A bill to reorganize the executive branch of the Government to create a Department of Health, a Department of Education, and a Department of Welfare.
Health, Education, and Welfare Reform Act - Title I: Health - Establishes within the Executive branch the Department of Health. Transfers to the Department specified agencies including: (1) the Public Health Service; (2) the Food and Drug Administration; and (3) the National Institutes of Health as well as specified functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare being administered by the Public Health Service and the Social Security Administration. Permits the President to transfer other health-related functions to the Department in the interest of government efficiency.
Title II: Education - Establishes within the Executive branch a Department of Education. Transfers to the Department specified functions and agencies of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare including: (1) the Education Division; (2) the Office of Child Development; and (3) the Office of Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Education. Transfers other education-related functions to the Department from the Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Science Foundation, and other functions the President deems necessary to promote efficiency in government.
Title III: Welfare - Establishes in the Executive branch a Department of Welfare. Transfers to the Department specified agencies and functions including: (1) those functions of the Social Security Administration not transferred to the Department of Health; (2) the Social and Rehabilitation Service; and (3) those functions the President determines should be transferred in the interest of governmental efficiency.
Title IV: General Provisions - Provides for the orderly transfer of appropriate personnel and property pursuant to this Act. Continues in effect specified rules, regulations, judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings with respect to the transferred agencies and functions until they can be dealt with by the appropriate new Department.
Sets forth administrative provisions and makes technical and conforming amendments.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
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