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1980 Jimmy Carter Executive Orders view all Presidential Documents

In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed 73 Executive orders (from EO 12188 through EO 12260).

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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 12260:
Agreement on Government procurement

Amended by: EO 12347, February 23, 1982; EO 12388, October 14, 1982; EO 12474, April 17, 1984; EO 13118, March 31, 1999; EO 13284, January 23, 2003

EO 12259:
Leadership and coordination of fair housing in Federal programs

Amends: EO 11063, November 20, 1962
Revoked by: EO 12892, January 17, 1994
See: Memorandum of January 17, 1994

EO 12258:
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

Revokes: EO 12022, December 1, 1977; EO 12054, April 21, 1978; EO 12061, May 18, 1978; EO 12063, June 5, 1978; EO 12078, September 5, 1978; EO 12093, November 1, 1978; EO 12103, December 14, 1978; EO 12130, April 11, 1979; EO 12157, September 14, 1979; EO 12195, February 22, 1980
Supersedes: EO 12110, December 28, 1978
Amended by: EO 12271, January 15, 1981
Revoked in part by: EO 12299, March 17, 1981; EO 12305, May 5, 1981; EO 12336, December 21, 1981
Superseded by: EO 12399, December 31, 1982
Continues certain committees established by: EO 11145, March 7, 1964; EO 11183, October 3, 1964; EO 11287, June 28, 1966; EO 11562, September 25, 1970; EO 11776, March 28, 1974; EO 11960, February 5, 1977; EO 11992, May 24, 1977; EO 12050, April 4, 1978; EO 12059, May 11, 1978; EO 12064, June 5, 1978; EO 12084, September 27, 1978; EO 12131, May 4, 1979; EO 12137, May 16, 1979; EO 12190, February 1, 1980; EO 12196, February 26, 1980; EO 12216, June 18, 1980

EO 12257:
Noncompetitive Conversion of CETA Participants to Career or Career-Conditional Civil Service Status

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12256:
Census statistics on legal immigrants

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12255:
Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on Friday, December 26, 1980

EO 12254:
National Advisory Community Investment Board

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12253:
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

EO 12252:
The Honorable John William McCormack

EO 12251:
Cuban and Haitian entrants

Revokes: EO 12246, October 15, 1980
Revoked by: EO 12341, January 21, 1982

EO 12250:
Leadership and coordination of nondiscrimination laws

Revokes: EO 11764, January 21, 1974; EO 11914, April 28, 1976
Amended by: EO 12898, February 11, 1994 (supplements)
See: EO 13160, June 23, 2000; EO 14281, April 23, 2025

EO 12249:
Foreign Service Salary Schedule

Superseded by: EO 12330, October 15, 1981

EO 12248:
Adjustments of certain rates of pay and allowances

Superseded by: EO 12330, October 15, 1981

EO 12247:
Federal Actions in the Lake Tahoe region

Revoked by: EO 12298, March 12, 1981

EO 12246:
Cuban and Haitian entrants

Revoked by: EO 12251, November 15, 1980

EO 12245:
The Peace Corps Advisory Council

Amends: EO 12137, May 16, 1979

EO 12244:
Exemption for Fort Allen

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12243:
Variable housing allowance

Amends: EO 11157, June 22, 1964

EO 12242:
Synthetic fuels

Revoked by: EO 12346, February 8, 1982

EO 12241:
National contingency plan

Amended by: EO 12657, November 18, 1988

EO 12240:
Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee

Amends: EO 12202, March 18, 1980
Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 12239:
Suspension of certain Armed Forces promotion and disability separation limitations

Revokes: EO 12082, September 19, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12396, December 9, 1982

EO 12238:
Public international organizations entitled to enjoy privileges, exemptions, and immunities

EO 12237:
Levels IV and V of the Executive Schedule

Amends: EO 12154, September 4, 1979

EO 12236:
Levels IV and V of the Executive Schedule

Amends: EO 12154, September 4, 1979

EO 12235:
Management of natural gas supply emergencies

EO 12234:
Enforcement of the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

Revokes: EO 10402, October 30, 1952
Supersedes in part: EO 11239, July 31, 1965

EO 12233:
Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial, United States, 1969 (Revised edition)

Amends: EO 11476, June 19, 1969 (which was rescinded by EO 12473, April 13, 1984); EO 12198, March 12, 1980

EO 12232:
Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Revoked by: EO 12320, September 15, 1981

EO 12231:
Strategic petroleum reserve

See: EO 11790, June 25, 1974

EO 12230:
Competitive status for special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration

EO 12229:
White House Coal Advisory Council

Revoked by: EO 12399, December 31, 1982

EO 12228:
Allowances for personnel on foreign duty

Revokes: EO 10853, November 27, 1959
Amended by: EO 12292, February 23, 1981
See: EO 10000, September 16, 1948

