Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: PART I. DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET SECTION 1. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: (a) The authority vested in the President by section 10 of the act of March 3, 1933, ch. 212, 47 Stat. 1516, as amended by section 6 of the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 808 (5 U.S.C. 73b), to prescribe regulations with respect to the certification required in connection with allowances for transportation exceeding the lowest first-class rate by the transportation facility used in such transportation. (b) The authority vested in the President by sections 1 (a) and 1 (b) of the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 806, 807 (5 U.S.C. 73b-1 (a), 73b-1 (b)), to prescribe regulations (1) with respect to the allowance and payment from Government funds of the expenses of travel of any civilian officer or employee of the Government transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, the expenses of transportation of his immediate family (or commutation thereof), and the expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of his household goods and personal effects; and (2) with respect to reimbursement to such officer or employee on a commuted basis in lieu of the payment of actual expenses of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of his household goods and personal effects in the case of such transfers between points in continental United States. (c) The authority vested in the President by section 7 of the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 808 (5 U.S.C. 73b-3), to prescribe regulations with respect to the availability of appropriations for the departments for expenses of travel of new appointees, expenses of transportation of their immediate families and expenses of transportation of their household goods and personal effects from places of actual residence at time of appointment to places of employment outside the continental United States, and for such expenses on return of employees from their posts of duty outside the continental United States to the places of their actual residence at time of assignment to duty outside the United States. (d) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of July 8, 1940, ch. 551, 54 Stat. 743 (5 U.S.C. 103a), to prescribe regulations with respect to the payment on the death of a civilian officer or employee of the United States (1) of the expenses of preparing and transporting the remains when the death of the officer or employee occurs while in travel status in the United States or while performing official duties in a territory or possession of the United States or in a foreign country or in transit thereto or therefrom, and (2) of the transportation expenses of his dependents, including expenses incurred in packing, crating, drayage, and transportation of household effects and other personal property, to his former home or such other place as the head of the department shall determine when the death of the officer or employee occurs while in travel status or while performing official duties as set forth in item (1) of this paragraph. (e) The authority vested in the President by section 407 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by the act of August 10, 1949, ch. 412, sec. 11, 63 Stat. 585 (5 U.S.C. 172f (a)), to approve the transfers of balances of appropriations provided for in the said section 407. (1) The authority vested in the President by the last sentence of paragraph (c) of section 32 of Title III of the act of July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 525, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011c), to transfer to other Federal, State, or Territorial agencies lands acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 32 (a) of the said act. (g) The authority vested in the President by section 45 of Title IV of the act of July 22, 1937, ch. 517, 50 Stat. 530, as amended by the act of August 14, 1946, ch. 964, 60 Stat. 1064 and 1069 (7 U.S.C. 1019), and as limited with respect to Title III of the act of July 22, 1937, to transfer any right, interest or title held by the United States in any lands acquired in the program of national defense and no longer needed therefor, and to determine the suitability of the lands to be transferred, for the purposes referred to in said section 45; and to transfer for the purposes of Title III of the said act, any right, interest or title held by the United States in any lands under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, as provided by section 45 of the said act of July 22, 1937. (h) The authority vested in the President by section 4 (k) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 18, 1933, as amended, 55 Stat. 599 (16 U.S.C. 831c (k)), to approve transfers under paragraphs (a) and (c) thereof, other than leases for terms of less than 20 years and conveyances of property having a value not in excess of $500. (i) The authority vested in the President by section 7 (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 18, 1933, ch. 32, 48 Stat. 63 (16 U.S.C. 831f (b)), to provide for the transfer to the Tennessee Valley Authority of the use, possession, and control of real or personal property of the United States deemed by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary and proper for the purposes of the Corporation as stated in the said Act. (j) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of March 4, 1927, ch. 505, 44 Stat. 1422 (20 U.S.C. 191), to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes of said act any land belonging to the United States within or adjacent to the District of Columbia located along the Anacostia River north of Benning Bridge. (k) The authority vested in the President by section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of September 12, 1950, ch. 946, 64 Stat. 838 (31 U.S.C. 581c), to approve the transfers of balances of appropriations provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of the said section 202. (1) So much of the authority vested in the President by the last sentence of section 11 of the act of June 6, 1924, ch. 270, 43 Stat. 463 (as renumbered by sec. 2 of, and as amended by, the act of July 19, 1952, ch. 949, 66 Stat. 781, et seq.), as consists of authority to approve the designation of lands to be acquired by condemnation and of authority to approve contracts for purchase of lands. (in) The authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of December 22, 1928, ch. 48, 45 Stat. 1070 (40 U.S.C. 72a), to approve contracts for acquisition of land subject to limited rights reserved to the grantor and for the acquisition of limited permanent rights in land adjoining park property. (n) The authority vested in the President by section 108 of the Housing Act of July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 419 (42 U.S.C. 1458), to transfer, or cause to be transferred, to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator any right, title or interest held by the Federal Government or any department or agency thereof in any land (including