
Defense Mobilization.
    Section 5(a) of the reorganization plan withholds from transfer to 
the Director and abolishes the functions of the Chairman of the National 
Security Resources Board with regard to being consulted by and 
furnishing advice to the President concerning the placing of orders of 
mandatory precedence for articles or materials for the use of the armed 
forces of the United States or for the use of the Atomic Energy 
Commission, and with regard to determining that a plant, mine, or other 
facility can be readily converted to the production or furnishing of 
such articles or materials. These abolished functions were vested in the 
National Security Resources Board by section 18 of the Selective Service 
Act of 1948 (later renamed as the Universal Military Training and 
Service Act) and were transferred to the Chairman of that Board by 
Reorganization Plan No. 25 of 1950. The practical effect of this 
abolition is to obviate a statutory mandate that the President consult 
and advise with another officer of the executive branch of the 
Government.
    Section 5(b) of the reorganization plan abolishes the direction, 
authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense over functions 
transferred from the Department of Defense by the reorganization plan. 
The Secretary's functions in this regard are provided for in section 
202(b) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
171a(b)) [see 10 U.S.C. 113(b)].
    Section 5(c) of the reorganization plan abolishes any functions 
which were vested in the Army and Navy Munitions Board or which are 
vested in the Munitions Board with respect to serving as the agent 
through which the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the 
Interior jointly act in determining which materials are strategic and 
critical under the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials 
Stock Piling Act, as amended, and the quality and quantities of such 
materials to be stockpiled. These abolished functions are provided for 
in section 2(a) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling 
Act, as amended.
    After investigation I have found and hereby declare that each 
reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1953 is 
necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 
2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended. I have also found 
and hereby declare that by reason of these reorganizations it is 
necessary to include in the reorganization plan provisions for the 
appointment and compensation of a Director and a Deputy Director of the 
Office of Defense Mobilization. The rates of compensation fixed for 
these officers are, respectively, those which I have found to prevail in 
respect of comparable officers of the executive branch of the 
Government.
    The reorganization plan will permit better organization and 
management of the Federal programs relating to materials and 
requirements and will thus help to achieve the maximum degree of 
mobilization readiness at the least possible cost. It is not 
practicable, however, to itemize, in advance of actual experience, the 
reductions of expenditures to be brought about by the taking effect of 
the reorganizations included in Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1953.
    I urge that the Congress allow the proposed reorganization plan to 
become effective.

                                                   Dwight D. Eisenhower.

    The White House, April 2, 1953.

                        Executive Order No. 9905

    Ex. Ord. No. 9905, Nov. 13, 1947, 12 F.R. 7613, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 9931, Feb. 19, 1948, 13 F.R. 763, provided for membership of 
National Security Resources Board and defined functions, duties and 
authority of Chairman of Board.

                        Executive Order No. 10169

    Ex. Ord. No. 10169, Oct. 11, 1950, 15 F.R. 6901, which provided for 
a National Advisory Committee on Mobilization Policy, was revoked by Ex. 
Ord. No. 10480, Aug. 14, 1953, 18 F.R. 4939, formerly set out under 
section 2153 of the Appendix to this title.

                        Executive Order No. 10421

    Ex. Ord. No. 10421, Dec. 31, 1952, 18 F.R. 57, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 10438, Mar. 13, 1953, 18 F.R. 1491; Ex. Ord. No. 10773, July 1, 
1958, 23 F.R. 5061; Ex. Ord. No. 10782, Sept. 6, 1958, 23 F.R. 6971; Ex. 
Ord. No. 11051, Sept. 27, 1962, 27 F.R. 9683; Ex. Ord. No. 12148, July 
20, 1979, 44 F.R. 43239, which related to physical security of defense 
facilities, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12656, Nov. 18, 1988, 53 F.R. 
47491, set out under section 5195 of Title 42, The Public Health and 
Welfare.

                        Executive Order No. 10438

    Ex. Ord. No. 10438, Mar. 13, 1953, 18 F.R. 1491, which related to 
transfer of functions to Director of Defense Mobilization, was 
superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11051, Sept. 27, 1962, 27 F.R. 9683, formerly 
set out under section 5195 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
