Director___

Deputy Director_

Assistant Director.

Assistant Director__

Assistant to the Director____

Administrative Assistant to the Director_

Assistant Director for Budget Review_-_.

Economic Adviser___

CREATION AND AUTHORITY.-The Budget and Accounting Act approved June 10, 1921 (42 Stat. 20; 31 U. S. C. 11-16), provided that the President shall transmit to Congress the proposed annual budget of the United States, together with other budgetary information. The same act created the Bureau of the Budget, locating it in the Treasury Department, but placing it under the immediate direction of the President. Under Reorganization Plan I of 1939, the Bureau was transferred from the Treasury Department to the Executive Office of the President, established at the same time.

In addition to being the Federal Government's budget agency, the Bureau serves as the President's staff for the improvement of management and organization in the executive branch, for the clearance of legislative proposals coming from Federal agencies, and for the coordination and improvement of the Government's statistical activities.

In preparing the budget, the Bureau has authority "to assemble, correlate, revise, reduce, or increase the estimates

ROWLAND R. HUGHES. PERCIVAL F. BRUNDAGE.

DONALD R. BELCHER.

HAROLD L. PEARSON.
RALPH W. E. Reid.
(VACANCY).

WILLIAM F. MCCANDLESS.
J. WELDON JOnes.
ROGER W. JONES.
WILLIAM F. FINAN.
RAYMOND T. BOWMAN.
SAM R. BRoadbent.
ROBERT M. MACY.
WILLIAM D. CAREY.
WILLIAM F. SCHAUB.
CARL H. SCHWARTZ.

of the several departments and establishments." Under the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 (59 Stat. 598; 31 U. S. C. 847), similar authority was given the Bureau with respect to the preparation and review of budgets for wholly owned Government corporations.

The Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 834; 31 U. S. C. 18a, 18b) amended the Budget and Accounting Act by revising and simplifying budget and accounting procedures and by clarifying the Bureau's responsibilities with regard to statistical information and the development of better organization, coordination, and management of the executive branch.

Section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 665), prescribed procedures by which the Director of the Bureau apportions appropriations, made agency systems of administrative control of funds subject to the Director's approval, and authorized the setting of budgetary reserves.

Under Executive Order 9384 of October 4, 1943, the Bureau reviews

agency reports on Federal public works and improvement projects.

Executive Order 10072 of July 29, 1949, and title X of the Classification Act of 1949 (sec. 1001, 63 Stat. 971; 5 U. S. C. 1151) provided that the Director of the Bureau shall issue and administer instructions and regulations to guide the departments in making systematic reviews of their operations on a continuing basis.

Under the Federal Reports Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 1078; 5 U. S. C. 139139f), the Bureau coordinates Federal reporting and statistical services to eliminate duplication, reduce the cost, and minimize the burdens of furnishing information to Federal agencies. By Executive Order 10033 of February 8, 1949, the Director of the Bureau was given authority to coordinate the provision of statistical information to intergovernmental organizations.

Additional statutory authorities conferred upon the Director require his approval of the printing of periodicals. from appropriated funds, of agency regulations dealing with overpayments to Government employees, and of lease-purchase contracts entered into by the Administrator of General Services and the Postmaster General. The Director also has regulatory powers in such fields as travel on Government business and allowances for uniforms. On appeal of an agency, he makes final decisions with respect to the establishment of motor vehicle pools.

STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONS.-Executive Order 8248 of September 8, 1939, establishing the divisions of the Executive Office of the President and defining their functions, set forth the Bureau's functions as follows:

1. To assist the President in the preparation of the budget and the formulation of the fiscal program of the Government.

2. To supervise and control the administration of the budget.

3. To conduct research in the development of improved plans of administrative management, and to advise the executive departments and agencies of the Government with respect to improved administrative organization and practice.

4. To aid the President to bring about more efficient and economical conduct of Government service.

5. To assist the President by clearing and coordinating departmental advice on proposed legislation and by making recommendations as to Presidential action on legislative enactments, in accordance with past practice.

6. To assist in the consideration and clearance and, where necessary, in the preparation of proposed Executive orders and proclamations, in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 7298 of February 18, 1936 (superseded by Executive Order 10006 of October 9, 1948).

7. To plan and promote the improvement, development, and coordination of Federal and other statistical services.

8. To keep the President informed of the progress of activities by agencies of the Government with respect to work proposed, work actually initiated, and work completed, together with the relative timing of work between the several agencies of the Government; all to the end that the work programs of the several agencies of the executive branch of the Government may be coordinated and that the moneys appropriated by the Congress may be expended in the most economical manner possible with the least possible overlapping and duplication of effort.

ORGANIZATION

The Bureau is headed by the Director, who in its general supervision is assisted by the other principal officials of the Bureau.

maintains surveillance over the publication of statistics in the interests of national security.

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THE DIVISIONS. Each division is concerned with a broad segment of the Government's program. The divisions are responsible for the Bureau's functions except those assigned to the offices described above. The divisions are: Commerce and Finance Division, International Division, Labor and Welfare Division, Military Division, and Resources and Civil Works Division. Each division, for its program area, examines agency requests for funds and formulates recommendations on the budget, reviews agency requests for apportionment of appropriations and, on the basis of periodic financial reports from the agencies, gives continuing attention to the execution of the budget, reviews and develops recommendations on proposed legislation and Executive orders, stimulates and assists the agencies in the improvement of management and organization, and undertakes special projects, including those relating to long-range budgetary and fiscal analysis and organizational planning. Approved.

ROWLAND R. HUGHES,
Director.

CREATION AND AUTHORITY.—The Council of Economic Advisers was established in the Executive Office of the President by the Employment Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 24; 15 U. S. C. 1023). It now functions under Reorganization Plan 9 of 1953, effective August 1, 1953. The Council consists of three members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One of the members is designated by the President as chairman.

ACTIVITIES.-The Council analyzes the national economy and its various segments; advises the President on economic developments; appraises the economic programs and policies of the Federal Government; recommends to the President policies for economic growth and stability; and assists in the preparation of the economic reports of the President to the Congress. Approved.

ARTHUR F. Burns,

Chairman.

CREATION AND PURPOSE.-The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 497; 50 U. S. C. Sup. 402), amended by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 579; 50 U. S. C. Sup. 401 et seq.), and further amended by the Mutual Security Act of 1951 (65 Stat. 378; 22 U. S. C. 1652). Its function is to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the

JAMES S. LAY, JR.
S. EVERETT GLEASON.