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Report
Description of Governmental Units by
Functional Area. Domestic section Part I.
33 pages
Monday, May 14, 2007
Page 1 of 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SECRETARY
UNDER SECRETARY
JUDICILL OFFICE" &
JIC WING CLERK
STAFF ASSISTANTS
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINES
GENERAL COUNSED
ASSIST
DISPECTOR UNITAL
or FICE OF SUDGET TINANCE
OF FICE OF HEAPING EXAMINEDS
0. PICK OF INFORMATION
OFFICE or THE
OFFICE OF THE
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT DIPROVEMENT
CENTRAL COUNTEL
INSPECTOR LENEIAL
OFFICE of MANAGEMENT SERVICES
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
OF 101. or PLANT OPERATIONS
RURAL DEVELOPME NT CONSERVATION
INTERNATIONAL AFTADS
MARKETING CONSUMER SERVICES
ACRIC CETTRAL ECONOMICS
SCIENCE EDUCATION
ASSISTANT ELCREJARY
ASSISTANT SECURTARY
ASSISTANT INTARY
IDEACTOR
DUE CTOR
-
RURAL COMMUNITY
HOREIGN CLITRAL
CONSUMER MARKETLIC
COMMONDED DEC
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
DEVELOPME PRVICE
SERVICE
TRVICE
CORPORATION
SERVICE
St DIVICE
JARMER COOPERATIVE
ENGATIONAL RECULTURAL
COMMONTS ACRANCE
ADILIZATION
STATE TICAL PORTING
COOPE TIVE STATE
SERVICE
DEVELOPMENT SERVICE
AUTHORITY
A CONSERVAT SERVICE
SERVICE
RESEARCH RVICE
TARVERS HOME
PACKERS STOCKYARDS
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE
FROFRAL ATENSION
ADMINLTRATION
ADMINE INA MON
CORPORA nov
SERVICE
FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL CETERAL
LIBRARY
RURAL TRINICATION
ADMINISTR ION
SO!L CONSERVATION
SERVICE
CREATION AND AUTHORITY.-The
nomics, forestry, and conservation. It
Department of Agriculture was created
makes research results available for
by act of Congress approved May 15,
practical farm application through ex-
1862 (12 Stat. 387; 5 U. S. C. 511, 514,
tension and experiment station work
516), and until 1889 was administered
in cooperation with the States.
by a Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Department provides crop re-
By act of February 9, 1889 (25 Stat.
ports, commodity standards, Federal
659; 5 U. S. C. 512), the powers and
meat and poultry inspection service,
dutics of the Department were en-
and other inspection, grading, and
larged. It was made the eighth ex-
marketing services. It secks to eradi-
ccutive department in the Federal
cate and control plant and animal dis-
Government, and the Commissioner
cases and pests. In connection with
became the Secretary of Agriculture.
these and other functions, the Depart-
PURPOSE.-The Department is di-
ment administers many regulatory
rected by law to acquire and diffuse
laws designed to protect the farmer
and the consumer.
useful information on agricultural sub-
jects in the most general and compre-
hensive sense. The Department per-
forms functions relating to research,
education, conservation, marketing,
regulatory work, agricultural adjust-
ment, surplus disposal, and rural de-
velopment. It conducts research in
agricultural and industrial chemistry,
the industrial uses of farm products,
entomology, soils, agricultural engi-
neering, agricultural economics, mar-
keting, crop and livestock production,
production and manufacture of dairy
products, human nutrition, home cco-
LEVEL I
SEC. OF AGRICUL-
TURE
LEVEL III
UNDER SEC. OF
AGRICULTURE
LEVEL IV
ASST.SEC. OF AGRIC.
(3)
LEVEL IV
GEN. COUNSEL'
The General Counsel is the princi-
pal legal adviser of the Secretary and
chief law officer of the Department.
LEGAL ADVICE.-The Office of the
General Counsel issues opinions on le-
gal questions arising in the administra-
tion of the Department's programs;
prepares or reviews administrative
rules and regulations applicable to the
public; drafts proposed legislation;
prepares or interprets contracts, mort-
gages, leases, deeds, and similar docu-
ments; prosecutes patent applications
arising out of inventions by Depart-
ment employees; examines title to
lands to be acquired by the Depart-
ment or accepted as security for loans;
and passes upon claims by and against
the United States arising out of the
T artment's activities.
STABILIZATION AND
CONSERVATION SERVICE
The principal activities of ASCS
include (1) price support, which is
carried out through commodity loans
and payments to farmers or through
direct purchases of agricultural com-
mo
; from farmers and processors;
(2) production adjustment, which is
carried out through marketing quotas,
acreage allotments, and land diversion
payments for a number of commodi-
ties, including cotton, tobacco, rice,
peanuts, wheat, corn, and other
feed grains, and through incentive
payments for two commodities in
which the Nation is not self-sufficient
(sugar and wool) ; (3) conservation
and land-use adjustment assistance,
carried out through sharing with indi-
vidual farmers the cost of installing
needed soil, water, woodland, and
wildlife conserving practices through
the Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram, the Land Stabilization, Conser-
vation, and Erosion Control Program
authorized by section 203 of the Ap-
palachian Regional Development Act
of 1965, and through adjustment and
practice cost-sharing payments. under
the Cropland Adjustment Program,
Cropland Conversion Program, and
the Conservation Reserve Program
of the Soil Bank; (4) management
of inventories of the Commodity
Cre Corporation through sales, ex-
port and domestic payments-in-kind,
donations, storage, and related process-
ing and shipping arrangements; (5)
disaster relief, through direct assistance
to farmers and ranchers whose supplies
have been destroyed or whose farm-
lands have been seriously damaged by
widespread flood or drought, and as-
sistance in preparedness and planning
for civil defense purposes; and (6) the
administration of international com-
modity agreements.
