Migratory Bird Treaty Act 16 USC 703-712

§ 701

TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE

Sec.

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714m.
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Interest of Members of Congress.
Crimes and offenses.
Transfer of assets of Commodity Credit
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Dissolution of Delaware corporation.
Release of innocent purchasers of converted goods.

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERALLY
§ 701. Omitted
CODIFICATION
Section was section 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, as
amended and modified by act June 14, 1935, ch. 246, 49
Stat. 375, which declared a national emergency and laid
down policy objectives for the industrial recovery.
After the act was held unconstitutional in A. L. A.
Schechter Poultry Corporation v. U.S. (N.Y. 1935, 55 S.Ct.
837, 295 U.S. 495, 79 L.Ed. 1570, 97 A.L.R. 947), the National Recovery Administration was terminated and its
functions and agencies transferred by Executive Orders
Nos. 7252 and 7323, set out under sections 703 to 712 of
this title.

§§ 702 to 702f. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a),
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 648
Section 702, act June 16, 1933, ch. 90, § 2, 48 Stat. 195,
and sections 702a to 702f, act June 19, 1934, ch. 677, §§ 1–6,
48 Stat. 1183, provided for establishment of agencies to
administer the National Industrial Recovery Act during period of emergency and for regulation of employer-employee relations.

§§ 703 to 712. Omitted
CODIFICATION
Sections 703 to 712 of this title were sections 3 to 10,
303, and 304 of the National Industrial Recovery Act of
June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, as amended and modified by act June 14, 1935, ch. 246, 49 Stat. 375. After the
act was held unconstitutional in A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. U.S. (N. Y. 1935, 55 S. Ct. 837, 295 U. S.
495, 79 L. Ed. 1570, 97 A. L. R. 947), the National Recovery Administration was terminated and its functions
and agencies transferred by Executive Order Nos. 7252
and 7323, see below. Subsequently, sections 303 and 304
of the Act, classified to sections 711 and 712 of this
title, were repealed by Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21,
2002, 116 Stat. 1304. For history of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Electric Home and Farm Authority,
and the Export-Import Bank of Washington, see notes
set out under section 712a of this title.
EX. ORD. NO. 7252. TERMINATING THE NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSFERRING CERTAIN
AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS THEREOF TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND LABOR
Ex. Ord. No. 7252, Dec. 21, 1935, provided:
1. The National Recovery Administration and the office of Administrator thereof are hereby terminated.
2. The Division of Review, the Division of Business
Cooperation, and the Advisory Council, as constituted
by Ex. Ord. No. 7075 of June 15, 1935, together with all
of their officers and employees, files, records, equipment, and property of every kind, are hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce. The Secretary
of Commerce is authorized and directed, under the general direction of the President, to appoint, employ, discharge, and fix the compensation and define the duties
and direct the conduct of all officers and employees engaged in the administration of the agencies transferred
by this Order to the Department of Commerce, to exercise and perform in connection with the said agencies
the functions and duties now exercised and performed,
or authorized to be exercised and performed, by the Na-

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tional Recovery Administration, to report to the President on all matters relating thereto, and to terminate
the functions and duties of the said agencies not later
than April 1, 1936.
3. The Consumers’ Division, established within the
National Recovery Administration by Executive Order
No. 7120 of July 30, 1935, together with all of its officers
and employees, files, records, equipment, and property
of every kind, are hereby transferred to the Department of Labor. The Secretary of Labor is authorized
and directed, under the general direction of the President, to appoint, employ, discharge, and fix the compensation and define the duties and direct the conduct
of all officers and employees as may be engaged in the
administration of the said Consumers’ Division, to exercise and perform in connection with said Consumers’
Division the functions and duties now exercised and
performed, or authorized to be exercised and performed,
by the National Recovery Administration, and to report to the President on all matters relating thereto.
4. No person transferred by this Order shall by such
transfer acquire a civil service status. Any new appointments under this Order may be made without regard to the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.
5. All Orders and Regulations heretofore issued concerning the administration of Title I of the National
Industrial Recovery Act, as amended, are hereby modified to the extent necessary to make this Order fully effective.
6. This Order shall become effective on January 1,
1936.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 7323
Ex. Ord. No. 7323, Mar. 26, 1936, 1 F.R. 69, created the
Committee of Industrial Analysis to complete the summary of the results and accomplishments of the National Industrial Recovery Administration and report
thereon, which report was transmitted to the President
on February 17, 1937.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COUNCIL
National Emergency Council abolished and functions
transferred to Executive Office of President and to Office of Education in Federal Security Agency by Reorg.
Plan No. II of 1939, §§ 201(a), 301, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R.
2732, 53 Stat. 1434, 1435, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. See also
sections 401 to 404 of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, for provisions relating to transfer of functions, records, property, personnel, and funds.
NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
National Resources Committee abolished and functions and personnel transferred to National Resources
Planning Board in Executive Office of President, which
Board was also directed to wind up affairs of the Committee, by Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, §§ 4, 5, eff. July 1,
1939, 4 F.R. 2727, 2728, 53 Stat. 1423, 1424, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, sections 7 to 9 of 1939 Reorg. Plan for
provisions relating to transfer of records, property,
funds, and personnel.

§ 712a. Limitation of obligations for administrative expenses of certain agencies; limitation
on life of certain agencies
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the establishments or agencies
named in subsection (b) of this section shall,
after June 30, 1937, incur any obligations for administrative expenses, except pursuant to an annual appropriation specifically therefor, nor
shall any such establishment or agency continue
to function after said date unless established by
or pursuant to law: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed to extend the period during which any such establish-

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