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Book:        Presidential Proclamations & Executive Orders
Author:      National Archives and Records Administration
Affiliation: National Archives
Date:        1989

Chapter 3A        Executive Office of the President

Executive Order 8248 - Establishing the divisions of the Executive Office of
     the President and defining their functions end duties

     Source:  The provisions of Executive Order 8248 of Sept. 8, 1939, appear
at 4 FR 3864, 3 CFR, 1938-1943 Comp., p. 576, unless otherwise noted.

     By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes,
and in order to effectuate the purposes of the Reorganization Act of 1939,
Public No. 19, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved April 3, 1939, and of
Reorganization Plans Nos. I and II submitted to the Congress by the President
and made effective as of July 1, 1939 by Public Resolution No. 2,
Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 7, 1939, by organizing the Executive
Office of the President with functions and duties so prescribed and
responsibilities so fixed that the President will have adequate machinery for
the administrative management of the Executive branch of the Government, it is
hereby ordered as follows:

     There shall be within the Executive Office of the President the following
principal divisions, namely: (1) The White House Office, (2) the Office of
Management and Budget, (3) the National Resources Planning Board, 1 (4) the
Office of Government Reports, 2 and (5) in the event of a national emergency,
or threat of a national emergency, such office for emergency management as the
President shall determine.

[Part I amended by EO 10452 of May 1, 1953, 18 FR 2599, 3 CFR, 1949-1953
Comp., p. 940; EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.
245]

     The functions and duties of the divisions of the Executive Office of the
President are hereby defined as follows:

     1. The White House Office - In general, to serve the President in an
intimate capacity in the performance of the many detailed activities incident
to his immediate office.  To that end, The White House Office shall be
composed of the following principal subdivisions, with particular functions
and duties as indicated:

     (a) The Secretaries to the President. - To facilitate and maintain quick
and easy communication with the Congress, the individual members of the
Congress, the heads of executive departments and agencies, the press, the
radio, and the general public.

     (b) The Executive Clerk. - To provide for the orderly handling of
documents and correspondence within The White House Office, and to organize
and supervise all clerical services and procedure relating thereto.

     (c) The Administrative Assistants to the President. - To assist the
President in such matters as he may direct, and at the specific request of the
President, to get information and to condense and summarize it for his use.
These Administrative Assistants shall be personal aides to the President and
shall have no authority over anyone in any department or agency, including the
Executive Office of the President, other, than the personnel assigned to their
immediate offices.  In no event shall the Administrative Assistants be
interposed between the President and the head of any department or agency, or
between the President and any one of the divisions in the Executive Office of
the President.

     2. The Office of Management and Budget. - (a) To assist the President in
the preparation of the Budget and the formulation of the fiscal program of the
Government.

     (b) To supervise and control the administration of the Budget.

     (c) To conduct research in the development of improved plans of
administrative management, and to advise the executive departments and
agencies of the Government with respect to improved administrative
organization and practice.

     (d) To aid the President to bring about more efficient and economical
conduct of Government service.

     (e) To assist the President by clearing and coordinating departmental
advice on proposed legislation and by making recommendations as to
Presidential action on legislative enactments, in accordance with past
practice.

     (f) To assist in the consideration and clearance and, where necessary, in
the preparation of proposed Executive orders and proclamations, in accordance
with the provisions of Executive Order No. 7298 of February 18, 1936.

     (g) To plan and promote the improvement, development, and coordination of
Federal and other statistical services.

     (h) To keep the President informed of the progress of activities by
agencies of the Government with respect to work proposed, work actually
initiated, and work completed, together with the relative timing of work
between the several agencies of the Government; all to the end that the work
programs of the several agencies of the Executive branch of the Government may
be coordinated and that the monies appropriated by the Congress may be
expended in the most economical manner possible with the least possible
overlapping and duplication of effort.

[Sec. 2 amended by EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,
p. 245]

     3. The National Resources Planning Board. - (a) To survey, collect data
on, and analyze problems pertaining to national resources, both natural and
human, and to recommend to the President and the Congress long-time plans and
programs for the wise use and fullest development of such resources.

