Executive Order 11747—Delegating Certain Authority of the President Under the Water Resources Planning Act, as Amended

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. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the functions vested in the President by (1) sections 104 (b) and 204(3) of the Water Resources Planning Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962a-3 (b) and 1962b-3 (3), respectively), with respect to reviewing plans, or revisions thereof, of river basin commissions established pursuant to that act and transmitting those plans or revisions thereto to the Congress with appropriate recommendations; and (2) section 301 (b) of the same act (42 U.S.C. 1962c (b)) with respect to approving rules, procedures, arrangements, and provisions relating to coordination of Federal planning assistance programs and utilization of Federal agencies administering related programs.

SEC. 2. The Chairman of the Water Resources Council is designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the approval function for standards and procedures vested in the President by section 103 of the Water Resources Planning Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962a-2).

RICHARD NIXON

The White House,

November 7, 1973.