10. (a) Paragraph (d) of § 1680.3 of Part 1680, Selection of Certain Persons Who Have Critical Skills for Enlistment in Units of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces, is amended to read as follows: (d) After receipt of the recommendation of such Committee and any recommendations of such other groups or agencies, the local board shall consider the registrant's request and either approve or disapprove it. The local board shall notify the registrant and his employer by letter of its determination approving or disapproving the registrant's request and in these letters shall include information regarding the rights of the registrant and his employer to appeal to the appeal board from the local board's determination. (b) Section 1680.4 of Part 1680 is amended to read as follows: § 1680.4 Appeal from determination of registrant's request. (a) The registrant or the employer who has certified that the registrant has and is utilizing a critical skill (1) may appeal to the appeal board from a determination by the local board of the registrant's request for selection under this part and (2) may appeal to the President from a determination by the appeal board of such request if one or more members of the appeal board dissented from the determination of the appeal board. Appeals to the appeal board or to the President authorized by this paragraph may be taken during the applicable periods specified in paragraph (c) of § 1626.2 of this chapter for the taking of an appeal to the appeal board or during the period specified in § 1627.3 of this chapter for the taking of an appeal to the President except that the time for appeal shall begin to run from the date of the mailing to the registrant by the local board of a letter notifying him of the determination of his request for selection by the local board or the appeal board. The local board may permit any person entitled to appeal under this paragraph to do so, even though the period provided for such an appeal has elapsed, if it is satisfied that the failure of such person to appeal within the period provided was due to his lack of understanding of the right to appeal or to some other cause beyond his control. (b) The Director of Selective Service, or any State Director of Selective Service who is authorized under the provisions of Part 1626 or Part 1627 of this chapter to take an appeal to the appeal board or to the President from the classification of a registrant, may at any time appeal (1) to the appeal board from a determination by the local board of the registrant's request for selection under this part and (2) to the President from a determination by the appeal board of such request. (c) The appeals authorized by this section shall be taken and processed in the same manner and in accordance with the same procedures as are prescribed in Parts 1626 and 1627 of this chapter. (d) The local board shall notify the registrant and his employer by letter of any determination of the registrant's request by the appeal board or the President. In each letter concerning the determination of the registrant's request by the appeal board the local board shall include information regarding the rights of the registrant and his employer to appeal to the President from the determination of the appeal board. (c) Paragraph (a) of § 1680.6 of Part 1680 is amended to read as follows: (a) Whenever the registrant's request for selection has been disapproved by the local board, or by the appeal board, or by the President, and the period during which any appeal may be taken by the registrant has expired and no appeal is pending in his case, the local board shall reopen his classification and classify him EXECUTIVE ORDER 10716 ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND TRADE FAIR PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1956 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 778), by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. United States Information Agency. (a) Except in respect of the functions delegated by section 2 (c), or reserved by section 4, of this order, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall coordinate the functions provided for in the International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and shall be responsible for advising the President and keeping him informed with respect to the said functions: (b) The following-designated functions conferred upon the President by the Act are hereby delegated to the Director of the United States Information Agency: (1) The functions so conferred by the provisions of section 3 (2) of the Act (the provisions of section 2 (b) of this order notwithstanding). (2) The functions so conferred by section 3 (4) of the Act (the provisions of sections 2 (d) and 3 (b) of this order notwithstanding). (3) The functions so conferred by section 11 of the Act, except to the extent that such functions are delegated by section 2 (c) of this order. (4) The functions so conferred by sections 4, 6, and 7 of the Act to the extent that they pertain to the functions delegated by the foregoing provisions of this section. (c) The Director of the United States Information Agency, with such assistance of the Department of State and the Department of Commerce as may be appropriate, shall prepare and transmit to the President the reports which the President is required to transmit to the Congress by section 9 of the Act. (d) The Director of the United States Information Agency shall consult with the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Commerce, or both, in connection with the establishment of any inter 603081 O-61-25 agency committees under the authority delegated by section 1 (b) (3) of this order the activities of which will pertain to functions delegated by section 2 or section 3 of this order, or both, respectively. as (e) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the President to carry out the purposes of the Act shall be allocated by the Director of the United State