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Executive Orders    top

1) White House Web Site
Coverage: 2001-date
Full text
Go to: White House: Executive Orders

2) Code of Federal Regulations      top
Coverage: 1936-date
Full text
Online: Code of Federal Regulations [GPO Access]
    
Search by keyword or scroll down and select TITLE 3 then scroll down
        to end and click on CONTINUE
  Print: REFERENCE  KF70 .A3 TITLE 3
    
In latest volume of TITLE 3, see front pages for list of
        Executive Order numbers to identify which volume a
        specific EO is in.

3) Federal Register and Federal Register Index      top

4) Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents     top

5) Public Papers of the Presidents     top

  • Print: DOCS/US  AE 2.114: (CSUF owns 1929-current date)
    • 1929-1988 EO's are printed full text during these years
    • 1989-current date: EO's are listed with Federal Register page numbers but full text is not printed in volumes published after 1988
    • NOTE: Roosevelt volumes (1934-1945) not yet available
  • Online: Public Papers of the President  (1991-present) [National Archives]

6) 100 Milestone Documents [Ourdocuments.gov]     top

7) Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders     top

  • Print: DOCS/US  AE 2.113:945-89
    • Coverage: April 13, 1945 - January 20, 1989 (Truman - Reagan)
    • Full text provided only for those having general applicability and in effect in 1989. Includes EO's issued before April 13, 1945, if they were amended from 1945-1989.
    • Arranged by broad subject areas similar to title designations in CFR: Agriculture, Food and Drugs, labor, Public health, Public Welfare, Telecommunication, Education, transportation
    • SUBJECT INDEX
  • Online: Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders [National Archives]
    • Coverage: April 13, 1945 - January 20, 1989 (Truman - Reagan)

8) United States Code Congressional and Administrative News      top

  • Print: REFERENCE  KF 63 .U5x
  • Coverage: 1946-date (EO 9673-)
  • Full text
  • See TABLE OF CONTENTS or spine (this is a multivolume set published annually)

9) Presidential Executive Orders: Numbered Series(1862-1938)     top

  • Print: REFERENCE KF70 .A5 1862-1938  v. 1-2
    • V.1: numerical order - V.2: subject index
  • Coverage: 1862-1938 (EO 1- EO 8030)
  • Brief summary and citations to original source only. No full text.

Current Status of Executive Orders &     top
     Where Executive Orders Appear in U.S. Code

  • Executive Orders Disposition Tables: 1937 -- present [National Archives]
    • These tables contain information about, but not the text of, Executive Orders, beginning with those signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. They are arranged according to Presidential administration and year of signature.
       
  • United States Code     top
    • Print:  DOCS/US  Y 1.2/5:2000/. See Volume 29 page 1095: Table VI. Executive Orders.
    • This table lists EO's by date, gives section of the USC into which they have been incorporated, and gives status (i.e., "eliminated," if it is no longer in effect).
    • For latest update, see USC Supplement volumes with TABLES on spine.
    • Online: U.S. CODE: U.S. Code (search or browse)
    • Online: U.S. CODE: U.S. Code Search Form
    • Online: U.S. CODE: U.S. Code Outline [LII]
       
  • United States Code Annotated     top
    • REFERENCE  KF62 .W48 x
    • As in USC, INDEX volumes with TABLES on spine will update status of EO's.

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