provide the Committee with information and reports relating to matters within the cognizance of the Committee.

(b) Each Federal agency represented on the Committee shall furnish necessary assistance to the Committee in accordance with section 214 of the Act of May 3, 1945, 59 Stat. 134 (31 U.S.C. 691). (c) The General Services Administration is hereby designated as the agency which shall provide administrative services for the Committee on a reimbursable basis.

SEC. 5. Compensation and per diem. For each day any person appointed from private life as a member of the Committee is engaged in meetings, or is with the approval of the Chairman of the Committee engaged in other work in pursuance of this order, such person shall receive compensation at a rate determined by the Chairman of the Committee and travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 55a; 5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11137-RELATING TO CERTAIN ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ON NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE ARMED FORCES

SOURCE: Executive Order 11137 appears at 29 F.R. 223, Jan. 9, 1964. NOTE: This Executive Order 11137 modifies E.O. 10903 to the extent of the definition and the delegations of authority contained in sections 101 and 102. By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code and by the various provisions of law cited in the body of this order, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

PART I-ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS IN FOREIGN AREAS

SECTION 101. The term "employee", as defined in Section 111(3) of the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act (5 U.S.C. 3032(3)), is hereby further defined as including civilian employees, compensated from nonappropriated funds, of the instrumentalities of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces covered by Section 1 of the Act of June 19, 1952, ch. 444 (5 U.S.C. 150k).

SEC. 102. The Secretary of each military department with respect to his department, and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority vested in the President by Section 203 of the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act (5 U.S.C. 3035) to prescribe regulations governing payments of allowances and differentials in foreign areas to the extent that the said authority is in respect of employees referred to in Section 101 of this order whose rates of basic compensation from nonappropriated funds are fixed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned.

SEC. 103. Regulations prescribed under authority delegated by the provisions of Section 102 hereof:

(a) Shall, so far as practicable, be uniform.

(b) In the case of regulations prescribed by the Secretaries of the military departments, shall require the approval of the Secretary of Defense.

(c) Shall not, with respect to any locality, authorize allowances or differentials which exceed those prescribed under Executive Order No. 10903 of January 9, 1961 (3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp. p. 433), for other employees of the United States in the same locality.

SEC. 104. Executive Order No. 10903 of January 9, 1961, is hereby modified to the extent of the definition and the delegations of authority contained in Sections 101 and 102 hereof.

PART II-COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES IN CERTAIN NONFOREIGN AREAS SEC. 201. The Secretary of Defense with respect to the military departments, and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority vested in the President by paragraph (2) of Section 912 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (26 U.S.C. 912(2)), to approve the regulations there contemplated to the extent that the said regulations are in respect of the payment of cost-of-living allowances to employees, compensated from nonappropriated funds, of instrumentalities of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces covered by Section 1 of the Act of June 19, 1952, ch. 444 (5 U.S.C. 150k), who are stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska.

SEC. 202. Regulations approved under authority delegated by the provisions of Section 201 hereof:

(a) Shall, so far as practicable, be uniform.

(b) Shall not apply to employees who are stationed in either the Canal Zone or in any "foreign area" as defined in Section 111(6) of the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act (5 U.S.C. 3032 (6)).

(c) Shall be limited to employees whose rates of basic compensation are fixed in conformity with rates paid by the Government for work of a comparable level of difficulty and responsibility to employees stationed in the continental United States exclusive of Alaska.

(d) Shall not, with respect to any locality, authorize allowances which exceed those prescribed under Executive Order No. 10000 of September 16, 1948 (3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp. p. 792), as amended, for other employees of the United States in the same locality.

PART III-GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. All actions heretofore taken by the President or his delegate with respect to the matters affected by this order, and in effect at the time of the issuance of this order, including any regulations prescribed or approved by the President or his delegate with respect to such matters, shall, except as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in effect until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to appropriate authority.

SEC. 302. This order, and the regulations prescribed or approved under the authority thereof, shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11139-AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS MEDAL AND SERVICE RIBBON

SOURCE: Executive Order 11139 appears at 29 F.R. 227, Jan. 9, 1964. By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Defense, with respect to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to members of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to prescribe regulations under which the United Nations Medal and Service Ribbon may be accepted by members of the armed forces who have been determined eligible for consideration in accordance with the Regulations for the United Nations Medal, promulgated by the United Nations Organization on July 30, 1959. A determination that service with the United Nations in a particular geographic area or for a particular purpose constitutes a justifiable basis for authorizing acceptance of the United Nations Medal and Service Ribbon by eligible members of the armed forces of the United States shall be made with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11140-DELEGATING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

SOURCE: Executive Order 11140 appears at 29 F.R. 1637, Feb. 1, 1964.

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 ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to perform the following-described functions vested in the President under the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682), as amended:

(a) The authority under Section 203 (42 U.S.C. 204) to appoint commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps.

(b) The authority under Section 206(b) (42 U.S.C. 207(b)) to prescribe titles, appropriate to the several grades, for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service other than medical officers.

