Jimmy Carter photo

Executive Order 12144—Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

June 22, 1979

TRANSFER OF CERTAIN EQUAL PAY AND AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Section 9 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 (43 FR 19807), in order to effectuate the transfer of certain functions relating to the enforcement of equal pay and age discrimination in employment programs from the Department of Labor to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1-101. Sections 1 and 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 (43 FR 19807) shall become effective on July 1, 1979, with the exception of the transfer of functions from the Civil Service Commission, already effective January 1, 1979 (Executive Order No. 12106).

1-102. The records, property, personnel and positions, and unexpended balances of appropriations or funds, available or to be made available, which relate to the functions transferred as provided in this Order are hereby transferred from the Department of Labor to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

1-103. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make such determinations, issue such Orders, and take all actions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the transfers provided in this Order, including the transfer of funds, records, property, and personnel.

1-104. This Order shall be effective July 1, 1979.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House, June 22, 1979.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:08 a.m., June 95, 1979]

Jimmy Carter, Executive Order 12144—Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249034

Simple Search of Our Archives