A BILL

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79TII CONGRESS
2D SESSION
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1946
Mr. RANDOLPH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments
A BILL
To promote the common defense by unifying the departments
and agencies of the Government relating to the common
defense.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representa-
2 tines of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Common Defense Act
4 of 1946".
5 DECLARATION OF POLICY
6 . SEC. 2. In enacting this legislation, it is the intent of
7 Congress to provide a comprehensive and continuous pro-
8 gram for our future safety and for the peace and security of
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1 the world; to coordinate under civilian control the depart-
2 ments and agencies of the Government and their functions
3 relating to the common defense; to provide permanent
4 machinery for the establishment of integrated programs for
5 the maximum use of the Nation's military, human, natural.,
6 and industrial resources in the interests of common defense;
7 to realize the economies that can be achieved through
8 unified control of supply and service functions; to prevent
9 duplication and overlapping of functions ; to establish the
10 most advantageous framework for a unified system of train-
11 ing for combined operations by land, sea, and air forces;
12 and, on the basis of past knowledge and expetience,
13 to integrate all elements of our Nation into an alert,
14 smoothly working, and efficient organization for the pro-
15 tection of our national security. In time of peace it is
16, essential that well-laid plans be formulated and kept up
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to date ready, at an instant's notice, to be put into effect
in the event this Nation is again threatened with or forced
into war. The maintenance of such an organization in a
20 continuous state of full alert will be for (a) the security of
21 the Nation, (b), the preservation, of peace, (c) the removal
22 of the causes of war, and (d) the suppression of aggression
23 at its first appearance.
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TITLE I-UNIFIED ORGANIZATION FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY
ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT
SEC. 101. (a) There shall be at the seat of govern-
ment an executive department to be known
as the
Department of Common Defense, which shall be adminis-
tered by a Secretary of Common Defense (hereinafter re-
ferred to as the "Secretary") , who shall be appointed
from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The Secretary shall be a member
of the President's Cabinet and shall receive compensation
at the rate of $15,000 a year.
(b) Section 158 of the Revised Statutes is amended
to include the Department of Common Defense, and the
provisions of so much of title IV of the Revised Statutes,
as now or hereafter amended, as is not inconsistent with
this Act, shall be applicable to the Department.
(c) The` Secretary of Common Defense shall cause a
seal of office to be made for the Department, of such
device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice:
shall be taken thereof.
UNDER SECRETARY
SEc. 102. There shall be in the Department of Common
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1 Defense an Under Secretary of.Common Defense, who shall
2 be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with
3 the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive
4 compensation at the rate of $12,000 a year. The Under
5 Secretary shall perform such duties as may. be required by
6 law or prescribed by the Secretary of Common Defense.
7 The Under Secretary shall (1) in case of the death, resigna-
8 tion, or removal from office of the Secretary, perform the
9 ` duties of the Secretary until a successor is appointed, and
10 (2) in -case of the absence of the Secretary, perform the
11 duties of the Secretary until such absence shall terminate.
12 SECRETARIES FOR TIIE ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE
13 SEC. 103. There shall be in the Department of Com-
14 mon Defense a Secretary for the Army, a Secretary for the
15 Navy, and a Secretary for the Air Force, who shall be
16 appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the
17 advice and consent. of the Senate, and who shall receive
18 compensation at the rate of $12,000 a year. The said
19: Secretaries, under the supervision and direction of the Presi
20' . dent and of the Secretary of Common Defense, shall be
21 charged with the administration of. the United States Army
22 the United States Navy, and the United States Air Force,-
23' respectively, and shall perform such other duties as may
24 be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary of
25 Common Defense.
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.1 ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF COMMON DEFENSE
2 SEC. 104. There shall be in the Department of Com-
3 mon Defense four Assistant Secretaries of Common Defense,
4 who shall be appointed from civilian life by the President,
5' by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who
6 shall receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 a year.
7 The Secretary shall designate one or more of the Assistant
8 Secretaries to perform, under the supervision and direction
9 of the Secretary, the following functions :
10 (1) To foster, supervise, and coordinate scientific
11 research and development activities in the Department
12 of Common Defense; to coordinate such activities in
13 the Department of Common Defense with those of the
14 Central Research and Development Agency and other
15 Government agencies, and with those of private industry,
16 individuals, laboratories, and educational institutions;
17 and to promote educational programs designed to assure
18 an adequate supply of trained personnel to conduct such
19 activities of the Department.
