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Executive Order 7816

Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 15, 1938.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordFebruary 15, 1938

The date the President signed it.

Publication record3 FR 448

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Reference number
eo-7816
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 7816: Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska," last checked Oct. 26, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7816

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 26). Executive Order 7816: Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7816

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 7816: Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska." Last modified October 26, 2026. Accessed October 26, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7816.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_7816,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 7816: Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-7816}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-7816; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1938.html; last checked October 26, 2026; accessed October 26, 2026}
}
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Later record

What happened to this order

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

Amends EO 1733, March 3, 1913; EO 5243, December 19, 1929; EO 6044, February 23, 1933
Superseded by EO 8786, June 14, 1941

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

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