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Executive Order 8479

Transferring Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior and Reserving Them as a Part of the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on July 11, 1940.

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Signed recordJuly 11, 1940

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Publication record5 FR 2557

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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 8479: Transferring Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior and Reserving Them as a Part of the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8479

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 8479: Transferring Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior and Reserving Them as a Part of the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8479

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8479: Transferring Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior and Reserving Them as a Part of the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8479.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8479: Transferring Certain Lands From the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior and Reserving Them as a Part of the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8479}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8479; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1940.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
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Later record

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Amends EO 8065, March 14, 1939

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

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