LEVEL V
mcome rural families and groups to
ADMINISTRATOR
raise income and living standards, (7)
Farmers Home Administration
public agencies or private nonprofit or-
ganizations in rural areas for the devel-
For regulations codified under this heading,
opment, conservation, and utilization
se Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7,
Chapter XVIII]
of natural resources, and carry out
projects to improve the economy of
The Farmers Home Administration
farm families and residents in the areas,
provides financial and management
and (8) farmers who suffer loss of in-
assistance to: (1) farmers to operate,
come and property and crop damage
develop, and purchase family farms,
from natural disasters. Applicants must
(2) farmers and rural residents to
be unable to obtain needed credit else-
build, buy, and improve homes and
where.
essential farm buildings, (3) rural
groups to develop recreational facili-
ties
community water supply and
waste disposal systems, carry out soil
conservation measures, and shift land
use to grassland and forestry, (4) local
organizations to help finance watershed
protection and flood prevention proj-
ects, (5) individuals and groups to
build housing for domestic farm labor-
ers and rural rental housing, (6) low-
LEVEL V
ADMINISTRATOR
Rural Electrification Administration
[For regulations codified under this head-
see Code of Federal Regulations, Title
hapter XVII]
The Rural Electrification Adminis-
tration was created by Executive
Order 7037 of May 11, 1935, and cur-
rently operates under authority of the
Rural Electrification Act of May 20,
1936 (49 Stat. 1363; 7 U.S.C. 901 et
seq.) as amended. It administers loan
programs (1) for rural electrification,
and (2) for telephone service in rural
areas.
LEVEL V
ADMINISTRATOR
Soil Conservation Service
[For regulations codified under this head-
ing, see Code of Federal Regulations, Title
7. Chapter VI]
The Soil Conservation Service was
established under authority of the Soil
Conservation Act of 1935 - (49 Stat.
163, 16 U.S.C. 590 a-f). Ithas respon-
sibility for developing and rying out
a national soil and water conservation
prograin in cooperation with farmers
and ranchers and other land users and
developers, with community planning
agencies and regional resource groups,
and with other agencies of govern-
ment-Federal, State, and local.
The program includes soil erosion
control, flood prevention, sediment rc-
duction, land-use planning in rural
and rural-fringe areas, recreation,
beautification, and water development
for agriculture, recreation, wildlife,
nicipal, and industrial use.
LEVEL V
ASST.SEC.OF AGRIC.
FOR ADMINISTRATION
LEVEL V
CHIEF FORESTER
Forest Service
[For regulations codified under this head-
ing, see Code of Federal Regulations, Title
36, Chapter II]
The name "Forest Service" was first
applied on February 1, 1905, in a letter
from James Wilson, Secretary of Agri-
culture, to the Forester, stating: "Its
provisions [referring to the act of Feb-
ruary 1, 1905, which provided for the
transfer of the forest reserves from the
Department of the Interior to the De-
partment of Agriculture] will bc car-
ried out through the Forest Service
under your immediate supervision."
The name "Forest Service" was also
provided by the Agricultural Appro-
priation Act of 1906, approved March
3, 1905 (33 Stat. 861), although many
of the functions were carried on earlier
under different organizational titles.
The Forest Service is charged with
the responsibility for promoting the
conservation and best use of the Na-
tion's forest lands, aggregating approx-
imately a third of the total land area
of the United States.
LEVEL V ADMIN.
AGRIC. MARKETING
SERVICE
The Consumer and Marketing Serv-
ice administers broad consumer food,
numer protection, marketing, regu-
latory, and related programs and ac-
tivities of the Department, including
assigned civil defense and defense mo-
bilization activities. C&MS programs
and activities are defined in the follow-
ing paragraphs.
MATCHING FUND PROGRAM.-This
program is designed to provide lead-
ership, coordination, and consulting
services to States in the development
and execution of marketing service
projects and provides for the review
and approval of projects submitted by
States.
MARKET NEWS.-This service pro-
vides current, unbiased information to
producers, processors, distributors, and
others to assist them in the orderly
marketing and distribution of farm
commodities. Information is collected
and disseminated on supplies, demand,
prices, movements, locations, quality,
condition, and other market data on
farm products in specific markets and
marketing areas.
NAME CHANGED TO
CONSUMER AND
MARKETING SERVICE
LEVEL V ADMIN.
ARS conducts research relating to
agricultural production, utilization,
and marketing; nutrition and con-
sumer use; and control and eradica-
tion of pests, and plant and animal
diseases. It also conducts related in-
spection, quarantine, and regulatory
activities.
Both the research and regulatory pro-
grams are carried on at numerous
locations in all of the States, U.S.
possessions, and a number of foreign
countries. Many of the programs are
cooperative with the States and other
public and private agencies. These pro-
grams are organized into the five main
areas of work, described briefly below.
NUTRITION, CONSUMER, AND IN-
DUSTRIAL-USE RESEARCH.--Nutition
MARKETING RESEARCH.-
FARM RESEARCH.
FOREIGN RESEARCH
GULATORY AND CONTROL PRO-
GRAMS.-
LEVEL V
AGRIC. ECON.
