Executive Order 9514—Amending Executive Order 9452 Authorizing the Secretary of State to Prescribe Regulations and Issue Orders and Instructions Relating to the Foreign Service of the United States

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by sections 202 and 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 156; 22 U.S.C. 132), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that section 1 of Executive Order 9452 of June 26, 1944 (9 FR. 7183) be amended to read as follows:

1. The Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe such regulations and issue such orders and instructions, not inconsistent with the Constitution, any law of the United States, or any Executive order or proclamation, relating to the duties of officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States and the transaction of their business, as he may deem conducive to the public interest: Provided, however, that the authority granted by this order shall not be exercised in any case in which the President is specifically authorized by any law other than section 1752 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 132), to prescribe regulations with respect to a particular subject.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
January 18, 1945.