Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code and as President of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. The Office of Consumer Affairs, established by Executive Order No. 11583 of February 24, 1971, as amended by Executive Order No. 11595 of May 26, 1971, together with its functions, is hereby transferred from the Executive Office of the President to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs shall continue as the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs.
SEC. 2. In view of the establishment of the Council on Economic Policy, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy, together with its functions, is hereby abolished and Executive Order No. 11453 of January 24, 1969, is hereby revoked.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House,
January 25, 1973.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11702—Relative to the Executive Office of the President Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/307033