Executive Order 12109—Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 5948 of Title 5 and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1-101. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the authority of the President under Section 5948 of Title 5 of the United States Code, to prescribe regulations, criteria, and conditions with regard to the payment of comparability allowances to recruit and retain certain Federal physicians.

1-102. Until the Office of Personnel Management is established (on or before January 1, 1979), pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (43 FR 36037), the Civil Service Commission shall exercise the authority delegated under this Order to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

December 28, 1978.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:27 p.m., December 29, 1978]