Executive Orders
Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government.
The text of executive orders appears in the daily Federal Register as each executive order is signed by the President and received by the Office of the Federal Register. The text of executive orders beginning with Executive Order 7316 of March 13, 1936, also appears in the sequential editions of Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Tables that are part of the executive orders are not included in this web site, please see the CFR for the tables.
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10161, (2) AS AMENDED, WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN PLANT FIBERS
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including the Defense Production Act of 1950 as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and…
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9781, (1) ESTABLISHING THE AIR COORDINATING COMMITTEE
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 1(a) of Executive Order No. 9781 of September 19, 1946, be, and…
ESTABLISHING THE WHITTIER DEFENSIVE SEA AREA, ALASKA
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2152 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, the following-described area is established and reserved for…
CONTINUING THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AS A MILITARY SERVICE
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 216 of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 690), as continued by the Emergency Powers Interim Continuation Act (…
AMENDING THE SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS
By virtue of the authority vested in me by title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations…
EXEMPTION OF JOHN J. DEVINY FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE
WHEREAS John J. Deviny, the Public Printer, will, during the month of June, 1952, become subject to compulsory retirement for age under the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act of…
SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OFFICER PERSONNEL ACT OF 1947, AS AMENDED, WHICH RELATE TO OFFICERS OF THE MARINE CORPS
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 426(c) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended (Public Law 67,…
AMENDING THE SELCTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS
By virtue of the authority vested in me by title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendment of the Selective Service Regulations…
CONTINUING THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AS A MILITARY SERVICE
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 216 of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 690), as continued by the Emergency Powers Interim Continuation Act (…
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10300, (footnote 1) ENTITLED "PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1951 AND RELATED STATUTES".
Executive Order No. 10300 of November 1, 1951, entitle "Providing for the Administration of the…
FURTHER DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 103 (a) OF THE RENEGOTIATION ACT OF 1951
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Renegotiation Act of 1951, 65 Stat. 7, hereinafter referred to as the Act, and as President of the United States, it is…
DELEGATING CERTAIN AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE SMALL DEFENSE PLANTS ADMINISTRATOR
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et. seq.), hereinafter referred to as the Act, and as…
CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES.
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Trans World Airlines, Inc., a carrier and certain of its employees represented by the Flight…
CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Northwest Airlines, Inc., a carrier and certain of its employees represented by the International…
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10161 (footnote 1) WITH RESPECT TO REAL ESTATE CREDIT
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and as President of the United States,…
ENLARGING THE NICOLET AND CHEQUAMEGON NATIONAL FORESTS, WISCONSIN
WHEREAS the United States has acquired through exchange under the authority of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (50 Stat. 525), as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010-1013), certain…
RESTORING LANDS COMPRISING THE ROUND TOP MILITARY RESERVATION AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY THERETO TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII
WHEREAS certain lands known as Round Top Military Reservation and rights-of-way thereto, located at Honolulu, Island…
PROVIDING FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS IN THE FIELD SERVICE OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C.…
PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE WAGE STABILIZATION BOARD
By the virtue of the authority vested in me by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U...S.C. app. 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as…
RESTORING CERTAIN LAND AT HILO, HAWAII, TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII
WHEREAS certain land at Hilo, Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, which forms a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii…
SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OFFICER PERSONNEL ACT OF 1947 APPLICABLE TO THE RETIRMENT OF COLONELS OF THE REGULAR ARMY AND THE REGULAR AIR FORCE
By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (f) of section 514 of…
DEFINING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR GERMANY
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 109 (d) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 142), as amended, and section 507 of the Mutual Security Act of…
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9805, (3) PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 806, it is ordered that section 21…
PROVIDING FOR THE LIQUIDATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE DISPLACED PERSON'S COMMISSION
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and for the purpose of accomplishing the liquidation of the outstanding affairs of the Displaced…
RESORTING CERTAIN LANDS AT PALLAU, MOLOKAI, TO THE JURISDICTION OF TERRITORY OF HAWAII
WHEREAS, certain lands located at Palaau, Molokai, Territory of Hawaii, which form a part of the public lands ceded and transferred to the United States by the…