Executive Order 12541

By the authority vested in me by Section 403(j)(1) of title 37, United States Code, and in order to define the term "sea duty," it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Section 401, Part IV, of Executive Order No. 11157 of June 22, 1964, as amended, is further amended: (a) by adding at the end of subsection (c) of section 401, Part IV, the following sentence:  "Duty for less than three months is not considered to be sea duty. Duty for more than three months under temporary orders which provide for return to the member's same permanent station is not considered sea duty.". (b) by striking all of subsection (f). Sec. 2. This Executive Order shall be effective as of January 1, 1986.

RONALD REAGAN The White House, December 30, 1985.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:05 p.m., January 6, 1986] Note: The Executive order was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 31.