DIRECTOR
Atticultural Economics, Director
Economic Research Service:
ministrator
cputy Administration, Program Management
Deputy Administrator, Program Policy
Statistical Reporting Service:
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
LEVEL V
Science and Education
Director
Level 5
Foreign Agricultural Service
[For regulations codified under this head-
ing
Code of Federal Regulations, Title
7,1 pter XVJ
The Foreign Agricultural Service is
an export promotion and service
agency for U.S. agriculture. Its work
covers 7 broad areas:
Maintaining and expanding agri-
cultural exports by cooperating with
private business on jointly financed
market development projects abroad,
including international trade fairs,
operation of trade centers, and other
sales promotion activities; and by ap-
praising overseas marketing opportuni-
ties and communicating them to the
U.S. agricultural trade.
Improving access to foreign markets
for U.S. farm products through repre-
sentations to foreign governments and
through participation in formal trade
negotiations with other countries and
regional groups such as the European
Common Market.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
SECRETARY
UNDER SECRETARY
DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR
POLICY ANALYSIS AND
PROGRAM EVALUATION
DIVISION OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
REGIONAL
DIVISION OF
OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL
INSPECTION
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
LABOR
EQUAL
SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL
OF BUSINESS
SERVICES STAFF
DIVISION
RELATIONS
OPPORTUNITY
STAFF
AFFAIRS
PARTICIPATION
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
FOR MORTGAGE CREDIT
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
GENERAL COUNSEL
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
RENEWAL AND HOUSING
AND FEDERAL HOUSING
METROPOLITAN
MODEL CITIES AND
ADMINISTRATION
ASSISTANCE
COMMISSIONER
DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Urban Transportation
Office of Monagement and
Federal Housing
Renewal Assistance
Administration
Model Cities Administration
Organization
Administration
Administration
Land Facilities Development
Office of Personnel
Administration
Office of General Services
Housing Assistance
Office of Planning Standards
Office of Budget
Administration
Office of Financial Systems
Office of Community
and Coordination
and Services
Development
Office of Intergovernmental
Office of Audit
Relations and Planning
Office of ADP Systems
Assistance
Management and Operations
FEDERAL NATIONAL
OFFICE OF
MORTGAGE
URBAN TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATION
AND RESEARCH
REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT
PURPOSE.-The Declaration of Pur-
pose of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development Act declares that
"the general welfare and security of the
transportation through State, county,
Nation and the health and living stand-
town, village, or other local and private
ards of our people require, as a matter
action, including promotion of inter-
of national purpose, sound develop-
state, regional, and metropolitan coop-
ment of the Nation's communities and
eration; to encourage the maximum
metropolitan areas in which the vast
contributions that may be made by
majority of its people live and work.
vigorous private homebuilding and
"To carry out such purpose, and in
mortgage lending industries to housing,
recognition of the increasing impor-
urban development, and the national
tance of housing and urban develop-
economy; and to provide for full and
ment in our national life, the Congress
appropriate consideration, at the na-
finds that establishment of an executive
tional level, of the needs and interests
department is desirable to achieve the
of the Nation's communities and of the
best administration of the principal
people who live and work in them."
programs of the Federal Government
ORGANIZATION.-The Secretary of
which provide assistance for housing
Housing and Urban Development
and for the development of the
established the organization of the De-
Nation's communities; to assist the
partment and assigned programs and
President in achieving maximum co-
functions to the respective organization
ordination of the various Federal
units in Secretary's Organization Order
activities which have a major effect
1, dated February 24, 1966. The of-
upon urban community, suburban, or
fices and functions are described below
metropolitan development; to encour-
and the internal structure is shown in
age the solution of problems of hous-
the organization chart which appears
ing, urban development, and mass
on page 645.
LEVEL I
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development
The Department is administered
nder the supervision and direction of
Secretary. The Secretary advises
President with respect to Federal
rograms and activities relating to
busing and urban development; de-
elops and recommends to the Presi-
policies for fostering the orderly
growth and development of the Na-
urban areas; and exercises lead-
rship at the direction of the President
coordinating Federal activities af-
ecting housing and urban develop-
He also serves as Chairman of
Board of Directors of the Federal
National Mortgage Association.
LEVEL III
Under Secretary
The Under Secretary assists
Secretary in the discharge of his du
nd responsibilities and serves as P.
Secretary in the absence of the
Secretary.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary for Mortgage
Credit and
Federal Housing Commissioner
The Assistant Secretary for Mort-
gage Credit and Federal Housing Com-
missioner is the principal adviser to
the Secretary with respect to programs
involving the private mortgage market.
He is responsible to the Secretary for
the administration of the programs and
functions assigned to the Federal Hous-
ing Administration, and assists in co-
ordinating them with the activities of
the Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary for Renewal
and Housing Assistance
The Assistant Secretary for Renewal
and Housing Assistance is the principal
adviser to the Secretary on programs
of renewal and housing assistance, and
is responsible to the Secretary for the
administration of these programs. He
directs and coordinates, on behalf of
the Secretary, the Department's activi-
ties with respect to these programs, and
supervises the following organization
units.
Renewal Assistance Administration
Housing Assistance Administration
Office of Community Development
Assistant Secretary for
Metropolitan Development
The Assistant Secretary for Metro-
an Development is the principal
auviser to the Secretary on programs
of metropolitan development, and is
responsible to the Secretary for the
administration of these programs. He
directs and coordinates, on behalf of
the Secretary, the Department's activi-
ties with respect to these programs, and
supervises the following staff and or-
ganization units.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary for Model
Cities and
Governmental Relations
The Assistant Secretary for Model
Cities and Governmental Relations is
the principal adviser to the Secretary
on urban program coordination, the
Model Cities Program, and the de-
fense planning functions of the De-
partment. The Assistant Secretary
serves as the statutory Director of
Urban Program Coordination under
section 4(c) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act,
and in that capacity assists the Secre-
tary in carrying out his responsibilities
to the President with respect to achiev-
ing maximum coordination of the pro-
grams of the various departments and
agencies which have a major impact
on community development and ccn-
sulting with State, local, and regional
officials with respect to such programs.
