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Executive Order 12276

Direction relating to establishment of escrow accounts

Signed by James Earl Carter Jr. on January 19, 1981.

No later action on file
Signed recordJanuary 19, 1981

The date the President signed it.

Publication record46 FR 7913

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionNo later action on file

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Reference number
eo-12276
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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 12276: Direction relating to establishment of escrow accounts." Last modified October 30, 2026. Accessed October 30, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12276.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 12276: Direction relating to establishment of escrow accounts}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12276}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-12276; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1981-carter.html; last checked October 30, 2026; accessed October 30, 2026}
}
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These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Ratified by EO 12294, February 24, 1981
See EO 12160, November 14, 1979; EO 12211, April 17, 1980

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

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