Public Law 74–416

That there are hereby established a Central Statistical Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”) and a Central Statistical Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) to plan and promote the improvement, development, and coordination of, and the elimination of duplication in, statistical services carried on by or subject to the supervision of the Federal Government, and, so far as may be practicable, of other statistical services in the United States.

Sec. 2.

The Committee shall consist of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor.

Sec. 3.

The Board shall consist of a chairman, who shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and not to exceed thirteen additional members, who shall be

Proviso.

Qualifications.

selected in such manner as the President shall prescribe: Provided, That not less than ten of such members shall be persons already in the service of the United States. The chairman and all the members shall be persons technically trained in statistics, economics, or public administration, known in their profession as of high standing and

Chairman; salary, qualification.

wide experience. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the Board, shall receive a salary of $10,000 a year, and shall not engage in any private business, vocation, or employment: Provided, however,

Restriction on payment of salary.

That if the chairman shall at the same time hold any other paid position in the service of the United States, he shall receive during such tenure no additional remuneration for acting as

Members of Board; expenses.

chairman of the Board. No other member of the Board shall receive compensation for his services as such member, except that the Board may provide that any such other member not at the same time holding any other paid position in the service of the United States shall, while attending or traveling to or from meetings of the Board or of committees thereof, receive a salary of not more than $25 per diem, and in addition thereto necessary traveling and subsistence expenses.

Sec. 4.

The Board shall have authority to appoint such employees

Appointment of personnel.

as it deems necessary for its own functions. All such employees shall be subject to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, except that the Board may, with the consent of the Civil Service Commission, appoint and fix the compensation of any person or persons for temporary periods without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided, That no person shall hold such temporary appointment

Proviso.

Temporary appointments.

or appointments for an aggregate period of more than 12 months. The Board may make such expenditures (including expenditures for

Expenditures authorized.

personal services and rent at the seat of Government and elsewhere; for law books and books of reference; and for paper, printing, and binding) as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time. The Board may purchase supplies or services where the aggregate

Minor purchases without advertising.

Vol. 36, p. 861; U. S. C., p. 1803.

Appropriations authorized.

Post, pp. 1110, 1169.

amount involved is not more than $50, without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (36 Stat. 861 ; U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5). There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, annually such sums as may be necessary for the expenses of the Board not to exceed $180,000, of which amount not to exceed $170,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.

Sec. 5.

The Board shall—

Sec. 6.

The Central Statistical Board created by Executive Order

Central Statistical Board created July 27, 1933; termination of.

Numbered 6225, dated July 27, 1933, as amended, shall cease to exist at such time as the Committee shall declare that seven members have qualified for membership in the Board; and thereafter all records,

Transfer of records, funds, etc.

papers, property, and funds of the old Board shall become records, papers, property, and funds of the Board; and such employees

Employees.

as shall pass tests of fitness prescribed by the Civil Service Commission shall acquire classified civil-service status and shall be employees of the Board at the grades and salaries specified in their respective

Proviso.

Obligations of old Board.

Rules and regulations.

examinations: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to impair any obligation incurred by the old Board.

Sec. 7.

The Board with the approval of the Committee is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 8.

If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

Sec. 9.

This Act shall cease to be in effect and the agencies established hereunder shall cease to exist at the expiration of five years after the date of enactment of this Act.