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44-587: The Economy Act of 1933 is sometimes confused with the Economy Act of 1932 , which was signed in the final days of the Hoover administration in February 1933. This Hoover-sponsored bill established the purchasing authority of the federal government. Title VI of this earlier act authorized heads of executive departments, establishments, bureaus, and offices to place orders with any other such Federal agency unless

88-489: A joint resolution under which funding for both plans would be effective on July 1, 1939. By January 1941, Congress had not disapproved a single reorganization. The Act was allowed to lapse by Congress and was never reauthorized. With changing conditions both domestically and internationally in the postwar period, other major reorganizations were also implemented, including the Reorganization Act of 1945 and

132-616: A concurrent resolution on any reorganization plan. The act did not authorize the establishment of any new executive branch agency, banned the abolition of any such agency, and exempted 21 independent agencies, boards, commissions, and departments (including the Comptroller General of the United States and the Government Accounting Office ) from reorganization. It also denied the president

176-498: A dictatorship, and the reorganization bill was quickly seen in the same light, which led to congressional efforts to weaken the reorganization plan. In the Senate, Burton K. Wheeler proposed an amendment to the bill for a two-chamber legislative veto of any reorganization plan and a 60-day waiting period before any reorganization plan was effective. The Senate defeated the highly contentious motion by four votes. Attempts were made in

220-558: A strong chief executive, including among its 37 recommendations significant expansion of the presidential staff, integration of managerial agencies into a single presidential office, expansion of the merit system, integration of all independent agencies into existing Cabinet departments, and modernization of federal accounting and financial practices. Roosevelt submitted the Brownlow Committee's report to Congress and on January 12, 1937, sought legislative approval to implement

264-481: A vote of 63–23. A joint House–Senate conference committee reported a compromise bill on March 27 which retained the fast-track procedures, the legislative veto, and the "efficiency and economy" goal. The Senate approved the conference committee's bill on a voice vote on March 28, and the House did so by voice vote March 29. Roosevelt signed the bill into law on April 3, 1939. Roosevelt began discussions regarding

308-527: A worsening of the Great Depression. The act also halved Supreme Court pensions and two of the four anti-New Deal Supreme Court justices , Willis Van Devanter and George Sutherland , refused to retire, remained on the bench, and struck down some of Roosevelt's recovery acts; Supreme Court pensions were originally halved in 1932 but had been temporarily restored by Congress to full pay in February 1933. These two justices would likely have retired from

352-474: 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 . It was the first major, planned reorganization of the executive branch of the government of the United States since 1787. The Act led to Reorganization Plan No. 1, which created

396-590: The Executive Office of the President . As Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt had a reputation for reorganizing government in order to achieve efficiency. The Economy Act of 1933 , enacted in Roosevelt's Hundred Days to combat the Great Depression, gave the president the authority to engage in limited reorganization of the executive branch in order to achieve economic recovery goals. But

440-846: The Social Security Board , U.S. Employment Service, Office of Education , Public Health Service , National Youth Administration , and Civilian Conservation Corps ; created the Federal Works Agency , bringing together the Bureau of Public Roads , Public Buildings Branch of the Procurement Division , Branch of Buildings Management of the National Park Service , United States Housing Authority , Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works , and Works Progress Administration ; and created

484-701: The Spanish–American War , Philippine–American War , and Boxer Rebellion . Economy Act of 1932 Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 211786091 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:57:19 GMT Reorganization Act of 1939 The Reorganization Act of 1939 , Pub. L.   76–19 , 53  Stat.   561 , enacted April 3, 1939 ,

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528-991: The War Risk Insurance Act (as amended December 24, 1919; Chapter 16, Section 12, 41 Stat. 371), and those benefits were restored. The Economy Act had little effect on either the federal deficit or the economy. Spending in other areas rose so substantially that it dwarfed the cuts imposed by the Economy Act. The benefit cuts also did not last. In June 1933, Roosevelt restored $ 50 million in pension payments, and Congress added another $ 46 million. In January 1934, Roosevelt added another $ 21 million for veterans whose disabilities were service-connected but not service-caused. In March 1934, Congress overrode Roosevelt's veto and added another $ 90 million in veterans benefits and $ 120 million to federal workers' salaries. In October 1934, Roosevelt restored $ 60 million in federal salary cuts, and restored cuts to veterans who had served in

