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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (in the
Department of Agriculture ) (ASCS)
Replaced in 1994 with the
Farm Service Agency .
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Formed 1933. Abolished 1942.
Board of Economic Warfare (BEW)
Board of Tea Appeals
Abolished in 1996
Bureau of Arms Control (in the
Department of State )
Replaced September 13, 2005, by the
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Bureau of Nonproliferation (in the
Department of State )
Replaced September 13, 2005, by the
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Bureau of Verification and Compliance (in the
Department of State )
Replaced February 1, 2000 by the
Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Civil Aeronautics Board
Formed 1938. Abolished 1985.
Department of Commerce and Labor
Formed 1903. Split in 1913 into
Department of Commerce and
Department of Labor .
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
Department of War existed from August 7, 1789, until September 18, 1947, and renamed the United States Department of the Army in 1949.
Environmental Science Services Administration
Formed 1965. Abolished 1970. Components merged with those of other agencies to form the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
Farmers Home Administration
Replaced in 1994 with the
Farm Service Agency .
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae)
Fannie Mae was partially
privatized in 1968; its government administered portion was renamed the
Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) ; see
Department of Housing and Urban Development, above
Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Renamed
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; see
Department of Health and Human Services, above
Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA or Sallie Mae)
Sallie Mae has been fully
privatized and is no longer administered by the federal government.
Foreign Economic Administration (FEA)
Federal Theatre Project (FTP)
General Accounting Office (GAO)
Renamed "
Government Accountability Office " in 2004; see
#Legislative Branch, above .
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Formed in 1953. Split in 1979 into
Department of Education and
Department of Health and Human Services .
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
Now the
United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS)
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
National Bureau of Standards
Formed 1901. Renamed
National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1988.
National Ocean Survey
Formed 1970. Renamed
National Ocean Service in 1983.
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA)
Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)
Congress closed the OTA in 2004.
Office of War Information (OWI)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Resettlement Administration (RA)
Turned into
Farm Security Administration in 1937.
Survey of the Coast
Formed 1807. Renamed United States Coast Survey in 1836 and
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878.
United States Coast Survey
Renamed
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Abolished 1970 and components merged into new
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Components assigned to NOAA's
National Ocean Survey ,
Office of Coast Survey ,
U.S. National Geodetic Survey , and
fleet
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Abolished 1940. Components merged with those of other agencies to form the Fish and Wildlife Service, which became the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1956.
United States Fish Commission
Officially United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Formed 1871, became United States Bureau of Fisheries in 1903.
United States Information Agency (USIA)
United States Life-Saving Service
Merged with the United States Revenue Cutter Service in 1915 to create the United States Coast Guard
United States Lighthouse Service
Merged into the United States Coast Guard in 1939
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Merged with the United States Life-Saving Service in 1915 to create the United States Coast Guard
United States Revenue-Marine
Renamed
United States Revenue Cutter Service in 1894
Veterans Administration (VA)
Became a cabinet department in 1988; see
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, above .
War Production Board (WPB)
Formed 1942. Abolished 1945.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Formed 1935. Abolished 1943.
See also
List of United States federal agencies
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