Considers H.R. 15688, to extend for another 4 years authority initially granted to the President in Reorganization Act of 1949 and subsequently codified in Title 5 of U.S. Code, to submit executive branch reorganization plans to Congress that are implemented after 60 days, unless House or Senate vetoes them by majority vote.

Considers S. 1134 and S. 1135, to extend President's authority to transmit reorganization plans to Congress.

"S. 878, ... would extend the President's reorganization authority to 2 years to April 1973. ... For more than 30 years Congress has granted the President power to submit reorganization plans. During this time, 102 plans have been submitted, of which 80 became effective. The reorganization plan has proved a useful device for modernizing the structure of the executive branch. The Reorganization Act has been periodically extended without basic review for 22 years. This year, at the request of the chairman, the staff was asked to clarify and simplify the language of the statute. As a result of this effort, a revised draft of several sections has been prepared"--Page 1

Considers legislation to extend Presidential authority to reorganize the executive branch of the government and to eliminate provisions of the original acts which exempted certain agencies from the reorganization program.