     (b) To consult with Federal, regional, state, local, and private agencies
in developing orderly programs of public works and to list for the President
and the Congress all proposed public works in the order of their relative
importance with respect to (1) the greatest good to the greatest number of
people, (2) the emergency necessities of the Nation, and (3) the social,
economic, and cultural advancement of the people of the United States.

     (c) To inform the President of the general trend of economic conditions
and to recommend measures leading to their improvement of stabilization.

     (d) To act as a clearing house and means of coordination for planning
activities, linking together various levels and fields of planning.

     4. [Revoked]

[Sec. 4 revoked by EO 10452 of May 1, 1953, 18 FR 2599, 3 CFR, 1949-1953
Comp., p. 940]

     5. The Office of Government Reports. - (a) To provide a central clearing
house through which individual citizens, organizations of citizens, state or
local governmental bodies, and, where appropriate, agencies of the Federal
Government, may transmit inquiries and complaints and receive advice and
information.

     (b) To assist the President in dealing with special problems requiring
the clearance of information between the Federal Government and state and
local governments and private institutions.

     (c) To collect and distribute information concerning the purposes and
activities of executive departments and agencies for the use of the Congress,
administrative officials, and the public.

     (d) To keep the President currently informed of the opinions, desires,
and complaints of citizens and groups of citizens and of state and local
governments with respect to the work of Federal agencies.

     (e) To report to the President on the basis of the information it has
obtained possible ways and means for reducing the cost of the operation of the
Government.

     The Office of Management and Budget and the National Resources Planning
Board shall constitute the two principal management arms of the Government for
the (1) preparation and administration of Budget and improvement of
administrative management and organization and (2) planning for conservation
and utilization of the resources of the Nation, none of which belongs in any
department but which are necessary for the over-all management of the
Executive branch of the Government, so that the President will be enabled the
better to carry out his Constitutional duties of informing the Congress with
respect to the state of the Union, of recommending appropriate and expedient
measures, and of seeing that the laws are faithfully executed.

[Part III amended by EO 10452 of May 1, 1953, 18 FR 2599, 3 CFR, 1949-1953
Comp., p. 940; EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.
245]

     IV

     To facilitate the orderly transaction of business within each of the four
divisions herein defined and to clarify the relations of these divisions with
each other and with the President, I direct that the Office of Management and
Budget, the National Resources Planning Board, and the Office of Government
Reports shall respectively prepare regulations for the governance of their
internal organizations and procedures.  Such regulations shall be in effect
when approved by the President and shall remain in force until changed by new
regulations approved by him.  The President will prescribe regulations
governing the conduct of the business of the division of The White House
Office.

[Part IV amended by EO 10452 of May 1, 1953, 18 FR 2599, 3 CFR, 1949-1953
Comp., p. 940; EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.
245]

     V

     The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare a
consolidated budget for the Executive Office of the President for submission
by the President to the Congress.  Annually, pursuant to the regular request
issued by the Office of Management and Budget, each division of the Executive
Office of the President shall prepare and submit to the Office estimates of
proposed appropriations for the succeeding fiscal year.  The form of the
estimates and the manner of their consideration for incorporation in the
Budget shall be the same as prescribed for other Executive departments and
agencies.

     The Office of Management and Budget shall likewise perform with respect
to the several divisions of the Executive Office of the President such
functions and duties relating to supplemental estimates, apportionments, and
budget administration as are exercised by it for other agencies of the Federal
Government.

[Part V amended by EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,
p. 245]

     VI

     Space already has been assigned in the State, War and Navy Building,
adjacent to The White House, sufficient to accommodate the Office of
Management and Budget with its various divisions (including the Central
Statistical Board), the central office of the National Resources Planning
Board, and the Administrative Assistants to the President, and although for
the time being, a considerable portion of the work of the National Resources
Planning Board and all of that of the Office of Government Reports will have
to be conducted in other quarters, if and when the Congress makes provision
for the housing of the Department of State in a building appropriate to its
function and dignity and provision is made for the other agencies now
accommodated in the State, War and Navy Building, it then will be possible to
bring into this building, close to The White House, all of the personnel of
the Executive Office of the President except The White House Office.