20 (2) To foster, supervise, and coordinate intelligence
21 activities in the Department of Common Defense; to
22 assure the prompt dissemination within the Department
23 and to commanders in the field of adequate military in-
24 telligence to enable military authorities to take action
25 in the interests of common defense; to coordinate the in-
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2 the Central Intelligence Agency and other Government
3 agencies; and to promote educational programs designed
4 to assure an adequate supply of trained personnel to
5 conduct such activities of the Department.
6 (3) To supervise and coordinate activities in the
7 Department of Common Defense with respect to the
8 procurement of military supplies, logistics, industrial
9 mobilization, and medical care and hospitalization; to
10 develop programs designed to promote economy, effi-
11 ciency, and the elimination of duplication and overlap-
12 ping in the procurement and distribution of military
13 supplies and in the furnishing of medical care, hospitali-
1.4 zation, and other services; to coordinate the programs of
15 the Department with those of the National Security
16 Resources Board and other governmental agencies per-
1 r forming functions with respect to the procurement and
18 distribution of supplies, the furnishing of services, or the
19 maintenance of inventories and information relating to
20 the actual and potential manpower, resources, and pro-
21 ductive facilities. of the Nation; and to promote educa-
22 tional programs designed to provide an adequate supply
23 of trained personnel to conduct the military logistics of
24 the Department and to promote educational programs
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1 designed to accustom industry to the actual and potential
2 procurement programs of the Department.
3 (4) To supervise and coordinate educational and
training activities in the Department of Common Defense
with a view toward the constant . maintenance of our
armed forces as a' highly trained organization, the pro-
vision of adequate opportunities to all members of such
8 forces to fit themselves for greater responsibilities, the
9 joint education and training of members of the armed
10 forces, and the training of members of the armed forces
11 to fit them for command. and staff responsibilities involv-
12 ing all of the components of the armed forces; and ;to
13 coordinate the educational and training activities of the
14 Department of Common Defense with those of other
15 Government agencies and of educational institutions.
16 The Assistant Secretaries shall perform, under the, super-
17 vision and direction of the Secretary, such other functions
18 as, may be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary.
19 CM- EF OF STAFF OF COMMON DEFENSE
20 SEC. 105. (a) There shall be in the Department of
21 Common Defense an officer to be known as the Chief of
22 Staff of Common Defense, who shall be appointed by the
23 President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
24 for a term of three years. Said Chief of Staff shall be
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1 selected from among the commissioned officers of the armed
2 forces of general or flag rank and shall rank above all other
3 officers of the armed forces on active duty. The Chief of
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4 Staff of Common Defense shall be the military adviser of
5 the President * and the Secretary, shall execute such
orders as he shall receive from the President or the Secretary,
and shall perform such other military duties as may be
assigned him by the President or the Secretary.
(b) In the appointment of the Chief of Staff of Com-
mon Defense, the President shall, if he deems it proper and
desirable, alternate his choice of said Chief of Staff from
commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
in order that the experience of all the services shall become
14 a part of our common-defense establishment.
15 (c) An officer of the United States Army, while hold-
16 ing the Office of Chief of Staff of Common Defense shall
1"T have the rank and title of General of the Army; an officer
18 of the United States Navy, while holding such office shall
19 have the rank and title of Fleet Admiral or, if an officer of the
20 Marine Corps, the rank and title of General of the Marines;
21 an officer of the United States Air Force, while holding such
22 office shall have the rank and title of General of the Army
23 or such equivalent rank and title as may hereafter be
24 established for an officer or officers of the United States
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Air Force. An officer while holding the Office of Chief
of Staff of Common Defense shall be entitled to the pay
and allowances of a rear admiral (upper half) and to
a personal money allowance of $5,000 per year.,
JOINT STAFF OF TIIE ARMED FORCES
SEC. 106. (a) There is _ hereby established in the De-
partment of Common Defense an organization to be known
as the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces (hereinafter referred
to as the "Joint Staff") , which shall consist of the Chief of
Staff of Common Defense; the Commanding General, United
States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations ; and the Com-
manding General, United States Air Force.
(b) The Joint Staff shall, from time to time as said
body shall deem desirable and at least once in each year,
submit to the President, through the Secretary of Common
Defense, the recommendations of said body, together with
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military policy, strategy, and the budgetary requirements
of the armed forces, including the composition of the budget.
