Executive Orders

Executive Order 11732--Delegating certain authority of the President to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 11732 of July 30, 1973, appear at 38 FR 20429, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 791, unless otherwise noted.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action by the President, the functions vested in the President by sections 305 and 301 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1720 and 1716, respectively), relating to the authorization of the purchase of mortgages by the Government National Mortgage Association in connection with its special assistance functions and the determination that such action is in the public interest.