Executive Order 11592—Delegating Certain Authority of the President to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
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, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the function of granting the approvals authorized or required to be granted by the President by any of the provisions of the River and Harbor Act of 1970 and the Flood Control Act of 1970, Public Law 91-611, approved December 31, 1970.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House
May 6, 1971
NOTE: Executive Order 11592 was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11592—Delegating Certain Authority of the President to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/256695