Such recommendations shall be transmitted to the President,
with comments deemed appropriate, by the Secretary of
Common Defense who, in the case of budgetary recommenda-
tions, shall, after consideration and review thereof, submit
to the President the annual budget of the Department to,
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1 gether with the recommendations.. of the Joint Staff or
2 members thereof.
3 (c) The commander of any of the three components of
4 the armed forces established by section 108 may, at any
5 time, present to the Joint Staff for consideration and discus-
sion and presentation to the President through the Secretary
of Common Defense any report or recommendation relating
to the component commanded by him which lie shall deem
desirable. Such report or recommendation shall, after reason-
able consideration by the Joint Staff, be forwarded to the
President through the Secretary of Common Defense to-
gether with statements of the views and recommendations
thereon of the Joint Staff or the members thereof and of
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COMMANDING OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AND
AIR FORCE
SEC. 107. (a) The United States Army, the United
States Navy, and the United States Air Force shall each be
commanded by a commissioned officer, who shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, for a term of three. years from among the
officers of general or flag rank who are transferred or assigned
to . or commissioned in such components, respectively. The
commanders of such components shall be known, respectively,
as the Commanding General, United States Army; the
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1 Chief of Naval Operations; and the Commanding General,
2 United States Air Force. Each of said commanders shall,
3 subject to direction of the President, or of the Secretary
4 under direction of the President, exercise command over
5 his component and shall be charged with the duty of carrying
6 into execution all lawful orders and directions which may
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(b) An officer while holding the office of Commanding
General, United States Army, shall have the rank and title
of General of the Army; an officer while holding the office
of Commanding General, United States Air Force, shall
have the rank and title of General of the Army or such
13 equivalent rank and title as may hereafter be established 14 for an officer or officers of the United States Air Force; and
15 an officer while holding the office of Chief of Naval Opera-
16 Lions shall have the rank and title of Fleet. Admiral; and
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each such officer while holding such office shall be entitled
to the. pay and allowances of a rear admiral (upper half)
and to a personal money -allowance of $2,200 per year.
SEC. 108. (a) There shall be within the Department
21 of Common Defense a Director of Common Services, who
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shall be appointed for a term of three years by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Such Director shall be appointed from general or flag offi-
.cers of the armed forces. Under the Secretary or Chief
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1 of Staff of the Armed Forces, such appointees shall have
2 supervision and control over all personnel assigned or trans-
3 ferred to his office and over all functions and installations
4 pertaining to the common services, supply, and hospital re-
5 quirements of the armed forces which may from time to
6 time be assigned to him by the Secretary. The Director
7 of Common Services, while holding office as such, shall
8 have the rank of general or admiral and shall be entitled
9 to the pay and allowances of a rear admiral (upper half)
10 and to a personal money allowance of $2,200 per year.
11 (b) The Office of the Director of Common Services shall
12 consist of such personnel, officers, offices, agencies, organiza.-
13 tions, installations, materiel, property, records, and projects
14 as may -hereafter be assigned or transferred to it from time
15 to time by law or by Executive order of the President.
16 ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AND
17 AIR FORCE.
18 SEC. 109. (a.) There are hereby established, as sep-
19 crate and- coordinate arms; the United States Army, the
20 United States Navy, and the United States Air Force.
21. (b) Each of such 'separate and coordinate arms shall
22 consist of such personnel, officers, offices, agencies, organza-
23- tions, installations, materiel, property, records, and projects,
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as may hereafter be assigned or transferred to it from time
to time by law or by Executive order of the President.
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1 (c) In order to avoid interruption or curtailment of
2 the functioning of the armed forces during the process of
3 reorganization, the jurisdiction, control, authority, and com-
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mand of all the items mentioned in (b) above vested in
and exercised-
(1) by the Commanding Generals of the Army
.Ground Forces and Army Service Forces shall be
vested in and exercised by the Commanding General,
United States Army, when appointed;
(2) by the Chief of Naval Operations shall' be
vested in and exercised by the Chief of Naval Opera-
tions, United States Navy, when appointed;
13 (3) by the Commanding General, Army Air
14 Forces, shall be vested in and exercised by the Com-
manding General, United States Air Force, when
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17 (d) Any member of the armed forces who is, by opera-
18 tion of this Act or subsequent Action taken hereunder,
19 assigned to the United States Army, the United States
20 Navy, or the United States Air Force, shall not be deemed
21 to have been appointed to a new or different office or grade
22 from that held by him at the time of such assignment, or
23 to have vacated his permanent or temporary appointment
24 in an existing component of the armed forces solely by
25 virtue of such assignment. No such assignment shall alter
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-1 or prejudice the status of any member of the armed forces
2 so assigned, so as to deprive him of any right, benefit, or
3 privilege to which he may be entitled under existing law.
