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  2. Presidential reorganization authority - Wikipedia

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    The Reorganization Act of 1949 was the last full statute enacted from scratch until the Reorganization Act of 1977; reorganizations occurring between the 1949 and 1977 statutes took the form of amendment and extension of the 1949 law. [3] The Reorganization Act of 1939 defined the reorganization plan as its own kind of presidential directive ...

  3. Timeline of the Jimmy Carter presidency (1977) - Wikipedia

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    April 6 – President Carter signs the Reorganization Act of 1977 into law during a morning ceremony in the Oval Office. President Carter says the legislation gives him the authority to work with Congress in reorganizing the federal government. [122]

  4. Brownlow Committee - Wikipedia

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    The Reorganization Act of 1939 incorporated two of the committee recommendations, and provided President Roosevelt with authority to make changes so that most of the existing agencies and government corporations became accountable to cabinet-level departments.

  5. Hoover Commission - Wikipedia

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    With the impetus of the Hoover Commission, the Reorganization Act of 1949, (Public Law 109, 81st Cong., 1st sess.) was approved by Congress on June 20, 1949. [3] President Truman made a special message to Congress upon signing the act, [4] with eight reorganization plans submitted in 1949, 27 in 1950, and one each in 1951 and 1952. [5]

  6. United States Atomic Energy Commission - Wikipedia

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    The AEC was abolished by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which assigned its functions to two new agencies: the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. [5] On August 4, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Department of Energy Organization Act, which created the Department of Energy.

  7. Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 - Wikipedia

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    The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–510) was an act of the United States Congress to "improve the operation of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes."

  8. Reorganization Act of 1939 - Wikipedia

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    The Reorganization Act of 1939, Pub. L. 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]

  9. Truman (book) - Wikipedia

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    The book provides a biography of Harry Truman in chronological fashion from his birth to his rise to U.S. Senator, Vice President, and President.It follows his activities until death, exploring many of the major decisions he made as president, including his decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his meetings and confrontation with Joseph Stalin during the end of World War II ...