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Executive Order 10282

Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of the Interior on Public Work Essential to the National Defense

Signed by Harry S. Truman on August 29, 1951.

Later amended
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Signed recordAugust 29, 1951

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Publication record16 FR 8813

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 30). Executive Order 10282: Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of the Interior on Public Work Essential to the National Defense [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 30, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10282

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 10282: Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of the Interior on Public Work Essential to the National Defense." Last modified October 30, 2026. Accessed October 30, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10282.

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  title        = {{Executive Order 10282: Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Department of the Interior on Public Work Essential to the National Defense}},
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  note         = {Reference number eo-10282; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1951.html; last checked October 30, 2026; accessed October 30, 2026}
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Supersedes EO 9360, July 7, 1943; EO 9368, August 9, 1943
Amended by EO 10416, December 2, 1952
Note See Public Law 94-412 (90 Stat. 1255; 50 U.S.C. 1601), which terminates, effective September 14, 1978, all powers and authorities, except those expressly cited, possessed by the President and/or other Federal officials as a result of any declaration of a national emergency in effect on September 14, 1976.

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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