93 STAT. 1382
REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1979
(E) bilateral trade and commodity issues, including East-West trade matters; and (F) international trade issues involving energy. (4] All functions of the Trade Representative shall be conducted under the direction of the President. (c) The Deputy Special Representatives for Trade Negotiations are redesignated Deputy United States Trade Representatives. Sec. 2(b)(1), effective immediately.*
5 USC 5313.
SECTION 2. Department of Commerce (a] The Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall have, in addition to any other functions assigned by law, general operational responsibility for major nonagricultural international trade functions of the United States Government, including export development, commercial representation abroad, the administration of the antidumping and countervailing duty laws, export controls, trade adjustment assistance to firms and communities, research and analysis, and monitoring compliance with international trade agreements to which the United States is a party. (b](l) There shall be in the Department of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the "Department") a Deputy Secretary appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Secretary shall receive compensation at the rate payable for Level II of the Executive Schedule, and shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. (2) The position of Under Secretary of Commerce estabhshed under section 1 of the Act of June 5, 1939 (ch. 180, 53 Stat. 808; 15 U.S.C. 1502) is abolished.
5 USC 5314.
5 USC 5315.
(c) There shall be in the Department an Under Secretary for International Trade appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary for International Trade shall receive compensation at the rate payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule, and shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. (d) There shall be in the Department two additional Assistant Secretaries appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each such Assistant Secretary shall receive compensation at the rate payable for Level IV of the Executive Schedule, and shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. SECTION 3. Export-Import Bank of the United States The Trade Representative and the Secretary shall serve, ex officio and without vote, as additional members of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. SECTION 4, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
(a) The Trade Representative shall serve, ex officio, as an additional voting member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The Trade Representative shall be the Vice Chair of such Board.
- As provided for by Executive Order 12175 (Vol. 15, Weekly Compilation of Presidential
Documents, p. 2201; 19 USC 2171 note).
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