Executive Order 11382

WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89-670, 80 Stat. 931), hereinafter referred to as the Act, established the Department of Transportation in the Executive Branch to be headed by a Secretary of Transportation and to be composed of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Coast Guard, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and the National Transportation Safety Board; and

WHEREAS, the Act vested in the Secretary of Transportation new major responsibilities in the field of transportation, including that of exercising leadership under the direction of the President in transportation matters, and also transferred to the Secretary of Transportation and to certain instrumentalities of the Department of Transportation many functions involving transportation; and

WHEREAS, the transportation functions established or transferred by the Act involve additional activities which are currently assigned by Executive orders and other Executive documents to officers and agencies from whom the related statutory functions have been transferred by the Act; and

WHEREAS, it is appropriate and desirable with the establishment of the Department of Transportation that certain authority and duties concerned with transportation be assigned to the Secretary of Transportation or to officers and agencies under his jurisdiction:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code and by the laws cited as authority for the Executive orders amended below, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:


 * (1) striking out the words “Interstate Commerce Commission” and “Commission” in secs. 9.1 and 9.3 and inserting in place thereof “Department of Transportation” and “Department”, respectively, and


 * (2) striking out all of secs. 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6 and inserting in place thereof the following:


 * (a) The Presidential Memorandum of August 11, 1960, on the subject of Executive Order No. 10883 of the same date, is amended by—


 * (1) striking out the words “Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency” and “Administrator” and inserting in place thereof the words “Secretary of Transportation” and


 * (2) striking out the words “Federal Aviation Agency” and inserting in place thereof the words “Department of Transportation” and


 * (3) striking out the second sentence of the third paragraph of the memorandum.


 * (b) The Presidential Letter of June 22, 1963, assigning responsibility to the Secretary of State regarding international aviation policy, is amended by—


 * (1) striking out the words “Federal Aviation Agency” in the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the words “Department of Transportation” and


 * (2) striking out the last two sentences of the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following: “The other members will be the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Transportation, or their respective representatives, the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development. The Secretary of Transportation will serve as vice chairman.”


 * (1) striking out all of subsection (b) of section 1 thereof and inserting in place thereof the following:


 * (2) striking out the word “Three” in subsection (d) of section 1 thereof and inserting in place thereof the word “Four”.


 * (1) striking out the words “Secretary of the Treasury” and inserting in place thereof the words “Secretary of Transportation” and


 * (2) striking out all of section 101 and inserting in place thereof the following:


 * (3) striking out the words “Section 203 of the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act (5 U.S.C. 3035)” in section 102 and inserting in place thereof the words “5 U.S.C. 5922(c)” and


 * (4) striking out the words “Section 1 of the Act of June 19, 1952, ch. 444 (5 U.S.C. 2105(c)” and


 * (5) striking out the words “Section 111(6) of the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act (5 U.S.C. 3032(6))” in section 202(b) and inserting in place thereof the words “5 U.S.C. 5921(6)”.

Lyndon B. Johnson The White House, November 28, 1967. [FR Doc. 1967–????? Filed 11–??–67; ??:?? am] Billing Code ????–??–?