Executive Order 11402—Making the Vice President of the United States the Chairman of the President's Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 11278 of May 4, 1966, entitled "Establishing a President's Council and a Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty", as amended, is hereby further amended by substituting for section 101 thereof the following:

"SECTION 101. Membership and chairmanship. (a) There is hereby established the President's Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty (hereinafter referred to as the 'Council') which shall be composed of the Vice President of the United States, who shall be the Chairman of the Council, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Administrator of General Services. Each of the foregoing heads of departments and other agencies may appoint a delegate to represent him in Council activities.

"(b) When matters are to be considered by the Council which affect the interests of Federal agencies (including, as used in this order, executive departments and other executive agencies) the heads of which are not members of the Council, the Chairman of the Council shall invite such heads to participate in the deliberations of the Council."

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

THE WHITE HOUSE

March 29, 1968