     This Order shall take effect on September 11th 1939.

[Part VI amended by EO 10452 of May 1, 1953, 18 FR 2599, 3 CFR, 1949-1953
Comp., p. 940; EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.
245]

Executive Order 9586 - The Medal of Freedom

     Source:  The provisions of Executive Order 9586 of July 6, 1945, appear
at 10 FR 8523, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 410, unless otherwise noted.

     By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States
and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is
ordered as follows: [Introductory paragraph amended by EO 10336 of Apr. 3,
1952, 17 FR 2957, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 858]

     Section 1.  Medal established.  The Medal of Freedom is hereby
reestablished as the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with accompanying ribbons
and appurtenances.  The Presidential Medal of Freedom, hereinafter referred to
as the Medal, shall be in two degrees.

[Sec. 1 amended by EO 11085 of Feb. 22, 1963, 28 FR 1759, 3 CFR, 1959-1963
Comp., p. 719]

     SEC. 2. Award of the Medal.  (a) The medal may be awarded by the
President as provided in this order to any person who has made an especially
meritorious contribution to (1) the security or national interests of the
United States, or (2) world peace, or (3) cultural or other significant public
or private endeavors.

     (b) The President may select for the award of the Medal any person
recommended to the President for award of the Medal or any person selected by
the President upon his own initiative.

     (c) The principal announcement of awards of the Medal shall normally be
made annually, on or about July 4 of each year; but such awards may be made at
other times, as the President may deem appropriate.

     (d) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Medal may be awarded
posthumously.

[Sec. 2 amended by EO 11085 of Feb. 22, 1963, 28 FR 1759, 3 CFR, 1959-1963
Comp., p. 719; EO 11515 of Mar. 13, 1970, 35 FR 4543, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp.,
p. 905. Secs. 3-6 removed by EO 11515 of Mar. 13, 1970, 35 FR 4543, 3 CFR,
1966-1970 Comp., p. 905]

Executive Order 10347 - Providing for the affixing of the Seal of the United
     States to certain Presidential documents

     Source:  The provisions of Executive Order 10347 of Apr. 18, 1952, appear
at 17 FR 3521, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 870, unless otherwise noted.

     By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the
United States Code (section 10, Public Law 248, approved October 31, 1951, 65
Stat. 713), and as President of the United States, I hereby authorize and
direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States, pursuant
to section 42 of title 4 of the United States Code, without any special
warrant therefor, other than this order, to each document included within any
of the following classes of documents when such document has been signed by
the President and, in the case of any such document to which the
counter-signature of the Secretary of State is required to be affixed, has
been counter-signed by the said Secretary:

     1. Proclamations by the President of treaties, conventions, protocols, or
other international agreements.

[Para. 1 amended by EO 11354 of May 23, 1967, 32 FR 7695, 3 CFR, 1966-1970
Comp., p. 652]

     2. Instruments of ratification of treaties.

3. Full powers to negotiate treaties and to exchange ratifications.

     4. Letters of credence and recall and other communications from the
President to heads of foreign governments.

[Former para. 4 deleted and new para. 4 redesignated from para. 5 by EO 11517
of Mar. 19, 1970, 35 FR 4937, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 906]

     5. Exequaturs issued to those foreign consular officers in the United
States whose commissions bear the signature of the chief of state which they
represent.

[New para. 5 redesignated from para. 6 by EO 11517 of Mar. 19, 1970, 35 FR
4937, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 906]

Executive Order 10860 - Coat of arms, seal, and flag of the President of the
     United States

     Source:  The provisions of Executive Order 10860 of Feb. 5, 1960, appear
at 25 FR 1089, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 393, unless otherwise noted.

