Executive Order 11601—Amending Executive Order No. 11390, Providing for the Delegation of Certain Functions of the President to the Secretary of Defense

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of tide 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, section 1 of Executive Order No. 11390 of January 22, 1968, is amended by adding thereto the following:

"(15) The authority vested in the President by section 6386(c) of title 10, United States Code, to suspend, during a war or national emergency, certain provisions of law relative to the mandatory retirement or separation of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps."

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

June 29, 1971