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Executive Order 11738

Providing for administration of the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to Federal contracts, grants or loans

Signed by Richard Milhous Nixon on September 10, 1973.

No later action on file
Signed recordSeptember 10, 1973

The date the President signed it.

Publication record38 FR 25161

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionNo later action on file

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Reference number
eo-11738
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 11738: Providing for administration of the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to Federal contracts, grants or loans," last checked Oct. 28, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11738

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 28). Executive Order 11738: Providing for administration of the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to Federal contracts, grants or loans [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11738

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 11738: Providing for administration of the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to Federal contracts, grants or loans." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11738.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_11738,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 11738: Providing for administration of the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to Federal contracts, grants or loans}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-11738}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-11738; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1973.html; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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The order itself

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Later record

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These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Supersedes EO 11602, June 29, 1971

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

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