Executive Order 8461—Amendment of Executive Order No. 8099 of April 28, 1939, Relating to Administration of Benefits Provided by Act of Congress Approved April 3, 1939

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and by the act of July 3, 1930, ch. 863, 46 Stat. 1016, the proviso in the last paragraph of Executive Order No. 8099 of April 28, 1939, entitled "Administration of Benefits Provided by Act of Congress Approved April 3, 1939", is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Provided, That in the administration of the retirement-pay provisions of the said statute, the determination of all questions of eligibility for the benefits thereof, including all questions of law and fact relating to such eligibility, shall be made by the Secretary of War, or by someone designated by him in the War Department, in the manner, and in accordance with the standards, provided by law, or regulations for Regular Army personnel."

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 28, 1940.