buildings thereon) which is surplus to the needs of the Government and which a local public agency certifies will be within the area of a project being planned by it. PART H. THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SEC. 2. The United States Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: (a) So much of the authority vested in the President by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 631) as relates to establishing regulations for the conduct of persons in the civil service. (b) The authority vested in the President by section 3 (b) of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended by section 3 of the act of January 24, 1942, ch. 16, 56 Stat. 15 (5 U.S.C. 693 (b)), to exclude from the operation of the said Civil Service Retirement Act any officer or employee or group of officers or employees in the executive branch of the service whose tenure of office or employment is intermittent or of uncertain duration. (c) So much of the authority vested in the President by section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, ch. 314, 47 Stat. 404 (5 U.S.C. 715a), to exempt from automatic separation from the service persons who are reaching the prescribed retirement age when the public interest so requires as relates to persons other than Presidential appointees. (d) The authority vested in the United States Civil Service Commission by section 605 of the act of June 30, 1945, ch. 212, 59 Stat. 304 (5 U.S.C. 945), to issue regulations necessary for the administration of that act insofar as it affects officers and employees in or under the executive branch of the Government. SEC. 3. The Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 505 (b) of the Classification Act of October 28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat. 959, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1105 (b)), to place positions in, and to remove positions from, Grade 18 of the General Schedule established by that act, exclusive of positions in the Commission's own organization. PART III. THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR SEC. 4. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: (a) The authority vested in the said Administrator by section 102 (e) of the Housing Act of July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 415 (42 U.S.C. 1452 (e)), to issue and have outstanding obligations for purchase by the Secretary of the Treasury. (b) The authority vested in the said Administrator by section 103 (b) of the said act (42 U.S.C. 1453 (b)) to contract to make capital grants with respect to projects assisted under Title I of the said act. (c) The authority vested in the President by sections 6 (d) and 10 (e) of the act of September 1, 1937, ch. 896, 50 Stat. 888, as affected by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947 (61 Stat. 954) and as amended (42 U.S.C. 1406 (d) and 1410 (e)), to approve the undertaking by the Public Housing Administration of any annual contribution, grant, or loan or any contract for any annual contribution, grant, or loan, under said act. (d) The authority vested in the President by section 14 of the said act, as affected by said Reorganization Plan and as amended (42 U.S.C. 1414), to approve the amending or superseding of any contract for annual contributions or loans, or both, so that the going Federal rate on the basis of which such annual contributions or the interest rate on the loans, or both, respectively, are fixed shall mean the going Federal rate on the date of approval of the amending or superseding contract entered into by the Public Housing Administration. (e) The authority vested in the President by section 5 of the act of June 29, 1936, ch. 860, 49 Stat. 2026, as affected by Executive Order No. 7732 of October 27, 1937, and by the said Reorganization Plan, to approve the dedication by the Public Housing Commissioner of streets, alleys, and parks for public use, and the granting by the said Commissioner of easements, in connection with any low-cost housing or slum-clearance project described in that act. PART IV. THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SEC. 5. (a) The Federal Communications Commission is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, all authority vested in the President by the act of May 27, 1921, ch. 12, 42 Stat. 8 (47 U.S.C. 34 to 39, inclusive), including the authority to issue, withhold, or revoke licenses to land or operate submarine cables in the United States: Provided, That no such license shall be granted or revoked by the Commission except after obtaining approval of the Secretary of State and such advice from any executive department or establishment of the Government as the Commission may deem necessary. The Commission is authorized and directed to receive all applications for the said licenses. (b) Executive Order No. 3513 of July 9, 1921, as amended by Executive Order No. 6779 of June 30, 1934, is hereby revoked. PART V. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES SEC. 6. The Attorney General and the Administrator of General Services are hereby designated and empowered jointly to perform the following-described functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: (a) The authority vested in the President by section 5 (a) of the act of July 26, 1935, ch. 417, 49 Stat. 501, as amended (44 U.S.C. 305 (a)), to determine from time to time the documents or classes of documents having general applicability and legal effect. (b) The authority vested in the President by sections 6, 11 (a), and 11 (f) of said act, as amended (44 U.S.C. 306; 311 (a); and 311 (f)), to approve (or disapprove), respectively, (1) regulations, prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, for carrying out the provisions of that act (including the regulations referred to in section 5 (b) of the act, authorizing publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER of certain documents or classes of documents), (2) actions of the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register requiring, from time to time, the preparation and publication in special or supplemental editions of the FEDERAL REGISTER of complete codifications of the documents, described in the said section 11 (a), of each agency of the Government, and (3) regulations, prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, for carrying out the provisions of section 11 of the said act, as amended. PART VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 7. All actions heretofore taken by the President in respect of the matters affected by this order and in force at the time of the issuance of this order, including any regulations prescribed or approved by the President in respect of such matters, shall, except as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in effect until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred by this order. SEC. 8. As used in this order, the term "functions" embraces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, or discretion, and the term "perform" may be construed to mean "exercise." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, May 10, 1954.