15 U.S.C. § 1511a — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–219, § 3(a)(2), Dec

Page 1430 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1511a 2 For additional Message of the President see Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, Title 5, Appendix, Government Officers and Employees. to the Department of Commerce at such time or times as the Director shall direct. (b) Such further measures and dispositions as the Di- rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall deem to be necessary in order to effectuate the trans- fers referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be carried out in such manner as he shall direct and by such agencies as he shall designate. (c) The personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration shall become personnel, property, records, and unex- pended balances of the National Oceanic and Atmos- pheric Administration or of such other organizational entity or entities of the Department of Commerce as the Secretary of Commerce shall determine. (d) The Commissioned Officer Corps of the Environ- mental Science Services Administration shall become the Commissioned Officer Corps of the National Oce- anic and Atmospheric Administration. Members of the Corps, including those appointed hereafter, shall be en- titled to all rights, privileges, and benefits heretofore available under any law to commissioned officers of the Environmental Science Services Administration, in- cluding those rights, privileges, and benefits heretofore accorded by law to commissioned officers of the former Coast and Geodetic Survey. (e) Any personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries not otherwise transferred shall become personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of such organizational entity or entities of the Department of the Interior as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine. SEC. 5. INTERIM OFFICERS (a) The President may authorize any person who im- mediately prior to the effective date of this reorganiza- tion plan held a position in the executive branch of the Government to act as Administrator until the office of Administrator is for the first time filled pursuant to provisions of this reorganization plan or by recess ap- pointment, as the case may be. (b) The President may similarly authorize any such person to act as Deputy Administrator and authorize any such person to act as Associate Administrator. (c) The President may similarly authorize a member of the former Commissioned Officer Corps of the Envi- ronmental Science Services Administration to act as the head of one principal constituent organizational entity of the Administration. (d) The President may authorize any person who serves in an acting capacity under the foregoing provi- sions of this section to receive the compensation at- tached to the office in respect of which he so serves. Such compensation, if authorized, shall be in lieu of, but not in addition to, other compensation from the United States to which such person may be entitled. SEC. 6. ABOLITIONS (a) Subject to the provisions of this reorganization plan, the following, exclusive of any functions, are hereby abolished: (1) The Environmental Science Services Administra- tion in the Department of Commerce (established by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965, 79 Stat. 1318), includ- ing the offices of Administrator of the Environmental Science Services Administration and Deputy Adminis- trator of the Environmental Science Services Adminis- tration. (2) The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in the De- partment of the Interior (16 U.S.C. 742b), including the office of Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fish- eries. (b) Such provisions as may be necessary with respect to terminating any outstanding affairs shall be made by the Secretary of Commerce in the case of the Envi- ronmental Science Services Administration and by the Secretary of the Interior in the case of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT 2 To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, prepared in accordance with chapter 9 of title 5 of the United States Code. The plan would transfer to the Secretary of Commerce various functions relating to the oceans and atmosphere, including commercial fish- ery functions, and would establish a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. My reasons for transmitting this plan are stated in a more extended accompanying message. After investigation, I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 901(a) of title 5 of the United States Code. In particular, the plan is responsive to section 901(a)(1), ‘‘to promote the better execution of the laws, the more effective management of the executive branch and of its agencies and func- tions, and the expeditious administration of the public business;’’ and section 901(a)(3), ‘‘to increase the effi- ciency of the operations of the Government to the full- est extent practicable.’’ The reorganizations provided for in the plan make necessary the appointment and compensation of new officers as specified in section 2 of the plan. The rates of compensation fixed for these officers are comparable to those fixed for other officers in the executive branch who have similar responsibilities. The reorganization plan should result in the more ef- ficient operation of the Government. It is not practical, however, to itemize or aggregate the exact expenditure reductions which will result from this action. RICHARD NIXON. THE WHITE HOUSE, July 9, 1970. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11567 Ex. Ord. No. 11567, Nov. 16, 1970, 35 F.R. 17701, which prescribed the compensation of the Director and Dep- uty Director of the Bureau of Domestic Commerce, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11759, Jan. 15, 1974, 39 F.R. 2077, formerly set out below. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11759 Ex. Ord. No. 11759, Jan. 15, 1974, 39 F.R. 2077, which re- lated to compensation of certain officials in the Domes- tic and International Business Administration, was su- perseded by Ex. Ord. No. 12096, Nov. 2, 1978, 43 F.R. 51597, formerly set out below. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12096 Ex. Ord. No. 12096, Nov. 2, 1978, 43 F.R. 51597, which re- lated to compensation of certain officials in the Indus- try and Trade Administration, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 F.R. 989, set out as a note under section 2171 of Title 19, Customs Duties. § 1511a. Repealed. Pub. L. 95–219, § 3(a)(2), Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1613 Section, Pub. L. 94–370, § 15(a), July 26, 1976, 90 Stat. 1032, authorized appointment and set forth compensa- tion level for an Associate Administrator for Coastal Zone Management. § 1511b. United States fishery trade officers (a) Appointment For purposes of carrying out export promotion and other fishery development responsibilities, the Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall ap- point not fewer than six officers who shall serve abroad to promote United States fishing inter-