Executive Orders
Executive Order 11772--Delegating certain authority of the President to the Secretary of State
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 11772 of Mar. 21, 1974, appear at 39 FR 10879, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 857, unless otherwise noted.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1971, et seq.), and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States of America, the Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without ratification, or other action of the President, the function conferred upon the President by Section 5(b) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967, as amended, of certifying to the Congress that it is in the national interest not to transfer to the Fishermen's Protective Fund or to the separate account established under the Act, pursuant to that Section, amounts appropriated by the Congress and programmed for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.