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       ORGANIZATION OF FEDERAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

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     AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED, 
ABOLISHED, CONTINUED, MODIFIED, REORGANIZED, EXTENDED, TRANSFERRED, OR 
  CHANGED IN NAME BY LEGISLATIVE OR EXECUTIVE ACTION DURING CALENDAR 
                          YEARS 2005 AND 2006

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        COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

               JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut, Chairman
CARL LEVIN, Michigan                 SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine
DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii              TED STEVENS, Alaska
THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware           GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio
MARK L. PRYOR, Arkansas              NORM COLEMAN, Minnesota
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          TOM COBURN, Oklahoma
BARACK OBAMA, Illinois               PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico
CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri           JOHN WARNER, Virginia
JON TESTER, Montana                  JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
                  Michael L. Alexander, Staff Director
     Brandon L. Milhorn, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel
                  Trina Driessnack Tyrer, Chief Clerk
     



AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED, 
ABOLISHED, CONTINUED, MODIFIED, REORGANIZED, TRANSFERRED, OR CHANGED IN 
   NAME BY LEGISLATIVE OR EXECUTIVE ACTION DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2005

                            Agencies and Functions Established by Public Law  in 2005  
PL 109-8................................  National toll-free numbers to provide       119 Stat. 206
                                           consumer credit disclosure information.
PL 109-41...............................  Network of patient safety databases (to be  119 Stat. 431
                                           maintained by the Secretary of Health and
                                           Human Services).
PL 109-53...............................  Administrative office responsible for       119 Stat. 466
                                           providing assistance to panels
                                           established under chapter 20 of the
                                           Dominican Republic-Central America-United
                                           States Free Trade Agreement (to be
                                           established by the President within the
                                           Department of Commerce).
PL 109-54...............................  Human Subjects Review Board (to be          119 Stat. 531
                                           established by the Administrator,
                                           Environmental Protection Agency).
PL 109-55...............................  Office of the Inspector General (within     119 Stat. 572
                                           the United States Capitol Police).
                                          Office of the Inspector General (within     119 Stat. 583
                                           the Library of Congress).
PL 109-58...............................  Intermountain West Geothermal Consortium    119 Stat. 674
                                           (authorized to be established by the
                                           Secretary of the Interior).
                                          North Slope Science Technical Advisory      119 Stat. 709
                                           Panel.
                                          Data archive system for storing,            119 Stat. 712
                                           preserving, and archiving geological,
                                           geophysical, and engineering data and
                                           samples (to be established by the
                                           Secretary of the Interior).
                                          Task force to develop a program to          119 Stat. 729
                                           coordinate and accelerate the commercial
                                           development of strategic unconventional
                                           fuels (to be established by the Secretary
                                           of Energy, in cooperation with the
                                           Secretary of the Interior and Defense).
                                          Office of Petroleum Reserves (within the    119 Stat. 730
                                           Department of Energy).
                                          Office of Indian Energy Policy and          119 Stat. 763
                                           Programs and position of Director (within
                                           the Department of Energy).
                                          Radiation source protection tracking        119 Stat. 803
                                           system (to be established by regulations
                                           issued by the Nuclear Regulatory
                                           Commission).
                                          Task force on radiation source protection   119 Stat. 804
                                           and security.
                                          Railroad efficiency research partnership    119 Stat. 826
                                           (to be established by the Secretary of
                                           Energy in cooperation with the Secretary
                                           of Transportation and the Environmental
                                           Protection Agency).
                                          Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Task       119 Stat. 848
                                           Force (to be established by the President
                                           and chaired by the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory   119 Stat. 849
                                           Committee.
                                          Interagency group to develop a National     119 Stat. 860
                                           Building Performance Initiative (to be
                                           established by the Director of the Office
                                           of Science and Technology Policy in
                                           coordination with the advisory committee
                                           established under section 913(e)).
                                          Advisory committee to analyze and provide   119 Stat. 860
                                           recommendations on the National
                                           Performance Initiative and Plan (to be
                                           established by the Director of the Office
                                           of Science and Technology Policy).
                                          Advanced Energy Efficiency Technology       119 Stat. 863
                                           Transfer Centers (to be established in
                                           areas determined by the Secretary of
                                           Energy).
                                          Advisory panel on how to best accomplish    119 Stat. 863
                                           the activities of the Advanced Energy
                                           Efficiency Technology Centers (to be
                                           established by each Center).
                                          Advisory committee on the establishment of  119 Stat. 863
                                           Advanced Energy Efficiency Technology
                                           Transfer Centers (to be established by
                                           the Secretary of Energy).
                                          National center or consortium of            119 Stat. 893
                                           excellence in clean energy and power
                                           generation (to be established by the
                                           Secretary of Energy).
                                          Methane Hydrates Advisory Panel (to be      119 Stat. 896
                                           established by the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Advisory committee to provide independent   119 Stat. 905
                                           advice and review of the energy and water
                                           supplies program (to be established by
                                           the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Rare Isotope Accelerator (to be             119 Stat. 907
                                           constructed and operated by the Secretary
                                           of Energy).
                                          National Energy Research and Development    119 Stat. 912
                                           Advisory Boards (to be established by the
                                           Secretary of Energy).
                                          Arctic Engineering Research Center (to be   119 Stat. 915
                                           established by the Secretary of
                                           Transportation in consultation with the
                                           Secretary of Energy and the United States
                                           Arctic Research Commission).
                                          Barrow Geophysical Research Facility (to    119 Stat. 916
                                           be established by the Secretary of
                                           Commerce in consultation with the
                                           Secretaries of Energy and the Interior,
                                           the Director of the National Science
                                           Foundation, and the Administrator of the
                                           Environmental Protection Agency).
                                          Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee (to be   119 Stat. 922
                                           established by the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Unconventional Resources Technology         119 Stat. 922
                                           Advisory Committee (to be established by
                                           the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Technology Transfer Coordinator (to be      119 Stat. 926
                                           appointed by the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Technology Transfer Working Group (to be    119 Stat. 926
                                           established by the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Under Secretary for Science, Department of  119 Stat. 930
                                           Energy (to be appointed by the President).
                                          Under Secretary, Department of Energy (to   119 Stat. 931
                                           be appointed by the President).
                                          General Counsel, Department of Energy (to   119 Stat. 931
                                           be appointed by the President).
                                          National Power Plant Operations Technology  119 Stat. 940
                                           and Educational Center (to be established
                                           by the Secretary of Energy).
                                          Regional advisory bodies (to be             119 Stat. 945
                                           established by the Federal Energy
                                           Regulatory Commission by petition within
                                           regions that have more than one-half of
                                           their electric load served within the
                                           region).
                                          Joint boards on economic dispatch (to be    119 Stat. 986
                                           convened on a regional basis by the
                                           Federal Energy Regulatory Commission).
                                          United States Commission on North American  119 Stat. 1064
                                           Energy Freedom.
                                          Multidisciplinary science and technical     119 Stat. 1066
                                           advisory panel to assist the United
                                           States Commission on North American
                                           Energy Freedom.
                                          Committee on Climate Change Technology (to  119 Stat. 1109
                                           be established by the President).
                                          Interagency working group to carry out a    119 Stat. 1115
                                           greenhouse gas intensity reducing
                                           technology export initiative.
                                          Electric Energy Market Competition Task     119 Stat. 1128
                                           Force.
PL 109-59...............................  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tribal       119 Stat. 1189
                                           Government Affairs (in the Office of the
                                           Secretary, Department of Transportation).
                                          National safe routes to school task force   119 Stat. 1230
                                           (to be established by the Secretary of
                                           Transportation).
                                          National Surface Transportation Policy and  119 Stat. 1471
