Executive Order 12666

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including Chapter 71 of title 5 of the United States Code, and having determined, under section 7103(b)(1) of said Chapter, that the subdivisions of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, listed below have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work, and having determined that the provisions of Chapter 71 of title 5 of the United States Code cannot be applied to the subdivisions listed below in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12171, as amended, is further amended to add the following subsection:

"1-213. The subdivisions of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation:

(a) Federal Air Marshal Branch, International Civil Aviation Security Division, Office of Civil Aviation Security.

(b) Units composed of Civil Aviation Security Inspectors in Civil Aviation Security divisions whose responsibilities require Federal air marshal functions."

RONALD REAGAN The White House, January 12, 1989.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:22 a.m., January 13, 1989]