22 U.S.C. § 6611 — Reorganization authority
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-277 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 206 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may organize functions and entities within the Department as needed for a reorganization, but may not change statutes defining an entity’s functions. A reorganization plan also may not create or extend certain offices or agencies.
(a) In general. Subject to this chapter, the Secretary* may assign or reassign functions transferred to the Department*. The Secretary may also create, combine, change, or end Department organizational entities when needed or appropriate for a reorganization. This does not let the Secretary change a statute that establishes or defines a bureau’s, office’s, or officer’s functions.
(b) Requirements and limits. The reorganization plan sent under section 6601 may not: (1) create a new executive department; (2) continue a function* after the law authorizes it or after it otherwise would have ended; (3) let a Federal agency* perform a function that the law did not authorize when the plan was sent to Congress; (4) create a new Federal agency* unless it is part of an existing executive department or independent agency; or (5) lengthen an office’s term beyond the term provided by law.
The Secretary* is authorized, subject to the requirements of this chapter, to allocate or reallocate any function* transferred to the Department* under any subchapter of this chapter, and to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue such organizational entities within the Department as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out any reorganization under this chapter, but this subsection does not authorize the Secretary to modify the terms of any statute that establishes or defines the functions of any bureau, office*, or officer of the Department.
The reorganization plan transmitted under section 6601 of this title may not have the effect of—
creating a new executive department;
continuing a function beyond the period authorized by law for its exercise or beyond the time when it would have terminated if the reorganization had not been made;
authorizing a Federal agency* to exercise a function which is not authorized by law at the time the plan is transmitted to Congress;
creating a new Federal agency* which is not a component or part of an existing executive department or independent agency; or
increasing the term of an office beyond that provided by law for the office.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–798.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-277 on 1998-10-21.
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