                                           Revenue Study Commission.
                                          Technical advisory committee for the        119 Stat. 1471
                                           National Surface Transportation Policy
                                           and Revenue Study Commission (to be
                                           established by the Secretary of
                                           Transportation).
                                          Motorcyclist Advisory Council (to be        119 Stat. 1479
                                           appointed by the Secretary of
                                           Transportation to coordinate with and
                                           advise the Administrator of the Federal
                                           Highway Administration on infrastructure
                                           issues of concern to motorcyclists).
                                          Denali Access System Program Advisory       119 Stat. 1516
                                           Committee (to be established by the
                                           Denali Commission).
                                          National Technical Assistance Center for    119 Stat. 1599
                                           Senior Transportation (to be established
                                           by a national not-for-profit organization
                                           through a grant from the Secretary of
                                           Transportation).
                                          Medical Review Board (to be established by  119 Stat. 1726
                                           the Secretary of Transportation to
                                           provide the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
                                           Administration with medical advice on
                                           medical standards and guidelines).
                                          Commercial driver's license (CDL) task      119 Stat. 1744
                                           force to study and address impediments to
                                           commercial driver's license programs (to
                                           be convened by the Secretary of
                                           Transportation).
                                          Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee     119 Stat. 1748
                                           (within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
                                           Administration).
                                          Board of Directors for the unified carrier  119 Stat. 1767
                                           registration plan (to be established by
                                           the Secretary of Transportation).
                                          Positions of Chairperson and Vice-          119 Stat. 1767
                                           Chairperson of the Board of Governors for
                                           the Unified Carrier Registration Plan (to
                                           be designated by the Secretary of
                                           Transportation).
                                          Industry Advisory Committee for the Board   119 Stat. 1769
                                           of Directors for the unified carrier
                                           registration plan (to be established by
                                           the Director of the Board of Directors).
                                          Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center     119 Stat. 1785
                                           (to be established by the Secretary of
                                           Transportation in the Federal Highway
                                           Administration).
                                          Centers for Surface Transportation          119 Stat. 1812
                                           Excellence (to be established by the
                                           Secretary of Transportation).
                                          National University Transportation Centers  119 Stat. 1814
                                           (to be established and operated by
                                           eligible nonprofit institutions of higher
                                           learning through a grant from the
                                           Secretary of Transportation).
                                          Center for Transportation Advancement and   119 Stat. 1822
                                           Regional Development (to be established
                                           by the Secretary of Transportation).
                                          National Transportation Library (to be      119 Stat. 1836
                                           established by the Director of the Bureau
                                           of Transportation Statistics).
                                          Advisory Council on Transportation          119 Stat. 1838
                                           Statistics (to be established by the
                                           Director of the Bureau of Transportation
                                           Statistics).
                                          Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement Advisory         119 Stat. 1959
                                           Commission.
                                          National Surface Transportation             119 Stat. 1961
                                           Infrastructure Financing Commission.
PL 109-95...............................  Special Advisor for Assistance to Orphans   119 Stat. 2115
                                           and Vulnerable Children (to be appointed
                                           by the Secretary of State in consultation
                                           with the Administrator of the United
                                           States Agency for International
                                           Development).
PL 109-102..............................  Advisor for Indigenous Peoples Issues (to   119 Stat. 2239
                                           be designated by the Administrator of the
                                           United States Agency for International
                                           Development).
PL 109-108..............................  Investment Review Board (to be established  119 Stat. 2304
                                           by the Attorney General and headed by the
                                           Deputy Attorney General).
                                          Methamphetamine Task Force (to be           119 Stat. 2305
                                           established by the Attorney General
                                           within the Drug Enforcement
                                           Administration).
PL 109-129..............................  Advisory council to provide advice and      119 Stat. 2553
                                           recommendations on cell transplantation
                                           (to be established by the Secretary of
                                           Health and Human Services).
                                          Office of Patient Advocacy (to be           119 Stat. 2559
                                           established by the Secretary of Health
                                           and Human Services).
                                          Stem Cell Therapeutic Outcomes Database     119 Stat. 2561
                                           (to be established and maintained, by
                                           contract, by the Secretary of Health and
                                           Human Services).
PL 109-135..............................  Gulf Opportunity Zone.....................  119 Stat. 2678
PL 109-155..............................  Joint working group to review and monitor   119 Stat. 2919
                                           science missions of the National
                                           Aeronautics and Space Administration and
                                           the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                           Administration (to be established by the
                                           two agencies respective Administrators).
                                          Advisory committee to monitor the progress  119 Stat. 2921
                                           of remote sensing and geospatial pilot
                                           projects (to be established by the
                                           Administrator of the National Aeronautics
                                           and Space Administration).
                                          International Space Station Independent     119 Stat. 2940
                                           Safety Task Force (to be established by
                                           the Administrator of the National
                                           Aeronautics and Space Administration).
                                          Human Space Flight Independent              119 Stat. 2941
                                           Investigation Commission (to be
                                           established by the President as an
                                           independent, nonpartisan Commission
                                           within the executive branch).
PL 109-162..............................  Task force to conduct a national study to   119 Stat. 3079
                                           examine violence against Indian women in
                                           Indian country (by the Director of the
                                           Office on Violence Against Women,
                                           Department of Justice).
                                          Deputy Director for Tribal Affairs (within  119 Stat. 3082
                                           the Office on Violence Against Women,
                                           Department of Justice).
                                          Task force to combat organized retail       119 Stat. 3092
                                           theft (to be established by the Attorney
                                           General and the Federal Bureau of
                                           Investigation in consultation with the
                                           retail community).
                                          United States-Mexico Border Violence Task   119 Stat. 3093
                                           Force (to be established by the Attorney
                                           General).
                                          National Gang Intelligence Center (to be    119 Stat. 3093
                                           established by the Attorney General).
                                          Office of Weed and Seed Strategies (within  119 Stat. 3104
                                           the Office of Justice Programs,
                                           Department of Justice).
                                          Office of Audit, Assessment, and            119 Stat. 3114
                                           Management (within the Office of Justice
                                           Programs, Department of Justice).
                                          Community Capacity Development Office       119 Stat. 3116
                                           (within the Office of Justice Programs,
                                           Department of Justice).
                                          Division of Applied Law Enforcement         119 Stat. 3117
                                           Technology (within the Office of Science
                                           and Technology, Department of Justice).
                                          Privacy Officer, to assume responsibility   119 Stat. 3124
                                           for private policy (within the Department
                                           of Justice).
PL 109-163..............................  Executive agent to coordinate and manage    119 Stat. 3181
                                           medical research and programs of the
                                           Department of Defense (to be designated
                                           by the Secretary of Defense).
                                          Authority for designation of a general and  119 Stat. 3231
                                           flag officer position on the Joint Staff.
                                          Department of Defense Task Force on Mental  119 Stat. 3348
                                           Health (to be established by the
                                           Secretary of Defense).
                                          Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (within  119 Stat. 3391
                                           the General Services Administration).
                                          Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals..  119 Stat. 3394
                                          Joint Operationally Responsive Space        119 Stat. 3408
                                           Payload Technology Organization (to be
                                           established by the Secretary of Defense).
                                          Commission on the Implementation of the     119 Stat. 3431
                                           New Strategic Posture of the United
                                           States.
                                          Commission to Assess the Threat to the      119 Stat. 3434
                                           United States from Electromagnetic Pulse
                                           Attack (reestablishment).

