Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, there are hereby transferred to and vested in the Secretary all of the functions, powers, and duties of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, of the Federal Housing Administration and the Public Housing Administration in that Agency, and of the heads and other officers and offices of said agencies.

The Government National Mortgage Association, together with its functions, powers, and duties, is hereby transferred to the Department.

The President shall undertake studies of the organization of housing and urban development functions and programs within the Federal Government, and he shall provide the Congress with the findings and conclusions of such studies, together with his recommendations regarding the transfer of such functions and programs to or from the Department. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, none of the functions of the Secretary of the Interior authorized under chapter 2003 of title 54 or other functions carried out by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation shall be transferred from the Department of the Interior or in any way be limited geographically unless specifically provided for by reorganization plan pursuant to provisions of chapter 9 of title 5, or by statute.

(Pub. L. 89–174, § 5, Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669; Pub. L. 90–83, § 10(b), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 90–448, title VIII, § 807(c), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 544; Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1352, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3969; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1161(f), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2780; Pub. L. 113–287, § 5(k)(3), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3270.)