Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 9431—Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States

March 20, 1944

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 22, sec. 132), it is ordered as follows:

1. Section IV-9 of the Foreign Service Regulations (E.O. 8189, July 5, 1939; 22 CFR 104.9, 1939 Supp.) is hereby amended to read as follows:

"IV-9. Place of Residence of Diplomatic and Consular Officers

"Diplomatic and consular officers shall conform with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State regarding their place of residence during periods of assignment to Foreign Service posts."

2. Section IV-10 of the Foreign Service Regulations (E.O. 8189, July 5, 1939; 22 CFR 104.10, 1939 Supp.) is hereby amended to read as follows:

"IV-10. Office Hours and Official Hours of Duty

'(a) Office hours. Foreign Service offices shall be kept open for the convenience of the public during such hours and on such days as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State in accordance with acts of Congress, and Executive orders, regulations, and policies of the President; provided that the offices may be closed for the transaction of routine business on holidays of outstanding importance in their particular localities.

"(b) Official hours of duty. Officers and employees of the Foreign Service shall observe such official hours of duty as may be prescribed by act of Congress, by order of the President, or by administrative regulation of the Secretary of State."

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 20, 1944.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 9431—Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209913

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