utes as affected by section 403 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946, 60 Stat. 1100 (43 U.S.C. 121), to order the discontinuance of any land office and the transfer of any of its business and archives to any other land office within the same State or Territory.

(i) The authority vested in the President by section 2250 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 125) to discontinue a land office in a land district under certain circumstances and to annex the same to some other adjoining land district.

(j) The authority vested in the President by section 2251 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 126) to change the location of the land offices in the several land districts established by law and to relocate the same from time to time at such point in the district as may be deemed expedient.

(k) The authority vested in the President by section 2253 of the Revised Statutes (43 U.S.C. 127) to change and reestablish the boundaries of land districts.

(1) The authority vested in the President by section 2 of the act of March 2, 1917, ch. 145, 39 Stat. 951, as amended (48 U.S.C. 737), to approve the payment out of the Treasury for other purposes of money derived from any tax levied or assessed for a special purpose in Puerto Rico.

(m) The authority vested in the President by section 7 of the act of March 2, 1917, ch. 145, 39 Stat. 954, as amended (48 U.S.C. 743), to convey to the people of Puerto Rico lands, buildings, or interests in lands, or other property owned by the United States, and to accept lands, buildings, or other interests or property by legislative grant from Puerto Rico.

(n) The authority vested in the President by section 3(b) of the act of March 3, 1925, ch. 426, 43 Stat. 1111, as amended (50 U.S.C. 164(b)), to approve regulations governing the production and sale of helium for medical, scientific, and commercial use.

(0) The authority vested in the President by section 6 of the act of April 26, 1906, ch. 1876, 34 Stat. 139, to remove from office the principal chief of the Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, or Seminole tribe or the governor of the Chickasaw tribe, to declare any such office vacant, and to fill any vacancy in any such office arising from removal, disability, or death of the incumbent.

(p) The authority vested in the President by section 28 of the act of April 26, 1906, ch. 1876, 34 Stat. 148, to approve acts, ordinances, or resolutions of the tribal council or legislature of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes or nations, and to approve contracts, involving the payment or expenditure of money or affecting property belonging to any of the said tribes or nations, made by them or any of them or by any officer thereof.

(q) So much of the authority vested in the President by section 5(a) of the act of February 22, 1935, ch. 18, 49 Stat. 31 (15 U.S.C. 715d(a)), as has not heretofore been delegated to the Secretary of the Interior, to prescribe such regulations as may be found necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of that act.

2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby designated and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the following functions which have heretofore, under the respective provisions of law cited, required the approval, ratification, or other action of the President in connection with their performance by the Secretary of the Interior:

(a) The authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 1 of the act of June 6, 1942, ch 380, 56 Stat. 326 (16 U.S.C. 459r), to convey or lease to the States or to the political subdivisions thereof any or all of certain recreational demonstration projects and lands and equipment comprised within such projects or any parts of such projects; and to transfer to other Federal agencies any of the said recreational demonstration areas that may be of use to such agencies.

(b) The authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 3 of the act of July 3, 1918, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755, as amended, and as affected by section 4(f) of Reorganization Plan No. II, effective July 1, 1939, 53 Stat. 1433 (16 U.S.C. 704), to promulgate regulations permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, or export of any migratory bird included in the terms of certain conventions, or any part, nest, or egg thereof.

(c) The authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 3 of the act of June 30, 1932, ch. 320, 47 Stat. 446 (48 U.S.C. 321b), to distribute certain duties, authority, and appropriations, and to make rules and regulations with respect to the use of roads, trails, and other works, including the fixing and collection of tolls in Alaska.

3. As used in this order, the term "functions" embraces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, or discretion, and the term "perform” may be construed to mean "exercise".

4. All actions heretofore taken by the President in respect of the matters affected by this order and in force at the time of the issuance of this order, including regulations prescribed by the President in respect of such matters, shall, except as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in effect until modified or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred by this order. HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 5, 1951.

[Order No. 2508, Amdt. 21

HEALTH, WELFARE, FUNDS AND
FISCAL MATTERS

Delegation of Authority With Respect to
Bureau of Indian Affairs

1. The following is added to section 10: SEC. 10. Health and welfare matters.

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(h) The issuance of special deputy officers' commissions to Federal and state employees working under the supervision

of the chief special officer for the suppression of traffic in liquor among Indians (62 Stat. 817; 18 U.S.C. 3055).