He advises on, and arranges for meet-
: convened under the authority of
executive Order 11297, Coordination
of Federal Urban Programs." He di-
rects and coordinates, on behalf of the
Secretary, the Department's activities
with respect to these programs and
functions, and supervises the following
principal staff and organization units:
LEVEL IV
GENERAL COUNSEL
LEVEL V
Assistant Secretary for
Administration
The Assistant Secretary for Admin-
istration has the following responsibil-
ities with respect to the administrative
management of HUD: budget; orga-
nization, methods, and directives sys-
tems; reports management and con-
trol; management of automatic data
processing; accounting, audit, and fi-
nancial management; personnel ad-
ministration; general administrative
services; and planning for occupancy
of the new departmental office build-
ing. These responsibilities are carried
out by seven offices, each headed by a
Director.
The Office of Management and Or-
ganization has primary responsibility
within the Department for manage-
ment practices, organization, and other
aspects of management analysis.
"The Office of Personnel develops
1 Led personnel policies and- stand-
ards governing all personnel manage-
ment activities and employees of the
Department, and performs the person-
nel operations functions for headquar-
ters personnel for most organizational
components of the Department.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
THE UNDER SECRETARY
CFFICE FCR EXAL
JOB CORPS COCPOINATION
OFFICE OF
DIL IMPORTS
OPPORTUNITY
FROGRAM AVALYSIS
APPEACS BOARD
OFFICE CF
OFFICE CF THE
CFFICE WATER
OFFICE CF INFORMATION
PROGRAM SUPPORT STATE
80480 OF
ECOLOGY
SCIENCE ACVISER
RESOURCES RESEARCH
CONTRACT APPEALS
RESISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
SOLICTION
FISH AND WILDLIFE
ACMINISTRATION
MINERAL RESOURCES
WATER AND POWER
WATER POLLUTION
AND PARKS
FUELIC LAND MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT
CONTROL
ECHMISSIONER CF
FISM AND MILDLIFE
OFFICE CF MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
LIFE If AND DEVICE
OFFICE CF DIGGET
OFFICE CF PRODUCT RESEARCH
OFFICE OF PURSONAL MANAGEMENT
CITIZE OF LIBRARY SERVICES
OIL IMPORT
OFFICE OF
DEFENSE ELECTRIC
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATION
DIL NO as
FOWER
SALINE WATER
THE SOLICITOR
ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF
OFFICE CF
COAL RESEARCH
MINERALS
AND SOLID FUELS
SUPEAT OF COMMERCIAL
FEDERAL WATER
FISHERIES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
JREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
BUREPT OF
POLLUTION CONTROL
FECLAMATION
ADMINISTRATION
E.PEAJ OF SPORT
BUREAU MINES
READ OF
FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
RONNEVILLE POWER
LAND MANAGEMENT
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
BUREAU OF
SOUTHEASTERN POWER
OUTOCOR RECREATION
ALMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF TERRITORIES
SOUTHWESTERN POWER
ADMINISTRATION
ALASKA POWER
ADMINISTRATION
Over the years there were added to
tion, the prevention, control, and
the original functions (and later re-
abatement of the pollution of the Na-
moved) activities in such areas as edu-
tion's water resources, and the manage-
cation, hospitals and elcemosynary in-
ment of hydroelectric power systems.
stitutions, labor, the Alaska Railroad,
The Department of the Interior is also
railroad accounts, and interstate com-
responsible for the welfare of about
merce. With the creation of subsequent
200,000 persons in the territories of the
executive departments and certain in-
United States and in the Trust Terri-
dependent agencies, the role of the
tory of the Pacific Islands, and provides
Department of the Interior changed
services to about 400,000 Indians
during the more than one hundred
nearly all of whom reside on, or ad-
years of its existence from that of gen-
jacent to, reservations.
eral housekeeper for the Federal Gov-
OBJECTIVES.-In formulating and
ernment to that of custodian of the
administering programs for the man-
Nation's natural resources. Under the
agement, conservation, and develop-
Defense Production Act of 1950, as
ment of natural resources, the Depart-
amended, and related legislation, the
ment pursues the following objectives:
Secretary was delegated responsibilities
the encouragement of efficient use; the
relating to petroleum and natural gas,
assurance of adequate resource de-
solid fuels, electric power, fishery com-
velopment in order to meet the require-
modities or products, and metals and
ments of national security and an ex-
minerals.
panding national economy; the main-
The jurisdiction of the Department
tenance of production capacity for
extends over the continental United
future generations; the promotion of
States, to islands in the Caribbean and
an equitable distribution of benefits
the South Pacific, and to lands within
from nationally owned resources;
the Arctic Circle. It includes the cus-
the discouragement of wasteful ex-
tody of 750 unillion acres of land, the
ploitation; the maximum use of recrea-
conservation and development of min-
tional areas; and the orderly incorpora-
eral and water resources, the promotion
tion of Indian groups and individuals
of mine safety and efficiency, the con-
into our national life by creating con-
servation, development, and utilization
ditions which will advance their social
of fish and wildlife resources, the co-
and economic adjustment.
ordination of Federal and State recrea-
ORGANIZATION.-The Department
tion programs, the administration of
of the Interior is composed of the
the Nation's great scenic and historic
Office of the Secretary and other de-
arcas, the operation of Job Corps Con-
partmental offices and bureaus. The
servation Centers, the reclamation of
structure of the Department is shown
arid lands in the West through irriga-
in the organization chart which ap-
LEVEL 1
Secretary
The Secretary of the Interior, as the
ad of an executive department, re-
ports directly to the President and is
responsible for the direction and super-
vision of all activities of the Depart-
ment. He also has certain powers or
supervisory responsibilities relating to
territorial governments.
