Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 1.djvu/1263

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REORGANIZATION PLANS REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. III Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, April 2, 1940, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1939, approved April 3, 1939. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SECTION 1. FiscalService of the Treasury Department. (a) Establishment of Fiscal Service.- (1) The office of the Commis- sioner of Accounts and Deposits, the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, the Division of Disbursement, the Division of Deposits, the Section of Surety Bonds, the office of the Commissioner of the Public Debt, the Division of Loans and Currency, the office of the Register of the Treasury, the Division of Public Debt Accounts and Audit, the Division of Savings Bonds, the Division of Paper Custody, and the Office of the Treasurer of the United States and their functions are consolidated into one agency of the Treasury Department to be known as the Fiscal Service, at the head of which there shall be an officer who shall be known as the Fiscal Assistant Secretary. (2) The Fiscal Service shall consist of the Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, the Office of the Treasurer of the United States, a Bureau of Accounts, and a Bureau of the Public Debt. Except as is otherwise specifically provided herein, the Secretary of the Treasury may establish such divisions and other constituent units within these agencies as he deems necessary. (3) The Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants and its functions are transferred to the Bureau of Accounts, at the head of which shall be the Commissioner of Accounts and Deposits, who shall hereafter be known as the Commissioner of Accounts. (4) The office of the Commissioner of the Public Debt, the Division of Loans and Currency, the office of the Register of the Treasury, the Division of Public Debt Accounts and Audit, the Division of Savings Bonds, and the Division of Paper Custody and their functions are consolidated into and shall be administered as the Bureau of the Public Debt, at the head of which shall be the Commissioner of the Public Debt. (5) The functions of the Office of the Treasurer of the United States shall be administered by the Treasurer of the United States. (6) Such functions as are consolidated into or transferred to the Fiscal Service and which are not allocated herein to particular agencies or offices of the Fiscal Service shall be administered through such units of the Service as may be designated by the Fiscal Assistant Secretary with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. (7) The Fiscal Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the Secre- tary of the Treasury in accordance with the civil service laws and shall receive a salary at the rate of $10,000 per annum. He shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, supervise the adminis- tration of and coordinate the functions and activities consolidated into or transferred to the Fiscal Service and shall perform such other duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct. In the absence 1231 Transmitted April 2, 1940. Effective June 30, 1940; ante, p . 231. 53 Stat. 561 . 5U.S.C., Supp.V, i§ 133-133r. Fiscal Service, es- tablishment. Composition. Division of Book- keeping and War- rants, transfer. Bureau of Public Debt. Office of Treasurer of the United States. Administration of unallocated functions. Fiscal Assistant Sec- retary, appointment, etc.