2. The following are added to section 11: SEC. 11. Funds and fiscal matters.

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(n) The approval of modifications and termination of trust agreements for relief and rehabilitation grants to tribes upon request of the tribes, and the transfer of any remaining assets of such grants to the tribes.

(0) The consent to assignments of loan agreements and interests therein by incorporated and unincorporated tribes and bands, credit associations, individuals, and cooperative associations indebted to the United States, and borrowers from incorporated and unincorporated tribes and bands and credit associations, pursuant to 25 CFR, Part 21.

(p) The taking of any of the steps authorized by 25 CFR 21.10.

EXTENSION OF TRUST PERIODS ON INDIAN LANDS EXPIRING DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1952

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority delegated by Executive Order No. 10250 of June 5, 1951, and pursuant to section 5 of the act of February 8, 1887, 24 Stat. 388, 389, by the act of June 21, 1906, 34 Stat. 325, 326, and by the act of March 2, 1917, 39 Stat. 969, 976, and other applicable provisions of law: It is hereby ordered, That the periods of trust or other restrictions against alienation contained in any patent applying to Indian lands, whether of a tribal or individual status, which, unless extended, will expire during the calendar year 1952, be, and the same are hereby, extended for a further period of one year from the date on which any such trust would otherwise expire.

This order is not intended to apply to any case in which Congress has specifically reserved to itself authority to extend the period of trust on tribal or individual Indian lands.

R. D. SEARLES,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
December 29, 1951.

CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION,
SOUTH DAKOTA

Order of Restoration

Whereas, under authority contained in the act of Congress approved May 29, 1908 (35 Stat. 460), providing for the disposition of surplus unallotted lands in the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota, certain surplus lands were opened to settlement and entry under the general provisions of the homestead and townsite laws of the United States, by Presidential Proclamation of August 19, 1909 (36 Stat. 2500), and

Whereas, there are now remaining undisposed of on the opened portion of the Cheyenne River Reservation a number of tracts of said surplus lands which, while of little value for the original purpose of

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, Secretary of the Interior.

settlement and entry, upon thorough investigation, have been found to be valuable to the Indians of said reservation in order properly to support and develop their rapidly expanding cattle industry, and

Whereas, by relinquishment and cancellation of homestead entries an additional area of similar lands may hereafter be added to the class of undisposed-of surplus lands, and

Whereas, the Superintendent of the Cheyenne River Reservation, the Area Director and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs have recommended restoration to tribal ownership of all the undisposed-of surplus lands and interests in lands within the following described areas:

BLACK HILLS MERIDIAN

Township 11 North, Range 17 East, those parts of Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36 east of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary.

Township 12 North, Range 17 East, those parts of Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36 east of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary.

Township 13 North, Range 17 East, Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36 and those parts of Sections 2, 11, 14, 23, 26, and 35 east of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary.

Township 14 North, Range 17 East, Sections 24, 25, 36, and those parts of Sections 23, 26, and 35 east of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary.

Township 16 North, Range 17 East, Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36 and those parts of Sections 2, 11, 14, 23, 26, and 35 east of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary.

Township 17 North, Range 17 East, Sections 12, 13, 24, 25, 36, and those parts of Sections 2, 11, 14, 23, 26, and 35 east of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary. Part of Section 1 lying south of the former Cheyenne River Indian Reservation boundary. Township 11 North, Range 18 East, Sections 2 to 11, Sections 14 to 23, Sections 26 to 34.

Township 12 North, Range 18 East, All. Township 13 North, Range 18 East, Sections 8 to 36. Township 14 North, Range 18 East, Sections 19 to 22, 27 to 34.

Township 16 North, Range 18 East, Section 1, N1/2; Sections 2 to 10; Section 11 NW14; Section 12, W12; Section 13, NE4, E2NW14, NW/NW14, SW/4: Section 14, W1/2, SE4; Sections 15 to 36.

Township 17 North, Range 18 East. Those parts of Sections 1 to 6 south of the former Cheyenne Reservation boundary, Sections 7 to 29; Section 30, Lots 1, 2, E2NW, SE4, Sections 31 to 36.

Township 12 North, Range 19 East, All.

Township 13 North, Range 19 East, Sections 7 to 36. Township 16 North, Range 19 East, All.

Township 17 North, Range 19 East, All.

Township 10 North, Range 20 East, Sections 1 to 12. Township 11 North, Range 20 East, All. Township 12 North, Range 20 East, All. Township 13 North, Range 20 East, Sections 1 to 3, Sections 7 to 36.