LEVEL III
Under Secretary
The Under Secretary assists the Sec-
retary in the discharge of his duties
and in the absence of the latter per-
forms his functions. With the excep-
tion of certain matters requiring per-
sonal action by the Secretary, the
Under Secretary has the full authority
of the Secretary on any matter which
comes before him.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary for Fish and
Wildlife and Parks
The Assistant Secretary for Fish and
ildlife and Parks discharges the du-
ties of the Secretary with respect to the
development, conservation, and utiliza-
tion of the fish, wildlife, and the na-
tional park resources of the Nation.
The Assistant Secretary exercises Secre-
tarial direction and supervision over
the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife
and the Bureaus of Commercial Fish-
eries and Sport Fisheries and Wildlife,
which comprise the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, and over the Na-
tional Park Service.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary-Mineral
Resources
The Assistant Secretary-Mineral
Resources discharges the duties of the
Secretary with respect to the appraisal,
conservation, development, and use of
the Nation's mineral resources, includ-
ing the conduct of research related
thereto. These responsibilities include
geologic, hydrologic, and topographic
mapping and research; water-data ac-
quisition and coordination of Federal
water data activities as prescribed by
Bureau of the Budget Circular No.
A-67; classification of Federal lands as
to water storage, waterpower, and min-
eral value; supervision of mineral de-
velopment on Federal lands; marine
geology, hydrology, and minerals tech-
nology; health and safety activities in
the minerals industries; collection and
dissemination of data relating to min-
eral production and consumption; de-
e minerals activities; and adminis-
tration of the Oil Import Program. The
Assistant Secretary exercises Secretarial
direction and supervision over the
Geological Survey, Burcau of Mines,
Office of Minerals and Solid Fuels,
Office of Oil and Gas, Office of Coal
Research, and Oil Import Administra-
tion.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary-Public Land
Management
The Assistant Secretary-Public
Land Management discharges the
duties of the Secretary with respect to
outdoor recreation, land utilization
and management, territorial affairs,
and Indian affairs. The Assistant Sec-
retary exercises Secretarial direction
and supervision over the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs, Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation,
and the Office of Territories.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary-Water and
Power Development
The Assistant Secretary-Water and
Power Development discharges the
duties of the Secretary with respect to
the development of water resources
and power. The Assistant Secretary
exercises Secretarial direction and
supervision over the Bureau of Recla-
mation, Bonneville Power Administra-
tion, Alaska Power Administration,
Southeastern Power Administration,
and the Southwestern Power Adminis-
tration. He is also responsible for carry-
ing out the national defense functions
of the Secretary with respect to electric
power.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary-Water
Pollution Control
Assistant Secretary-Water Pol-
lution Control discharges the duties of
the Secretary with respect to the con-
trol, prevention, and abatement of
water pollution. The Assistant Secre-
tary exercises Secretarial direction and
supervision over the Federal Water
Pollution Control Administration and
the Office of Saline Water.
LEVEL IV
Solicitor
The Solicitor is the principal legal
adviser to the Secretary and the chief
law officer of the Department. He is
responsible for and has supervision
over all legal work of the Department.
(See Office of the Solicitor, page 245.)
LEVEL V
Administrator, Bonnevil
e
Power Administration
The Administrator participates with
other Government agencies and non-
Federal groups in planning for the
continuing development of the re-
potential hydroelectric resources
to et long-term power needs, and
in the development and implementa-
tion of operating agreements designed
to achieve the most effective utilization
and coordination of available generat-
ing and transmission facilities through
the integrated operation of the Fed-
eral power generating and transmission
facilities and those of non-Federal
entities.
BPA in cooperation with the Corps
of Engineers represents the United
States in implementing the provisions
of the Columbia River Treaty with
Canada for the joint development of
the Columbia River. BPA is construct-
ing jointly with the Bureau of Recla-
mation and public and private utili-
ties the Pacific Northwest-Pacific
Southwest Intertie to achieve optimum
utilization of power resources between
the two regions. It is also engaged in
planning the possible interconnection
of other areas served by the Depart-
ment of the Interior marketing agen-
cies with adequate common carrier
transmission facilities.
LEVEL V
Assistant Secretary for
Administration
The Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration discharges the duties of the Sec-
retary with respect to all phases of ad-
ministrative management including
budget, finance, compliance, manage-
ment research, personnel, procure-
ment, property, audit, management
operations, security, emergency pre-
paredness, library services, automatic
data processing, and related activities.
Secretarial offices and divisions appro-
priately identified with these functions
are under his supervision. The As-
sistant Secretary for Administration
provides central coordination of the
Department's emergency preparedness
activities and exercises Secretarial di-
rection and supervision over the ad.
ministrative management aspects of
the program.
LEVEL V
Office of the Science Adviser
The Science Adviser to the Secretary
crves as staff adviser to the Secretary
and assists in carrying out the Secre-
tary's responsibilities for the policy di-
rection, coordination, control, and ad-
ministration of the scientific research
activities and programs within the bu-
reaus and offices of the Department.
