Executive Order 11380—Amending Prior Executive Orders Relating to Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange and to Allowances and Benefits for Government Personnel on Overseas Duty

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 527; 22 U.S.C. 2451 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:

PART I. MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Section 101. Executive Order No. 11034 of June 25, 1962, is hereby amended as follows:

(1) By changing the period at the end of section 1 (b) to a comma and by inserting after that comma the following: "excluding, however, the reports for which the Director of the United States Information Agency is responsible under section 2 (b) of this order."

(2) By substituting for the paragraph designations (a), (b), (c), and (d) in section 2 new paragraph designations (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively; by inserting the subsection designation (a) after the catchline of section 2; and by adding a new subsection (b) of section 2, reading as follows:

"(b) The Director of the United States Information Agency shall prepare and transmit to the President the reports which the President is required to submit to the Congress by section 108(b) of the Act to the extent that they are with respect to activities carried out by the United States Information Agency pursuant to section 102(a) (2) (iii) and section 102(a) (3) of the Act."

(3) By adding a new paragraph at the end of section 8 (a), reading as follows:

"(15) Any provision of law or limitation of authority to the extent that such provision or limitation would limit or prohibit (i) receipt of admission fees or payments under contracts through advances or otherwise, for concessions, services, space, or other consideration, and the credit of such receipts to the applicable appropriation, and (ii) rental or lease for periods not exceeding ten years of buildings and grounds."

(4) By adding a new paragraph at the end of section 10, reading as follows:

"(c) References in this order to this order shall be deemed to include references thereto as amended from time to time."

SEC. 2. It is hereby determined that the performance by any department or other executive agency of functions authorized by sections 102(a) (2) and 102(a) (3) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a) (2) and (3)) without regard to the provisions and limitations referred to in section (8) (a) (15) of Executive Order No. 11034 of June 25, 1962 (to the extent set forth in the latter section) is in furtherance of the purposes of that Act.

PART II. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATING TO LIVING QUARTERS

Sec. 201. Executive Order No. 10903 of January 9, 1961, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting at the end of section 1 thereof a new paragraph (g), reading as follows:

"(g) The authority vested in the President by section 5912 of title 5 of the United States Code to approve regulations prescribed by heads of agencies (under which employees who are citizens of the United States permanently stationed in foreign countries may be furnished, without cost to them, living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, in government-owned or rented buildings)."

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House

November 8, 1967