Section 2
SEC. 2. The President is authorized to transfer to the General Auditing Office such parts of the personnel and appropriations that are authorized for the accounting services of the National Government at the time of the approval of this Act as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the combined accounting and auditing services for the departments, bureaus, offices, and dependencies of the said Government; and to the Budget Cora-mission such parts of the said personnel and appropriations as may be necessary to provide it with an adequate personnel: Provided, That the President may change the designation of any position so transferred and consolidate any item of the transferred appropriations or any part thereof with any item of appropriation authorized for the General Auditing Office and the Budget Commission: And provided, further, That this authority shall only be in force until December thirty-one, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight. The President may order the transfer of such employees of the accounting and auditing offices as may be found in excess of the needs of the combined accounting and auditing services, and not needed by the Budget Commission, together with their corresponding appropriations, to any other bureau or office of the Government which may have actual need for them. The service above transferred to the General Auditing Office shall operate in suitable quarters to be furnished free of charge by the corresponding departments, bureaus, offices, and dependencies, and shall be under the charge of. officers appointed or designated by the Auditor General.