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Show 436 were effectuated in 1950 for the Departments of Commerce and the Interior, among others, but not for the Department of Agriculture.221 Apart from the mere fact of transfer of the functions, these plans leave unaffected the statutory provisions governing the manner in which the functions must be admin- istered.222 To that extent, therefore, administrative coordina- tion of developmental operations is unaided by the reorganiza- tion plans. Some administrative coordination of river-basin activities has nevertheless been achieved within these limitations. We shall confine our discussion here to the Departments of Agri- culture and the Interior since each is responsible for a variety of river-basin operations performed by separate subordinate agencies.223 Department of Agriculture.-Responsibility for the coor- dination and supervision of the Department's activities "relat- ing to land and water resources" rests with the Assistant Sec- retary.224 In addition, Departmental Field Representatives 821 Interior, see Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. -; Commerce, Inland Waterways Corporation excepted, see Re- organization Plan No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. -. For defeat of the plan for the Department of Agriculture, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1950, see 96 Cong. Rec. 7319-7327, unbound ed., May 18, 1950. 222 See supra, pp. 433-434. For discussion of conflicts in such statutes, see infra, chapter 10, pp. 493-643. 223 Coordination among separate parts of a program for a particular basin is not to be confused with the separate problem of adoption of uniform standards for projects. For example, this latter problem is one dealt with by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. See supra, pp. 99-100. Moreover, it should be noted that the Department of the Army is largely free from the problem of intradepartmental coordination so far as water- resource functions are concerned. For among its subordinate agencies, the Corps of Engineers alone has relevant duties. The Department of Commerce has several bureaus concerned with basin development. However, their activities primarily concern data collection and analysis. Thus, the problem of coordination is not acute and con- sists principally of assignment of jurisdiction rather than continuous co- ordination of operations. Nevertheless, it has created an intradepartmental Field Committee for the Arkansas-White and Red River Basins. Unpub- lished letter from Secretary of Commerce to Gustav E. Larson designating him Chairman, June 30, 1950. The Department also has in the Office of the Secretary a program group on area development. m Department of Agriculture Administrative Regulations, 1 A. R. 19. |