Executive Orders
Executive Order 11390--Delegation of certain functions of the President to the Secretary of Defense
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 11390 of Jan. 22, 1968, appear at 33 FR 841, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 704, unless otherwise noted.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
Section 1. The Secretary of Defense, and, as designated by the said Secretary for this purpose, any of the Secretaries, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the military departments, are hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions of the President without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President:
(1) [Revoked]
(2) [Revoked]
(3) [Revoked]
(4) The authority vested in the President by sections 565 and 599 of title 10, United States Code, to suspend, in time of war or emergency, any provision of law relative to promotion and mandatory retirement or separation of warrant officers of the armed forces.
(5) The authority vested in the President by sections 4337 and 9337 of title 10, United States Code, to appoint the chaplains at the United States Military and Air Force Academies.
(6) The authority vested in the President by sections 4302(a) and 9302(a) of title 10, United States Code, to approve regulations concerning instruction of enlisted members of the Army and Air Force.
(7) [Revoked]
(8) The authority vested in the President by sections 5139 and 5149 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the retirement of the Chief of the Medical Service Corps, the Deputy Judge Advocate General, and the Assistant Judge Advocate General, of the Navy.
(9) [Revoked]
(10) The authority vested in the President by section 2102(a) of title 10, United States Code, to prescribe regulations governing the establishment and maintenance of senior reserve officers' Training Corps units at civilian educational institutions.
(11) The authority vested in the President by section 123 of title 10, and section 111 of title 32, United States Code, to suspend in time of war or national emergency those provisions cited therein relating to promotion of reserve officers.
(12) [Revoked]
(13) The authority vested in the President by section 6223(b) of title 10, United States Code, relating to members of the Marine Corps Band.
(14) The authority vested in the President by section 425 of title 37, United States Code, to approve concert tours of the Navy Band and the Marine Corps Band.
(15) [Revoked]
[Sec. 1 amended by Executive Order 11601 of June 29, 1971, 3 CFR, 1971 Comp., p. 166; Executive Order 12396 of Dec. 9, 1982, 47 FR 55897, 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 234; Executive Order 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 245]
Sec. 2. All actions heretofore taken by or for the President with respect to the matters affected by this order and in force and effect at the time of the issuance of this order, including any regulations prescribed or approved by the President with respect to such matters, shall, except as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in force and effect until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred by this order.