                          Agencies and Functions Established by Executive Order in 2005  
EO 13369................................  President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax   70 FR 2323
                                           Reform.
EO 13388................................  Information Sharing Council (to strengthen  70 FR 62024
                                           the sharing of terrorism information to
                                           protect Americans, consistent with
                                           section 1016(g) of the Intelligence
                                           Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of
                                           2004).
EO 13389................................  Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council  70 FR 67325
                                           (within the Executive Office of the
                                           President).
EO 13390................................  Coordinator of Federal Support for the      70 FR 67327
                                           Recovery and Rebuilding of the Gulf Coast
                                           Region (within the Department of Homeland
                                           Security by the Secretary).
EO 13392................................  Chief FOIA Officers (to be designated by    70 FR 75373
                                           each agency head from existing senior
                                           officials of such agency, by section
                                           2(a)).
                                          FOIA Requester Service Centers (one or      70 FR 75374
                                           more of each to be established by each
                                           agency in order to ensure appropriate
                                           communication with FOIA requesters).
                                          FOIA Public Liaisons (one or more to be     70 FR 75374
                                           established by the Chief FOIA Officer of
                                           each agency).

                             Agencies and Functions Abolished by Public Law  in 2005  
PL 109-162..............................  Executive Office of Weed and Seed (within   119 Stat. 3107
                                           the Office of Justice Programs,
                                           Department of Justice).

                           Agencies and Functions Abolished by Executive Order in 2005  
EO 13385................................  Office of Global Communications (within     70 FR 57991
                                           the White House Office, effective
                                           September 30, 2005).
EO 13388................................  Information Systems Council (to oversee     70 FR 62025
                                           the establishment of an interoperable
                                           terrorism information sharing
                                           environment, by section 8(b)).

                             Agencies and Functions Continued by Public Law  in 2005  
PL 109-5................................  Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial       119 Stat. 19
                                           Government Records Interagency Working
                                           Group (two-year extension).
PL 109-9................................  National Film Preservation Board            119 Stat. 226
                                           (reauthorized through fiscal year 2009).
PL 109-58...............................  National Oilheat Research Alliance          119 Stat. 685
                                           (continued for an additional five years).
                                          Denali Commission (until September 30,      119 Stat. 721
                                           2015).
PL 109-59...............................  National Bus Rapid Transit Institute,       119 Stat. 1710
                                           University of Florida (through fiscal
                                           year 2009).
                                          Regional Public Safety Training Center, at  119 Stat. 1710
                                           the Lehigh-Carbon Community College, PA
                                           (through fiscal year 2009).
                                          Transit Security Training Facility, PA      119 Stat. 1710
                                           (through fiscal year 2009).
                                          Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, at    119 Stat. 1710
                                           North Dakota State University (through
                                           fiscal year 2009).
                                          Center for Advanced Transportation          119 Stat. 1710
                                           Initiatives, Rutgers University, NJ
                                           (through fiscal year 2009).
                                          Bureau of Transportation Statistics         119 Stat. 1779
                                           (through fiscal year 2009).
PL 109-76...............................  United States Parole Commission (until      119 Stat. 2035
                                           November 1, 2008).
PL 109-81...............................  Advisory committee, interagency             119 Stat. 2048
                                           organization, or other entity that was,
                                           during fiscal year 2004, authorized or
                                           required to perform any function under
                                           the Higher Education Act of 1965
                                           (extended through December 31, 2005).
PL 109-156..............................  National Park System Advisory Board (until  119 Stat. 2948
                                           January 1, 2007).
PL 109-162..............................  National Prison Rape Reduction Commission   119 Stat. 3126
                                           (until 60 days after report submitted
                                           under requirements of section (d)(3)(A)
                                           of the Prison Rape Elimination Act; 42
                                           U.S.C. 15606).

                           Agencies and Functions Continued by Executive Order in 2005  
EO 13371................................  President's Council on Service and Civic    70 FR 5041
                                           Participation (until January 29, 2007,
                                           unless further extended).
EO 13379................................  President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax   70 FR 35505
                                           Reform (until 30 days after final report).
EO 13385................................  Committee for the Preservation of the       70 FR 57989
                                           White House, Department of Interior
                                           (until September 30, 2007).
                                          National Infrastructure Advisory Council,   70 FR 57989
                                           Department of Homeland Security (until
                                           September 30, 2007).
                                          Federal Advisory Council on Occupational    70 FR 57989
                                           Safety and Health, Department of Labor
                                           (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Board of Advisors on            70 FR 57989
                                           Historically Black Colleges and
                                           Universities, Department of Education
                                           (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Board of Advisors on Tribal     70 FR 57989
                                           Colleges and Universities, Department of
                                           Education (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Commission on White House       70 FR 57989
                                           Fellowships, Office of Personnel
                                           Management (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Committee for People with       70 FR 57989
                                           Intellectual Disabilities, Department of
                                           Health and Human Services (until
                                           September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Committee on the Arts and the   70 FR 57989
                                           Humanities, National Endowment for the
                                           Arts (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Committee on the International  70 FR 57989
                                           Labor Organization, Department of Labor
                                           (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Committee on the National       70 FR 57989
                                           Medal of Science, National Science
                                           Foundation (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Council of Advisors on Science  70 FR 57989
                                           and Technology, Office of Science and
                                           Technology Policy (until September 30,
                                           2007).
                                          President's Council on Bioethics,           70 FR 57989
                                           Department of Health and Human Services
                                           (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Council on Physical Fitness     70 FR 57989
                                           and Sports, Department of Health and
                                           Human Services (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's Export Council, Department of   70 FR 57989
                                           Commerce (until September 30, 2007).
                                          President's National Security               70 FR 57989
                                           Telecommunications Advisory Committee,
                                           Department of Homeland Security (until
                                           September 30, 2007).
                                          Trade and Environment Policy Advisory       70 FR 57989
                                           Committee, Office of the U.S. Trade
                                           Representative (until September 30, 2007).
EO 13386................................  President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax   70 FR 58289
                                           Reform (until 30 days after submitting
                                           final report, which is due no later than
                                           November 1, 2005).

                             Agencies and Functions Modified by Public Law  in 2005  
PL 109-9................................  National Film Preservation Board            119 Stat. 225
                                           (increased from 20 to 22 members and
                                           change in membership composition).
                                          National Film Preservation Foundation       119 Stat. 226
                                           (increased from 9 to 12 members and
                                           elimination of term limits).
PL 109-38...............................  Office of Compliance, General               119 Stat. 408
                                           Accountability Office (additional term
                                           for certain staff personnel).
PL 109-55...............................  Compensation of certain positions under     119 Stat. 579
                                           the jurisdiction of the Architect of the
                                           Capitol (increased from eight to nine
                                           positions).
PL 109-58...............................  Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee         119 Stat. 712
                                           (additional duties).
PL 109-163..............................  Technology Transition Council               119 Stat. 3180
                                           (clarification of duties).
                                          Defense Business Transformation Agency (to  119 Stat. 3209
                                           be supervised by the vice chairman of the
                                           Defense Business System Management
                                           Committee).
                                          Judge Advocate Generals (grade              119 Stat. 3229
                                           specification for Army, Navy, and Air
                                           Force).
                                          Joint Chiefs of Staff responsibilities as   119 Stat. 3403
                                           military advisers to the Homeland
                                           Security Council.
                                          Assistant Secretary of Defense for          119 Stat. 3428
                                           Homeland Defense (responsibilities
                                           relating to nuclear, chemical and
                                           biological emergency response).

