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Executive Order 9157

Regulations With Respect to the Making Available of Records, Schedules, Reports, Returns and Other Information by the Secretary of Commerce, and With Respect to the Use Thereof After the Same Have Been Made Available

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 9, 1942.

No later action on file
Signed recordMay 9, 1942

The date the President signed it.

Publication record7 FR 3505

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Later actionNo later action on file

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Reference number
eo-9157
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 9157: Regulations With Respect to the Making Available of Records, Schedules, Reports, Returns and Other Information by the Secretary of Commerce, and With Respect to the Use Thereof After the Same Have Been Made Available," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9157

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 9157: Regulations With Respect to the Making Available of Records, Schedules, Reports, Returns and Other Information by the Secretary of Commerce, and With Respect to the Use Thereof After the Same Have Been Made Available [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9157

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 9157: Regulations With Respect to the Making Available of Records, Schedules, Reports, Returns and Other Information by the Secretary of Commerce, and With Respect to the Use Thereof After the Same Have Been Made Available." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9157.

BibTeX
@misc{votefiles_eo_9157,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 9157: Regulations With Respect to the Making Available of Records, Schedules, Reports, Returns and Other Information by the Secretary of Commerce, and With Respect to the Use Thereof After the Same Have Been Made Available}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9157}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-9157; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1942.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 27, 2026}
}
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