Executive Orders

Executive Order 11747--Delegating certain authority of the President under the Water Resources Planning Act, as amended

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 11747 of Nov. 7, 1973, appear at 38 FR 30993, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 821, 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 hereby ordered as follows:

The Chairman of the Water Resources Council is designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the approval function for standards and procedures vested in the President by section 103 of the Water Resources Planning Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962a-2).

[EO 11747 amended by Executive Order 12608 of Sept. 9, 1987, 52 FR 34617, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 245]