Information Agency to the Department of State as may be necessary to carry out the functions delegated under section 2 of this order; to the Department of Commerce may be necessary to carry out the functions delegated under section 3 of this order; and to such other departments or agencies of the Government as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act. The agencies to which funds are so allocated shall obtain apportionments thereof directly from the Bureau of the Budget. Sub SEC. 2. Department of State. ject to the provisions of sections 1 (a) and 4 of this order, the following-designated functions conferred upon the President by the Act are hereby delegated to the Secretary of State: (a) The functions so conferred by sections 3 (1), 10 (b), and 10 (c) (3) of the Act. (b) The functions so conferred by section 3 (2) of the Act (the provisions of section 1 (b) (1) of this order notwithstanding). (c) The functions so conferred by section 3 (3) of the Act to the extent that they pertain to the Universal and International Exhibition of Brussels, 1958, together with the functions so conferred by section 11 of the Act to the extent that they pertain to the said Exhibition. (d) The functions so conferred by sections 3 (4), 4, 6, and 7 of the Act to the extent that they pertain to the functions delegated by the foregoing provisions of this section. SEC. 3. Department of Commerce. Subject to the provisions of sections 1 (a) and 4 of this order, the followingdesignated functions conferred upon the President by the Act are hereby delegated to the Secretary of Commerce: (a) The functions so conferred by section 3 (3) of the Act, exclusive of functions pertaining to the Universal and International Exhibition of Brussels, 1958. Page 379 (b) The functions so conferred by sections 3 (4), 4, 6, and 7 of the Act to the extent that they pertain to the functions delegated by the foregoing provisions of this section. SEC. 4. Functions reserved to the President. There are hereby excluded from the functions delegated by the provisions of this order the functions conferred upon the President (a) with respect to the appointment of officers authorized to be appointed by the first proviso of section 3 (3) of the Act, (b) with respect to the transmittal of periodic reports to the Congress under section 9 of the Act, and (c) with respect to the waiver of provisions of law or limitations of authority under section 8 of the Act. SEC. 5. Procedures for coordination abroad. The provisions of Part II of Executive Order No. 10575 of November 6, 1954 (19 F. R. 7249), are hereby extended and made applicable to the functions provided for in the Act and to United States agencies and personnel concerned with the administration abroad of the said functions. SEC. 6. Definition. As used in this order, the word "functions" embraces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, and discretion. SEC. 7. Prior directives and actions. This order supersedes the provisions of the letters of the President to the Director of the United States Information Agency dated August 16, 1955, and August 21, 1956, and the letter of the President to the Secretary of State dated December 27, 1956 (22 F. R. 101-103); provided that this order shall not operate to terminate any authority to perform functions without regard to the provisions of law and limitations of authority specified in those letters. Except to the extent that they may be inconsistent with law or with this order, other directives, regulations, and actions relating to the functions delegated by this order and in force immediately prior to the issuance of this order shall remain in effect until amended, modified, or revoked by appropriate authority. SEC. 8. Effective date. Without prejudice to anything done under proper authority with respect to any function under the Act at any time subsequent to the approval of the Act and prior to the 13 CFR, 1954 Supp. issuance of this order, the effective date of this order shall be deemed to be the date on which the Act was approved. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, June 17, 1957. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10717 THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL CIVILIAN SERVICE By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Government Employees' Incentive Awards Act, approved September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1112), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby established an honorary award for the recognition of distinguished service by civilian officers and employees of the Federal Government. The award shall be known as the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, and shall consist of a gold medal, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, suspended on a ribbon of appropriate material and color, and accompanying appurtenances. Each medal shall be suitably inscribed, and an appropriate citation shall accompany each award. SEC. 2. The President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service shall be presented by the President to civilian officers or employees of the Federal Government for exceptionally meritorious or outstanding civilian service performed in connection with or in relation to their official employment. Presentation of the award shall be made at such times as the President may determine; but not more than five awards shall be made in any one year. An award involving a group achievement shall be considered as a single award. SEC. 3. There is hereby established the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board), which shall consist of five members, appointed by the President from the Federal civilian service. The Chairman of the Board shall be designated by the President from the membership of the Board. SEC. 4. The terms of service of the members of the Board shall be four years, except that the first term of service of two of the original members, other than the Chairman, shall be two years instead of four years. