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Lyndon Johnson: “The Secretary of State, and, when designated by the Secretary of State for such purpose, the Under Secretary of State…”

On the recordDecember 11, 1966
The Secretary of State, and, when designated by the Secretary of State for such purpose, the Under Secretary of State, are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority conferred upon the President by Section 7 of the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1966 to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of that Act.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Executive Order 11320—Delegating Authority to Prescribe Rules and Regulations Relating to Foreign Gifts and Decorations

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