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EXECUTIVE ORDER 10187

AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10011 (1) OF OCTOBER 22, 1948, AS AMENDED AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO EXERCISE CERTAIN POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO THE GRANTING OF ALLOWANCES AND ALLOTMENTS TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL ON FOREIGN DUTY.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1203 of the General Appropriation Act, 1951 (Public Law 759, 81st Congress), and section 1 of the act of August 8, 1950, Public Law 673, 81st Congress, it is ordered that section 1(d) of Executive Order No. 10011 of October 22, 1948, as amended by Executive Order No. 10085 of October 28, 1949, (2) authorizing the Secretary of State to exercise certain powers of the President with respect to the granting of allowances and allotments to Government personnel on foreign duty, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"(d) The authority vested in the President by section 1203 of the General Appropriation Act, 1951 (Public Law 759, 81st Congress), and by section 302 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat.8) to prescribe, with respect to civilian officers and employees of the Government, regulations governing living-quarters allowances, cost-of-living allowances, and representation allowances in accordance with, or similar to, such allowances authorized by the said act of June 26, 1930, or the said section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946."

This order shall be effective as of July 1, 1950.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE
December 4, 1950

(1) 3 CFR 1948 Supp., p. 244
(2) 3 CFR, 1949 Supp., p. 128


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