Executive Order 11899—Providing for the Protection of Certain Civil Service Employment Rights of Federal Personnel Who Leave Federal Employment to be Employed by Tribal Organizations Pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 105 (i) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (88 Stat. 2210, 25 U.S.C. 450 (i)), section 3301 of title 5 of the United States Code, 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 United States Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action by the President, but after consultation with the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the authority vested in the President by Section 105(i) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), to issue regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of subsections (e) 2, (e) 3, (e) 4, (f), and (h) of section 105 of the act, to carry out the provisions of subsection (e) (1) of section 105 of the United States Code, and to protect and assure any other civil service employment rights which it finds appropriate.

SEC. 2 The United States Civil Service Commission shall, after consultation with the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, issue regulations, as it deems appropriate, providing for the establishment, granting, and exercise of reemployment rights for employees who leave Federal employment for employment by an Indian tribal organization under provisions of the act.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Labor is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action by the President, the authority vested in the President by section 105 (i) of the act to issue regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of section 105 (e) (1) of the act, except as provided in section 1 of this order.

GERALD R. FORD

The White House,

January 22, 1976.