Executive Orders

Executive Order 11079--Providing for the prescribing of regulations under which members of the Armed Forces and others may accept fellowships, scholarships, or grants

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 11079 of Jan. 25, 1963, appear at 28 FR 819, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 701, unless otherwise noted.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 2603 of Title 10, United States Code, I hereby designate the Secretary of Defense, with respect to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to members of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to commissioned officers of the Public Health Service, to prescribe regulations under which members of the Armed Forces and commissioned officers of the Public Health Service may accept fellowships, scholarships, or grants from corporations, funds, foundations, or educational institutions organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or educational purposes. To the extent practicable, such regulations shall be uniform.

[EO 11079 amended by Executive Order 11382 of Nov. 28, 1967, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 691; Executive Order 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 245]