Executive Order 11240—The Board of the Foreign Service and the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965 (30 P.R. 9353), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Board of the Foreign Service. There is hereby established a new "Board of the Foreign Service." That board shall have the same membership, functions, and status as the board of the same name established by Section 211 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 826) had immediately prior to the taking effect of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965.

SEC. 2. Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service. There is hereby established a new "Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service." That board shall have the same functions and status as the board of the same name established by Section 212 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 827) had immediately prior to the taking effect of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965 and shall have membership determined in consonance with the provisions of subsection (b) of that Section.

SEC. 3. Effective date; termination. This Order shall be effective as of July 27, 1965, and, together with the boards established by Sections 1 and 2, shall terminate on January 1, 1966, or on such earlier date as may hereafter be prescribed.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House,

August 4, 1965.