REORGANIZATION PLANS REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1946 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, May 16, 1946, pursuant to the provi- sions of the Reorganization Act of 1945, approved December 20, 1945. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Section 1. Children's Bureau.-(a) The Children's Bureau in the Department of Labor, exclusive of its Industrial Division, is trans- ferred to the Federal Security Agency. All functions of the Chil- dren's Bureau and of the Chief of the Children's Bureau except those transferred by subsection (b) of this section, all functions of the Secre- tary of Labor under Title V of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, ch. 531), as amended, and all other functions of the Secretary of Labor relating to the foregoing functions are transferred to the Federal Security Administrator and shall be performed by him or under his direction and control by such officers and employees of the Federal Security Agency as he shall designate, except that the func- tions authorized by section 2 of the act of April 9, 1912 (37 Stat. 79, ch. 73), as amended, and such other functions of the Federal Security Agency as the Administrator may designate, shall be administered, under his direction and control, through the Children's Bureau. (b) The functions of the Children's Bureau and of the Chief of the Children's Bureau under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1060, ch. 676), as amended, are transferred to the Secretary of Labor and shall be performed under his direction and control by such officers and employees of the Department of Labor as he shall designate. Sec. 2. Vital statistics.- The functions of the Secretary of Com- merce, the Bureau of the Census, and the Director of the Bureau of the Census with respect to vital statistics (including statistics on births, deaths marriages divorces, and annulments) are transferred to the Federal Security Administrator and shall be performed under his direction and control by the United States Public Health Service or by such officers and employees of the Federal Security Agency as the Administrator shall designate. Sec. 3 . United States Employees' Compensation Commission.- The functions of the United States Employees' Compensation Com- mission are transferred to the Federal Security Agency and shall be performed in such manner and under such rules and regulations as the Federal Security Administrator shall prescribe. Such regula- tions shall provide for a board of three persons to be designated or appointed by the Federal Security Administrator with authority to hear and, subject to applicable law, make final decision on appeal taken from determinations and awards with respect to claims of employees of the Federal Government or of the District of Columbia. The United States Employees' Compensation Commission is abolished. Sec. 4 . Social Security Board.- The functions of the Social Security Board in the Federal Security Agency, together with the functions 1 For action on Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1946 see H. Con e. . 155, pot, p. 1329. 1095 Transmitted May 16,1946. Effective July 16, 1946. 69 Stat. 613. 6U.S.O., Supp.V, i§ 133y-133y-16. 49 Stat. 629. 42 U.S .. C.701 t leq.; Supp. V, § 703a. Ante, p. 986 29U.S. . . I8. 29 U. . 0.O1. 21 - 219; Supp. V, ii 07, 211.
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