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1979 Jimmy Carter Executive Orders view all Presidential Documents

In 1979, Jimmy Carter signed 77 Executive orders (from EO 12111 through EO 12187).

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Executive Order Disposition Tables

Disposition Tables contain information about Presidential Documents beginning with those signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and are arranged according to Presidential administration and year of signature. The tables are compiled and maintained by the Office of the Federal Register editors.

EO 12187:
Base production control level for marginal properties

Amended by: EO 12209, April 16, 1980
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12186:
Change in definition of heavy oil

Amends: EO 12153, August 17, 1979
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12185:
Conservation of petroleum and natural gas

EO 12184:
Relating to the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12183:
Revoking Rhodesian sanctions

Revokes: EO 11322, January 5, 1967; EO 11419, July 20, 1968; EO 11978, March 18, 1977

EO 12182:
Creating an Emergency Board to investigate a dispute between the Long Island Rail Road and certain of its employees

Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 12181:
Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

Amends: EO 11888, November 24, 1975

EO 12180:
Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

Amends: EO 11888, November 24, 1975

EO 12179:
Providing for the closing of Government departments and agencies on Monday, December 24, 1979

EO 12178:
Functions under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended

Amends: EO 11223, May 12, 1965

EO 12177:
Federal Government pension plans

EO 12176:
President's Commission on the coal industry

Amends: EO 12103, December 14, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 12175:
Reorganization of functions relating to international trade

EO 12174:
Paperwork

Revoked by: EO 12291, February 17, 1981

EO 12173:
Continuing applicability of Panama Canal regulations

Amended by: EO 12203, March 26, 1980
See Final Rule of July 14, 1986 (51 FR 21358) which replaced text of EO 12173 with EO 12215, May 27, 1980 and termed EO 12173 "obsolete" in document summary

EO 12172:
Entry of Iranian aliens into the United States

Amended by: EO 12206, April 7, 1980

EO 12171:
Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

Amended by: EO 12338, January 11, 1982; EO 12410, March 28, 1983; EO 12559, May 20, 1986; EO 12632, March 23, 1988; EO 12666, January 12, 1989; EO 12671, March 14, 1989; EO 12681, July 6, 1989; EO 12693, September 29, 1989; EO 13039, March 11, 1997; EO 13252, January 7, 2002; EO 13381, June 27, 2005; EO 13467, June 30, 2008; EO 13480, November 26, 2008; EO 13741, September 29, 2016; EO 13760, January 12, 2017; EO 14251, March 27, 2025; EO 14343, August 28, 2025

EO 12170:
Blocking Iranian Government property

See: EO 12276, January 19, 1981; EO 12277, January 19, 1981; EO 12278, January 19, 1981; EO 12279, January 19, 1981; EO 12280, January 19, 1981; EO 12281, January 19, 1981; EO 12282, January 19, 1981; EO 12283, January 19, 1981; EO 12284, January 19, 1981; EO 12294, February 24, 1981; Notice of November 12, 1980; Notice of November 12, 1981; Notice of November 8, 1982; Notice of November 4, 1983; Notice of November 17, 1984; Notice of November 1, 1985; Notice of October 30, 1986; Notice of November 10, 1987; Notice of November 8, 1988; Notice of November 10, 1989; Notice of November 9, 1990; Notice of November 12, 1991; Notice of October 25, 1992; Notice of November 1, 1993; Notice of October 31, 1994; Notice of October 31, 1995; Notice of October 29, 1996; Notice of September 30, 1997; Notice of November 9, 1998; Notice of November 5, 1999; Notice of November 9, 2000; Notice of November 9, 2001; Notice of November 12, 2002; Notice of November 12, 2003; Notice of November 9, 2004; Notice of November 9, 2005; Notice of November 9, 2006; Notice of March 8, 2007; Notice of November 8, 2007; Notice of March 11, 2008; Notice of November 10, 2008; Notice of March 11, 2009; Notice of November 12, 2009; Notice of March 10, 2010; EO 13599, February 5, 2012; Notice of March 2, 2026

EO 12169:
United States Holocaust Memorial Council

Amended by: EO 12213, May 2, 1980

EO 12168:
President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties

Revoked by: EO 12399, December 31, 1982

EO 12167:
Waiver under the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the People's Republic of China

EO 12166:
Export-Import Bank

EO 12165:
Adjustments of certain rates of pay and allowances

Supersedes: EO 12087, October 7, 1978
Amended by: EO 12200, March 12, 1980
Superseded by: EO 12248, October 16, 1980