4 (e) All existing laws
Executive orders
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tions relating to members of the armed forces, or any com-
ponent thereof, or relating to persons serving with the
armed forces, to the extent not in conflict with this Act, shall
continue in full force and effect and shall apply to present
and future members of the armed forces and other persons
10 serving therewith, until repealed, modified, or superseded.
11 ABOLISIIMENT OF WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS
12 SEc. 110. (a) All civilian personnel and all property,
13 both real and personal and including all records, of the
14 Department of War and the Department of the Navy shall,
15 at such time as the President may determine, be transferred
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to the Department of Common Defense; and the Department
of War and the Department of the Navy shall cease to exist
as executive departments of the Government upon the
issuance of the Executive order effecting such transfer.
(b) The offices of Secretary of War, Secretary of the
Navy, Under Secretary of War, Under Secretary of the
Navy, Assistant Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, additional Assistant Secretary of War (Air),
and additional Assistant, Secretary of the Navy (Air) shall
be abolished upon the issuance of the Executive order
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1 specified in subsection (a), and the functions, powers, and
2 duties vested in and imposed upon such officers shall there-
3 after be vested in andimposed upon the Secretary of Com-
4 mon Defense, who may delegate the same to the Under
5 Secretary, to the Secretaries for the Army, Navy, and
6 Air Force, or to such of the Assistant Secretaries as he
7 may designate.
8 (c) The transfer to the Department of Common Defense
9 under this Act of civilian personnel of the Department of War
10 and of the Department of the Navy shall be without changes
11 in classification or compensation, but the Secretary is author-
12 ized to make such changes in the titles and designations and
13 prescribe such changes in the duties of such officers and em-
.14 ployees commensurate with their classification as he may
15 deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
16 (d) All laws, orders, and regulations, relating specifi-
17 cally to such departments and generally to executive de-
18 partments, which are not in conflict. with any provision of
19 this Act, shall be applicable to the Department of Common
Defense until repealed, modified, or superseded.
(e) All unexpended balances of appropriations, alloca-
tions, or other funds available for use by the Department of
War or the Department of the Navy or officers thereof, are
hereby transferred, effective upon the issuance of the Execu-
tive order specified in subsection ,(a) , to the Department of
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Common Defense for use in connection with the exercise of
its functions prescribed by this Act. Such unexpended bal-
8 priate from time to time from any appropriation covered by
9 this subsection to any other such appropriation or to such
ances so transferred may be used for the purposes for which
the appropriations, allocations, or other funds were originally
made available, or for new expenditures occasioned by the
enactment of this Act. The transfers herein authorized may
be made with or without warrant action as may. be appro-
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12 provisions of this Act, including any reorganization adopted
13 pursuant thereto, or to carry out other provisions thereof.
(f) There shall also be in the Department of Common
Defense such other civilian officers and employees as the Sec-
retary may deem necessary to perform his duties and as may
from time to time be provided for by Congress.
SAVING CLAT?SES
19 SEC. 111. (a) All contracts, agreements, orders, rules,
20 regulations, permits, and privileges made, issued, or granted
21 by or in respect of the Department of War or the Depart-
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ment of the Navy, which are in effect at the ' time of their
23 transfer under this Act, shall, insofar as not inconsistent
24 with the provisions of this Act, continue in effect to the same
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1 extent as if such transfer had not occurred, until modified,
2 superseded, or repealed.
3 (b) No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully com-
4 menced by or against the Secretary of War or the S.ecre-
5 tary of the Navy, or other officer of the Department of
6 War or the Department of the Navy, in his official capacity
7 or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate
8 by reason of the taking effect of this Act, but the court may,
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10 twelve months after the date of enactment of this Act,
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showing a necessity for a survival of such suit, action, or
12 other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions
13 involved, allow the same to be maintained by or against
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SUCCESSION TO PRESIDENCY
SEC. 112. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act
to provide for the performance of the duties of the Office of
the Secretary of Common Defense.
