SEC. 304. Any executive department or agency which imposes by rule, regulation, or order requirements of nondiscrimination in employment, other than requirements imposed pursuant to this Order, may delegate to the Secretary of Labor by agreement such responsibilities with respect to compliance standards, reports, and procedures as would tend to bring the administration of such requirements into conformity with the administration of requirements imposed under this Order: Provided, That actions to effect compliance by recipients of Federal financial assistance with requirements imposed pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be taken in conformity with the procedures and limitations prescribed in Section 602 thereof and the regulations of the administering department or agency issued thereunder. PART IV-MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 401. The Secretary of Labor may delegate to any officer, agency, or employee in the Executive branch of the Government, any function or duty of the Secretary under Parts II and III of this Order, except authority to promulgate rules and regulations of a general nature.

SEC. 402. The Secretary of Labor shall provide administrative support for the execution of the program known as the "Plans for Progress."

SEC. 403. (a) Executive Orders Nos. 10590 (January 19, 1955), 10722 (August 5, 1957), 10925 (March 6, 1961), 11114 (June 22, 1963), and 11162 (July 28, 1964), are hereby superseded and the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity established by Executive Order No. 10925 is hereby abolished. All records and property in the custody of the Committee shall be transferred to the Civil Service Commission and the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate.

(b) Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to relieve any person of any obligation assumed or imposed under or pursuant to any Executive Order superseded by this Order. All rules, regulations, orders, instructions, designations, and other directives issued by the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity and those issued by the heads of various departments or agencies under or pursuant to any of the Executive orders superseded by this Order, shall, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with this Order, remain in full force and effect unless and until revoked or superseded by appropriate authority. References in such directives to provisions of the superseded orders shall be deemed to be references to the comparable provisions of this Order.

SEC. 404. The General Services Administration shall take appropriate action to revise the standard Government contract forms to accord with the provisions of this Order and of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor.

SEC. 405. This Order shall become effective thirty days after the date of this Order. LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 24, 1965.

COORDINATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL

Executive Order 11247

[30 F.R. 12327]

PROVIDING FOR THE COORDINATION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ENFORCEMENT OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

Whereas the Departments and agencies of the Federal Government have adopted uniform and consistent regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, in cooperation with the President's Council on Equal Opportunity, have embarked on a coordinated program of enforcement of the provisions of that Title; Whereas the issues hereafter arising in connection with coordination of the activities of the departments and agencies under that Title will be predominantly legal in character and in many cases will be related to judicial enforcement; and

Whereas the Attorney General is the chief law officer of the Federal Government and is charged with the duty of enforcing the laws of the United States:

Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and laws of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Attorney General shall assist Federal departments and agencies to coordinate their programs and activities and adopt consistent and uniform policies, practices, and procedures with respect to the enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He may promulgate such rules and regulations as he shall deem necessary to carry out his functions under this Order.

SEC. 2. Each Federal department and agency shall cooperate with the Attorney General in the performance of his functions under this Order and shall furnish him such reports and information as he may request.

SEC. 3. Effective 30 days from the date of this Order, Executive Order No. 11197 of February 5, 1965, is revoked. Such records of the President's Council on Equal Opportunity as may pertain to the enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall be transferred to the Attorney General.

SEC. 4. All rules, regulations, orders, instructions, designations and other directives issued by the President's Council on Equal Opportunity relating to the implementation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall remain in full force and effect unless and until revoked or superseded by directives of the Attorney General. LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

DEFENSE MOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES

FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED

[Public Law 920,1 81st Congress, 64 Stat. 1246, 50 U.S.C. App. 2251]

AN ACT To authorize a Federal civil defense program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950".

Sec. 2. Declaration of policy.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE I-ORGANIZATION

Sec. 101. Federal Civil Defense Administration.
Sec. 102. Civil Defense Advisory Council.

TITLE II-POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 201. Detailed functions of Administrator.

Sec. 202. Relation of Defense Production Act of 1950 to civil defense.

Sec. 203. Mutual aid pacts between several States and neighboring countries.
Sec. 204. Identity insignia.

Sec. 205. Personnel and Administrative Expenses.

TITLE III-EMERGENCY AUTHORITY

Sec. 301. National emergency for civil defense purposes.

Sec. 302. Utilization of Federal departments and agencies.

Sec. 303. Emergency powers.

Sec. 304. Immunity from suit.

Sec. 305. Waiver of Administrative Procedure Act.

Sec. 306. Compensation for nongovernmental property acquired.
Sec. 307. Termination.

TITLE IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Administrative authority.

Sec. 402. Exemption from certain prohibitions.

Sec. 403. Security regulations.

Sec. 404. Transfers to Administration.

Sec. 405. Utilization of existing facilities.

Sec. 406. Annual report to Congress.

