Executive Order 11173—Amending Executive Order No. 11073, Relating to Federal Salary Administration

By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (d) of section 504 of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962 (as added by section 123 of the Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964), and as President of the United States, section 301 of Executive Order No. 11073 of January 2, 1963, entitled "Providing for Federal Salary Administration," is hereby amended by inserting "(a)" immediately after "Section 301" and by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (b) as follows:

"(b) The Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and authorized to exercise the authority conferred upon the President by the provisions of section 504(d) of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962 (as added by section 123 of the Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964) to prescribe the rules and regulations required by section 504(d)."

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House,

August 20, 1964.