President Obama wants Congress to give him the power toconsolidate agencies and create new departments – merging parts of agenciessuch as the FDA, Health and Human Services and Commerce Departments.

The Commerce Department, the Small Business Administration,the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank, theOverseas Investment Corporation and the U.S. Trade and Development agency wouldall be merged into one new department, under President Obama's 2016 budgetproposal.

The budget also combines the Department of Agriculture's FoodSafety and Inspection Service and the FDA's food-related inspection programsinto one new agency with HHS. The different programs already have significantoverlap, according to the budget.

"FDA and FSIS can each have jurisdiction over the samecategory of food at different points in the food chain: a cheese pizza and itsingredients are regulated solely by FDA, but both agencies play roles inregulating the components and manufacturing of a pepperoni pizza,"according to the budget request.

Under the budget proposal President Obama would submit plansto consolidate and reorganize executive branch agencies to Congress forfast-track consideration as long as it reduces the size of government or cutscosts.

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