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Executive Order 11501—Administration of Foreign Military Sales

December 22, 1969

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The following functions conferred upon the President by the Foreign Military Sales Act (P.L. 90-629), hereinafter referred to as the "Act", are hereby delegated as follows:

(a) Those under section 3 (a) of the Act, with the exception of 3 (a) (1), to the Secretary of State.

(b) Those under section 21 of the Act to the Secretary of Defense.

(c) Those under section 22 of the Act to the Secretary of Defense.

(d) That under section 23 of the Act to the Secretary of Defense.

(e) Those under section 24 of the Act to the Secretary of Defense.

(f) Those under section 34 of the Act to the Secretary of State. To the extent the standards and criteria for credit and guaranty transactions are based upon national security and financial policies, the Secretary of State shall obtain the prior concurrence of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively.

(g) Those under section 35 (a) of the Act to the Secretary of State.

(h) Those under section 35 (b) of the Act to the Secretary of Defense.

(i) That under section 42 (b) of the Act to the Secretary of Defense.

SEC. 2. Nothing in this order shall be construed as modifying in any way the responsibility conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 2 (b) of the Act for the continuous supervision and general direction of sales under the Act, including, but not limited to, determining whether a sale should be negotiated, concluded, or terminated and the amount thereof.

SEC. 3. In carrying out the functions delegated to them under this order, the Secretaries of State and Defense shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency on matters pertaining to their responsibilities.

SEC. 4. All functions conferred upon the President by the Act that are not delegated by the provisions of this order are hereby reserved to the President.

SEC. 5. Funds appropriated to the President for carrying out the Act shall be deemed to be allocated to the Secretary of Defense without any further action of the President.

SEC. 6. References in this order to the provisions of the Act shall be deemed to include references thereto, respectively, as amended from time to time.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

December 22, 1969

NOTE: For an announcement of the Executive order see the preceding item.

Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11501—Administration of Foreign Military Sales Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/306037

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