572-500: The $ 3.6 billion federal budget by eliminating government agencies, reducing the pay of civilian and military federal workers (including members of Congress), and slashing veterans' benefits by 50 percent. Veterans benefits constituted a quarter of the federal budget at the time. The Act was written primarily by Lewis Douglas , Roosevelt's Director of the Budget , and Grenville Clark , a private attorney. The Act faced stiff opposition in

616-527: The 1937 bill) on December 8, 1938, to review plans for the bill. Roosevelt and Byrnes agreed to have the bill originate in the House (which had killed it in 1937), to include a two-chamber legislative veto, and to grant reorganization authority for only two years. Roosevelt also agreed to submit the legislation as a standalone bill rather than part of an omnibus act, and to consider reform of the Works Progress Administration as part of

660-654: The Bonus Army's encampment, injuring hundreds and killing several veterans and civilians. Congress was forced to flee the city for several days after outraged veterans ringed the United States Capitol . The political backlash caused by the attack on the Bonus Army led to the defeat of several members of Congress that fall. Many in Congress, remembering the incident, did not want to support the Economy Act. The House Democratic Caucus even refused to support

704-935: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Treasury Department , the Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior , and the Surplus Marketing Administration in the Department of Agriculture . It also transferred some functions from the Civil Aeronautics Authority to a new Administrator of Civil Aeronautics. Assessments of the Reorganization Act of 1939 are few, but one later criticism of

748-566: The Congress. On June 17, 1932, the Bonus Army (about 17,000 World War I veterans and 26,000 of their family members and affiliated groups) had established a Hooverville shanty town on the Anacostia Flats area of Washington, D.C. On July 28, the U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment commanded by General Douglas MacArthur and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment (supported by six tanks ) commanded by Major George S. Patton attacked and set afire

792-593: The Executive Office of the President (EOP). Executive Order 8248 , promulgated on September 8, 1939, further defined the purpose, role, and duties of the EOP. Executive Order 8248 has been called "one of the most striking executive orders in American history". The EOP dramatically extended presidential control over the executive branch. Reorganization Plan No. 1 made, for the first time in American history,

836-1191: The Federal Loan Agency, bringing together the Reconstruction Finance Corporation , the Electric Home and Farm Authority , Federal Home Loan Bank Board , Federal Housing Administration , and Export-Import Bank of the United States . The plan also transferred the Farm Credit Administration , Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation , and Commodity Credit Corporation to the United States Department of Agriculture . Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1939 (53  Stat.   1431 ) promulgated on May 9, 1939, further transferred other agencies within existing Cabinet-level departments. Reorganization Plan III (also known as Reorganization Plan No. 3) of 1940 (5 FR 2107 ) (54  Stat.   1231 ), dated April 2, 1940, and effective on June 30, 1940, consolidated various agencies to establish

880-531: The Government on March 6. The House approved its version of the bill 246–153 on March 8 after it accepted an amendment, specifying that reorganization be for the purpose of efficiency and economizing, and defeating efforts to require positive congressional action in both chambers to approve a reorganization plan. The Senate committee refused to include affirmative approval in the Byrd bill on March 14, and reported

924-465: The House to adopt the Wheeler plan. The effort came close to success several times, which led the administration to agree to exempt a large number of independent agencies from the bill in an effort to win members' favor. However, the House, already upset over the extension of presidential influence and the reduction of its own authority, now saw the legislation as part of a Roosevelt power grab and tabled

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968-402: The Reorganization Act of 1949 The Reorganization Act of 1939 contained two major provisions. The first, which received little debate in Congress and proved noncontroversial, permitted the president to hire six assistants (whose pay was capped at $ 10,000 a year [$ 163,143 in 2012. ]) to help him coordinate management of the federal government. The second permitted the president to reorganize