LEVEL V
Commissioner of Fish and
Wildlife
Office of the Commissioner
The functions of the Service are ad-
ministered under the supervision of
the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife,
who is subject to the supervision of the
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wild-
life and Parks. The function of pro-
gram review is performed directly by
the Office of the Commissioner.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Commissioner
OBJECTIVES.-The main objectives
of the Bureau's program are: a stand-
ard of living for Indians equal to that
for the country as a whole; a choice
between an opportunity to remain on
their lands without surrendering their
dignity and an opportunity to move to
urban areas equipped with the skills
to live in equality and dignity; assump-
tion by individuals and Indian tribes
of the responsibility for managing their
own funds and other resources; full
participation in the life of modern
America with a full share of economic
opportunity and social justice.
ORGANIZATION.-The Bureau of In-
dian Affairs consists of a central office
in Washington, D. C., and area offices
and subordinate field installations lo-
cated throughout the country. The
field installations include Indian agen-
cies, boarding schools, and irrigation
projects.
LEVEL V
Bureau of Reclamation
Commissioner
OBJECTIVES.-The transformation
through irrigation of arid and semiarid
lands into productive farms; the main-
tenance of production on lands threat-
ened with retrogression to desert,
through the provision of supplemental
water for irrigation; the development
and administration of sound financial
arrangements for reimbursement by
water users of expenses incurred by the
Government which are allocable to ir-
rigation and subject to repayment; and
the transmission and sale or exchange
of electric power and energy generated
at Bureau projects and at certain re-
servoir projects under the control of
other national and international
agencies. It also includes reduction
of the hazards and damages of uncon-
trolled flood runoff; maximum eco-
mical production of hydroclectric
wer and energy consistent with
established priorities governing the im-
poundment and release of water for
other purposes; river regulation; im-
provement of navigation; provision of
water for municipal, domestic, and
industrial use, on a repayment basis;
conservation of fish and wildlife:
LEVEL V
Bureau of Mines
Director
ORGANIZATION.-The Bureau is com-
posed of a headquarters in Washing-
ton, D.C., and field establishments for
mineral resource development; min-
erals research centers and laboratories;
health and safety; helium; and two
administrative field offices in Pitts-
burgh, Pa., and Denver, Colo.
The Director, ashead of the Bureau
of Mines, is responsible for directing
all its activities.
OBJECTIVES.-The Bureau of Mines
conducts programs designed to con-
serve and develop mineral resources
and to promote safety and healthful
working conditions in the mineral
industries.
LEVEL V
Geological Survey
Director
OBJECTIVES.-The broad objectives
of the Geological Survey are to per-
form surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology,
and the mineral and water resources of
the United States; classify land as to
mineral character and water and power
resources; furnish engineering super-
vision for power permits and Federal
Power Commission licenses; enforce
departmental regulations applicable
to oil, gas, and other mining
leases, permits, licenses, development
contracts, and gas storage contracts;
and publish and disseminate data rel-
ative to the foregoing activities.
ORGANIZATION.-The Geological Sur-
vey consists of a headquarters organi-
zation, most of which is in Washington,
D.C., and a field organization made up
of separate functional area offices and
their subordinate field offices.
LEVEL V
Bureau of Land Management
Director
OBJECTIVES.-The Bureau of Land
Management is partially or totally re-
sponsible for the administration of
mineral resources on about 765 million
acres, approximately one-third of the
area of the United States. Of this 765
million acres, the Bureau has exclusive
jurisdiction for the management of
lands and resources on some 453 mil-
lion acres. The Bureau also shares re-
sponsibility for managing the mineral
resources of the federally owned sub-
merged lands of the Outer Continental
Shelf. The basic objective of this man-
agement program is to obtain for the
American people the benefits of skill-
ful coordination through multiple use
management and, with respect to re-
newable resources, production at a
sustained yield. The Bureau recog-
nizes the following resource activities
on the public lands: domestic livestock
grazing, fish and wildlife development
and utilization, industrial develop-
ment, mineral production, occupancy,
outdoor recreation, timber production,
watershed protection, wilderness pro-
tection, and preservation of other pub-
lic values.
LEVEL V
National Park Service
Director
OBJECTIVES.-The fundamental ob-
jective of the National Park Service is
to promote and regulate the use of
national parks, monuments, and simi-
lar reservations in conformity with
the act of August 25, 1916, in order to
"conserve the scencry and the natural
and historic objects and the wildlife
therein and to provide for the enjoy-
ment of the same in such manner and
by such means as will leave them
unimpaired for the enjoyment of fu-
ture generations." This objective ex-
tends to the Service's activities in the
preservation of American antiquities,
historic and prehistoric sites and build-
ings, and properties of national historic
or archeologic significance as well as
the operation of recreation areas of
national significance. A further objec-
tive of the Service is to provide assist-
-nce to the States in the management,
eration, and development of public
park and recreational-area facilities.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY
UNDER SECRETARY
DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY
SAFETY BOARD
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
CONTRACT APPEALS BOARO
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
GENERAL COUNSEL
FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
FOR ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF INI'L
OFFICE OF RESEARCH
OFFICE OF
OFFICE CF PERSONNEL
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
ECONOMICS
TRANSPORTATION
OPERATIONS AND
AND DEVELOPMENT
LEGAL COUNSEL
AND TRAINING
OFFICE OF PUBLIC
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF INI'L
OFFICE OF
OFFICE CF
OFFICE OF BUDGET
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
LEGISLATION
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
GOVERNMENT LIAISON
POLICY REVIEW
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
NOISE ABATEMENT
REGULATION
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
OFFICE OF INDUSTRY
OFFICE OF PLANNING
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
OFFICE OF
TRANSPORTATION
INVESTIGATIONS
AND LABOR LIAISON
AND PROGRAM REVIEW
FACILITATION
INFORMATION PLANNING
LITIGATION
AND SECURITY
RESOURCE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
OFFICE OF LOGISTICS
AND
CONSERVATION STAFF
TRANSPORTATION
PROCUREMENT POLICY
OFFICE OF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
OFFICE OF AUDIT
OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
ORERATIONS
FEDERAL AVIATION
FEDERAL HIGHWAY
FEDERAL RAILROAD
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY
U.S. COAST GUARD
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATION
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
PURPOSE. - The Department of
users, carriers, industry, labor, and the
largely independent of the Department
national defense. In addition, the
Transportation was created for the
and the major components consisting
Department promotes the efficient util-
of the Coast Guard, the Federal Avia-
purpose of developing national trans-
ization and conservation of the Nation's
tion Administration, the Federal High-
portation policies and programs con-
resources and assures special efforts are
way Administration, the Federal Rail-
ducive to the provision of fast, safe,
made to preserve the natural beauty of
road Administration, and the Saint
efficient, and convenient transporta-
the countryside and public park and
tion at the lowest cost consistent there-
recreation lands, wildlife and water-
Lawrence Seaway Corporation, with
with. It also assures the coordinated,
fowl refuges, and historic sites.