     By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

     Section 1.  The Coat of Arms of the President of the United States shall
be of the following design:

     SHIELD:  Paleways of thirteen pieces argent and gules, a chief azure;
upon the breast of an American eagle displayed holding in his dexter talon an
olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows all proper, and
in his beak a white scroll inscribed "E PLURIBUS UNUM" sable.

     CREST:  Behind and above the eagle a radiating glory or, on which appears
an arc of thirteen cloud puffs proper, and a constellation of thirteen mullets
argent.

     The whole surrounded by white stars arranged in the form of an annulet
with one point of each star outward on the imaginary radiating center lines,
the number of stars conforming to the number of stars in the union of the Flag
of the United States as established by chapter 1 of title 4 of the United
States Code.

     SEC. 2. The Seal of the President of the United States shall consist of
the Coat of Arms encircled by the words "Seal of the President of the United
States."

     SEC. 3. The Color and Flag of the President of the United States shall
consist of a dark line blue rectangular background of sizes and proportions to
conform to military and naval custom, on which shall appear the Coat of Arms
of the President in proper colors.  The proportions of the elements of the
Coat of Arms shall be in direct relation to the hoist, and the fly shall vary
according to the customs of the military and naval services.

     SEC. 4. The Coat of Arms, Seal, and Color and Flag shall be as described
herein and as set forth in the illustrations and specifications which
accompany this order and which are hereby made a part thereof.  These designs
shall be used to represent the President of the United States exclusively.

     SEC. 5. This order shall become effective on July 4, 1960, and Executive
Order No. 10823 of May 26, 1959, shall be superseded as of that date.

Executive Order 10879 - Establishing the Presidential Service Certificate and
     the Presidential Service Badge

     Source:  The provisions of Executive Order 10879 of June 1, 1960, 25 FR
4891, 3 CFR, 959-1963 Comp., p. 411, were revised and restated in their
entirety by Executive Order 11174 of Sept. 1, 1964.  These provisions, as
revised, appear at 29 FR 12547, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 239, unless
otherwise noted.

     By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States, and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it
is ordered as follows:

     1.  Certificate established.  The White House Service Certificate is
hereby reestablished as the Presidential Service Certificate, to be awarded in
the name of the President of the United States to members of the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard who have been assigned to the White
House Office or to military units and support facilities under the
administration of the Military Assistant to the President for a period of at
least one year subsequent to January 20, 1969.

[Para. 1 amended by EO 11520 of Mar. 25, 1970, 35 FR 5171, 3 CFR, 1966-1970
Comp., p. 911]

     2. Award of the Certificate.  The Presidential Service Certificate, the
design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this Order, shall be
awarded by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary
of the Air Force, or, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in
the Navy, the Secretary of Transportation, to military personnel of their
respective services.

[Para. 2 amended by EO 11407 of Apr. 23, 1968, 33 FR 6283, 3 CFR, 1966-1970
Comp., p. 723]

     3. Badge established.  The White House Service Badge is replaced by the
Presidential Service Badge, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made
a part of this Order.  The Presidential Service Badge may be awarded to any
member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty in the White House Office or to
military units and support facilities under the administration of the Military
Assistant to the President by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the
Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, or, when the Coast Guard is not
operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Transportation, upon
recommendation of the Military Assistant to the President, to military
personnel of their respective services.  The Badge may be worn as a part of
the uniform of those individuals upon award of the Presidential Service
Certificate under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary
of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force, with the approval of the
Secretary of Defense, and, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service
in the Navy, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, with the approval of the
Secretary of Transportation, may severally prescribe.

[Para. 3 amended by EO 11520 of Mar. 25, 1970, 35 FR 5171, 3 CFR, 1966-1970
Comp., p. 911]

     4. Only one Presidential Service Certificate will be awarded to an
individual during an administration.  Only one Presidential Service Badge will
be awarded.

     5. The Presidential Service Certificate and the Presidential Service
Badge established by this Order may be granted posthumously.

