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Executive Order 13237

Creation of the President's Council on Bioethics

Signed by George Walker Bush on November 28, 2001.

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Signed recordNovember 28, 2001

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Publication record66 FR 59851

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Amended by EO 13316, September 17, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005;
Continued by EO 13446, September 28, 2007;
Superseded by EO 13521, November 24, 2009

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

Federal Register table of later actionsAmended by: EO 13316, September 17, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005; Continued by: EO 13446, September 28, 2007; Superseded by: EO 13521, November 24, 2009

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