                           Agencies and Functions Modified by Executive Order in 2005  
EO 13370................................  Director of the Office of Management and    70 FR 3137
                                           Budget (order of succession under the
                                           Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (5
                                           U.S.C. 3345 et seq.).
EO 13377................................  African Union (designated as a Public       70 FR 20261
                                           International Organization).
EO 13378................................  Economic Adjustment Committee (positions    70 FR 28413
                                           of Chairman and Vice Chairman, and
                                           membership as established under EO 12788
                                           of Jan. 15, 1992, as amended; 57 FR 2213).
EO 13385................................  President's Council of Advisors on Science  70 FR 57991
                                           and Technology (to serve as the
                                           President's Information Technology
                                           Advisory Committee under 15 U.S.C.
                                           5511(b) and 5513(b), effective September
                                           30, 2005).
                                          President's Council of Advisors on Science  70 FR 57991
                                           and Technology (membership increased from
                                           not more than 25 to not more than 45
                                           members, effective September 30, 2005).
EO 13394................................  Defense Department order of succession of   70 FR 76665
                                           the functions and duties of the Secretary
                                           of Defense, under the Federal Vacancies
                                           Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345 et
                                           seq.).

                      Agencies and Functions Modified by Other Presidential Action in 2005  
Memo. of May 5..........................  Personnel Management Office (designation    70 FR 28773
                                           of succession of officers to act as
                                           Director under the Federal Vacancies
                                           Reform Act of 1998; 5 U.S.C. 3345 et
                                           seq.).
Memo. of June 2.........................  Secretary of Defense (designation of        70 FR 32975
                                           succession of officers to act as
                                           Secretary under 5 U.S.C. 3345(a) and the
                                           Constitution, et al.).
Memo. of Dec. 20........................  Director of National Intelligence           70 FR 76375
                                           (designation of order of succession of
                                           officers in the Office of the Director of
                                           National Intelligence to act as Director
                                           of National Intelligence under the
                                           Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 5
                                           U.S.C. 3345 et seq.).
Memo. of Dec. 22........................  Secretary of Defense (designation of the    70 FR 76667
                                           order of succession of officer to act as
                                           Secretary under the Federal Vacancies
                                           Reform Act of 1998; 5 U.S.C. 3345 et
                                           seq.).

                            Agencies and Functions Transferred by Public Law  in 2005  
PL 109-55...............................  Mounted Horse Unit (from the United States  119 Stat. 572
                                           Capitol Police to the United States Park
                                           Police).
PL 109-58...............................  Administrative jurisdiction and             119 Stat. 694
                                           environmental remediation of the Naval
                                           Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2, California
                                           (from the Secretary of Energy to the
                                           Secretary of the Interior).
PL 109-59...............................  Bureau of Transportation Statistics         119 Stat. 1833
                                           (transferred to the Research and
                                           Innovative Technology Administration
                                           within the Department of Transportation).
PL 109-162..............................  Functions of the Executive Office of Weed   119 Stat. 3107
                                           and Seed (transferred to the Office of
                                           Weed and Seed Strategies, Office of
                                           Justice Programs, Department of Justice).
PL 109-163..............................  Transfer of authority for title XI non-     119 Stat. 3555
                                           fishing loan guarantee decisions (from
                                           the Secretary of Transportation to the
                                           Administrator of the Maritime
                                           Administration).

                          Agencies and Functions Transferred by Executive Order in 2005  
EO 13376................................  Functions of the President's Foreign        70 FR 20261
                                           Intelligence Advisory Board (transferred
                                           from the Director of Central Intelligence
                                           to the Director of National Intelligence).
EO 13383................................  Foreign intelligence physical searches      70 FR 41933
                                           functions under the Foreign Intelligence
                                           Surveillance Act of 1978 (transferred
                                           from the Director of Central Intelligence
                                           to the Director of National Intelligence).
EO 13384................................  Functions relating to original              70 FR 43739
                                           appointments as commissioned officers and
                                           chief warrant officer appointments in the
                                           Armed Forces (transferred from the
                                           President to the Secretary of Defense).
EO 13388................................  Functions of the President relating to      70 FR 62024
                                           homeland security information sharing
                                           under the Homeland Security Act of 2003;
                                           6 U.S.C. 482 and 483 and 3 U.S.C. 301
                                           (from the Director of Central
                                           Intelligence to the Director of National
                                           Intelligence).

                     Agencies and Functions Transferred by Other Presidential Action in 2005  
Memo. of Feb. 9.........................  Reporting functions of the President under  70 FR 7631
                                           section 7(b)(6) of the Railroad
                                           Retirement Act and section 12(l) of the
                                           Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
                                           delegated to the Chairman of the Railroad
                                           Retirement Board.
Memo. of Feb. 17........................  Reporting functions and authority of the    70 FR 9841
                                           President under the Arctic Research
                                           Policy Act of 1984; 15 U.S.C. 4170(b) and
                                           4180(a) (transferred to the Director of
                                           the National Science Foundation.
Memo. of Feb. 18........................  Reporting functions of the President        70 FR 11109
                                           relating to climate change reporting
                                           activities under Division D of the
                                           Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
                                           Related Programs Appropriations Act,
                                           2005; 118 Stat. 2968 (transferred to the
                                           Director of the Office of Management and
                                           Budget).
Memo. of Mar. 14........................  Reporting function of the President under   70 FR 14967
                                           section 6(e) of the Sudan Peace Act; 50
                                           U.S.C. 1701 note (transferred to the
                                           Secretary of State).
Memo. of Mar. 31........................  Reporting function of the President         70 FR 17195
                                           relating to Millennium Challenge
                                           Corporation activities under section 613
                                           of the Foreign Operations, Export
                                           Financing, and Related Programs
                                           Appropriations Act, 2004; 118 Stat. 143
                                           (transferred to the Secretary of State).
Memo. of Apr. 21........................  Reporting functions of the President under  70 FR 48633
                                           the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
                                           Prevention Act of 2004; 50 U.S.C. 401
                                           note (transferred to the Secretaries of
                                           State, Defense, and Homeland Security,
                                           the Director of National Intelligence,
                                           and the Attorney General).
Memo. of June 29........................  Telecommunications functions of the         70 FR 39173
                                           President under section 414 of the
                                           Transportation, Treasury, Independent
                                           Agencies, and General Government
                                           Appropriations Act, 2005; 118 Stat. 3260
                                           (transferred from the President to the
                                           Director of the Office of Management and
                                           Budget).
Memo. of July 4.........................  Reporting functions of the President        70 FR 44041
                                           regarding involvement of Nigerian Armed
                                           Forces in the Benue State Incident; 118
                                           Stat. 3031 (transferred from the
                                           President to the Secretary of State).
Memo. of July 21........................  Functions of the President regarding the    70 FR 43249
                                           Federated States of Micronesia and the
                                           Republic of the Marshall Islands under
                                           section 104 of the Compact of Free
                                           Association Amendments Act of 2003; 48
                                           U.S.C. 1921c (transferred from the
                                           President to the Secretary of the
                                           Interior).
                                          Functions of the President under section    70 FR 43251
                                           337 of the Tariff Act of 1930
                                           (transferred from the President to the
                                           U.S. Trade Representative).
Memo. of July 30........................  Functions of the President under the        70 FR 46741
                                           heading ``Unanticipated Needs'' in the
                                           Military Construction Appropriations and
                                           Emergency Hurricane Supplemental
                                           Appropriations Act, 2005; 118 Stat. 1251
                                           (transferred from the President to the
                                           Director of the Office of Management and
                                           Budget).
Memo. of Aug. 5.........................  Functions of the President under section    70 FR 46397
                                           316 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of
                                           1972, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1451, et seq.
                                           (transferred from the President to the
                                           Secretary of Commerce).
Memo. of Sept. 9........................  Functions of the President regarding loan   70 FR 55013
                                           guarantees to Egypt under the heading
                                           ``Economic Support Fund'' in title I of
                                           the Emergency Wartime Supplemental
                                           Appropriations Act, 2003; 117 Stat. 574
                                           (transferred to the Secretary of State).
Memo. of Nov. 9.........................  Functions of the President under section    70 FR 69039
                                           1205 of the National Defense
                                           Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003
                                           pertaining to coordination and
                                           integration of all U.S. nonproliferation
                                           activities; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note
                                           (transferred from the President to the
                                           Secretary of State).
Memo. of Dec. 15........................  Functions of the President regarding        71 FR 1467
                                           limited waiver of restrictions on use of
                                           funds for threat reduction in states of
                                           the former Soviet Union; 22 U.S.C 5952
                                           note (transferred from the President to
                                           the Secretary of State).