1012-556: The Supreme Court early into Roosevelt's first term if their pensions had not been halved. The Economy Act also gave the President limited authority to reorganize executive branch agencies to achieve efficiency, but this power was not utilized much before the Act expired in 1935. By March 3, 1935, Roosevelt had issued 27 reorganization orders, most of them minor in nature. Roosevelt did not engage in extensive reorganization efforts until

1056-470: The World War ... are hereby repealed, and all laws granting or pertaining to yearly renewable term insurance are hereby repealed." However, the Act allowed the president to re-establish these benefits for two years via executive order at levels the President deemed appropriate. Benefits for non-disabled veterans fell more than 40%, creating deep resentment among former soldiers and officers and leading to

1100-465: The basis and framing idea and not all parts of their team's research was used. Their work revealed a profound constitutional understanding and confidence, not only about improving public management, but how to improve democracy within the American administrative state. On January 8, 1937, the Committee released its report. Famously declaring "The President needs help," the committee's report advocated

1144-576: The bill was reported by the committee on March 2, which contained the provisions outlined in December as well as a list of exempt agencies and new "fast-track" procedures to limit debate and move any concurrent resolutions opposing reorganization out of committee within 10 days. In the Senate, a bill offered by Senator Harry F. Byrd was reported out of the United States Senate Select Committee on Executive Agencies of

1188-547: The bill's prospects for passage appeared relatively good. On February 5, Roosevelt submitted the Judiciary Reorganization Bill of 1937 , to allow Associate Justices to the Supreme Court to be appointed for every sitting member over the age of 70-and-one-half years of age, up to a maximum of six. The "court-packing" scheme led to widespread accusations that Roosevelt was attempting to impose

1232-640: The bill. Roosevelt reintroduced the bill in the next Congress. Roosevelt was very active in the House and Senate primaries, working to "purge" the Democratic Party of Southern conservatives who had opposed the New Deal. Although largely unsuccessful, Roosevelt's actions had a major, positive impact on Congressional willingness to pass reorganization legislation. Roosevelt met with Gulick, Merriam, and Senator James F. Byrnes (who had managed

1276-627: The bill. Heavily opposed by liberal Democrats (92 of whom voted against it), the bill passed the House of Representatives only with heavy support of Republicans and conservative Democrats. The bill easily passed the Senate only because the Senate Democratic Caucus had scheduled a vote on the popular Cullen-Harrison Act (to amend the Volstead Act to allow the manufacture and sale of beer and light wines) immediately after

1320-615: The city), sent Eleanor Roosevelt to deliver food and medicine to the marchers and hear their grievances, and encouraged the ex-servicemen to seek work with the Civilian Conservation Corps (which many did). Veterans nonetheless sued to have their benefits restored. In Lynch v. United States, 292 U.S. 571 (1934) and United States v. Jackson, 302 U.S. 628 (1938), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Congress had violated federal law in eliminating certain insurance guarantees formerly offered to veterans by

1364-434: The committee's recommendations. The bill immediately sparked concern that it delegated far too much power to the president. Additionally, members of Congress were unhappy that the bill would further diminish the patronage system , abolish the position of Comptroller General (a position then held by a Republican ), and disrupt congressional committee oversight of and relationships with executive branch agencies. However,

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1408-593: The establishment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as a major force in American politics. The Economy Act caused a second Bonus Army to form, but Roosevelt handled this protest much more carefully than Hoover had: His administration set up an encampment for the protesters (albeit too far from the Capitol to make their protest effective), prohibited loitering in the District of Columbia (forcing the marchers to stay outside

1452-408: The executive branch, within certain limits. The act created the Executive Office of the President and allowed the Roosevelt administration to shift a number of executive agencies (including the Bureau of the Budget ) to its watch. The act required that 60 days pass before any reorganization plan be implemented. If both chambers of Congress passed a concurrent resolution expressing disapproval of