the heads thereof reporting directly to
effective administration of the trans-
ORGANIZATION.-The organization
the Secretary, round out the organiza-
tion. A chart showing the organization
portation programs of the Federal
plan reflects a concept of an executive
Government; facilitates the develop-
team comprising the Secretary, the
of the Department is located on page
646.
ment and improvement of coordinated
Under Secretary, and the heads of the
transportation service, to be provided
operating agencies which include the
by private enterprise to the maximum
Administrations, the Coast Guard, and
extent feasible; encourages coopera-
the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
tion of Federal, State, and local gov-
ment Corporation. The broad coordin-
ernments, carriers, labor, and other
ating and policy developing staff ele-
interested parties toward the achieve-
ments of the Department include the
ment of national transportation ob-
jectives; stimulates technological ad-
General Counsel, five Assistant Secre-
vances in transportation; provides gen-
taries, and a Board of Contract Ap-
eral leadership in the identification and
peals. The Secretary and Under Sec-
'ution of transportation problems;
retary, assisted by the Deputy Under
d develops and recommends to the
Secretary, are supported by an Execu-
President and the Congress for ap-
tive Secretariat. The National Trans-
proval national transportation policies
portation Safety Board, with functions
and programs to accomplish these ob-
jectives with full and appropriate con-
sideration of the needs of the public,
LEVEL I
The Secretary
The Secretary and Under Secretary
with the assistance of the Deputy
Under Secretary are responsible for
the overall planning, direction, and
control of departmental affairs.
LEVEL II
UNDERSECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION
LEVEL II
ADMINISTRATOR
Federal Aviation Administration
PURPOSE.-Under section 103 of the
F ral Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat.
i. 1, there is a declaration of policy to
guide the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration in the per-
formance of his powers and duties
under the act. He is required, among
other things, to consider as being in the
public interest:
1. The regulation of air commerce
in such manner as to best promote its
development and safety and fulfill the
requirements of national defense.
2. The promotion, encouragement,
and development of civil aeronautics.
3. The control of the use of the nav-
igable airspace of the United States
and the regulation of both civil and
military operations in such airspace
in the interest of the safety and effi-
ciency of both.
4. The consolidation of research
and development with respect to air
navigation facilities, as well as the in-
stallation and operation thereof.
5. The development and operation
of a common system of air traffic con-
trol and navigation for both military
and civil aircraft.
LEVEL III
ADMINISTRATOR
Federal Highway Administration
PURPOSE.-The establishment by the
Congress of the United States of the
Federal Highway Administration in
the Department of Transportation
marks a broadening of the Federal in-
terest in total highway transportation.
Although Federal and Federal-aid
highway construction and national
highway and vehicle safety are the two
major program elements, the activities
of the Federal Highway Administra-
tion encompass highway transportation
in its broadest scope, seeking to coordi-
nate highways with other modes of
transportation to achieve the most ef-
fective balance of transportation sys-
tems and facilities under cohesive
Federal transportation policies as con-
templated by the act.
The Federal Highway Administra-
tion will be concerned with the total
operation and environment of the
hi vay systems, with particular em-
pt. .3 on improvement of highway
safety through the identification and
correction of conditions relating to
motor vehicles and components, high-
ways and streets, and vehicle operators
that are contributing causes of high-
way fatalities, injuries, and property
damage.
Federal Railroad Administration
PURPOSE.-The general purpose of
the Administration is to consolidate;
Government support of rail transpor-
, on activities, provide a unified and
fying national policy for rail trans-
portation, conduct research and de-
velopment activity in support of im-
proved rail transportation and the
future requirements for rail transpor-
tation, and to serve as the principal
organization for assistance to the Sec-
retary of Transportation on all matters
relating to rail transportation and
safety.
ORGANIZATION.-The Administra-
tion functions as a single organization,
with staff offices for program planning
and analysis, public affairs, legal serv-
ices, and administration. Principal sub-
divisions are Railroad Safety, High
Speed Ground Transportation, and
The Alaska Railroad. The heads of
each of these staff and program func-
tions report directly to the Administra-
tor.
VEL III
AIRMAN
National Transportation Safety
Board
CREATION AND PURPOSE.-The De-
partment of Transportation Act of
1966 (80 Stat. 935) created the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board
and transferred to it functions, powers,
and duties with regard to determining
the cause or probable cause of trans-
portation accidents and reporting the
facts, conditions, and circumstances
relating to such accidents; and review-
ing, on appeal, the suspension, amend-
ment, modification, revocation, or de-
nial of any certificate or license issued
by the Secretary or by an Adminis-
trator.
