Reorganization Plan.

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91 STAT. 1633 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 197711 As amended September 15, 1977. *Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, July 15, 1977, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code*. This Plan met the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 906 on October 20, 1977. Executive Office of the President Section 1. *Redesignation of Domestic Council Staff*.[5 USC app](/us/usc/t5). The Domestic Council staff is hereby designated the Domestic Policy Staff and shall consist of such staff personnel as are determined by the President to be necessary to assure that the needs of the President for prompt and comprehensive advice are met with respect to matters of economic and domestic policy.

The staff shall continue to be headed by an Executive Director who shall be an Assistant to the President, designated by the President, as provided in Section 203 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970. The Executive Director shall perform such functions as the President may[84 Stat. 2085](/us/stat/84/208).[5 USC app](/us/usc/t). from time to time direct. Section 2. *Establishment of an Office of Administration*. There is hereby established in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Administration which shall be headed by the President.

There shall be a Director of the Office of Administration. The Director shall be appointed by the President and shall serve as chief administrative officer of the Office of Administration. The President is authorized to fix the compensation and duties of the Director. The Office of Administration shall provide components of the Executive Office of the President with such administrative services as the President shall from time to time direct. Section 3. *Abolition of Components*.

The following components of the Executive Office of the President are hereby abolished: A. The Domestic Council; B. The Office of Drug Abuse Policy; C. The Office of Telecommunications Policy; and D. The Economic Opportunity Council. Section 4. *Appointment of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information*. There shall be in the Department of Commerce an Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for Level IV of the Executive Schedule. 91 STAT. 1634 Section 5. *Transfers of functions*.

The following functions shall be transferred: A. All functions vested in the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and in the Office of Science and Technology Policy pursuant to sections 205(a)(2), 206 and 209 of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization,[5 USC app](/us/usc/t). and Priorities Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–282; 90 Stat. 459), are hereby transferred to the Director of the National Science Foundation. The Intergovernmental Science, Engineering, and Technology Advisory Panel, the President’s Committee on Science and Technology, and the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, established in accordance with the provisions of Titles II, III, IV of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976, are hereby abolished, and their functions transferred to the President.

B. Those functions of the Office of Telecommunications Policy and of its Director relating to:

(1)the preparation of Presidential telecommunications policy options including, but not limited to those related to the procurement and management of Federal telecommunications systems, national security, and emergency matters; and

(2)disposition of appeals from assignments of radio frequencies to stations of the United States Government; are hereby transferred to the President who may delegate such functions within the Executive Office of the President as the President may from time to time deem desirable. All other functions of the Office of Telecommunications Policy and of its Director are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Commerce who shall provide for the performance of such functions. C. The functions of the Office of Drug Abuse Policy and its Director are hereby transferred to the President, who may delegate such functions within the Executive Office of the President as the President may from time to time deem desirable. D. The functions of the Domestic Council are hereby transferred to the President, who may delegate such functions within the Executive Office of the President as the President may from time to time deem desirable. E. Those functions of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality relating to the evaluation provided for by Section 11 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–577,[42 USC 5901 note](/us/usc/t42/s590). 88 Stat. 1878), are hereby transferred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. F. Those functions of the Office of Management and Budget and its Director relating to the Committee Management Secretariat (Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, [5 USC app](/us/usc/t); [5 USC 552b note](/us/usc/t5/s552).as amended by Public Law 94–409, 90 Stat. 1247) are hereby transferred to the Administrator of General Services. G. The functions of the Economic Opportunity Council are hereby transferred to the President, who may delegate such functions within the Executive Office of the President as the President may from time to time deem desirable. 91 STAT. 1635 Section 6. *Incidental Transfers*. 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 under this Plan, as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine, shall be transferred to the appropriate department, agency, or component at such time or times as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide, except that no such unexpended balances transferred shall be used for purposes other than those for which the appropriation was originally made. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide for terminating the affairs of all agencies abolished herein and for such further measures and dispositions as such Director deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Reorganization Plan. Section 7. *Effective date*. This Reorganization Plan shall become effective at such time or times on or before April 1, 1978, as the President shall specify, but not sooner than the earliest time allowable under Section 906 of Title 5 of the United States Code. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: Vol. 13, No. 29: July 15, Presidential message transmitting Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 to Congress. (Also printed as House Document No. 95–185.) Vol. 13, No. 38: Sept. 15, Presidential message transmitting amendments to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 to Congress. (Also printed as House Document No. 95–222.) HOUSE REPORT No. [95–661](/us/hrpt/95/66) accompanying [H. Res. 688](/us/bill/95/hr/68) (Comm. on Government Operations). SENATE REPORT No. [95–465](/us/srpt/95/46) accompanying [S. Res. 222](/us/bill/95/s/22) (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VOL. 123 (1977): July 18, [H. Res. 688](/us/bill/95/hr/68), resolution of disapproval, introduced in House and referred to Committee on Government Operations. [S. Res. 222](/us/bill/95/s/22), resolution of disapproval, introduced in Senate and referred to Committee on Governmental Affairs. Oct. 14, [H. Res. 688](/us/bill/95/hr/68) rejected by House. Oct. 20, completion of the period required by Section 906 of Title 5 of the United States Code.

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