22 U.S.C. § 6611: Reorganization authority

Summary

The Secretary may reassign work and create, merge, change, or close parts of the Department as needed to carry out a reorganization, as long as other rules in this chapter are followed. The Secretary cannot change any law that sets or defines what a bureau, office, or officer must do. A reorganization plan sent to Congress may not do five things: create a new executive department, keep a function past its legal end date, let an agency do something not allowed by law when the plan is sent to Congress, create a new agency that is not part of an existing department or independent agency, or lengthen an office term beyond what the law allows.

Title 22, §6611

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(a)In general

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.

(b)Requirements and limitations on reorganization plan

The reorganization plan transmitted under section 6601 of this title may not have the effect of— (1)

(2)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;

(3)authorizing a Federal agency to exercise a function which is not authorized by law at the time the plan is transmitted to Congress;

(4)creating a new Federal agency which is not a component or part of an existing executive department or independent agency; or

(5)increasing the term of an office beyond that provided by law for the office.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this subdivision”, meaning subdiv. A of div. G of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–765, known as the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998. For complete classification of this subdivision to the Code, see

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note set out under section 6501 of this title and Tables.

§6611 Reorganization Authority