EO 12164:
Multilateral development institutions

Amends: EO 11269, February 14, 1966

EO 12163:
Administration of foreign assistance and related functions

Amends: EO 10900, January 5, 1961; Memorandum of October 18, 1961; EO 11223, May 12, 1965; EO 11846, March 27, 1975; EO 11958, January 18, 1977; EO 12065, June 28, 1978; EO 11685, September 25, 1972; EO 12107, December 28, 1978; EO 12118, February 6, 1979
Revokes: EO 10893, November 8, 1960; EO 10973, November 3, 1961; 11261, December 11, 1965; EO 11417, July 24, 1968; EO 11432, October 22, 1968; EO 11816, October 23, 1974; EO 11841, February 28, 1975; EO 11959, January 18, 1977
Revokes in part: EO 11579, January 19, 1971 ; EO 11685, September 25, 1972
Amended by: EO 12226, July 22, 1980; EO 12292, February 23, 1981; EO 12321, September 14, 1981; EO 12365, May 24, 1982; EO 12423, May 26, 1983; EO 12458, January 14, 1984; EO 12500, January 24, 1985; EO 12560, May 24, 1986; EO 12608, September 9, 1987; EO 12620, December 24, 1987; EO 12639, May 6, 1988; EO 12680, July 5, 1989; EO 12738, December 14, 1990; EO 13030, December 12, 1996; EO 13091, June 29, 1998; EO 13118, March 31, 1999; EO 13346, July 8, 2004; EO 13361, November 16, 2004; EO 13656, January 17, 2014
See: Presidential Determination No. 91-20, January 25, 1991; EO 12884, December 1, 1993

EO 12162:
Amendment to Executive Order 12140

Amends: EO 12140, May 29, 1979
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12161:
Second year of Anti-Inflation Program

Amends: EO 12092, November 1, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12288, January 29, 1981

EO 12160:
Providing for enhancement and coordination of Federal consumer programs

Amended by: EO 12265, January 15, 1981; EO 13286, February 28, 2003

EO 12158:
Awards for special capability in the visual and performing arts and in creative writing

Amends: EO 11155, May 23, 1964

EO 12157:
President's Management Improvement Council

Revoked by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 12156:
Corrective amendments

Amends: EO 12038, February 3, 1978; EO 12148, July 20, 1979

EO 12155:
Strategic and critical materials

Amends: EO 12148, July 20, 1979
Amended by: EO 12417, May 2, 1983
Revoked by: Pub. L. 100-180 (101 Stat. 1247, 50 U.S.C. 98 nt.)

EO 12154:
Levels IV and V of the Executive Schedule

Revokes: EO 12076, August 18, 1978
Amended by: EO 12199, March 12, 1980; EO 12236, September 3, 1980; EO 12237, September 3, 1980; EO 12422, May 20, 1983; EO 12431, July 8, 1983; EO 12608, September 9, 1987; EO 12678, April 28, 1989; EO 12679, June 23, 1989; EO 12749, February 4, 1991; EO 12758, April 5, 1991; EO 12814, September 10, 1992; EO 12833, January 19, 1993; EO 12841, March 9, 1993; EO 12942, December 12, 1994; EO 13063, September 30, 1997

EO 12153:
Decontrol of heavy oil

Amended by: EO 12186, December 21, 1979; EO 12189, January 16, 1980
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12152:
Director of the Office of Management and Budget

EO 12151:
President's Commission on the Holocaust

Amends: EO 12093, November 1, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 12150:
United States Sinai Support Mission

Amends: EO 11896, January 13, 1976
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12149:
Federal Regional Councils

Revokes: EO 11647, February 10, 1972
Revoked by: EO 12314, July 22, 1981

EO 12148:
Federal Emergency Management

Amends: EO 10421, December 31, 1952; EO 10480, August 14, 1953; EO 10582, December 17, 1954; EO 10789, November 14, 1958; EO 11179, September 22, 1964; EO 11331, March 6, 1967; EO 11345, April 20, 1967; EO 11371, September 6, 1967; EO 11490, October 28, 1969; EO 11578, January 13, 1971; EO 11658, March 22, 1972; EO 11659, March 22, 1972; EO 11912, April 13, 1976; EO 11988, May 24, 1977; EO 12046, March 27, 1978; EO 12065, June 28, 1978; EO 12075, August 16, 1978; EO 12083, September 27, 1978
Revokes: EO 10242, May 8, 1951; EO 10494, October 14, 1953; EO 10529, April 22, 1954; EO 10601, March 21, 1955; EO 10634, August 25, 1955; EO 10952, July 20, 1961; EO 11051, September 27, 1962; EO 11415, June 24, 1968; EO 11725, June 27, 1973; EO 11749, December 10, 1973
Revokes in part: EO 10296, October 2, 1951; EO 10900, January 10, 1961; EO 11795, July 11, 1974
Amended by: EO 12155, September 10, 1979; EO 12156, September 10, 1979; EO 12319, September 9, 1981; EO 12356, April 2, 1982; EO 12379, August 17, 1982; EO 12381, September 8, 1982; EO 12657, November 18, 1988; EO 12673, March 23, 1989; EO 13286, February 28, 2003
Superseded or revoked in part by: EO 12919, June 3, 1994

