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Executive Order 8197

Regulations Pertaining to the Administration of the Act of May 3, 1939, Public No. 63, 76th Congress, 1st Session

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Jul 11, 1939.

Later amended
Signed recordJul 11, 1939

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Publication record4 FR 2953

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Later dispositionLater amended

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Amended by EO 9190, July 2, 1942

National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.