80TH CONGRESS IST SESSION S. 888 A BILL

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 14, 1947
• Content Type: REGULATION

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80r8 CONGRESS
1sr. SESSION
S*888
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
1&%RCH 14 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 19), 1947
Mr. THOMAS of Utah (for himself and Mr. Hui) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee of Armed
Services
A BILL.
To promote the common defense by unifying the departments
and agencies of the Government relating to the common
defense.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tines of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be_ cited as the "Common Defense Act
4 of 1947".
5 DECLARATION OF POLICY
6 SEC. 2. In enacting this legislation, it is the intent of
7 Congress to provide a comprehensive and continuous pro-
8 gram for our future safety and for the peace and security of
9 the world; to coordinate tinder civilian control the depart-
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1 the Department, council, board, or agency `which such
2 person is advising or in which such Department, council,
3 board, or agency is directly interested.
4 PERMANENT PERSONNEL
5 SEC. 302. The executive secretaries of the Council of
6 Common Defense and the National Security Resources
7 Board and the Director of the Central Intelligence
8 Agency are each authorized to appoint and fix the
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compensation of such personnel as may be necessary
to perform their respective duties and as may be appro--
priated for from time to time by the Congress. Such.
appointments shall be made and such compensation shall be
fixed in accordance with the provisions of the civil-service
laws and the Classification Act of 1.923, as amended.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SEC. 303. The Council of Common Defense, the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Re-
sources Board are each authorized to make such rules. and
regulations as may be necessary to enable them to carry out
the duties imposed upon them by this A.ct~
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