President in case of the removal, death, resignation, or in-
ability both of the President and Vice President", approved
January 19, 1886 (24 Stat. 1) , is amended (1) by striking
out "Secretary of War," and inserting in lieu thereof "Secre-
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24 or inability, then the Secretary of the Navy".
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REORGANIZATION POWERS
2 SEC. 113. (a) The Department of Common Defense,
3 the United States Army, the United States Navy, and the
4 United States Air Force established by this Act, each is
5 respectively declared to be an agency which may be re-
6 organized under the provisions of the Reorganization Act
7 of 1945: Provided, however, That no action taken pursuant
8 to the provisions of this section under the Reorganization
9 Act of 1945 shall have the effect of abolishing any of said
10 agencies.
11 (b) None of. the powers granted to the President by
12 title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838) ,
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14 in subsection (a) .
15 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER LEGISLATION IN THE
16, INTERESTS OF COMMON DEFENSE
17 SEC. 114. The President, through the Secretary of Com-
18 mon Defense, shall make a full and complete study and
19 investigation of the Department of Common Defense (in-
20 eluding the United States Army, the United States Navy,
21 and the United States Air Force) as constituted pursuant
22 to the provisions of this Act. Such study and investigation
23 shall be made with a view to the recommendation to Con
24 gross of further legislation which may be necessary to provide
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1 the Department; (2) the elimination of any undesirable
2 duplication and overlapping in -the 'functions performed by
3 the coordinate arms of the armed forces; (3) the joint use
4 by such coordinate arms of hospitals, laboratories, dispen-
5 saries, transportation and port facilities, buildings, utilities,
6 libraries, schools, training institutions, facilities, and other
7 properties; (4) the coordination, in time of peace and in time
8 of war, of the activities of the Department and the coordi
9 pate arms of the armed forces with those of other depart-
10 ments and agencies of the Government; (5) the
11 establishment of uniformity in the legislation applicable to
12 the coordinate arms of the armed forces and relating to
13 such matters as appointment and enlistment, promotion,
retirement, discipline, pay and allowances, and periods of
service ; (6) the establishment of a system of promotion of
members of the coordinate arms of the armed forces which
will result in the promotion of those members who will be
most capable of performing the duties of the grades and
offices to which they are promoted; and (7) any further
improvement in the organization of the Department and of
the coordinate arms of the armed forces, and of the function-
ing thereof, which requires legislation for its accomplish-
ment. Reports with respect to such study and investiga-
24 Lion, together with any recommendations for legislation
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2 as practicable.
ANNUAL REPORTS
SEc. 115. The Secretary of Common Defense shall make
annually a report in writing to Congress. giving an account
of all moneys received and disbursed by him and the Depart-
ment, describing the work done by the Department, and
8 'making such recommendations as he shall deem. necessary
9 for the effective performance of the duties and purposes of
10 the Department.
11 TITLE II-COORDINATION FOR COMMON
.12 DEFENSE
13 COUNCIL OF COMMON DEFENSE
14 SEc. 201. (a) There is hereby established an independ-
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16 of Common Defense (hereinafter in this section referred to
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as the "Council") . The function of the Council shall be
the coordinating and integrating of common defense policies.
The Council shall be composed of the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Common Defense, and the Chairman of the
National Security Resources Board. The President shall
preside at all meetings of the Council which he attends.
(b) In addition to any powers which the President
may delegate to it for the purpose of more effectively
coordinating the departments and agencies of the Gov-
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I ernment and their functions relating to the common de-
2 fense, and for the purpose of more effectively implementing
3 the intent of Congress in this Act, it shall, subject to the
4 direction of the President, be the duty of the Council-
5 (1) to bring into common action the common
6 defense policies, of the United States and to provide
7 for unity in the execution thereof;
8 (2) to assess and appraise the objectives, commit-
9 ments, and risks of the United States in relation to 'our
10 actual and potential military power, in the interests of
11 our common defense; and
(3) to initiate measures to bring into common ac-
13 tion the executive departments, independent agencies,
14 boards, commissions, Government corporations, and
15 other agencies in the executive branch of the Govern-
16 meat as may be necessary to provide for the common
17 defense. The Council will direct and supervise such
18 action in agencies under its supervision or control. Each
19 member will take appropriate and necessary action to
20 carry out the decisions of the Council within the depart-
21 meat or agency which be represents; with respect .to
22 decisions which affect departments. or agencies beyond
23 the control of the Council or not represented by members
24 of the Council, appropriate action will be recommended
25 to the heads thereof and if action satisfactory to the
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Council is not taken by such departments and agencies
