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Executive Order 13228

Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council

Signed by George Walker Bush on October 8, 2001.

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Signed recordOctober 8, 2001

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Publication record66 FR 51812

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Amends EO 12656, November 18, 1988;; ;
Amended by EO 13284, January 23, 2003; EO 13286, February 28, 2003;; ;
See EO 13231, October 16, 2001; EO 13257, February 13, 2002

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

Federal Register table of later actionsAmends: EO 12656, November 18, 1988;; ; Amended by: EO 13284, January 23, 2003; EO 13286, February 28, 2003;; ; See: EO 13231, October 16, 2001; EO 13257, February 13, 2002

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