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Executive Order 7553

Increasing Amounts Available for Public Projects Under Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 17, 1937.

Later amended
Signed recordFebruary 17, 1937

The date the President signed it.

Publication record2 FR 403

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

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Reference number
eo-7553
Official source
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 7553: Increasing Amounts Available for Public Projects Under Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7553

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 7553: Increasing Amounts Available for Public Projects Under Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936 [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7553

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 7553: Increasing Amounts Available for Public Projects Under Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7553.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 7553: Increasing Amounts Available for Public Projects Under Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7553}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-7553; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1937.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 27, 2026}
}
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The order itself

As signed

The complete text of the order.

Later record

What happened to this order

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

Amends EO 7469, October 13, 1936; EO 7512, December 16, 1936
Amended by EO 7617, May 13, 1937

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

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