the Council will recommend appropriate action to the
3 President.
4 (c) The Council shall have a staff to be headed by an
5 executive secretary who shall be appointed from civilian life
6 by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
7 the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the rate of
8 $12,000 per annum. The executive secretary shall prepare
9 the agenda of the Council and shall have the duty of provid-
10 ing data essential to its deliberations and distributing its con-
11 elusions to the departments and agencies concerned for
12 information and appropriate action. The executive secretary
13 shall. perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
14 Council.
15 (d) The Council shall make at the close of each fiscal
16 year a report in writing to the President and to the Congress
17 giving an account of all moneys received and disbursed by
18 the Council, making such recommendations and legislative
19 proposals as it shall deem necessary to improve the common
20 defense, and describing the work done by the Council iri
21 such detail as is not' inconsistent with national security. The
22 Council shall, from time to time, make such other reports
23 to the President as it deems appropriate or as the President
24 may require.
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2 SEC. 202. (a)- There shall be in the Council of Common
3 Defense a Central Intelligence Agency (hereinafter in this
4 section referred to as the "Agency"), with a Director who
5 shall be the head thereof, to be appointed from civilian or
6 military life by the President by and with the advice and
7 consent of the Senate. The Director shall receive compen-
8 sation at the rate of $12,000 per annum. Any commis-
9 sioned officer of the United States Army, the United States
10 Navy, or the United States Air Force may be appointed to
11 the office of Director; and his appointment to, acceptance of,
12 and service in, such office shall in no way affect any status,
13 office, rank, or grade he may occupy or hold in the United
14 States Army, the United States Navy, or the United States
15 Air Force, or any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege,
16 or benefit incident to or arising out of any such status, office,
17 rank, or grade. Any such commissioned officer on the active
18 list shall, while serving in the Office of Director, receive the
19 military pay and allowances payable to a commissioned
20 officer of his grade and length of service and shall be paid,
21 from any funds available to defray the expenses of the
22 Agency, annual compensation at a rate equal to the differ-
23 ence between $12,000 and the amount of his annual mili-
24 Lary pay and allowances. There shall be assigned to duty
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1 with the Agency such military and civilian personnel of the
2 departments and agencies of the Government as the Council
3 of Common Defense may, from time to time, recommend
4 and the President approve.
5 (b) It shall be the duty of the Agency, under the
6 supervision and direction of the Council of Common De-
7 fense, to. plan, develop, and coordinate the foreign intelli-
.8 gence activities of the United States in such manner as
9 to assure the most effective accomplishment of the intelli-
10 gence mission relating to the national. security. The Agency
11, shall-
12 . (1) correlate and evaluate intelligence relating to
13 the national security and provide for the appropriate
14 dissemination within the Government of the resulting
15 strategic and national policy intelligence ;
16 (2) make plans- for the coordination of such of
17 the intelligence activities of the departments and agencies
18 of the Government as relate to the national security
19 and recommend to the. Council of Common Defense
20 the establishment of such over-all policies and objectives
21 as , will assure the most effective accomplishment of the
22 national intelligence mission;
23 (3) perform, for the benefit of the departments
24 and other agencies of. the Government such intelli-
25 gence services of common concern as relate to the
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1 national security and as the Council of Common De-
2 fense determines can be more efficiently accomplished
3 by the agency; and
4 (4) perform such other functions and duties re-
5 lating to intelligence affecting the national security
6 as the President or the Council of Common Defense
7 may from time to time direct.
8 (c) The responsibility and authority of the departments
9 and other agencies of the Government to collect, evaluate,
10 correlate, and disseminate intelligence shall not be affected,
11 except to the extent that the Agency may relieve them of
12 such authority and responsibility pursuant to the provisions
13 of subsection (b) The Agency shall have no police, sub-
14 pena, law enforcement, or internal security powers or func-
tions; nor shall anything heirein be construed as authorizing
the making of investigations inside the continental United
States or its possessions, except as provided by law. The
Director of the Agency shall be responsible for fully pro-
19 tecting intelligence sources and methods.