1 Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958, effective July 1, 1958, 23 Fed. Reg. 4991, transferred the functions of the Federal Civil Defense Administration and Administrator to the President of the United States, and the Federal Civil Defense Administration was consolidated with the Office of Defense Mobilization to form the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization. By Executive Order 10773, effective July 1, 1958, 23 Fed. Reg. 5061, the President delegated to the Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization all functions transferred to the President by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958. Public Law 85-763, approved Aug. 26, 1958, 72 Stat. 861, amended Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 by changing the name of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization to the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Executive Order 10782, effective Sept. 6, 1958, 23 Fed. Reg. 6971, amended Executive Order 10773 by changing references therein to the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization to the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Public Law 87-296, approved Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 630, further amended Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 by changing the name of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization to the Office of Emergency Planning. Executive Order 11051, effective Sept. 27, 1962, 27 Fed. Reg. 9683, revoked Executive Orders 10773 and 10782 to the extent that such orders have become inapplicable.

Sec. 407. Applicability of Act.

Sec. 408. Appropriations and transfers of funds.

Sec. 409. Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Sec. 410. Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

Sec. 411. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Sec. 412. Separability.

Sec. 413. Applicability of Reorganization Plan Numbered 1.

DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 2.1 It is the sense of the Congress that the defense of the United States, in this thermonuclear age, can best be accomplished by enacting into law the measures set forth in this Act. It is the policy and intent of Congress to provide a system of civil defense for the protection of life and property in the United States from attack. It is further declared to be the policy and intent of the Congress that the responsibility for civil defense shall be vested jointly in the Federal Government and the several States and their political subdivisions. The Federal Government shall provide necessary direction, coordination, and guidance; shall be responsible for the operation of the Federal Civil Defense Administration as set forth in this Act; and shall provide necessary assistance as herein authorized.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. As used in this Act

(a) The term "attack" means any attack or series of attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or biological means or other

weapons or processes;

(b) The term "civil defense" means all those activities and measures designed or undertaken (1) to minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused or which would be caused by an attack upon the United States, (2) to deal with the immediate emergency conditions which would be created by any such attack, and (3) to effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by any such attack. Such term shall include, but shall not be limited to, (A) measures to be taken in preparation for anticipated attack (including the establishment of appropriate organizations, operational plans, and supporting agreements; the recruitment and training of personnel; the conduct of research; the procurement and stockpiling of necessary materials and supplies; the provision of suitable warning systems; the construction or preparation of shelters, shelter areas, and control centers; and, when appropriate, the non-military evacuation of civil population); (B) measures to be taken during attack (including the enforcement of passive defense regulations prescribed by duly established military or civil authorities; the evacuation of personnel to shelter areas; the control of traffic and panic; and the control and use of lighting and civil communications); and (C) measures to be taken following attack (including activities for fire fighting; rescue, emergency medical,

1 This section amended to read as set forth in the text by Public Law 85-606, approved August 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 532.

health and sanitation services; monitoring for specific hazards of special weapons; unexploded bomb reconnaissance; essential debris clearance; emergency welfare measures; and immediately essential emergency repair or restoration of damaged vital facilities);

(c) The term "organizational equipment" means equipment determined by the Administrator to be (1) necessary to a civil defense organization, as distinguished from personal equipment, and (2) of such a type or nature as to require it to be financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government. It shall not be construed to include those items which the local community normally utilizes in combating local disasters except when required in unusual quantities dictated by the requirements of the civil defense plans;

(d) The word "materials" shall include raw materials, supplies, medicines, equipment, component parts and technical information and processes necessary for civil defense;

(e) The word "facilities", except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall include buildings, shelters, utilities, and land;

(f) The term "United States" or "States" shall include the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, and the possessions of the United States; and

(g) The term "neighboring countries" shall include Canada and Mexico.

SEC. 101. (a) There is established in the executive branch of the Government a Federal Civil Defense Administration (hereinafter referred to as the "Administration") at the head of which shall be a Federal Civil Defense Administrator appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(b) There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Administrator who shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Administrator shall perform such functions as the Administrator shall prescribe and shall act for, and exercise the powers and perform the duties of, the Administrator during his absence or disability.

(c) The Administrator shall perform his functions subject to the direction and control of the President.

SEC. 102. (a) There is hereby created a Civil Defense Advisory Council, hereinafter referred to as the Council, which shall advise and consult with the Administrator with respect to general or basic policy

1 The Federal Civil Defense Administration and the Office of Defense Mobilization were consolidated to form the agency now known as the Office of Emergency Planning. See introductory footnote at the beginning of the text of this Act.

3 The Civil Defense Advisory Council, together with its functions, were transferred to the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958, effective July 1, 1958. 23 Fed. Reg. 4991. All other functions of the Federal Civil Defense Administrator and the Federal Civil Defense Administration under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, were vested in the President under the Reorganization Plan. Public Law 85-763, approved August 26. 1958, 72 Stat. 861. changed the name of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization to the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Public Law 87-296, approved September 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 630, changed the name of that agency to the Office of Emergency Planning.