Reorganization Act of 1939

Reorganization Act of 1939
Long title	To provide for reorganizing agencies of the Government, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 76th United States Congress
Effective	April 3, 1939
Citations
Public law	76-19
Statutes at Large	53 Stat. 561
Codification
Acts amended	Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
U.S.C. sections created	5 U.S.C. § 133
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 4425 by John J. Cochran (D–MO) on February 24, 1939; Passed the House on March 8, 1939 (246–153); Passed the Senate on March 21, 1939 (63–23); Reported by the joint conference committee on March 27, 1939; agreed to by the Senate on March 28, 1939 (voice vote) and by the House on March 29, 1939 (voice vote); Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 3, 1939;

The Reorganization Act of 1939, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 76–19, 53 Stat. 561, enacted April 3, 1939, is an American Act of Congress which gave the President of the United States the authority to hire additional confidential staff and reorganize the executive branch (within certain limits) for two years subject to legislative veto.^[1] It was the first major, planned reorganization of the executive branch of the government of the United States since 1787.^[2] The Act led to Reorganization Plan No. 1,^[3] which created the Executive Office of the President.^[2]

^ Dickinson, Matthew J. Bitter Harvest: FDR, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-65395-9
^ ^a ^b Mosher, Frederick C. American Public Administration: Past, Present, Future. 2d ed. Birmingham, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1975. ISBN 0-8173-4829-8
^ "Message to Congress on the Reorganization Act." April 25, 1939. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. The American Presidency Project. Santa Barbara, Calif.: University of California (hosted), Gerhard Peters (database).

[Dickinson-1] Dickinson, Matthew J. Bitter Harvest: FDR, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-65395-9

[Mosher-2] Mosher, Frederick C. American Public Administration: Past, Present, Future. 2d ed. Birmingham, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1975. ISBN 0-8173-4829-8

[Plan1-3] "Message to Congress on the Reorganization Act." April 25, 1939. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. The American Presidency Project. Santa Barbara, Calif.: University of California (hosted), Gerhard Peters (database).

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