                          Agencies and Functions Changed in Name by Public Law  in 2005  
PL 109-89...............................  Crowne Plaza Federal building (Kingston,    119 Stat. 2063
                                           Jamaica) designated as the Colin L.
                                           Powell Residential Plaza.
PL 109-90...............................  Department of Homeland Security processing  119 Stat. 2086
                                           and data storage facilities (John C.
                                           Stennis Space Center) designated as the
                                           National Center for Critical Information
                                           Processing and Storage.
PL 109-97...............................  Southern Horticultural Laboratory           119 Stat. 2162
                                           (Poplarville, MS) renamed the Thad
                                           Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory.
PL 109-115..............................  Michigan highway US-24 designated as the    119 Stat. 2408
                                           Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway.
PL 109-149..............................  Headquarters and Emergency Operations       119 Stat. 2861
                                           Center Building (Centers for Disease
                                           Control and Prevention) renamed the Arlen
                                           Specter Headquarters and Emergency
                                           Operations Center.
                                          Global Communications Center Building       119 Stat. 2861
                                           (Centers for Disease Control and
                                           Prevention) renamed the Thomas R. Harkin
                                           Global Communications Center.
PL 109-163..............................  Naval Reserve redesignated as the Navy      119 Stat. 3233
                                           Reserve.
                                          Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business  119 Stat. 3399
                                           Utilization (within the Departments of
                                           Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force)
                                           redesignated as the Office of Small
                                           Business Programs.
                                          McEntire Air National Guard Station         119 Stat. 3535
                                           (Eastover, SC) designated as the McEntire
                                           Joint National Guard Base.

     Agencies and Functions Changed in Name by Other Presidential Action in 2005 and Announced in the Weekly
                                      Compilation of Presidential Documents  
Memo. of Apr. 29........................  United States Naval Reserve redesignated    Vol. 41, p. 715
                                           as the United States Navy Reserve.
     AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED, 
ABOLISHED, CONTINUED, MODIFIED, REORGANIZED, TRANSFERRED, OR CHANGED IN 
   NAME BY LEGISLATIVE OR EXECUTIVE ACTION DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2006

