(b) He shall provide advice and guidance to the States with regard to preparations for the continuity of State and local civilian political authority in the event of nuclear attack on the United States which shall include, but not be limited to, programs for maintaining lines of succession to office, safekeeping of essential records, provision for alternate sites of government, the protection and effective use of government, the protection and effective use of government resources, personnel, and facilities, and interstate compacts and reciprocal legislation relating to emergency preparedness.

(c) He shall assist the President in achieving a coordinated working relationship between the various elements of State governments and the Federal agencies to which specific emergency preparedness functions have been assigned pursuant to statute or Executive order.

(d) The civil defense activities involved in the functions prescribed by the foregoing provisions of this section shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Executive Order No. 10952 of July 20, 1961.

SEC. 209. Review and evaluation. The Director shall from time to time furnish the President overall reports and recommendations concerning the emergency preparedness programs, including the state of preparedness of Federal, State, and local governments to carry out their emergency functions.

PART III. SPECIAL EMERGENCY PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES

SECTION 301. General. Under the direction of the President, the Director shall have primary responsibility (1) for planning assumptions and broad nonmilitary emergency preparedness objectives, (2) for planning the nonmilitary organization and functioning of the Federal Government in time of national emergency, (3) for developing, in association with interested agencies, the emergency planning, including making recommendations to the President as to the appropriate roles of Federal agencies, in currently unassigned matters, such as, but not necessarily limited to, economic stabilization, economic warfare, emergency information, and wartime censorship, (4) for planning for the emergency mobilization of telecommunications resources, and (5) for the development of nonmilitary policies and programs for use in the event of enemy attack on the United States designed to restore the national defense potential of the nation.

SEC. 302. Emergency organization. The Director, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, shall plan for the organization and functioning of the Federal Government in an emergency, including provisions for the central direction of all emergency mobilization activities and the creation of such emergency agencies as may be required for the conduct of emergency activities including those within the normal jurisdiction of existing agencies. Plans shall provide for maximum practicable reliance to be placed on existing Federal agencies with competence in emergency operations and, as best may be, shall be harmonious with related operations of the Government as a whole.

SEC. 303. Emergency_authorities. The Director shall provide for the prompt exercise of Federal emergency authority through the advance preparation of such proposed legislation, Executive orders,

rules, regulations, and directives as would be necessary to put into effect operating programs appropriate to the emergency situation.

SEC. 304. Continuity of Federal Government. The Director shall develop policies and plans to assure the continuity of essential Federal Government activities through programs to provide for lines of succession to office, safekeeping of essential records, alternate sites for Government operations, and the protection and effective use of Government resources, personnel, and facilities.

SEC. 305. Executive Reserve. The Director, under authority of, and in accordance with the provisions of, Executive Order No. 10660 of February 15, 1956, shall develop policies and plans for the provision of an Executive Reserve of personnel capable of filling executive positions in the Government in time of emergency.

SEC. 306. Emergency telecommunications. The Director shall be responsibile for (1) planning for the mobilization of the nation's telecommunications resources in time of national emergency, and (2) carrying out, under the authority of, and in accordance with the provisions of, Executive Order No. 10705 of April 17, 1957, the functions thereby delegated or otherwise assigned to him.

SEC. 307. Post-attack recovery. Under the direction of the President, the Director, with the cooperation and assistance of the Federal agencies, shall develop policies, plans, and programs designed to provide for the rapid restoration after an attack on the United States of a national capability to support a strong national defense effort.

PART IV. CURRENT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

PART V. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 501. Rules and regulations. In carrying out his responsibilities under this order, the Director is authorized to issue such rules and regulations, and directives, consonant with law and Executive order, as he deems necessary and appropriate to the functions involved. SEC. 502. Boards and committees. The Director is hereby authorized to establish in headquarters and in the field such boards and committees as he deems necessary to advise him in the conduct of activities outlined herein.

SEC. 503. Certain additional authorities. (a) There are hereby delegated to the Director all those now-existing functions under the National Security Act of 1947 which were transferred to the President by the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799).

(b) In performing the functions under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 assigned to him, and subject to applicable provisions of Executive orders, the Director is authorized to exercise the authority conferred by Title IV of that Act. The foregoing provision of this subsection shall not be deemed to derogate from any authority under Title IV heretofore available to the Secretary of Defense.

SEC. 504. Reports. The Director is authorized to require from Federal agencies such statistical data and progress reports at such intervals as he deems necessary to discharge his responsibilities under this order. SEO. 505. Prior actions. All orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other actions relating to any function affected

by this order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent herewith or are hereafter amended or revoked under proper authority, and nothing in this order shall affect the validity or force of anything done under previous delegations or other assignments of the functions affected by this order.