Executive Order 11030 - Preparation, presentation, filing, and publication of
     Executive orders and proclamations

     Source:  The provisions of Executive Order 11030 of June 19, 1962, appear
at 27 FR 5847, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 610, unless otherwise noted.

     By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Federal Register Act (49
Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and as President of the United
States, I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the
preparation, presentation, filing, and publication of Executive orders and
proclamations:

     Section 1. Form.  Proposed Executive orders and proclamations shall be
prepared in accordance with the following requirements:

     (a) The order or proclamation shall be given a suitable title.

     (b) The order or proclamation shall contain a citation of the authority
under which it is issued.

     (c) Punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and other matters of style
shall, in general, conform to the most recent edition of the Style Manual of
the United States Government Printing Office.

     (d) The spelling of geographic names shall conform to the decisions of
the Board of Geographic Names, established by Section 2 of the Act of July 25,
1947, 61 Stat. 456 (43 U.S.C. 364a).

     (e) Descriptions of tracts of land shall conform, so far as practicable,
to the most recent edition of the "Specifications for Descriptions of Tracts
of Land for Use in Executive Orders and Proclamations," prepared by the Bureau
of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

     (f) Proposed Executive orders and proclamations shall be typewritten on
paper approximately 8 x 13 inches, shall have a left-hand margin of
approximately 1 1/2 inches and a right-hand margin of approximately 1 inch,
and shall be double-spaced, except that quotations, tabulations, and
descriptions of land may be single-spaced.

     (g) Proclamations issued by the President shall conclude with the
following-described recitation -

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ..... day of ....., In
the year of our Lord.......................and of the Independence of the
United States of America the....................

[Sec. 1 amended by EO 11354 of May 23, 1967, 32 FR 7695, 3 CFR, 1966-1970
Comp., p.652]

     SEC. 2. Routing and approval of drafts. (a) A proposed Executive order or
proclamation shall first be submitted, with seven copies thereof, to the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, together with a letter,
signed by the head or other properly authorized officer of the originating
Federal agency, explaining the nature, purpose, background, and effect of the
proposed Executive order or proclamation and its relationship, if any, to
pertinent laws and other Executive orders or proclamations.

     (b) If the Director of the Office of Management and Budget approves the
proposed Executive order or proclamation, he shall transmit it to the Attorney
General for his consideration as to both form and legality.

     (c) If the Attorney General approves the proposed Executive order or
proclamation, he shall transmit it to the Director of the Office of the
Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration:  Provided,
that in cases involving sufficient urgency the Attorney General may transmit
it directly to the President; and provided further, that the authority vested
in the Attorney General by this section may be delegated by him, in whole or
in part, to the Deputy Attorney General, Solicitor General, or to such
Assistant Attorney General as he may designate.

     (d) After determining that the proposed Executive order or proclamation
conforms to the requirements of Section 1 of this order and is free from
typographical or clerical error, the Director of the Office of the Federal
Register shall transmit it and three copies thereof to the President.

     (e) If the proposed Executive order or proclamation is disapproved by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget or by the Attorney General, it
shall not thereafter be presented to the President unless it is accompanied by
a statement of the reasons for such disapproval. [Sec. 2 amended by EO 12608
of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 245]

     SEC. 3. Routing and certification of originals and copies.

     (a) If the order or proclamation is signed by the President, the original
and two copies shall be forwarded to the Director of the Office of the Federal
Register for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

     (b) The Office of the Federal Register shall cause to be placed upon the
copies of all Executive orders and proclamations forwarded as provided in
subsection (a) of this section the following notation, to be signed by the
Director or by some person authorized by him to sign such notation:  Certified
to be a true copy of the original.

[Sec. 3 amended by EO 11354 of May 23, 1967, 32 FR 7695, 3 CFR, 1966-1970
Comp., p. 652]

     SEC. 4. Proclamations calling for the observance of special days or
events.  Except as may be otherwise provided by law, responsibility for the
preparation and presentation of proposed proclamations calling for the
observance of special days, or other periods of time, or events shall be
assigned by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to such
agencies as he may consider appropriate.  Such proposed proclamations shall be
submitted to the Director at least sixty days before the date of the specified
observance.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2, the Director shall
transmit any approved commemorative proclamations to the President.