ORGANIZATION.-T h e National
Transportation Safety Board is an en-
tity within the Department of Trans-
portation but with its own statutory
responsibilities and executive authority.
It is composed of five members ap-
pointed for 5-year terms by the Presi-
it with the consent of the Senate,
Jh no more than three members ap-
pointed from the same political party.
The President designates one member
as Chairman and one member as Vice
Chairman. The Chairman is the chief
executive and administrator of the
Board.
LEVEL IV
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
BOARD (4)
LEVEL IV
General Counsel
The General Counsel is responsible
for legal services as the chief legal offi-
cer of the Department, legal adviser to
the Secretary and the Office of the Sec-
retary, and final legal authority within
the Department; professional supervi-
sion, including coordination and re-
view, over the legal work of the legal
offices of the Department; drafting of
legislation and review of legal aspects
of legislative matters; exercise of func-
tions, powers, and duties of a Judge
Advocate General under the Uniform
LEVEL IV
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
FEDERAL AVIATION
AGENCY
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development
The Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development is responsible for identifi-
cation of the national transportation
needs and policies, departmental ob-
jectives and program plans, and the
relationship of national transportation
policies and programs to other aspects
of the national welfare.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
The Assistant Secretary for Public
Affairs is responsible for congressional
liaison, public information, and de-
partmental relations with other Fed-
eral agencies, State, and local govern-
ments, industry, labor, conservation in-
terests, and the general public, and
equal opportunity except in depart-
mental employment and contract com-
pliance.
LEVEL IV
Assistant Secretary for International
Affairs and Special Programs
The Assistant Secretary for Inter-
national Affairs and Special Programs
responsible for international trans-
portation policies, plans;~ programs,
and objectives (within the framework
of overall national transportation
policy); international transportation
intelligence; technical assistance to de-
veloping countries; international in-
dustrial cooperation; transportation fa-
cilitation; telecommunications; emer-
gency transportation; and other special
programs as assigned by the Secretary.
LEVEL IV
sistant Secretary for Research and
Technology
The Assistant Secretary for Research
and Technology is responsible for sci-
entific and technologic research and
development relating to the spced,
safety, and economy of transportation;
abatement of noise generated by trans-
portation equipment; transportation of
hazardous materials; and improve-
ment in the gathering, classification,
accessibility, and use of transportation
information.
LEVEL IV
ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTOR
Bureau of Public Roads
Administers the Federal-Aid High-
way Program of financial assistance to
the States for highway construction.
This program provides for construction
of the 41,000-mile National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways fi-
nanced on a 90-percent Federal, 10-
percent State basis, and the improve-
ment of nearly 844,000 miles of other
Federal-aid primary and secondary
roads and their urban extensions, with
financing on a 50-50 basis. Revenues
derived from special taxes on highway
users are deposited into the Highway
Trust Fund to meet the Federal share
of highway program costs. Special em-
phasis is being directed in the Federal-
aid program to improving the safety
design of new highways, correcting
high-hazard locations on existing
roads, improving the capacity and effi-
ciency of urban street systems, and to
preserving along highways the natural
beauty of the countryside, public parks
esportation programs of the Depart-
ment of Transportation under perti-
nent legislation or provisions of law
cited in section 6(a) of the act, princi-
pally those relating to Title 23, United
States Code entitled "Highways," as
amended
LEVEL IV
ADMINISTRATOR
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation
"URPOSE.-The purpose of the Cor-
ration is to construct that part of the
Saint Lawrence Seaway in the United
States territory between Lake Ontario
and St. Regis, N.Y., in the interest of
national security; to consummate cer-
tain arrangements with the Saint Law-
rence Seaway Authority of Canada
relative to construction and operation
of the Seaway from Lake Erie to Mon-
treal; to finance the United States
share of the Seaway cost on a self-
liquidating basis; to cooperate with
Canada in the control and operation
of the Saint Lawrence Seaway; to
negotiate with Canada for an agree-
ment on tolls; and to encourage the
development of traffic and maximum
utilization of the Seaway. The Advisory
Board was established to review the
general policies of the Corporation, in-
cluding its policies in connection with
design and construction of facilities
and the establishment of rules of
measurement for vessels and cargoes,
and rates of charges or tolls, and is re-
quired to advise the Administrator with
respect to these matters.
LEVEL V
Assistant Secretary for
Administration
The Assistant Secretary for Admin-
istration is responsible for organization,
budgeting, staffing, personnel manage-
ment, training, logistics and procure-
ment policy, management systems,
security, audit, and administrative sup-
port services for the Office of the Sec-
retary and certain other departmental
headquarters elements.
V
DIRECTOR
ational Highway Safety Bureau
Administers a national highway
program to reduce deaths, in-
, and property damage resulting
highway traffic crashes. The
is implementing programs to:
reduce the occurrence of highway
(2) reduce the severity of
in such crashes as do occur;
(3) improve survivability and
recovery by better post-crash
asures.
Under the Bureau's program, Fed-
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
issued which prescribe safety
and levels of safety-related
formance to be met on all motor
at the time of manufacture.
ndards are also promulgated for
car safety. Compliance measures
taken. There is also a program to
imize safety-related vehicle de-
whereby a manufacturer of mo-
vehicles or motor vehicle equip-
is required to take certain actions
to related defects uncovered after
tribution of the products.
The Bureau also is cooperating with
National Motor Vehicle Safety
visory Council, which is made up
public and industry representatives,
consults with them on vehicle
standards.