Reorganization Plan.

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87 Stat. 1091 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1973 *Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, March 28, 1973, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code*. Transmitted March 28, 1973.Effective July 1, 1973.[80 Stat. 393](/us/stat/80/393). Law Enforcement in Illicit Drug Activities Section 1. *Transfers to the Attorney General*. There are hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Treasury, the Department of the Treasury, and any other officer or any agency of the Department of the Treasury, to the Attorney General all intelligence, investigative, and law enforcement functions, vested by law in the Secretary, the Department, officers, or agencies which relate to the suppression of illicit traffic in narcotics, dangerous drugs, or marihuana, except that the Secretary shall retain, and continue to perform, those functions, to the extent that they relate to searches and seizures of illicit narcotics, dangerous drugs, or marihuana or to the apprehension or detention of persons in connection therewith, at regular inspection locations at ports of entry or anywhere along the land or water borders of the United States: *Provided*, that any illicit narcotics, dangerous drugs, marihuana, or related evidence seized, and any person apprehended or detained by the Secretary or any officer of the Department of the Treasury, pursuant to the authority retained in them by virtue of this section, shall be turned over forthwith to the jurisdiction of the Attorney General; *Provided further*, that nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in any way any authority vested by law in the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, the Department of the Treasury, or any other officer or any agency of that Department on the effective date of this Plan with respect to contraband other than illicit narcotics, dangerous drugs, and marihuana: and *Provided further*, that nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in any way any authority the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, or any other officer or any agency of that Department may otherwise have to mate investigations or engage in law enforcement activities, including activities relating to the suppression of illicit traffic in narcotics, dangerous drugs, and marihuana, at ports of entry’ or along the land and water borders of the United States.

Sec. 2. *Transfers to the Secretary of the Treasury*. There are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury all functions vested by law in the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, or any other officer or any agency of that Department, with respect to the inspection at regular inspection locations at ports of entry of persons, and documents of persons, entering or leaving the United States: *Provided*, that any person apprehended or detained by the Secretary or his designee pursuant 87 Stat. 1092to this section shall be turned over forthwith to the jurisdiction of the Attorney General: and, *Provided further*, that nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting, in any way, any other authority that the Attorney General may have with respect to the enforcement, at ports of entry or elsewhere, of laws relating to persons entering or leaving the United States.

Sec. 3. Repeal. *Abolition*. The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, including the Office of Director thereof, is hereby abolished, and section [82 Stat. 1368](/us/stat/82/1368).[5 USC app. II](/us/usc/t5/appII).3(a) of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1968 is hereby repealed. The Attorney General shall make such provision as he may deem necessary with respect to terminating those affairs of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs not otherwise provided for in this Reorganization Plan.

Sec. 4. Establishment. *Drug Enforcement Administration*. There is established in the Department of Justice an agency which shall be known as the Drug Enforcement Administration, hereinafter referred to as “the Administration.” Sec. 5. *Officers of the Administration*.

(a)There shall be at the head of the Administration the Administrator of Drug Enforcement, hereinafter referred to as “the Administrator.” The Administrator shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for positions of level III of the Executive Schedule [80 Stat. 460](/us/stat/80/460); [83 Stat. 864](/us/stat/83/864).Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5314). He shall perform such functions as the Attorney General shall from time to time direct.

(b)There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, hereinafter referred to as “the Deputy Administrator,” who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall perform such functions as the Attorney General may from time to time direct, and shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for positions of level V of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5316).

(c)The Deputy Administrator or such other official of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General shall from time to time designate shall act as Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Administrator. Sec. 6. *Performance of transferred functions*.

(a)The Attorney General may from time to time make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance of any of the functions transferred to him by the provisions of this Reorganization Plan by any officer, employee, or agency of the Department of Justice. 87 Stat. 1093

(b)The Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance of any of the functions transferred to him by the provisions of this Reorganization Plan by any officer, employee, or agency of the Department of the Treasury. Sec. 7. *Coordination*. The Attorney General, acting through the Administrator and such other officials of the Department of Justice as he may designate, shall provide for the coordination of all drug law enforcement functions vested in the Attorney General so as to assure maximum cooperation between and among the Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other units of the Department involved in the performance of these and related functions. Sec. 8. *Incidental transfers*.

(a)So much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held, available or to be made available in connection with the functions transferred to the Attorney General and to the Secretary of the Treasury by this Reorganization Plan as the Director of the Office of Management and budget shall determine shall be transferred to the Department of Justice and to the Department of the Treasury, respectively, at such time or times as the Director shall direct.

(b)Such further measures and dispositions as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall deem to be necessary in order to effectuate transfers referred to in subsection

(a)of this section shall be carried out in such manner as he shall direct and by such Federal agencies as he shall designate. Sec. 9. *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 Administrator until the office of Administrator 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 Administrator.

(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 to 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. 87 Stat. 1094 Sec. 10. *Effective date*. The provisions of this Reorganization Plan shall take effect as provided by section 906(a) of title 5 of the United [80 Stat. 396](/us/stat/80/396).States Code or on July 1, 1973, whichever is later. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 9, No. 13: March 28, Presidential message transmitting plan to Congress. HOUSE REPORT No. [93–228](/us/hrpt/93/228) accompanying [H. Res. 382](/us/bill/93/hr/382) (Comm. on Government Operations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 119 (1973): June 7, considered and approved by House. PRIVATE LAWS PRIVATE LAWS FIRST SESSION, NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS Private Law 93–1: For the relief of certain former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Private Law 1 Private Law 93–1 87 Stat. 1097 1973-06-19 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-09-27 93 1 private Private Law 93–1 AN ACT For the relief of certain former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission. June 19, 1973[[H. R. 4704](/us/bill/93/hr/4704)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That each of theStanley Diller and others. following former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission is relieved of liability to the United States in the amount appearing beside his name, which amount is the overpayment of travel expenses and per diem allowance made as a result of administrative error for the period September 1, 1970, through March 10, 1971, inclusive, or any portion or portions of such period: Stanley Diller, $3,241.18; Donald E. Farrar, $5,696.32; William F. Hicks,$3,445.59; Keith B. Johnson, $2,735.10; Seymour Smidt, $3,119.72. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying or disbursing officer of the United States full credit shall be given for amounts for which liability is relieved by this section. Sec. 2.

(a)The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to each person named in the first section of this Act an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts paid by him. or withheld from sums otherwise due him. with respect to the indebtedness to the United States specified in such section.

(b)No part of the amount appropriated in subsection

(a)of this section shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved June 19, 1973. 1097 Private Law 93–2: For the relief of Ronald K. Downie. Private Law 2 Private Law 93–2 87 Stat. 1098 1973-06-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-09-27 93 1 private

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