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board occurring prior to the expiration of the term of his predecessor shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. SEC. 5. The members of the Board shall serve as such without additional compensation. The Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, or his designated representative, shall serve as Executive Secretary of the Board, and the Civil Service Commission is requested to furnish the Board the necessary staff and other services. SEC. 6. The Board shall advise and assist the President in the selection of persons to whom the award shall be tendered. In performing its functions, the Board shall carefully review recommendations submitted to it and decide which of them, if any, warrant presentation to the President, and shall transmit to the President, for his consideration, the names of those persons deemed by it to merit the award, together with its reasons therefor. Recipients for the award shall be selected by the President. SEC. 7. Recommendations for the award may be made by the heads of executive departments and agencies. Each recommendation shall be made personally by the head of the department or agency in which the proposed recipient of the award is employed, and shall be submitted, with appropriate supporting material, to the Board for its consideration. SEC. 8. The Board shall be guided in the performance of its functions by the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 304 of the Government Employees Incentive Awards Act, and by criteria and procedures established by it with the approval of the President. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) The significance and importance of the contribution to the Government or the public interest shall be so outstanding or exceptional that, in the opinion of the Board, the officer or employee is deserving of greater public commendation and official recognition than that which can be accorded by the head of the department or agency in which he is employed. (b) Awards shall be made only to civilian career officers or employees of the Government, or to officers or employees EXECUTIVE ORDER 10718 DELEGATING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE THE RATES OR TARIFFS OF FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES AT UNITED STATES EMBASSIES, LEGATIONS, AND CONSULATES 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: SECTION 1. There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of State the authority vested in the President by section 1745 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U. S. C. 1201) to prescribe, from time to time, the rates or tariffs of fees to be charged for official services, and to designate what shall be regarded as official services, besides such as are expressly declared by law, in the business of the several embassies, legations, and consulates, and to adapt the same, by such differences as may be necessary or proper, to each embassy, legation, or consulate. SEC. 2. This order shall not operate to amend, supersede, or terminate any rates or tariffs of fees, designations, or adaptations prescribed or made under authority of the said section 1745 and in force immediately prior to the issuance of this order; but authority to amend, supersede, or terminate the same, and to prescribe regulations necessary or desirable for the implementation of rates or tariffs of fees, designations, or adaptations heretofore or hereafter prescribed or made, shall be deemed to be included within the authority delegated by section 1 of this order. SEC. 3 The rates or tariffs of fees and the regulations prescribed and any other actions taken by the Secretary of State under authority of this order shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, June 27, 1957. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10719 RESTORING CERTAIN LANDS OF THE SCHOFIELD BARRACKS MILITARY RESERVATION TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII WHEREAS certain lands in WaianaeUka, District of Wahiawa, and Waikakalaua, District of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, which form a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United States under the joint resolution of annexation of July 7, 1898, 30 Stat. 750, were reserved for military purposes by Executive order of July 20, 1899, as modified by Executive Orders No. 1137 of November 15, 1909, No. 1242 of August 23, 1910, No. 2800 of February 4, 1918, No. 4274 of July 25, 1925, No. 4351 of December 2, 1925, No. 5771 of January 4, 1932, No. 6570 of January 20, 1934, No. 9995 of September 2, 1948,1 No. 10454 of May 18, 1953,' and No. 10665 of April 23, 1956; and WHEREAS the hereinafter-described parcel of such lands is desired by the Territory of Hawaii as a site for a public school; and WHEREAS it is deemed advisable and in the public interest that it be restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii, subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows: Subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, the following-described parcel of land comprising a part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, located on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of Hawaii: Being a portion of U. S. Military Reservation of Schofield Barracks (Presidential Executive Order No. 2800, dated February 4, 1918), situate at WaianaeUka, Wahiawa, Oahu, T. H. Beginning at the East corner of this parcel of land and on the Southwest side of Ayres Avenue, the coordinates of the said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "MAILI", being 8,175.34 feet South and 13,088.28 feet East, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South: 1. 24° 32′ 45′′-164.00 feet along remainder of U. S. Military Reservation of Schofield Barracks; 2. 85° 54'-236.71 feet along same; 5. 64° 21-352.76 feet along same; 13 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp. 23 CFR, 1953 Supp. $3 CFR, 1956 Supp. |