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Executive Order 8417: Amendment of Rule 120 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters and the Exclusion of Persons From the Canal Zone, as Amended by Executive Order No. 50…

Executive Order 8417, "Amendment of Rule 120 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters and the Exclusion of Persons From the Canal Zone, as Amended by Executive Order No. 50…", was signed on May 22, 1940.

Signed: May 22, 1940
Official source: National Archives ↗
Last checked: October 28, 2026

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Reference number: eo-8417
Permanent link: https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8417
Official source: National Archives ↗
Last checked: October 28, 2026Executive-order archive last refreshed from the Federal Register and National Archives

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 28). Executive Order 8417: Amendment of Rule 120 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters and the Exclusion of Persons From the Canal Zone, as Amended by Executive Order No. 50… [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8417

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8417: Amendment of Rule 120 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters and the Exclusion of Persons From the Canal Zone, as Amended by Executive Order No. 50…." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8417.

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@misc{votefiles_eo_8417,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8417: Amendment of Rule 120 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent Waters and the Exclusion of Persons From the Canal Zone, as Amended by Executive Order No. 50…}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8417}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8417; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}

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