TITLE 3 -- THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE ORDER 10011

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 22, 1948
• Content Type: REGULATION

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TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
Executive order 10011
Authorizing the Secretary of State to Exercise Certain Powers of the
President With Respect to the Granting of Allowances and Allotments to
Government Personnel on Foreign Duty.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Foreign service Act- of
1946 (60 Stat. 999).-section 202 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 156), the
act of June 26, 1930, 46 Stat. 818 (5 U.S.C. 118a), section 204 of the Inde-
pendent Offices Appropriation not, 1949 (Public Law 491, 80th Cong.), and
section 302 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of
1948 (Public Law 402, 80th Cong.), and as President of the United States, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
1, The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to exercise the
following-described statutAry powers of the President:
(a) The authority vested in the President by section 901 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1025) to prescribe regulations governing
the granting of (1) allowances, wherever Government-owned or rented quarters
are not available, for living quarters, heat, light, fuel, gas, and electricity,
including allowances for the cost of lodging at temporary quarters, authorized
by paragraph (1) of the said section; (2) cost-of-living allowances authorized
by paragraph (2) of the said section; and (3) allowances in order to provide
for the proper representation of the United States by officers and employees
of the Foreign Service, authorized by paragraph (3) of the said section.
(b) The authority vested in the President by section 903 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1026) to prescribe rules and regulations
governing the manner in which the allowances and allotments authorized by
sections 901 and 902 of the said act shall be accounted for to the Secretary
of State,
(c) The authority vested in the President by the act of Juno 26,
1930, 46 Stat. 818 (5 U.S.C. 118a), to approve regulations prescribod by
heads of departments with respect to (1) furnishing civilian officers and
employees of the Government having permanent station in a foreign country,
without cost to them, living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, in
Govornment-owned or rented buildings, and (2) allowances granted such officers
and employees whore such living quarters are not available; Provided, that
with respect to regulations proscribed by the Secretary of State such authority
of the President shall be exercised by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
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(d) The authority vested in the President by section 204 of the
Independent Offices Appropriation Act., 1949 (Public Law 491, 80th long.,), and
by section 302 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948 (Public Law 402, 80th Cong.) to prescribe, with respect to civilian
officers and employees of the Government, regulations governing living-quarters
allowances, cost-of-living allowances, and representation allowances in ac-
cordance with, or similar to such allowances authorized by the ;;aid act of
Junc.26, 1930, or the said section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946,
2.. The Secretary of State and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget
may exorcise the authority heroin delegated to them without the necessity
of any signature, approval, ratification, or other act of the President; and
all officors,, officials, and employees of the United States, including dis-
bursing, accounting, and auditing officers, shall give the same effect to any
act of the Secretary or Director hereunder as if done by the President.
3, (a) Existing rules and regulations pertaining to the allowances and
allotments referred to in this order shall remain in effect until superseded
by action taken pursuant to this order.
(b) Executive Order No. 9870 of July 8, 1947, and Executive Order
No, 9982 of July 29, 1948, are hereby revoked; Provided, that existing rules
and regulations proscribed pursuant to such orders shall remain in effect
until superseded as provided in paragraph 3 (a) hereof,
4. This order, and such of the regulations prescribed or approved by the
Secretaryof State and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget thereunder as
the Secretary and Director shall respectively determine, shall be published
in the Federal Register,
HARRY S. TRUMAN
The White House
October 22, 1948
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