Executive Order 10391—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10011, of October 22, 1948, as Amended, Authorizing the Secretary of State to Exercise, Ceertain Powers of Th President with Respect to the Granting of Allowances and Allotments to Government Personnel on Foreign Duty

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1403 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953 (Public Law 547, 82nd Congress), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code (section 10, Public Law 248, 65 Stat. 713), it is ordered that section 1 (d) of Executive Order No. 10313 of December 14, 1951, authorizing the Secretary of State to exercise certain powers of the President with respect to the granting of allowances and allotments to Government personnel on foreign duty, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"(d) The authority vested in the President by section 1403 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953 (Public Law 547, 82nd Congress), and by section 302 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 8) to prescribe with respect to civilian officers and employees of the Government, regulations governing living-quarters allowances, cost-of-living allowances, and representation allowances in accordance with, or similar to, such allowances authorized by the said act of June 26, 1930, or the said section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946."

This order shall be effective as of July 1, 1952.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 3, 1952