Executive Order 12155—Strategic and Critical Materials

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), and by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to provide for the performance of certain functions previously performed by agencies pursuant to their own authority, it is hereby ordered, effective July 30, 1979, as follows:

1-101. The functions vested in the President by Section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Act, (50 U.S.C. 98b), are delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

1-102. The functions vested in the President by Section 6 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 98e) are delegated to the Administrator of General Services.

1-103. (a) The functions vested in the President by Section 8(a) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 988(a)) are delegated to the Secretary of the Interior.

(b) The function vested in the President by Section 8(b) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 988(b) ) are delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture.

1-104. The functions vested in the President by Section 10 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-1) are delegated to the Administrator of General Services.

1-105. The functions vested in the President by Section 11 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 98h 2) are delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture and the Administrator of General Services shall submit biannually a written report to the Director. The report shall detail their performance of functions under the Act and this Order.

1-106. Section 4-101 of Executive Order No. 12148 is revoked and the following new Sections 4-205 and 4-206 are added thereto:

"4-205. Effective July 30, 1979, the functions vested in the President by Section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 714b (h)), are hereby delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency."

"4 206. Effective July 30, 1979, the functions vested in the President by Section 204(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 485(f) ), are hereby delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.".

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

September 10, 1979.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:52 p.m., September 10, 1979]