Executive Order 11354—Amending Executive Order No. 11030 of June 19, 1962, with Respect to the Preparation of Presidential Proclamations

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SEC. 1. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 11030 of June 19, 1962, relating to the preparation of Executive orders and proclamations (1 CFR 7.1), is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"(g) Proclamations issued by the President shall conclude with the following-described recitation—

'IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __________ day of __________, in the year of our Lord __________ and of the Independence of the United States of America the __________'"

SEC. 2. Section 3 (a) of Executive Order No. 11030 (1 CFR 7.3 (a)), is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(a) If the order or proclamation is signed by the President, the original and two copies shall be forwarded to the Director of the Office of the Federal Register for publication in the Federal Register."

SEC. 3. Item 1. of Executive Order No. 10347 of April 18, 1952, entitled "Providing for the Affixing of the Seal of the United States to Certain Presidential Documents," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"1. Proclamations by the President of treaties, conventions, protocols, or other international agreements."

SEC. 4. The provisions of Executive Order No. 3577 of November 8, 1921, shall not apply to proclamations, except proclamations of treaties, conventions, protocols, or other international agreements.

SEC. 5. This order shall be effective July 1, 1967.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House

May 23, 1967