[Sec. 4 amended by EO 12080 of Sept. 18, 1978, 43 FR 42235, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp.,
p. 224; EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 245]

     SEC. 5. Proclamations of treaties excluded.  Consonant with the
provisions of Section 12 of the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 503; 44 U.S.C.
1511), nothing in this order shall be construed to apply to treaties,
conventions, protocols, or other international agreements, or proclamations
thereof by the President.

[Sec. 5 amended by EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,
p. 245]

     SEC. 6. Definition.  The term "Presidential proclamations and Executive
orders," as used in Section 5(a) of the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C.
1505(a)), shall, except as the President or his representative may hereafter
otherwise direct, be deemed to include such attachments thereto as are
referred to in the respective proclamations or orders.

[Sec. 6 amended by EO 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,
p. 245]

     SEC. 7. Prior order.  Upon its publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, 1
this order shall supersede Executive Order No. 10006 of October 9, 1948.

     The regulations prescribed by this order shall be codified under Title I
of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Executive Order 11456 - Providing for a Special Assistant to the President for
Liaison with Former Presidents

     Source:  The provisions of Executive Order 11456 of Feb. 14, 1969, appear
at 34 FR 2301, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 777, unless otherwise noted.

     By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United
States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

     Section 1.  There shall be in the White House Office a Special Assistant
to the President for Liaison with Former Presidents (referred to hereinafter
as the Special Assistant).

     SEC. 2. (a) On behalf of the President, the Special Assistant shall
maintain channels of communication between the President and each former
living President of the United States, to the end that (1) each such former
President shall be kept abreast of such developments as the President may
desire; and (2) the President may avail himself of the counsel and advice of
any or all of such former Presidents with respect to major matters,
particularly of a national security nature, currently confronting the
President.

     (b) The Special Assistant shall also -

     (1) Keep each former President currently informed of the major aspects of
such principal international and domestic problems as the President directs;

     (2) Arrange to secure from such former Presidents, or any of them, and
convey to the President, their views on such issues as the President may
designate; and

     (3) Arrange to secure and convey to the President such views as any of
the former Presidents may wish to communicate to the President on any issue of
current interest or concern.

     SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Executive Secretary of
the National Security Council shall each designate a member of his staff as a
point of contact for the Special Assistant.  The Special Assistant may call
upon such designated staff members to supply information and render such other
appropriate assistance as he may require in carrying out his duties under
section 2 of this Order.

     (b) Upon request of the Special Assistant, the head of any department or
agency of the Federal Government shall designate a member of his staff as a
point of contact to supply information and assistance for the Special
Assistant in the performance of his duties in the same manner as provided in
subsection (a) for staff members designated pursuant to that subsection.

     SEC. 4. The Special Assistant shall be appointed by the President and
shall serve at the pleasure of the President.  He shall receive compensation
at such rate as the President, consonant with law, may prescribe.

     SEC. 5. (a) The Special Assistant shall have such staff and other
assistance as may be necessary to carry out his duties under this Order.

     (b) The Special Assistant shall be provided with such office space as may
be necessary to carry out his duties under this Order, and shall also be
provided with such office space, and maintenance thereof as may be necessary
for the use of former Presidents at the seat of Government when they are
engaged in any effort of interest or concern to the President.

     SEC. 6. (a) The compensation and expenses of the Special Assistant and
members of his staff shall be paid from the appropriation under the heading
"Special Projects" in the Executive Office Appropriation Act, 1969, or any
corresponding appropriation which may be made for subsequent fiscal years, or
from such other appropriated funds as may be available under law.

     (b) The General Services Administration shall provide, on a reimbursable
basis, such administrative services and facilities for the Special Assistant
as the White House Office may request.