Executive Order 11867—Delegating to the Administrator of General Services Authority to Issue Joint Funding Regulations

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Sections 3, 5, 7, 10, and 11 of the joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-510, 88 Stat. 1604), Section 408 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 410, 42 U.S.C. 5048), Section 5 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359, 29 U.S.C. 704), Section 701(1) of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 461(1)), Section 728 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4531), Section 406 of the juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968, as amended (now Section 407, 86 Stat. 537, 42 U.S.C. 3887), Section 612 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (81 Stat. 717, 42 U.S.C. 2962), and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Administrator of General Services is designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action by the President, the functions vested in the President by Sections 3, 5, 7, and 10 of the joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-510, 42 U.S.C. 4252, 4254, 4256 and 4259, respectively). The Administrator shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to assure that that Act is applied by all Federal agencies in a consistent manner and in accordance with its purposes.

SEC. 2. The Administrator of General Services shall prepare, for the President's transmission to Congress, the report required by Section 11 of the Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974, which report shall be submitted to the President through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, at least fourteen months prior to the expiration of that Act.

SEC. 3. The Administrator of General Services is designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action by the President, the authority vested'in the President to issue regulations with respect to joint funding by:

(a) Section 408 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 410, 42 U.S.C. 5048),

(b) Section 5 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 359, 29 U.S.C. 704),

(c) Section 406 of the juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968, as amended (now Section 407, 86 Stat. 537, 42 U.S.C. 3887),

(d) Section 612 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (81 Stat. 717, 42 U.S.C. 2962),

(e) Section 701(1) of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 461(1)),and

(f) Section 728 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4531).

SEC. 4. The functions delegated to the Administrator of General Services by this Order shall be performed:

(a) subject to the general oversight and policy direction of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(b) with respect to joint management funds, subject to the existing authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and

(c) in accordance with the provisions of the Inter-governmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-577, 82 Stat. 1098).

SEC. 5. The delegations of authority provided by Section 3, of this Order, and the supersessions provided by this Section, shall not be deemed to affect in any way the exercise of such authority previously delegated to the Administrator of General Services. The following Executive orders are superseded: Executive Order No. 11784 of May 30, 1974, and Executive Order No. 11466 of April 18, 1969.

SEC. 6. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 11758 of January 15, 1974, is revised to read as follows:

"The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority of the President under section 500(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 390, 29 U.S.C. 790) with respect to the transfer of unexpended appropriations."

GERALD R. FORD

The White House,

June 19, 1975.