Township 14 North, Range 20 East, Sections 23 to 27; Sections 34 to 36.

Township 16 North, Range 20 East, Sections 1, 2; Section 3, N1/2, SW1⁄4, N11⁄2SË1⁄4, SW1⁄44SE/4; Sections 4 to 9; Section 10, W2, SE14; Sections 11 to 13; Section 14, SWANE, W/2, SE1/4; Sections 15 to 36.

Township 17 North, Range 20 East, Those parts of Sections 1 and 2 south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary. Section 3, Lots 5, 6, SW4NW1⁄4 SW14, NW4SE4; those parts of Sections 4, 5, and 6 south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary. Sections 7, 8; Section 9, N2, W2SW1/4, N2SE, SESE/4; Section 10, N2, E2SE/4; Section 11, All; Section 12, E12, E1/2W1/2, NWNW1⁄4, W1⁄41⁄2SW14; Section 13, E2, NW; Section 14, N2, SW/4; Section 15, E2NE14, W2, SE1⁄44; Section 16 to 21; Section 22, E2; Section 23, All; Section 24, NE, SW1/4; Section 25, W2NE14, NW, W1/2SW/4, SE, SE1⁄44SW14; Section 26, N2, SW14; Sections 27 to 36.

Township 10 North, Range 21 East, Sections 1 to 12.
Township 11 North, Range 21 East, All.
Township 12 North, Range 21 East, All.

Township 13 North, Range 21 East, Sections 1 to 30; Section 31, E2, SW; Sections 32 to 36.

Township 14 North, Range 21 East, Sections 19 to 36. Township 15 North, Range 21 East, Sections 1, 2, 11, to 14, 23 and 24.

Township 16 North, Range 21 East, All.

Township 17 North, Range 21 East, All south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary.

Township 10 North, Range 22 East, Sections 1 to 12. Township 11 North, Range 22 East, All.

Township 12 North, Range 22 East, All.

Township 13 North, Range 22 East, Section 1, Sections 5 to 8, 12 and 13, 17 to 20, Sections 24 and 25, Section 23, E2, SW; Section 21, S2, Section 22, S2; Sections 26 to 36.

Township 15 North, Range 22 East, Sections 1 to 24. Township 16 North, Range 22 East, All.

Township 17 North, Range 22 East, All south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary line. Township 10 North, Range 23 East, All. Township 11 North, Range 23 East, All. Township 12 North, Range 23 East, All. Township 13 North, Range 23 East, All.

Township 15 North, Range 23 East, Sections 1 to 24. Township 16 North, Range 23 East, All.

Township 17 North, Range 23 East, All south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary line. Township 10 North, Range 24 East, Sections 1 to 12. Township 11 North, Range 24 East, Sections 13 to 36. Township 12 North, Range 24 East, Sections 12 to 18. Township 13 North, Range 24 East, All.

Township 15 North, Range 24 East, Sections 4 to 9; 16 to 18.

Township 16 North, Range 24 East, All.

Township 17 North, Range 24, East, All south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary line. Township 16 North, Range 25 East, Sections 1 to 35. Township 17 North, Range 25 East, That part of Sections 1 to 6 south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary; Sections 7 to 16; Section 17, all except Lots 6 and 7; Sections 18 and 19; Section 20, E1/2, SW/4; Sections 21 to 36.

Township 16 North, Range 26 East, Sections 1 to 7; Section 8, N1/2, SW4; N1⁄2 of Sections 9 and 10; Sections 18, 19 and 30.

Township 16 North, Range 27 East, Sections 1 to 6. Township 17 North, Range 27 East, All south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary line.

Township 17 North, Range 28 East, That part of Sections 1 to 6 south of the former Cheyenne River Reservation boundary line and Sections 7 to 30.

Township 17 North, Range 29 East, Sections 1 to 21; Section 22, W2; Section 27, W2; Sections 28 to 30. Township 17 North, Range 30 East, Sections 1 to 18. Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by sections 3 and 7 of the act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), I hereby find that restoration to tribal ownership of all lands which are now, or may hereafter be, classified as undisposed-of surplus opened lands within the area above described, being within the boundaries of the former Cheyenne River Reservation, will be in the public interest, and they are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the use and benefit of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,

South Dakota, and the same are added to and made a part of the existing Reservation, subject to any valid existing rights. DALE E. DOTY,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. January 21, 1952.

