Executive Order 12453

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, in order to assign certain functions to the Secretary of State, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. The functions vested in the President by Section 620 of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1984 (H.R. 3223) ("the Act"), as enacted into law by Section 101(d) of the Joint Resolution "Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984" (Public Law 98-151), and any function, which may be vested in the President by any other legislation, requiring the submission of periodic reports to Congress as a condition for the payment of United States funds in satisfaction of guarantees or assurances given by the United States with respect to loans made and credits extended to the Polish People's Republic, are delegated to the Secretary of State.

Sec. 2. Before making the determination and providing the written reports referred to in Section 620 of the Act, as enacted into law by Section 101(d) of Public Law 98-151, or in any other legislation which contains a reporting requirement referred to in Section 1 above, the Secretary of State shall confer with the Secretary of the Treasury and, as appropriate, with the Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of other interested Executive departments and agencies.

RONALD REAGAN The White House, December 23, 1983.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:53 p.m., December 23, 1983]