EO 12147:
United States International Development Cooperation Agency

EO 12146:
Management of Federal legal resources

Amended by: EO 12608, September 9, 1987; EO 13286, February 28, 2003

EO 12145:
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System

Revokes: EO 11952, January 7, 1977
Revoked by: EO 12292, February 23, 1981

EO 12144:
Transfer of certain equal pay and age discrimination in employment enforcement functions

EO 12143:
Maintaining unofficial relations with the people on Taiwan

Supersedes: Memorandum of December 30, 1978
Superseded by: EO 13014, August 15, 1996

EO 12142:
Alaska natural gas transportation system

EO 12141:
Independent water project review

Amends: EO 12113, January 4, 1979
Revoked by: EO 12322, September 17, 1981

EO 12140:
Delegation of authorities relating to motor gasoline end-user allocation

Amended by: EO 12162, September 28, 1979
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12139:
Foreign intelligence electronic surveillance

Amends: EO 12036, January 24, 1978
Amended by: EO 12333, December 4, 1981; EO 13383, July 15, 2005; EO 13475, October 7, 2008

EO 12137:
The Peace Corps

Supersedes: EO 11041, August 6, 1962; EO 11250, October 10, 1965; EO 11470, May 26, 1969; EO 11603, June 30, 1971
Amended by: EO 12245, October 6, 1980; EO 12292, February 23, 1981; EO 12399, December 31, 1982; EO 13724, April 8, 2016
Continued by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 12136:
The President's Commission on Executive Exchange

Supersedes: EO 11451, January 19, 1969
Revoked by: EO 12493, December 5, 1984

EO 12135:
The President's Advisory Committee for Women

Revokes in part: EO 12050, April 4, 1978
Revokes: EO 12057, May 8, 1978
Committee continued by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980
Revoked by: EO 12336, December 21, 1981

EO 12134:
Printing services within the Executive Office

EO 12133:
Drug policy functions

Revoked by: EO 12368, June 24, 1982

EO 12132:
Creating an emergency board to investigate a dispute between the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of its employees

Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 12131:
The President's Export Council

Revokes: EO 11753, December 20, 1973
Amended by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980; EO 12399, December 31, 1982; EO 12489, September 28, 1984; EO 12534, September 30, 1985; EO 12551, February 21, 1986; EO 12610, September 30, 1987; EO 12692, September 29, 1989; EO 12774, September 27, 1991; EO 12869, September 30, 1993; EO 12974, September 29, 1995; EO 12991, March 6, 1996; EO 13062, September 29, 1997; EO 13138, September 30, 1999; EO 13225, September 28, 2001; EO 13316, September 17, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005; EO 13396, December 19, 2011
Continued by: EO 13446, September 28, 2007; EO 13511, September 29, 2009
See: EO 13585, September 30, 2011; EO 13652, Setember 30, 2013

EO 12130:
President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island

Revoked by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 12129:
Critical Energy Facility Program

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12128:
Employee-management relations in the Foreign Service

Amends: EO 11636, December 17, 1971; EO 12107, December 28, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12292, February 23, 1981

EO 12127:
Federal Emergency Management Agency

EO 12126:
Correction in Executive Order No. 12107

Amends: EO 12107, December 28, 1978

EO 12125:
Competitive status for handicapped Federal employees

EO 12124:
Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

Amends: EO 11888, November 24, 1975

EO 12123:
Offshore oil spill pollution

Amended by: EO 12418, May 5, 1983
Revoked by: EO 12777, October 18, 1991

EO 12122:
Office of Administration

Amends: EO 12028, December 12, 1977

EO 12121:
Energy Coordinating Committee

Amends: EO 12083, September 27, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 12120:
The Honorable Adolph Dubs

EO 12119:
Levels IV and V of the Executive Schedule

Amends: EO 12076, August 18, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12154, September 4, 1979

EO 12118:
Administration of Security Assistance Programs

Amends: EO 10973, November 3, 1961; EO 11958, January 18, 1977
Revokes in part: EO 10973, November 3, 1961
Amended by: EO 12163, September 29, 1979

EO 12117:
Imports from Uganda

Nullified by: Presidential action of May 15, 1979 (44 FR 28773)

EO 12116:
Issuance of food stamps by the Postal Service

EO 12115:
Permanent American cemetery in the Republic of Panama

EO 12114:
Environmental effects abroad of major Federal actions

EO 12113:
Independent water project review

Revokes: EO 9384, October 4, 1943
Amended by: EO 12141, June 5, 1979
Revoked by: EO 12322, September 17, 1981

EO 12112:
Seal for the Office of Administration

EO 12111:
Levels IV and V of the Executive Schedule

Amends: EO 12076, August 18, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12154, September 4, 1979