[Order No. 2508, Amdt. 4]

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Delegation of Authority With Respect to Funds and Fiscal Matters

February 12, 1952. The following change is made in section 11, Funds and fiscal matters:

SEC. 11. Funds and fiscal matters.*

(f) The approval of attorney and other contracts with Indian tribes and the payment of fees and expenses thereunder, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 81, 82, 83, and 84, and section 16 of the act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 476).

DALE E. DOTY,

Acting Secretary of the Interior.

[Public Land Order 806]
ALASKA

Air-Navigation Site Withdrawal No. 205; Revoking Public Land Order No. 151 of July 19, 1943

By virtue of the authority_vested in the President and pursuant to Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943, and section 4 of the act of May 24, 1928, 45 Stat. 729 (49 U.S.C. 214), it is ordered as follows:

Subject to valid existing rights, and the provisions of existing withdrawals, the following-described public land in Alaska is hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws and reserved for the use of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Commerce, in the maintenance of air-navigation facilities, the reservation to be known as Air-Navigation Site Withdrawal No. 205:

Beginning at a point from which Corner No. 3, U.S. Survey No. 2244 (Tract A) at Barrow, bears N. 27 517 E., 523.63 feet, thence by metes and bounds,

S. 30 E., 800 feet,

S. 60° W., 488 feet,

N. 30° W., 800 feet,

N. 60° E., 488 feet, to the point of beginning.

The tract described contains approximately 8.96 acres.

Permission is also granted the Civil Aeronautics Administration to construct, operate, and maintain a telephone line and an underground power line between the points described, for each line, below:

Telephone line. Beginning at a point on the east boundary of the tract above described from which the point of beginning of the tract bears N. 30 W., 210 feet, thence N. 50° E., 807 feet to a point on the west boundary of the area reserved by Executive Order 6132 of May 15, 1933, for the U.S. Signal Corps.

Underground power line. Beginning at a point on the east boundary of the tract above described from which the point of beginning of the tract bears N. 30° W., 100 feet, thence N. 35° E. (approximately) 683' to a point on the south boundary of U.S. Survey 2244 (Tract A).

This order shall take precedence over but not otherwise affect Executive Order No. 3797-A of February 27, 1923, establishing a Naval Petroleum Reserve and Public Land Order No. 324 of August 14, 1946, withdrawing public land for classification

and proposed designation as a native reservation for the inhabitants of the Village of Barrow and vicinity, Alaska.

Public Land Order No. 151 dated July 19, 1943, establishing Air-Navigation Site Withdrawal No. 205 on the following-described lands, and granting a right-of-way in connection therewith is hereby revoked:

Beginning at a point on top of the escarpment, from which corner No. 3, U.S. Survey No. 2244, Tract A, in the village of Barrow, bears approximately N. 69° E., 1260 feet, latitude 71° 18' N., longitude 156°30′ W.

From the initial point by metes and bounds: Northeast, 495 feet, along the top of the escarpment above the beach of the Arctic Ocean;

S. 5° W., 297 feet;

S. 40 W., 272 feet, to a point on the edge of the escarpment, above a ravine;

Northwest, 195 feet, along the top of the escarpment to the place of beginning.

The area as described contains 1.7 acres.

The lands released by the revocation of Public Land Order No. 151 are a part of the Naval Petroleum Reserve established by the above-mentioned Executive Order No. 3797-A of February 27, 1923.

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
Secretary of the Interior.

February 16, 1952.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10331 Inspection of Income Tax Returns by the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 55(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 29, 54 Stat. 1008, 55 Stat. 722; 26 U.S.C. 55(a)), it is hereby ordered that any income tax return for the years 1946 to 1950, inclusive, shall, during the Eighty-second Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof in connection with its studies of relations of the United States with the Indians and the Indian tribes and measures relating to the care, education, and management of Indians, including the care and allotment of Indian lands and general and special measures relating to claims which are paid out of Indian funds, subject to the conditions stated in the Treasury decision relating to the inspection of such returns by that Committee, approved by me this date.

This Executive order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

tion, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the Interior the authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847 (43 U.S.C. 141), and the authority otherwise vested in him to withdraw or reserve lands of the public domain and other lands owned or controlled by the United States in the continental United States or Alaska for public purposes, including the authority to modify or revoke withdrawals and reservations of such lands heretofore or hereafter made.