(c) The authority under Section 207 (a) (2) (42 U.S.C. 209 (a) (2)) to terminate commissions of officers of the Reserve Corps without the consent of the officers concerned.

(d) The authority under Section 210(a), (k), and (1) (42 U.S.C. 211(a), (k), and (1) to make or terminate temporary promotions of commissioned officers of the Regular Corps and Reserve Corps.

(e) The authority under Section 211(a) (5) (42 U.S.C. 212 (a) (5)) to approve voluntary retirements under that section.

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(f) The authority to prescribe regulations under the followingdesignated Sections: 207 (a), 207 (b), 208 (e), 210 (a), 210(b), 210(d) (1), 210 (h), 210(i), 210 (j) (1), 210(k), 215 (a), 218(a), 219(a), and 510 (42 U.S.C. 209(a), 209 (b), 210(e), 211(a), 211(b), 211(d)(1), 211(h), 211(i), 211(j) (1), 211(k), 216(a), 218a (a), 210-1(a), and 228).

(g) The authority under Sections 321 (a) and 364 (a) (42 U.S.C. 248(a) and 267(a)) to approve the selection of suitable sites for and the establishment of additional institutions, hospitals, stations, grounds, and anchorages; subject, however, to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, except as he may otherwise provide.

SEC. 2. The Surgeon General is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to perform the function vested in the President by Sections 203 and 207 (a) (2) of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 683, 685), as amended (42 U.S.C. 204 and 209 (a) (2)), or otherwise, of accepting voluntary resignations of commissioned officers of the Regular Corps or the Reserve Corps.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to exercise the authority vested in the President by Section 704 of Title 37 of the United States Code to prescribe regulations.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby authorized to redelegate all or any part of the functions set forth under (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 1 hereof to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service or other official of that Service who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

SEC. 5. All actions heretofore taken by appropriate authority with respect to the matters affected by this order and in force at the time of the issuance of this order, including any regulations prescribed or approved with respect to such matters, shall, except as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in effect until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred by this order.

SEC. 6. As used in this order, the term "functions" embraces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, or discretion, and the term "perform" may be construed to mean "exercise".

SEC. 7. (a) Executive Order No. 10506 of December 10, 1953, entitled "Delegating Certain Functions of the President under the Public Health Service Act," is hereby superseded.

(b) Executive Orders Nos. 9993 of August 31, 1948, 10031 of January 26, 1949, 10280 of August 16, 1951, 10354 of May 26, 1952, and 10497 of October 27, 1953, which prescribed regulations relating to commissioned officers and employees of the Public Health Service, are hereby revoked. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to alter or otherwise affect the regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General

(42 CFR Parts 21 and 22) to replace the regulations prescribed by the orders described in the preceding sentence.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11141-DECLARING A PUBLIC POLICY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE

SOURCE: Executive Order 11141 appears at 29 F.R. 2477, Feb. 15, 1964. WHEREAS the principle of equal employment opportunity is now an established policy of our Government and applies equally to all who wish to work and are capable of doing so; and

WHEREAS discrimination in employment because of age, except upon the basis of a bona fide occupational qualification, retirement plan, or statutory requirement, is inconsistent with that principle and with the social and economic objectives of our society; and

WHEREAS older workers are an indispensable source of productivity and experience which our Nation can ill afford to lose; and WHEREAS President Kennedy, mindful that maximum national growth depends on the utilization of all manpower resources, issued a memorandum on March 14, 1963, reaffirming the policy of the Executive Branch of the Government of hiring and promoting employees on the basis of merit alone and emphasizing the need to assure that older people are not discriminated against because of their age and receive fair and full consideration for employment and advancement in Federal employment; and

WHEREAS, to encourage and hasten the acceptance of the principle of equal employment opportunity for older persons by all sectors of the economy, private and public, the Federal Government can and should provide maximum leadership in this regard by adopting that principle as an express policy of the Federal Government not only with respect to Federal employees but also with respect to persons employed by contractors and subcontractors engaged in the performance of Federal contracts:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States and as President of the United States, I hereby declare that it is the policy of the Executive Branch of the Government that (1) contractors and subcontractors engaged in the performance of Federal contracts shall not, in connection with the employment, advancement, or discharge of employees, or in connection with the terms, conditions, or privileges of their employment, discriminate against persons because of their age except upon the basis of a bona fide occupational qualification, retirement plan, or statutory requirement, and (2) that contractors and subcontractors, or persons acting on their behalf, shall not specify, in solicitations or advertisements for employees to work on Government contracts, a maximum age limit for such employment unless the specified maximum age limit is based upon a bona fide occupational qualification, retirement plan, or statutory requirement. The head of each department and agency shall take appropriate action to enunciate this policy, and to this end the Federal Procurement Regulations and the Armed Services Procurement Regulation shall be amended by the insertion therein of a statement giving continuous notice of the existence of the policy declared by this order.