SEC. 506. Executive Order 11030. Nothing in this order or in any order amended by this order shall derogate from the provisions of Executive Order No. 11030 of June 19, 1962.

SEC. 507. References to orders and Acts. Except as may for any reason be inappropriate, references in this order to any other Executive order or to any Act, and references in this order or in any other Executive order to this order, shall be deemed to include references thereto, respectively, as amended from time to time.

PART VI. PRIOR EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS

JOHN F. KENNEDY

THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 27, 1962

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11090

[28 Fed. Reg. 1841]

ASSIGNING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUNCTIONS TO THE

CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Scope. The Civil Aeronautics Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) shall prepare national emergency plans and develop preparedness programs covering establishment, administration, and control of the War Air Service Program described in Section 2(a) of this order; economic regulation of the domestic and international aspects of United States air carrier operations; and accident investigation of civil air operations. These plans and programs shall be designed to develop a state of readiness in these areas with respect to all conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United States.

SEC. 2. Definitions. As used in this order:

(a) "War Air Service Program" (hereinafter referred to as WASP) means the program designed to provide for the maintenance of essential civil air routes and services, and to provide for the distribution and redistribution of air carrier aircraft among civil air transport carriers after withdrawal of aircraft allocated to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.

(b) "Civil Reserve Air Fleet" (hereinafter referred to as CRAF) means those air carrier aircraft allocated by the Secretary of Commerce to the Department of Defense to meet essential military needs in the event of an emergency.

SEC. 3. Functions. The Board shall:

(a) Distribution of aircraft. Develop plans and be prepared to carry out such distribution and redistribution of all air carrier civil aircraft allocated by the Secretary of Commerce among the civil air transport carriers as may be necessary to assure the maintenance of essential civil routes and services under WASP operations after the requirements of the Department of Defense for CRAF have been met. (b) Economic regulation. Develop plans covering route authorizations and operations, tariffs, rates, and fares charged the public, mail rates, government compensation and subsidy, and accounting and contracting procedures essential to WASP operations.

(c) Priorities. Develop plans and procedures, in consonance with the general transportation planning and coordination function of the Secretary of Commerce, for the administration of controls and priorities of passenger and cargo movements in connection with the utilization of air carrier aircraft for WASP purposes in an emergency.

(d) Investigation. Maintain the capability to investigate major accidents involving civil air carrier aircraft, and violations of emergency economic regulations affecting air carrier operations.

(e) Claimancy. Assist the Federal Aviation Agency (hereinafter referred to as FAA) in preparing plans to evaluate requests for, and to claim from the appropriate agencies, the materials, manpower, equipment, supplies, and services that would be needed by air carriers in carrying out WASP and other civilian emergency functions that may be assigned to the Board. Assist FAA to work with such agencies in developing programs to insure the availability of such supplies and services in an emergency.

(f) Resources. Periodically assess the availability of air carrier aircraft in order to plan for their utilization under any emergency situation. Analyze resource estimates in relation to estimated requirements in order to identify probably deficiencies, recommend corrective action to the appropriate authorities, and provide data and assistance before and after attack for national resource evaluation purposes to the Office of Emergency Planning and to the Department of Commerce.

(g) Requirements. Develop on a continuing basis, in coordination with FAA, requirements for manpower, fuel, equipment, supplies, and other resources essential to the maintenance of WASP operations.

(h) Salvage and rehabilitation. Assist FAA in development of standby plans for the salvage of supplies and equipment and the rehabilitation, restoration, or replacement of essential civil aircraft and services after attack.

(i) Damage assessment. Provide assistance, as appropriate, to FAA and to the Department of Defense in assessing the effects of attack on air carrier aircraft.

(j) Professional liaison. Maintain relations with the air transportation industry to foster mutual understanding and support of WASP and the utilization of executive reservists.

(k) Financial aid. Develop plans and procedures for financial and credit assistance to the air transportation industry in the event these are needed under emergency conditions.

(1) Contracting. Prepare to perform as a contracting agency, if such agency is necessary, in connection with distribution and redistribution of aircraft for WASP.

SEC. 4. Research. Within the framework of Federal research objectives, the Board shall supervise or conduct research in areas directly concerned with carrying out its emergency preparedness responsibilities, designate representatives for necessary ad hoc or task force groups, and provide advice and assistance to other agencies in planning for research in areas involving the Board's interest.

SEC. 5. Functional Guidance. The Board, in carrying out the functions assigned in this order, shall be guided by the following:

(a) Interagency cooperation. The Board shall work with the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of FAA, and the heads of other agencies concerned with the development of emergency transportation programs. The Board shall utilize to the maximum. those capabilities of other agencies qualified to perform or assist in the performance of assigned functions by contractual or other agree