By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and as President of the United States of America, Executive Order No. 111'83, as amended, is further amended as follows:
SECTION 1. The word "young" is deleted wherever it appears in the preamble and in Section 2(a).
SEC. 2. Section 2(b) (2) is amended to read:
"(2) Are presently early in their chosen careers and show exceptional promise of future development;".
SEC. 3. Section 2(b) (4) is deleted, the word "and" is added at the end of Section 2(b) (3), and Section 2(b)(5) is redesignated as Section 2 (b) (4).
SEC. 4. Section 2(c) is amended by adding "age" after "national origin,".
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
October 3, 1977.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, ll: 15 a.m., October 4, 1977]
Note: The Executive order was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Jimmy Carter, Executive Order 12012—White House Fellowships Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/242622