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Executive Order 12782

Amending Executive Order No. 12594

Signed by George Herbert Walker Bush on November 21, 1991.

No later action on file
Signed recordNovember 21, 1991

The date the President signed it.

Publication record56 FR 59847

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionNo later action on file

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Reference number
eo-12782
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 12782: Amending Executive Order No. 12594," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12782

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 12782: Amending Executive Order No. 12594 [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12782

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 12782: Amending Executive Order No. 12594." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12782.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_12782,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 12782: Amending Executive Order No. 12594}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12782}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-12782; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1991.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 27, 2026}
}
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Later record

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Amends EO 12594, April 28, 1987

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

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