                            Agencies and Functions Established by Public Law  in 2006  
PL 109-171..............................  National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care   120 Stat. 72
                                           Information (to be established by the
                                           Secretary of Health and Human Services).
PL 109-177..............................  Assistant Attorney General for National     120 Stat. 247
                                           Security (to be appointed by the
                                           President).
                                          National Security Division (within the      120 Stat. 249
                                           Department of Justice).
                                          United States Secret Service Uniformed      120 Stat. 253
                                           Division (within the United States Secret
                                           Service).
PL 109-233..............................  Veterans assistance offices (to be          120 Stat. 409
                                           established by the Secretary of Veterans
                                           Affairs).
PL 109-236..............................  Office of Mine Safety and Health and        120 Stat. 498
                                           position of Associate Director (within
                                           the National Institute for Occupational
                                           Safety and Health, Department of Health
                                           and Human Services).
                                          Interagency Working Group to enhance mine   120 Stat. 499
                                           safety and accident response (to be
                                           established by the Director of the
                                           National Institute for Occupational
                                           Safety and Health, Department of Health
                                           and Human Services).
                                          Technical Study Panel on belt air           120 Stat. 501
                                           utilization and belt materials
                                           composition and fire retardant properties
                                           in underground coal mining.
PL 109-241..............................  Community development quota program panel   120 Stat. 543
                                           (for the western Alaska community
                                           development quota program).
                                          Delaware River and Bay Oil Spill Advisory   120 Stat. 556
                                           Committee (to be appointed by the
                                           Commandant of the Coast Guard).
PL 109-248..............................  Office of Sex Offender Sentencing,          120 Stat. 607
                                           Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering,
                                           and Tracking (within the Department of
                                           Justice).
                                          Director of the Office of Sex Offender      120 Stat. 607
                                           Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending,
                                           Registering, and Tracking (to be
                                           appointed by the President).
                                          Internet Crimes Against Children Task       120 Stat. 649
                                           Force (10 or more additional task forces
                                           to be established by the Administrator of
                                           the Office of Juvenile Justice and
                                           Delinquency Prevention, Department of
                                           Justice).
PL 109-280..............................  Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty    120 Stat. 935
                                           Corporation (to be appointed by the
                                           President, by and with the advice and
                                           consent of the Senate).
PL 109-295..............................  10 regional offices in the Federal          120 Stat. 1401
                                           Emergency Management Agency, including
                                           Pacific and the Caribbean area offices
                                           (designated by the Administrator).
                                          Federal Emergency Management Agency area    120 Stat. 1402
                                           office in Alaska (to be established by
                                           the Administrator of the Federal
                                           Emergency Management Agency).
                                          Regional Advisory Councils in the Federal   120 Stat. 1402
                                           Emergency Management Agency (to be
                                           established by each Regional
                                           Administrator).
                                          National Advisory Council to ensure         120 Stat. 1403
                                           effective coordination of Federal
                                           preparedness emergency management
                                           (pursuant to section 871(a) of the
                                           Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 Stat.
                                           2135)).
                                          National Integration Center, in the         120 Stat. 1405
                                           Federal Emergency Management Agency (to
                                           ensure ongoing management and maintenance
                                           of the National Incident Management
                                           System and the National Response Plan and
                                           their successors).
                                          Disability Coordinator to ensure that       120 Stat. 1408
                                           needs of individuals with disabilities
                                           are properly addressed in emergency
                                           preparedness and disaster relief (by the
                                           Administrator of the Federal Emergency
                                           Management Agency).
                                          Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and   120 Stat. 1409
                                           Communications position (in the
                                           Department of Homeland Security).
                                          National Operations Center, for the         120 Stat. 1409
                                           Department of Homeland Security (to
                                           provide situational awareness to the
                                           Federal Government for national emergency
                                           preparedness and response purposes).
                                          Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina        120 Stat. 1422
                                           recovery offices (to be established in
                                           certain States by the Administrator of
                                           the Federal Emergency Management Agency).
                                          National exercise simulation center (to     120 Stat. 1433
                                           simulate and prepare for catastrophic
                                           incidents on a national level).
                                          Office of Emergency Communications (within  120 Stat. 1433
                                           the Department of Homeland Security).
                                          Emergency Communications Preparedness       120 Stat. 1440
                                           Center (to be operated by the Secretary
                                           of Homeland Security, the Chairman of the
                                           Federal Communications Commission, the
                                           Secretaries of Defense and Commerce, the
                                           Attorney General of the United States,
                                           and the heads of other Federal
                                           departments and agencies or their
                                           designees).
                                          Office for Interoperability and             120 Stat. 1441
                                           Compatibility within the Directorate of
                                           Science and Technology, Department of
                                           Homeland Security (authorized by 6 U.S.C.
                                           194(a)(2)(A)).
                                          National Emergency Child Locator Center     120 Stat. 1450
                                           (to be established by the Administrator
                                           of the Federal Emergency Management
                                           Agency within the National Center for
                                           Missing and Exploited Children).
                                          National Emergency Family Registry and      120 Stat. 1451
                                           Locator System (to be established by the
                                           Administrator of the Federal Emergency
                                           Management Agency).
                                          Small State and Rural Advocate position,    120 Stat. 1453
                                           in the Federal Emergency Management
                                           Agency (to advocate for fair treatment of
                                           small States and rural communities in
                                           receiving Federal emergency disaster
                                           assistance).
PL 109-313..............................  Federal Acquisition Service and position    120 Stat. 1734
                                           of Commissioner (in the General Services
                                           Administration).
PL 109-326..............................  Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration   120 Stat. 1763
                                           Proposal Review Committee, under guidance
                                           of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
                                          Great Lakes Coordination Office (to         120 Stat. 1764
                                           coordinate all U.S. Fish and Wildlife
                                           Service activities in the Great Lakes
                                           Basin).
PL 109-337..............................  Rio Grande Natural Area Commission........  120 Stat. 1777
PL 109-338..............................  Local coordinating entity for the Mormon    120 Stat. 1802
                                           Pioneer National Heritage Area (Utah).
                                          Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor   120 Stat. 1833
                                           Commission.
                                          Coastal Heritage Centers (to be             120 Stat. 1836
                                           established within the Gullah/Geechee
                                           Cultural Heritage Corridor).
PL 109-347..............................  Interagency operation centers for port      120 Stat. 1892
                                           security (at all high-priority ports, not
                                           later than 3 years after the date of
                                           enactment of the Security and
                                           Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006
                                           (SAFE Port Act)) (to be established by
                                           the Secretary of Homeland Security).
                                          Intermodal Rail Radiation Detection Test    120 Stat. 1899
                                           Center (to be established by the
                                           Secretary of Homeland Security).
                                          Center for Excellence for Maritime Domain   120 Stat. 1900
                                           Awareness, a university-based center (to
                                           be established by the Secretary of
                                           Homeland Security).
                                          Office of Cargo Security Policy (within     120 Stat. 1920
                                           the Department of Homeland Security).
                                          Office of International Trade (within       120 Stat. 1924
                                           United States Customs and Border
                                           Protection, Department of Homeland
                                           Security).
                                          International Trade Committee (to be        120 Stat. 1925
                                           established by the Commissioner of United
                                           States Customs and Border Protection,
                                           Department of Homeland Security).
                                          Interagency Steering Committee to assist    120 Stat. 1930
                                           the Secretary of Homeland Security in
                                           overseeing the implementation of, and
                                           participation in, the International Trade
                                           Data System (ITDS).
                                          Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (in the   120 Stat. 1932
                                           Department of Homeland Security).
                                          Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory    120 Stat. 1938
                                           Committee (by the Chairman of the Federal
                                           Communications Commission).
PL 109-351..............................  Position of Deputy Director of the Office   120 Stat. 1994
                                           of Thrift Supervision, Department of the
                                           Treasury.
PL 109-359..............................  Long Island Sound Stewardship Advisory      120 Stat. 2053
                                           Committee.
PL 109-364..............................  Joint Technology Office on Hypersonics (to  120 Stat. 2126
                                           be established within the Office of the
                                           Secretary of Defense).
                                          Military Severely Injured Center (to be     120 Stat. 2222
                                           established within the Department of
                                           Defense by the Secretary).
                                          Working group to identify and assess the    120 Stat. 2274
                                           needs of members of the National Guard
                                           and Reserve returning from deployment in
                                           Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation
                                           Enduring Freedom (to be established by
                                           the Secretary of Defense).
                                          Task force to examine matters relating to   120 Stat. 2284
                                           future military health care within the
                                           Department of Defense (to be established
                                           by the Secretary of Defense).
                                          Panel on Contracting Integrity (to be       120 Stat. 2320
                                           established by the Secretary of Defense).
                                          Strategic Materials Protection Board (to    120 Stat. 2338
                                           be established by the Secretary of
                                           Defense).
                                          Operationally Responsive Space Program      120 Stat. 2355
                                           Office within the Department of Defense
                                           (to be established within the Department
                                           of Defense by the Secretary).
                                          Panel to conduct an assessment of the       120 Stat. 2386
                                           quadrennial defense review (to be
                                           established by the Secretary of Defense).
                                          Senior Presidential coordinator of United   120 Stat. 2420
                                           States policy on North Korea (position to
                                           be appointed by the President of the
                                           United States).
                                          Intelligence Executive Committee (within    120 Stat. 2508
                                           the Department of Energy).
PL 109-365..............................  National Center on Senior Benefits          120 Stat. 2529
                                           Outreach and Enrollment (to be
                                           established by the Assistant Secretary of
                                           the Administration on Aging, Department
                                           of Health and Human Services).
                                          Interagency Coordination Committee on       120 Stat. 2532
                                           Aging (to be established by the Secretary
                                           of Health and Human Services).
                                          Federal Youth Development Council.........  120 Stat. 2595
PL 109-416..............................  Regional centers of excellence in autism    120 Stat. 2822
                                           spectrum disorder epidemiology (to be
                                           established through the Director of the
                                           Centers for Disease Control and
                                           Prevention).
                                          Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee   120 Stat. 2827
                                           (to be established by the Secretary of
                                           Health and Human Services).
PL 109-417..............................  Position of the Assistant Secretary for     120 Stat. 2833
                                           Preparedness and Response (to be
                                           established within the Department of
                                           Health and Human Services, appointed by
                                           the President).
                                          Medical Reserve Corps (to be established    120 Stat. 2856
                                           by the Secretary of Health and Human
                                           Services to provide volunteers in case of
                                           a public health emergency).
                                          Biomedical Advanced Research and            120 Stat. 2867
                                           Development Authority and position of
                                           Director (within the Department of Health
                                           and Human Services).
                                          National Biodefense Science Board (to be    120 Stat. 2872
                                           established by the Secretary of Health
                                           and Human Services).
                                          Team of experts on manufacturing and        120 Stat. 2875
                                           regulatory activities (to be established
                                           by the Secretary of Health and Human
                                           Services within the Food and Drug
                                           Administration to provide technical
                                           assistance to the manufacturers of
                                           qualified countermeasures, security
                                           countermeasures, or vaccines).
PL 109-420..............................  Interagency Aerospace Revitalization Task   120 Stat. 2886
                                           Force.
PL 109-422..............................  Interagency Coordinating Committee on the   120 Stat. 2891
                                           Prevention of Underage Drinking (to be
                                           established by the Secretary of Health
                                           and Human Services).
PL 109-424..............................  Tsunami warning centers (to be established  120 Stat. 2903
                                           by the Administrator of the National
                                           Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
                                           through the National Weather Service).
PL 109-432..............................  Whistleblower Office (to be administered    120 Stat. 2959
                                           by the Internal Revenue Service,
                                           Department of the Treasury).
PL 109-435..............................  Office of Inspector General of the Postal   120 Stat. 3242
                                           Regulatory Commission (to be established
                                           no later than 180 days after December 20,
                                           2006).
PL 109-438..............................  Small Business Division (within the Export- 120 Stat. 3270
                                           Import Bank of the United States).
                                          Small Business Committee (to coordinate     120 Stat. 3271
                                           the policies and initiatives of the
                                           Export-Import Bank of the United States).
                                          Office of Financing for Socially and        120 Stat. 3280
                                           Economically Disadvantaged Small Business
                                           Concerns and Small Business Concerns
                                           Owned by Women (to be established by the
                                           President of the Export-Import Bank of
                                           the United States within the Small
                                           Business Division).
PL 109-444..............................  Parkinson's Disease research, education,    120 Stat. 3308, 3414
                                           and clinical centers (to be designated by
                                           the Secretary of Health and Human
                                           Services).
                                          Panel to assess the scientific and          120 Stat. 3308, 3515
                                           clinical merit of proposals submitted to
                                           the Secretary of Health and Human
                                           Services for the establishment of
                                           Parkinson's Disease research, education,
                                           and clinical centers (to be established
                                           by the Under Secretary of Health,
                                           Department of Health and Human Services).
                                          Multiple sclerosis centers of excellence    120 Stat. 3310, 3416
                                           (to be designated by the Secretary of
                                           Health and Human Services).
                                          Panel to assess the scientific and          120 Stat. 3311, 3417
                                           clinical merit of proposals submitted to
                                           the Secretary of Health and Human
                                           Services for the establishment of
                                           multiple sclerosis centers of excellence
                                           (to be established by the Under Secretary
                                           of Health, Department of Health and Human
                                           Services).
PL 109-450..............................  Interagency Coordinating Council on         120 Stat. 3343
                                           Prematurity and Low Birthweight (to be
                                           established by the Secretary of Health
                                           and Human Services).
PL 109-482..............................  Scientific Management Review Board (to be   120 Stat. 3677
                                           established as an advisory council within
                                           the National Institutes of Health by the
                                           Secretary of Health and Human Services).
                                          `Council of Councils' within the Office of  120 Stat. 3683
                                           the Director of the National Institutes
                                           of Health (to be established by the
                                           Director of the National Institutes of
                                           Health).

