77TiH CONG(. , 2u SESS.-CH. 26-JAN. 30, 194:2 other regulations or orders, or the other purposes of this Act, but no such arrangement or agreement shall modify any regulation. order, or price schedule previously issued which is effective in accord- ance with the provisions of section 2 or section 206. The Attorney General shall be promptly furnished with a copy of each such arrangement or agreement. TITLE II-ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTIATION SEC. 201. (a) There is hereby created an Office of Price Administra- tion, which shall be under the direction of a Price Administrator (referred to in this Act as the "Administrator"). The Administrator shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the rate of $12,000 per annum. The Administrator may, subject to the civil- service laws, appoint such employees as he deems necessary in order to carry out his functions and duties under this Act, and shall fix their compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The Administrator may utilize the services of Federal, State, and local agencies and may utilize and establish such regional, local, or other agencies, and utilize such voluntary and uncompensated services, as may from time to time be needed. Attorneys appointed under this section may appear for and represent the Administrator in any case in any court. In the appointment, selection, classification, and promotion of officers and employees of the Office of Price Admin- istration, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency. (b) The principal office of the Administrator shall be in the Dis- trict of Columbia, but he or any duly authorized representative may exercise any or all of his powers in any place. The President is authorized to transfer any of the powers and functions conferred by this Act upon the Office of Price Administration with respect to a particular commodity or commodities to any other department or agency of the Government having other functions relating to such commodity or commodities, and to transfer to the Office of Price Administration any of the powers and functions relating to priorities or rationing conferred by law upon any other department or agency of the Government with respect to any particular commodity or commodities; but, notwithstanding any provision of this or any other law, no powers or functions conferred by law upon the Secretary of Agriculture shall be transferred to the Office of Price Administra- tion or to the Administrator and no powers or functions conferred by law upon any other department or agency of the Government with respect to any agricultural commodity, except powers and functions relating to priorities or rationing. shall be so transferred. (c) The Administrator shall have authority to make such expendi- tures (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of government and elsewhere; for lawbooks and books of reference; and for paper, printing, and binding) as he may deem necessary for the administration and enforcement of this Act. The provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the purchase of supplies and services by the Administrator Where the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $250. (d) The Administrator may, from time to time, issue such regula- tions and orders as he may deem necessary or proper in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act. Ante, p. 21; post, p. 35. Office of Price Ad- ministration. Administrator. Post, p. 733. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.S.C.§§661- 674; Supp. I, ch. 13. Utilization of Fed- eral and other agen- cies. Principal office. Transfer of powers with respect to com- modities. Exceptions. Expenditures au- thorized. 41 .S.C. 5. Administrative reg- ulations and orders.
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