Pub. L. 82-96, tit. II, sec. 202

Sec. 202. (a) The Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out “Housing Expediter” wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “President”. (b) Section 204 (a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is repealed. (c) Section 206 (e) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out “The principal office of the housing Expediter shall be in the District of Columbia, but he or any duly authorized representative may exercise any or all of his powers in any place and attorneys” and inserting in lieu thereof “Attorneys”. (d) Section 208 (a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows: “(a) The President shall administer the powers, duties, and functions conferred upon him by title II of this Act through the new independent agency created pursuant to section 403 of the Defense Production Act of 1950; and he shall administer the powers, duties, and functions conferred upon him by title I of this Act through such officer or agency of the Government as he may designate. In accordance with the action taken by him pursuant to the preceding sentence, the President shall provide for appropriate transfers of records, property, necessary personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds heretofore under the jurisdiction of, or available to, the Office of the Housing Expediter. Any employees of the Office of the Housing Expediter not so transferred shall, unless 65 Stat. 145 transferred to other positions in the Government, be separated from the service. The President shall make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate for the termination and liquidation of the affairs of the Office, of the Housing Expediter. For the purposes of determining the status of employees transferred to an agency administering functions provided for in this Act, they shall be deemed to be transferred in connection with a transfer of functions.”