                          Agencies and Functions Established by Executive Order in 2006  
EO 13397................................  Center for Faith-Based and Community        71 FR 12275
                                           Initiatives (within the Department of
                                           Homeland Security).
EO 13398................................  National Mathematics Advisory Panel         71 FR 20519
                                           (within the Department of Education).
EO 13401................................  Liaison for Volunteer Community Service     71 FR 25737
                                           (to be designated within each Federal
                                           department and agency by the head).
EO 13402................................  Identity Theft Task Force (in the           71 FR 27945
                                           Department of Justice) (See EO 13414 of
                                           Nov. 3, 2006; 71 FR 65365).
EO 13404................................  Task Force on New Americans (within the     71 FR 33593
                                           Department of Homeland Security).
EO 13409................................  Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute    71 FR 38511
                                           Between Southeastern Pennsylvania
                                           Transportation Authority and Its
                                           Locomotive Engineers Represented by the
                                           Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
                                           Trainmen.
EO 13411................................  Task Force on Disaster Assistance           71 FR 52729
                                           Coordination (an interagency task force
                                           to be administered by the Secretary of
                                           Homeland Security).
EO 13417................................  Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes     71 FR 71459
                                           Between Metro-North Railroad and Certain
                                           of Its Employees Represented by Certain
                                           Labor Organizations.

                             Agencies and Functions Abolished by Public Law  in 2006  
PL 109-214..............................  Jurisdiction of the United States Capitol   120 Stat. 326
                                           Police over certain real property in the
                                           District of Columbia.
PL 109-313..............................  Federal Supply Service and position of      120 Stat. 1735
                                           Commissioner (in the General Services
                                           Administration).
                                          GSA Federal Technology Service and its      120 Stat. 1735
                                           Commissioner (in the General Services
                                           Administration).
PL 109-347..............................  Office of Strategic Trade, United States    120 Stat. 1924
                                           Customs and Border Protection, Department
                                           of Homeland Security.
                                          Office of Regulations and Rulings, United   120 Stat. 1924
                                           States Customs and Border Protection,
                                           Department of Homeland Security.
PL 109-364..............................  Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, in  120 Stat. 2353
                                           the National Defense University within
                                           the Department of Defense (by section
                                           904(b)(2)(A)(i)).
                                          Joint Operationally Responsive Space        120 Stat. 2358
                                           Payload Technology Organization.
                                          Office of the Inspector General for Iraq    120 Stat. 2397
                                           Reconstruction (effective October 1,
                                           2007).
                                          Office of Defense Nuclear                   120 Stat. 2507
                                           Counterintelligence, National Nuclear
                                           Security Administration, Department of
                                           Energy (by section 3117(b)(1)).
PL 109-440..............................  Office of the Inspector General for Iraq    120 Stat. 3286
                                           Construction (10 months after 80 percent
                                           of the funds appropriated or otherwise
                                           made available to the Iraq Relief and
                                           Reconstruction Fund have been expended).

                           Agencies and Functions Abolished by Executive Order in 2006  
EO 13403................................  Chief Information Officers Council          71 FR 28543
                                           established by EO 13011 of July 16, 1996,
                                           to improve agency practices on the
                                           design, modernization, use, sharing, and
                                           performance of agency information
                                           resources (by section 6).
EO 13415................................  Federal pay administration authority of     71 FR 70641
                                           the Office of Personnel Management under
                                           sections 3 and 6 of EO 12748 of Feb. 1,
                                           1991 (abolished by sec. 1).
                                          Federal pay administration authority of     71 FR 70641
                                           the Office of Management and Budget under
                                           section 2 of EO 12828 of Jan. 5, 1993
                                           (abolished by sec. 2(b)).

                             Agencies and Functions Continued by Public Law  in 2006  
PL 109-316..............................  Certain programs and authorities of the     120 Stat. 1742
                                           Small Business Administration under 15
                                           U.S.C. 631 et seq., 2661 et seq. (until
                                           February 2, 2007).
PL 109-323..............................  Waiver authority for the Secretary of       120 Stat. 1757
                                           Education under title IV, section 105, of
                                           Public Law 109-148.
PL 109-364..............................  Commission on the Implementation of New     120 Stat. 2403
                                           Strategic Posture of the United States
                                           (until Nov. 30, 2007, by sec. 1072(2),
                                           unless otherwise amended).
                                          Commission to Assess the Threat to the      120 Stat. 2403
                                           United States from Electromagnetic Pulse
                                           Attack (EMP Commission) (by provisions of
                                           section 1073, unless otherwise amended).
PL 109-438..............................  Certain Export-Import Bank of the United    120 Stat. 3268
                                           States functions (until September 30,
                                           2011).
                                          Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee       120 Stat. 3268
                                           (until September 30, 2011).
PL 109-444..............................  Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans     120 Stat. 3304
                                           (until December 31, 2007).

                           Agencies and Functions Continued by Executive Order in 2006  
EO 13403................................  President's Advisory Commission on Asian    71 FR 28543
                                           Americans and Pacific Islanders, in the
                                           Department of Commerce (continued until
                                           May 13, 2007, by section 3, unless
                                           extended by the President).

                             Agencies and Functions Modified by Public Law  in 2006  
PL 109-177..............................  Authority to appoint the Director of the    120 Stat. 247
                                           Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
                                           Explosives (transferred from the Attorney
                                           General to the President).
PL 109-233..............................  Permanent authority to make direct housing  120 Stat. 399
                                           loans to Native American Veterans
                                           (granted to the Secretary of Veterans
                                           Affairs).
                                          Expansion of duties and modification of     120 Stat. 403
                                           the Advisory Committee on Veterans
                                           Employment, Training, and Employer
                                           Outreach.
PL 109-241..............................  Appointment of the Coast Guard Band         120 Stat. 520
                                           Director (to be designated by the
                                           Secretary of the department in which the
                                           Coast Guard is operating).
                                          Director of Boating Safety (initial         120 Stat. 525
                                           appointment in the grade of Captain).
PL 109-248..............................  Bureau of Prisons duties under the Sex      120 Stat. 603
                                           Offender Registration and Notification
                                           Act.
PL 109-295..............................  Administrator of the United States Fire     120 Stat. 1409
                                           Administration position conferred rank
                                           equivalent to an Assistant Secretary in
                                           the Department of Homeland Security.
                                          Position of Administrator of the Federal    120 Stat. 1410
                                           Emergency Management Agency (added to
                                           level II of the Executive Schedule pay
                                           rate by section 612(a)(1)).
                                          Position of Chief Medical Officer of the    120 Stat. 1410
                                           Department of Homeland Security (added to
                                           level IV of the Executive Schedule pay
                                           rate by section 612(a)(3)).
PL 109-351..............................  Succession authority for Director of the    120 Stat. 1994
                                           Office of Thrift Supervision, Department
                                           of the Treasury (to designate the Deputy
                                           Director as Acting Director in the event
                                           of a vacancy in the position of Director,
                                           under 12 U.S.C. 1462a(c)).
PL 109-356..............................  Duties of the Office of Register of Wills   120 Stat. 2023
                                           of the District of Columbia.

