Use the text excerpt to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0ACongress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972. In the legislation, Congress directed the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an executive agency, to carry out the legislation. President Nixon issued Executive Order 11738 entitled “Providing for administration of the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to Federal contracts, grants, or loans.” In this executive order, President Nixon directed the administrator of the EPA to procure contracts for goods and services to effectively enforce the Clean Air Act. He wrote, “By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of the Clean Air Act, as added by the Clean Air Amendments of 1970 (Public Law 91-604), and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), particularly section 508 of that Act as added by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500), it is hereby ordered... The Administrator shall issue such rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Order.”%0D%0A%0D%0AExplain how President Nixon’s use of this executive order employed a specific source of executive order authority.%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Nixon used constitutional authority to issue the executive order.%0D%0APresident Nixon used constitutional authority to issue the executive order.%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Nixon used concurrent authority to issue the executive order.%0D%0APresident Nixon used concurrent authority to issue the executive order.%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Nixon used inherent authority to issue the executive order.%0D%0APresident Nixon used inherent authority to issue the executive order.%0D%0A%0D%0APresident Nixon used congressional authority to issue the executive order.

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President Nixon used congressional authority to issue the executive order. This is evident as he cited the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, both of which were enacted by Congress, as the basis for his authority to direct the EPA administrator to implement rules and regulations necessary to enforce these laws.