1496-489: The implementation of the Reorganization Act immediately upon its passage. Brownlow, Gulick and Merriam met with Budget Director Harold D. Smith beginning in March, and presented reorganization proposals to Roosevelt on April 23. The recommendations became Reorganization Plan No. 1 and Reorganization Plan No. 2. Neither reorganization plan accommodated the fiscal year for the U.S. budget, so on July 1, 1939, Congress passed

1540-471: The package. Adhering to this strategy, Roosevelt then declined to submit a reorganization plan in January. On January 31, Rep. John J. Cochran submitted a resolution requesting the formation of a House Committee on Governmental Reorganization, which was approved over strong Republican opposition the next day. This committee revived the Roosevelt bill which had been tabled in 1937. A revised version of

1584-482: The passage of the Reorganization Act of 1939 gave him that authority. Its most important provisions, however, repealed all federal laws regarding veterans' benefits. Section 17 of the Act declared: "All public laws granting medical or hospital treatment, domiciliary care, compensation, and other allowances, pension, disability allowance, or retirement pay to veterans and the dependents of veterans of ...

1628-420: The plan, the plan was considered null and void and could not be implemented (the first example in American law of a legislative veto ). The act also limited debate over discharge petitions (to bring concurrent resolutions out of committee and onto the floor for a vote) to one hour, and debate on concurrent resolutions themselves to 10 hours. The act required a simple majority vote in the Senate to approve

1672-507: The power to use reorganization authority to extend the life or functions of any agency beyond the period authorized by law. The act contained a sunset provision , under which reorganization authority expired on January 21, 1941. Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939 (4 FR 2727 , 53  Stat.   1423 ) substantially reorganized a number of federal agencies. It created the Federal Security Agency , bringing together

1716-682: The president took no action during the two-year term of authority granted by the Act. By 1935, however, the keystone of the New Deal (the National Industrial Recovery Act ) had been declared unconstitutional and Roosevelt's views on how to effect recovery had shifted away from economic intervention and toward social justice (a legislative program known as the "Second New Deal"). Many influential members of Congress, political scientists , and public administration experts had strongly criticized Roosevelt's preference for

1760-551: The proliferation of executive branch agencies, a strategy used by him to experiment with responses to the Great Depression, as inefficient. On March 22, 1936, Roosevelt established the Committee on Administrative Management (commonly known as the Brownlow Committee ) and charged it with developing proposals for reorganizing the executive branch. The three-person committee consisted of Louis Brownlow , Charles Merriam , and Luther Gulick . Gulick's POSDCORB served as

1804-477: The reorganization act is that it further reduced the influence, expertise, and capacity of the Cabinet and hid policymaking behind executive privilege . The Reorganization Act of 1939 led to the creation of the Executive Office of the President, and this proved to be the act's longest-lasting and most important achievement. On April 25, 1939, President Roosevelt submitted Reorganization Plan No. 1, which created

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1848-638: The requisitioned goods or services could be acquired as conveniently or more cheaply from the private sector . Though amended several times, this provision—commonly referred to simply as the Economy Act —remains in force as of 2019 ( 31 U.S.C.   § 1535 ). As Governor of New York , Franklin D. Roosevelt had campaigned for the Presidency , in part, on a pledge to balance the federal budget . On March 10, 1933, six days after his inauguration, Roosevelt submitted legislation to Congress which would cut $ 500 million ($ 8.181 billion in 2009 dollars) from

1892-475: The revised bill in essentially the same form as the House-passed bill. An amendment by Senator Byrd making efficiency and economy the official goal of the bill was adopted on March 20. In a rancorous session, the Senate adopted the Wheeler amendment (requiring affirmative action) on March 21 by a vote of 45–44 but reversed itself a day later by a vote of 46–44. The Senate passed the bill moments later on

1936-508: The vote on the Economy Act—allowing Senators to cast vote for one very unpopular bill and one very popular bill in quick succession. The President signed the Economy Act into law on March 20, 1933. The Economy Act cut federal spending by $ 243 million, not the $ 500 million requested by the President. This aspect of the Act proved deflationary as the government purchased fewer goods and services, and some argue that this led to

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