                           Agencies and Functions Modified by Executive Order in 2006  
EO 13395................................  Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis     71 FR 3203
                                           and Malaria (designated as a public
                                           international organization).

                            Agencies and Functions Transferred by Public Law  in 2006  
PL 109-214..............................  Jurisdiction over certain real property in  120 Stat. 326
                                           the District of Columbia (from the
                                           Architect of the Capitol to the United
                                           States Supreme Court).
PL 109-241..............................  Administrative jurisdiction over certain    120 Stat. 548
                                           National Forest System lands in the State
                                           of Alaska (from the Secretary of
                                           Agriculture to the Secretary of the
                                           department in which the Coast Guard is
                                           operating).
                                          Administrative jurisdiction over certain    120 Stat. 552
                                           public land within the external
                                           boundaries of St. Marks National Wildlife
                                           Refuge in Wakulla County, Florida (from
                                           the Secretary of the department in which
                                           the Coast Guard is operating to the
                                           Secretary of the Interior).
PL 109-280..............................  Administration functions of the Pension     120 Stat. 935
                                           Benefit Guaranty Corporation (transferred
                                           from the chairman of the board of
                                           directors of the Corporation to the
                                           Director).
PL 109-281..............................  Certain functions of the Secretary of       120 Stat. 1182
                                           Housing and Urban Development under
                                           subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-
                                           Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
                                           (42 U.S.C. 12899 et seq.) transferred to
                                           the Department of Labor.
PL 109-295..............................  Authority to conduct personnel security     120 Stat. 1379
                                           and background investigations for certain
                                           positions or appointments in the
                                           Department of Homeland Security (from the
                                           Office of Personnel Management to the
                                           Department of Homeland Security).
                                          Noble Training Center (Department of        120 Stat. 1433
                                           Homeland Security, Federal Emergency
                                           Management Agency, Emergency Management
                                           Institute) (transferred to the Center for
                                           Domestic Preparedness, Department of
                                           Homeland Security).
PL 109-347..............................  Assets, functions, and personnel of the     120 Stat. 1924
                                           Office of Strategic Trade (transferred to
                                           the Office of International Trade, United
                                           States Customs and Border Protection,
                                           Department of Homeland Security).
                                          Assets, functions, and personnel of the     120 Stat. 1924
                                           Office of Regulations and Rulings, United
                                           States Customs and Border Protection,
                                           Department of Homeland Security
                                           (transferred to the Office of
                                           International Trade, United States
                                           Customs and Border Protection, Office of
                                           Homeland Security).
PL 109-356..............................  Functions and personnel of certain offices  120 Stat. 2030
                                           of the Government of the District of
                                           Columbia (transferred to the Office of
                                           the Chief Financial Officer of the
                                           Government of the District of Columbia).
PL 109-364..............................  Custodianship of the Air Force Health       120 Stat. 2290
                                           Study (transferred to the Medical Follow-
                                           up Agency of the Institute of Medicine of
                                           the National Academy of Sciences).
                                          Administration of pilot project on          120 Stat. 2366
                                           establishment of a Civilian Linguist
                                           Reserve Corps required under 50 U.S.C.
                                           403-1b note, 118 Stat. 3959 (transferred
                                           from the Director of National
                                           Intelligence to the Secretary of Defense).
                                          Functions, personnel, funds, assets, and    120 Stat. 2507
                                           other resources of the Office of Defense
                                           Nuclear Counterintelligence of the
                                           National Nuclear Security Administration
                                           (transferred to the Secretary of Energy).
PL 109-396..............................  Administrative jurisdiction over certain    120 Stat. 2713
                                           properties owned by the United States in
                                           the District of Columbia (transferred
                                           from the District of Columbia to the
                                           Secretary of the Interior for
                                           administration by the Director of the
                                           National Park Service).
PL 109-417..............................  Functions, assets, and liabilities of the   120 Stat. 2834
                                           Assistant Secretary for Public Health
                                           Emergency Preparedness, Department of
                                           Health and Human Services (transferred to
                                           the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
                                           Preparedness and Response).
                                          Functions, personnel, assets, and           120 Stat. 2854
                                           liabilities of the National Disaster
                                           Medical System (to the Secretary of
                                           Health and Human Services).
PL 109-432..............................  Administrative jurisdiction over land       120 Stat. 3037
                                           described as the ``Ruby Lake Land
                                           Transfer,'' in the State of Nevada (from
                                           the Bureau of Land Management to the U.S.
                                           Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of
                                           the Interior).
                                          Administrative jurisdiction over the        120 Stat. 3038
                                           parcels of land described as ``Southern
                                           White Pine County,'' in the State of
                                           Nevada, and adjacent to the Highland
                                           Ridge Wilderness (from the Forest Service
                                           to the Bureau of Land Management,
                                           Department of the Interior).
                                          Administrative jurisdiction over land       120 Stat. 3038
                                           described as ``Western White Pine
                                           County,'' in the State of Nevada (from
                                           the Bureau of Land Management to the U.S.
                                           Forest Service, Department of the
                                           Interior).

                          Agencies and Functions Transferred by Executive Order in 2006  
EO 13415................................  Certain pay-related administration          71 FR 70641
                                           functions under sections 4505a, 5305, and
                                           5377 of title 5, United States Code (from
                                           the President of the United States to the
                                           Director of the Office of Management and
                                           Budget).
EO 13419................................  Presidential functions under section        71 FR 77566
                                           101(c) of the National Aeronautics and
                                           Space Administration Authorization Act of
                                           2005, except the function of designation
                                           (transferred to the Director of the
                                           Office of Science and Technology Policy).

                          Agencies and Functions Changed in Name by Public Law  in 2006  
PL 109-206..............................  Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient   120 Stat. 315
                                           Clinic (Appleton, Wisconsin) renamed the
                                           John H. Bradley Department of Veterans
                                           Affairs Outpatient Clinic.
PL 109-233..............................  Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment   120 Stat. 403
                                           and Training renamed Advisory Committee
                                           on Veterans Employment, Training, and
                                           Employment Outreach.
PL 109-241..............................  Coast Guard Law Specialists redesignated    120 Stat. 526
                                           as Coast Guard Judge Advocates.
PL 109-295..............................  Director, Federal Emergency Management      120 Stat. 1396, 1410
                                           Agency, renamed Administrator, Federal
                                           Emergency Management Agency (by sections
                                           611(11) and 612(c)).
PL 109-356..............................  Certain offices of the Government of the    120 Stat. 2029
                                           District of Columbia within the Office of
                                           the Chief Financial Officer.
PL 109-364..............................  Dental Division of the Navy Bureau of       120 Stat. 2234
                                           Medicine and Surgery renamed Dental Corps
                                           of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and
                                           Surgery (by section 593(a)).
PL 109-435..............................  Postal Rate Commission renamed Postal       120 Stat. 3238, 3241
                                           Regulatory Commission.
PL 109-449..............................  Marine Debris Coordinating Committee        120 Stat. 3337
                                           renamed Interagency Marine Debris
                                           Coordinating Committee.

                        Agencies and Functions Changed in Name by Executive Order in 2006  
EO 13407................................  Emergency Broadcast System renamed          71 FR 36976
                                           Emergency Alert System.
                                 
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