Executive Order 10897—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; 22 U.S.C. 843) and section 202 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 156), it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to exercise the following-described authority of the President:

(a) The authority vested in the President by section 801 (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1061 (a)) to prescribe rules and regulations for the maintenance of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.

(b) The authority vested in the President by section 803(c) (1) of the Foreign

Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1063(c)(D), to prescribe regulations governing the participation of certain Foreign Service staff officers and employees in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.

(c) The authority vested in the President by section 881 (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1116(a)), to prescribe regulations governing the deposit of voluntary contributions into the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 9941 of March 26, 1948, is hereby superseded.

SEC. 3. This order shall be effective as of October 16, 1960; and the Secretary of State, in his discretion and consistent with law, may make rules and regulations issued pursuant to section 1 hereof effective on or after that date.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 2, 1960.