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.
CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ALIQUIPPA AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OR ITS EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company, a carrier, and certain of its employees…
ENLARGING NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 1; REVOKING IN PART PUBLIC LAND ORDER NO. 460 OF APRIL 1, 1948
CALIFORNIA
By virtue of the authority vested in me as president of the United States and in effectuation of the purposes of the act of June 17,…
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD, COAST AND GEOECTIC SURVEY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 12 of…
MODIFYING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9721 (footnote 1), PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL TO CERTAIN PUBLIC INTERNATIONTAL ORGANIZATIONS
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised…
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9 OF JANUARY 17, 1873. RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF LOCAL OFFICES BY FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS the unincorporated community of Norris, in Anderson County, Tennessee, was transferred to private ownership by the…
CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUT BETWEEN THE UNION RAILROAD COMPANY (PITTSBURGH) AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Union Railroad Company (Pittsburgh), a carrier, and certain of its employees…
TRANSFERRING TO THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION FUNCTIONS PERTAINING TO CERTAIN UNITED STATES MILITARY CEMETERIES
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 12 of the act of March 4, 1923, 42 Stat. 1509, as amended by the act of June…
RESTORING CERTAIN LANDS AT KEAUKAHA, WAIAKEA, SOUTH HILO, HAWAII, TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII
WHEREAS certain hereinafter-described lands at Keaukaha, Waiakea, South Hilo, County and Territory of Hawaii, were set aside for the use…
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9195 (1) OF JULY 7, 1942, AS AMENDED, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO AERIAL FLIGHTS BY PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD, AND NATIONAL GUARD, AND OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DETAILED…
RESTORING CERTAIN LAND COMPRISING THE KEAAHALA MILITARY RESERVATION TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159 as amended by section 7 of the act of May…
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9871 AS AMENDED, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE GRANTING OF ALLOWANCES FOR QUARTERS AND SUBSISTENCE TO ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD, AND PER DIEM ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS…
ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF UNITED STATES HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR GERMANY
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Statues, including the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 999), and as President of the United States and…
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 (Public Law 472, 80th Congress), it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. During…
FURTHER EXTENSION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9898 OF OCTOBER 14, 1947, AS AMENDED, SUSPENDING THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW AS TO LABORERES AND EMCHANICS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE ON CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS
WHEREAS Executive Order No. 9898…
TERMINATION OF THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including the last paragraph of Title I of the First Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946 (60 Stat. 13), and…
INCLUDING CERTAIN LANDS IN THE CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST
WHEREAS on March 29, 1949, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture entered into an agreement providing for the transfer by the Authority to the Department of…
CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented…
REVOKING ORDER NO. 2458 OR SEPTEMBER 20, 1916, ESTABLISHING AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL BOARD ON INERNATIONAL SERVICE OF ICE OBSERVATION, ICE PATROL, AND OCEAN DERELICT DESTRUCTION
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States,…
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9805, PRESCRIBING REGULAITONS GOVERNING PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of August 2, 1946, 60 Stat. 806, it is ordered that sections 2, 3, and 15…
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9975 OF JULY 7, 1948, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ALLOWANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES OF CLAIMANTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF THE VETERAN ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR ATTENDANTS
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in…
CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (PACIFIC LINES) AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Southern Pacific Company (Pacific Lines), a carrier, and certain of its employees…
TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUING ACTION TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS the President and the Congress, in support of the recommendations of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government,…
EXEMPTION OF EUGENE BLACK FROM COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE
Whereas Eugene Black, Judge, Tax Court of the United States, will, during the month of July 1949, become subject to compulsory retirement for age under the provisions of the Civil Service…
TRANSFER OF THE DISTRICT LAND OFFICE AT CARSON CITY, NEVADA TO RENO, NEVADA
By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 2251 and 2252 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (43 U.S.C. 126 and 121), and upon the recommendation of the…
ELIMINATING CERTAIN PUBLIC LANDS FROM NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 2 AND RESERVING THEM FOR TOWNSITE PURPOSES
CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 6444 of November 25, 1933, certain public lands, including the lands hereinafter described, were…