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Executive Order 11629—Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of State to Perform the Function Vested in the President by Article IV of the Convention Between the United States of America and Mexico for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Mammals (50 Stat. 1311; TS 912)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the function vested in the President by Article IV of the Convention between the United States of America and Mexico for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Mammals to determine, by common agreement with the President of Mexico, other species of birds which may be added to the list of migratory birds specified in and subject to the protection of the Convention.
SEC. 2. In carrying out his authority under this Order the Secretary of State shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House
October 26, 1971
NOTE: Executive Order 11629 was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11629—Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of State to Perform the Function Vested in the President by Article IV of the Convention Between the United States of America and Mexico for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Mammals (50 Stat. 1311; TS 912) Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/256703