(b) All orders issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of this order shall be designated as public land orders and shall be submitted to the Division of the Federal Register, General Services Administration, for filing and for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

(c) No order affecting land under the administrative jurisdiction of any executive department or agency of the Government other than the Department of the Interior shall be issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of this order without the prior approval or concurrence, so far as the order affects such land, of the head of the department or agency concerned, or of such officer of the department or agency concerned as the head thereof may designate for such purpose: Provided, that such officer is required to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(d) Any disagreement between two or more executive departments or agencies with respect to any proposed withdrawal or reservation shall be referred to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget for consideration and adjustment. The Director may, in his discretion, submit the matter to the President for his determination.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue such rules and regulations, and to prescribe such procedures, as he may from time to time deem necessary or desirable for the exercise of the authority delegated to him by this order.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redelegate the authority delegated to him by this order to one or more of the following-designated officers: the Under Secretary of the Interior and the Assistant Secretaries of the Interior.

SEC. 4. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9337 of April 24, 1943, entitled "Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior To Withdraw and Reserve Lands of the Public Domain and Other Lands Owned or Controlled by the United States".

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 26, 1952.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

[Order No. 2508, Amdt. 5]

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Delegation of Authority

1. In section 13 Lands and minerals, paragraph (h) is revised to read as follows: (h) The approval and certification of applications for allotments on the public domain under authority of the act of February 8, 1887 (25 U.S.C. sec. 334), or the acts

of February 28, 1891 and June 25, 1910 (25 U.S.C. sec. 336), and in the national forests pursuant to the act of June 25, 1910 (25 U.S.C. sec. 337).

2. The following is added to Section 13, Lands and minerals:

(u) The approval of assignments and the issuance of certificates of assignment to Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of land acquired by the United States pursuant to the acts of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 992) and August 19, 1890 (26 Stat. 349).

(v) Soil and moisture conservation operations on Indian lands, pursuant to the President's Reorganization Plan No. IV, of 1940 (54 Stat. 1235), and the Soil Conservation Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. sec. 590a), and subject to the coordination and general supervision of the Office of the Secretary.

3. Section 25 Subdelegation is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 25. Redelegation. The authority conferred upon the Commissioner in the preceding sections of this order may be redelegated by him to the Associate Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners, Executive Officer, Director, Division of Program, Chief Counsel, Associate Chief Counsel, Assistant Chief Counsel, Branch Chiefs, Area Directors, Superintendents or Officers in Charge of Agencies and Local Facilities, and such other officers of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as are designated by him. The Commissioner may also redelegate to such officials the authority conferred upon him by the general regulations appearing in Title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, insofar as such authority relates to action in individual cases. The Commissioner may authorize officials who may have a redelegation of authority under this section to redelegate such authority to employees of the Bureau designated by them. Appeal from an action taken by the Superintendent or other officer of an agency pursuant to a redelegation of authority under this section shall be taken to the Area Director and thence to the Commissioner. Appeal from an action taken by any other officer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs pursuant to a redelegation of authority under this section shall be taken to the Commissioner. Appeals from the Commissioner shall be taken to the Secretary of the Interior.

(5 U.S.C. 1946 ed., sec. 22; 25 U.S.C. 1946 ed, secs. 1a, 2, 2a; sec. 2, Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 1950, 15 F.R. 3174).

4. The following new section 27 Withdrawal and restoration of authority, is added:

SEC. 27. Withdrawal and restoration of authority. The Commissioner, or any Area Director with the approval of the Commissioner, may upon written notice to a Superintendent or other official withdraw from such official any authority directly delegated to him under the general regulations appearing in Title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, and thereafter the authority so withdrawn shall be exercised by the Area Director or such other official as may be designated in writing by or with the approval of the Commissioner. The authority so withdrawn from a Superintendent or other official may be restored

61. Requests for title opinions.

SECTION 1. Under Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, and Administrative Assistant Secretary. (a) The Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Administrative Assistant Secretary may severally exercise all the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to any matter, including any defense matter concerning electric power, fishery commodities, metals and minerals, or solid fuels, which comes before any of them, except:

(1) The signing of correspondence addressed to the President;

(2) The issuance of orders delegating the authority of the Secretary;

(3) The exercise of powers delegated by the President to the Secretary without any authorization for redelegation:

(4) The issuance of general regulations; and

(5) The making of appointments under section 710 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App., 1946 ed., Supp. IV, sec. 2160).

(b) Notwithstanding the limitation contained in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of this section:

(1) The Under Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, or the Administrative Assistant Secretary may authorize officers or