20 (d) The Agency shall make use of the facilities and
21 services of the military and the civilian intelligence agencies
22 of the Government and may conduct intelligence projects
23 through, or in cooperation with, such agencies. Such
24 agencies are hereby authorized and directed to make such
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1 facilities and services available to the Agency and to par-
2 ticipate in the conduct of its projects.
3 (e). To the extent recommended by the Council of
4 Common Defense and approved by the President, (1)
5 the intelligence operations of the departments and other
6 agencies of the Government shall be open to inspection by
7 the Director in connection with the planning functions of
8 the Agency and (2) the intelligence: possessed by such
9 departments and agencies shall be made freely available to
10 the Director for correlation, evaluation, or dissemination.
11 NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD
12 SEC. 203. (a) There is hereby established an inde-
13 pendent agency of the Government to be known as the
14 National Security Resources Board (hereinafter in this
15 section referred to as the "Board") to be composed of the
16 Chairman of the Board and such of the heads of the various
17 executive departments and independent agencies as may from
18 time to time be designated by the President to be members
19 of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed
20 from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and
21 consent of the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the
22 rate of $12,000 per annum.
23 (b) It shall be the duty of the :Chairman, under the
24 supervision and direction of the Council of Common Defense-
25 (1) to formulate policies and programs for the
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1 maximum use of the Nation's resources in support of our
national security;
(2) to review such policies and programs con-
tinuously and to make such changes therein from time
to time as may be desirable;
(3) to formulate and revise such policies and
programs with a view to meeting requirements for
manpower, supplies, and materials with minimum dis-
ruption of the civilian economy of the Nation;
(4) to prepare and maintain an inventory of the
natural resources of the Nation and adequate information
on the manpower, resources, and productive facilities
13 of the Nation;
14 (5) to formulate policies and programs for the
15 purpose of maintaining adequate reserves of strategic
16 materials and conserving our basic resources; and
? 17 (6) to report the conclusions reached with respect
18 to such policies and programs to the Council for ap-
19 propriate action.
20 (c) The Board shall have a staff to be headed by an
21 executive secretary who shall be appointed from civilian life
22. by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
23 the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the rate of
24 $10,000 per annum. The executive secretary shall prepare
25 the agenda of the Board and shall have the duty of provid-
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-1 ing data essential to its deliberations and distributing its
2 conclusions to the departments and agencies concerned for
3 information and appropriate action. The executive secretary
4 shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
5 Board or the Chairman thereof.
:6 (d) The Board shall report annually to the Council of
7 Common Defense an account of the work done by it.
8 TITLE III---MISCELLANEOUS
9 ADVISORY PERSONNEL
10 SEc. 301. (a) The Secretary of Common Defense is
11 authorized to employ such part-time advisory personnel as
12 he may deem necessary to carry out his duties and the objec-
13 tives of title I. The executive secretaries of the Council of
14 Common Defense and the National Security Resources
15 Board and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
16 are each authorized to employ the services of such
17 part-time advisory personnel (including persons serving
18 as members of advisory boards or committees) as they
21
may deem necessary to carry out their respective duties.
Persons so engaged :shall be reimbursed for their necessary
travel and other expenses and may be uncompensated or
22 may receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $25
23 for each day of service.
24 (b), Persons so employed in a part-time advisory ca-
-pa may serve as such without regard to sections 109
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1 and 113 of the Criminal Code (U. S. C., title 18, secs. 198
2 and 203), and section 19 (e) of the Contract Settlement
3 Act of 1944 (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 119), except insofar
as such sections may prohibit any such person from receiv-
ing compensation in respect of any particular matter which
directly involves the Department, council, board, or agency
which such person is advising or in which such Department,
council, board, or agency is directly interested.
PERMANENT PERSONNEL
SEC. 302. The executive secretaries of the Council of
Common Defense and the National Security Resources
12 Board and the Director of the Central Intelligence
13 Agency are each authorized to appoint and fix the com-
14 pensation of such personnel as may be necessary to perform
15 their respective duties and as may be appropriated for from
16- time to time by the Congress. Such appointments shall be
17 made and such compensation shall be fixed in accordance
18 with the provisions of the civil-service laws and the Classi-
19 fication Act of 1923, as amended.
20 RULES AND REGULATIONS
21 SEC. 303. The Council of Common Defense, the Cen-
22 tral Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Re-
23 sources Board are each authorized to make such rules and
24 regulations as may be necessary to enable them to carry out
25 the duties imposed upon them by this Act.
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