Executive Order 10956—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10841, Relating to International Cooperation Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

Executive Order No. 10841 of September 30, 1959, entitled "Providing for the Carrying Out of Certain Provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended, Relating to International Cooperation," is hereby amended by changing the period at the end of paragraph (2) of section 2(a) thereof to a colon and adding to such paragraph the following: "Provided, that each determination made under this paragraph shall be referred to the President and, unless disapproved by him, shall become effective fifteen days after such referral or at such later time as may be specified in the determination."

JOHN F. KENNEDY

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 10, 1961