Executive Order 9941—Authorizing the Secretary of State to Prescribe Rules and Regulations Relating to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1002) and section 202 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 156), the Secretary of State is hereby authorized, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, to exercise the authority vested in the President by sections 801(a) and 881(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1019 and 1025) to prescribe rules and regulations governing the maintenance of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and the deposit of voluntary contributions into the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 26, 1948