# Executive Order 10773

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See the Notes section for a listing of Executive Orders affected by or related to the issuance of this Executive Order.
Signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower Tuesday, July 1, 1958
Federal Register page & date: 23 FR 5061, Thursday, July 3, 1958
Executive Order 10773 of July 1, 1958
Delegating and Transferring Certain Functions and Affairs to the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 and including also authority vested in me by provisions of law cited in the preambles of, or relied upon in connection with the issuance of, orders amended by this order, it is ordered as follows:

#### Section 1.

The “Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization” and the “Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization”, referred to in this order, are the Office of that name and the officer with that title, respectively, provided for in Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958.

#### Sec. 2.

| (a) | There are hereby delegated to the Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization, with power of redelegation by him, all functions transferred to the President by the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958. |
| (b) | Subject to the provisions of section 7 of this order, all functions of the President of the United States heretofore delegated or assigned to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, the Office of Defense Mobilization, the Federal Civil Defense Administrator (or the Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration), or the Federal Civil Defense Administration are, to the extent that those delegations or assignments were in effect June 30, 1958, redelegated or reassigned, as the case may be, to the Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization. |

#### Sec. 3.

Except in instances wherein the provisions concerned are for any reason inapplicable as of the effective date of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958:
| (a) | Each reference in any prior Executive order to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization and each reference in any prior Executive order to the Federal Civil Defense Administrator (or to the Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration) is hereby amended to refer to the Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization. |
| (b) | Each reference in any prior Executive order to the Office of Defense Mobilization and each reference in any prior Executive order to the Federal Civil Defense Administration is hereby amended to refer to the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization. |

#### Sec. 4.

Without limiting the application of section 3 of this order, the amendments made thereby shall apply, subject to the provisions of section 3 of this order:
| (a) | To references to the Federal Civil Defense Administrator (or to the Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration) and to references to the Federal Civil Defense Administration in the following-designated Executive orders, including any Executive orders amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto: |
| | (1)   Executive Order No. 10242 of May 8, 1951. (2)   Executive Order No. 10260 of June 27, 1951. (3)   Executive Order No. 10346 of April 17, 1952. (4)   Executive Order No. 10421 of December 31, 1952. (5)   Executive Order No. 10427 of January 16, 1953. (6)   Executive Order No. 10529 of April 22, 1954. (7)   Executive Order No. 10737 of October 29, 1957. |
| (b) | To references to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization and to references to the Office of Defense Mobilization in the following-designated Executive orders, including any Executive order amendatory thereof of supplementary thereto: |
| | (1)   Executive Order No. 10219 of February 28, 1951. (2)   Executive Order No. 10296 of October 2, 1951. (3)   Executive Order No. 10312 of December 10, 1951. (4)   Executive Order No. 10346 of April 17, 1952. (5)   Executive Order No. 10421 of December 31, 1952. (6)   Executive Order No. 10460 of June 16, 1953. (7)   Executive Order No. 10480 of August 14, 1953, (except section 102). (8)   Executive Order No. 10494 of October 14, 1953. (9)   Executive Order No. 10524 of March 31, 1954. (10)   Executive Order No. 10539 of June 22, 1954. (11)   Executive Order No. 10560 of September 9, 1954. (12)   Executive Order No. 10590 of January 18, 1955. (13)   Executive Order No. 10601 of March 21, 1955. (14)   Executive Order No. 10634 of August 25, 1955. (15)   Executive Order No. 10638 of October 10, 1955. (16)   Executive Order No. 10655 of January 28, 1956. (17)   Executive Order No. 10660 of February 15, 1956. (18)   Executive Order No. 10700 of February 25, 1957. (19)   Executive Order No. 10705 of April 17, 1957. |

#### Sec. 5.

Each reference in Executive Order No. 10737 of October 29, 1957, to a Regional Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration is hereby amended to refer to a Regional Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization.

#### Sec. 6.

| (a) | There is hereby established in the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization the Defense and Civilian Mobilization Board. The Board shall be composed of the Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization, who shall be the chairman of the Board, and of the heads of such executive departments and agencies of the Government as may be designated, with their consent from time to time by the Director. |
| (b) | The Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization may from time to time establish subsidiary units of the Board and assign suitable names thereto. The Director and the heads of any executive departments and agencies may be designated, with their consent, as members of such units. The Director shall be the chairman of any subsidiary unit of which he is a member and he shall designate the chairman of any other subsidiary units from among the members thereof. |
| (c) | The Board established by this section, and each subsidiary unit thereof established under this section, shall advise the Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization with respect to matters relating to his responsibilities as he shall request. |

#### Sec. 7.

The following are hereby revoked:
| (1) | Executive Order No. 10224 of March 15, 1951. |
| (2) | Executive Order No. 10276 of July 31, 1951. |
| (3) | Executive Order No. 10293 of September 27, 1951. |
| (4) | Executive Order No. 10350 of May 14, 1952. |
| (5) | Executive Order No. 10475 of July 31, 1953. |
| (6) | Section 102 of Executive Order No. 10480 of August 14, 1953. |
| (7) | Executive Order No. 10611 of May 11, 1955. |

#### Sec. 8.

This order shall not operate to terminate or impair any regulation, ruling, order, directive, certificate, determination, authorization, contract, agreement, or other action, issued, undertaken, or entered into with respect to any function affected by the provisions of section 2, 3, or 4 of this order; not shall this order affect the validity or force of anything heretofore done in connection with any such function. Any of the instruments referred to in this section may be hereafter amended, modified, or revoked, by appropriate authority.

#### Sec. 9.

The Director of the Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization is hereby authorized to issue such regulations as he may deem necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this order.

#### Sec. 10.

The provisions of this order shall be effective as of July 1, 1958, the effective date of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958.

## Notes

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Amended by:
* Executive Order 10782, September 6, 1958;
* Executive Order 10952, July 20, 1961
Amends:
* Executive Order 10219, February 28, 1951;
* Executive Order 10242, May 8, 1951;
* Executive Order 10260, June 27, 1951;
* Executive Order 10296, October 2, 1951;
* Executive Order 10312, December 10, 1951;
* Executive Order 10346, April 17, 1952;
* Executive Order 10421, December 31, 1952;
* Executive Order 10427, January 16, 1953;
* Executive Order 10460, June 16, 1953;
* Executive Order 10480, August 14, 1953;
* Executive Order 10494, October 14, 1953;
* Executive Order 10524, March 31, 1954;
* Executive Order 10529, April 22, 1954;
* Executive Order 10539, June 22, 1954;
* Executive Order 10560, September 9, 1954;
* Executive Order 10590, January 18, 1955;
* Executive Order 10601, March 21, 1955;
* Executive Order 10634, August 25, 1955;
* Executive Order 10638, October 10, 1955;
* Executive Order 10655, January 28, 1956;
* Executive Order 10660, February 15, 1956;
* Executive Order 10700, February 25, 1957;
* Executive Order 10705, April 17, 1957;
* Executive Order 10737, October 29, 1957
Revokes (in part):
* Executive Order 10480, August 14, 1953
Revokes:
* Executive Order 10224, March 15, 1951;
* Executive Order 10276, July 31, 1951;
* Executive Order 10293, September 27, 1951;
* Executive Order 10350, May 14, 1952;
* Executive Order 10475, July 31, 1953;
* Executive Order 10611, May 11, 1955
Superseded (in part) by:
* Executive Order 10958, August 14, 1961
Revoked by:
* Executive Order 11051, September 27, 1962
See related:
* Executive Order 10838, September 16, 1959;
* Executive Order 10902, January 9, 1961
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