Homeland Security-Related Executive Orders

"There is hereby established a Meritorious Service Medal, with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances, for award by the Secretary of a military department of the Secretary of Transportation with regard to the Coast Gu… more

Lyndon B. Johnson: "I hereby authorize the Secretary of Defense, with respect to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the Secretary of Transportation, with respect to members of the Coast Guard … more

"Any suggestion, invention, or scientific achievement by a member of the armed forces that contributes to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of operations of the Government of the United States through its … more

This executive order establishes functions performed by the President with respect to certain facilities constructed and maintained on the borders of the United States. "Except with respect to facilities covered by Ex… more

This executive order amends executive orders relating to functions of the Department of Transportation.

"The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 673a of title 10 of the United States Code, to order to active duty any member of the Ready Res… more

"It is the policy of the Government of the United States to develop its employees through the establishment and operation of progressive and efficient training programs, thereby improving public service, increasing ef… more

"The Secretary of Defense, and, when designated by him for this purpose, any of the secretaries of the military departments of the Department of Defnese, are hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the authority v… more

"The provision of Titles IV, VIII, IX, X, and Section 1108 (b) of the Act, together with the related definitions in Section 101 thereof, are extended to the Ryukyu Islands insofar as applicable to the economic regulat… more

"The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the Coast Guard), the Secretary of Commerce (acting through the Weather Bureau), and the Federal Communications Commission, respectively, are here… more

"There is hereby established the Vietnam Service Medal with suitable appurtenances. Except as limited in section 2 of this order, and under uniform regulations to be prescribed by the Secretaries of the military depar… more

"By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States code, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is ordered as fol… more

"The term 'aerial flight' shall be construed to mean flight in an aircraft or glider; and a flight shall be deemed to begin when the aircraft or glider takes off from rest at any point of support and to terminate when ti comes to a complete stop at a point of support."

EO 11137 relates to certain allowances and benefits for civilian employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of the Armed Forces.

"I hereby authorize the Secretary of Defense, with respect to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to members of the Coast Guard when it is not operat… more