EO 12227:
United States Sinai Support Mission

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

EO 12226:
Administration of foreign assistance

Amends: EO 12163, September 29, 1979

EO 12225:
Credit control revocation

Amends: EO 12201, March 14, 1980

EO 12224:
Implementation of the International Sugar Agreement

EO 12223:
Occupational safety and health programs for Federal employees

Amends: EO 12196, February 26, 1980

EO 12222:
Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

Amends: EO 11888, November 24, 1975

EO 12221:
Improving Government regulations

Amends: EO 12044, March 23, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12291, February 17, 1981

EO 12220:
Agricultural trade development

Revokes: EO 10560, September 9, 1954; EO 10685, October 27, 1956; EO 10708, May 6, 1957; EO 10746, December 12, 1957; EO 10799, January 15, 1959; EO 10827, June 25, 1959; EO 10884, August 17, 1960; EO 10900, January 5, 1961
Revokes in part: EO 10893, November 8, 1960
Revoked by: EO 12752, February 25, 1991

EO 12219:
Presidential Commission on World Hunger

Amends: EO 12078, September 5, 1978
Revoked by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 12218:
Export of special nuclear material and components to India

EO 12217:
Federal compliance with fuel use prohibitions

Revoked by: EO 12437, August 11, 1983
See: EO 12088, October 13, 1978

EO 12216:
President's Committee on the International Labor Organization

Amended by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980; EO 12399, December 31, 1982; EO 12489, September 28, 1984; EO 12534, September 30, 1985; EO 12610, September 30, 1987; EO 12692, September 29, 1989; EO 12774, September 27, 1991; EO 12869, September 27, 1993; EO 12974, September 29, 1995; EO 13062, September 29, 1997; EO 13135, August 27, 1999; EO 13138, September 30, 1999; EO 13225, September 28, 2001; EO 13316, September 17, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005
Continued by: EO 13446, September 28, 2007; EO 13511, September 29, 2009; EO 13708, September 30, 2015
See: EO 13585, September 30, 2011; EO 13652, September 30, 2013

EO 12215:
Delegation of Panama Canal functions

Amends: EO 11609, July 22, 1971
Revokes: EO 11713, April 21, 1973
Amended by: EO 12652, September 19, 1988
See: Final Rule of July 14, 1996 ( 51 FR 21358) which replaced text of EO 12173 with EO 12215, May 27, 1980 and termed EO 12173 "obsolete" in document summary

EO 12214:
Administration of the Export Administration Act of 1979

See: EO 12444, October 14, 1983; EO 12451, December 20, 1983; EO 12730, September 30, 1990; EO 12867, September 30, 1993; EO 12923, June 30, 1994; EO 12924, August 19, 1994; EO 13206, April 4, 2001; EO 13222, August 17, 2001

EO 12213:
United States Holocaust Memorial Council

Amends: EO 12169, October 26, 1979

EO 12212:
Department of Education

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12211:
Further prohibitions on transactions with Iran

Amends: EO 12205, April 7, 1980
Revoked in part by: EO 12282, January 19, 1981
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; DOT notice of September 28, 1993, 58 FR 50626

EO 12210:
Administration of arms export controls

Amends: EO 11958, January 18, 1977

EO 12209:
Base production level for marginal properties

Amends: EO 12187, December 29, 1979
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 12208:
Consultations on the admission of refugees

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

EO 12207:
Creating an emergency board to investigate a dispute between the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation and certain of its employees

Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 12206:
Amendment of delegation of authority with respect to entry of certain aliens into the United States

Amends: EO 12172, November 26, 1979

EO 12205:
Prohibiting certain transactions with Iran

Amended by: EO 12211, April 17, 1980
Revoked in part by: EO 12282, January 19, 1981
See: DOT Notice of September 28, 1993, 58 FR 50626

EO 12204:
Amending the Generalized System of Preferences

Amends: EO 11888, November 24, 1975; Proc. 4707, December 11, 1979

EO 12203:
Continuing applicability of Panama Canal regulations

Amends: EO 12173, November 29, 1979

EO 12202:
Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee

Amended by: EO 12240, September 26, 1980
Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982; EO 12399, December 31, 1982

EO 12201:
Credit control

Amended by: EO 12225, July 3, 1980

EO 12200:
Rates of pay and allowances

Amends: EO 12165, October 9, 1979
Superseded by: EO 12248, October 16, 1980

EO 12199:
Levels IV and V of the Executive Schedule

Amends: EO 12154, September 4, 1979

EO 12198:
Prescribing amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1969 (Revised Edition)

Amends: EO 11476, June 19, 1969 (which was rescinded by EO 12473, April 13, 1984)
Amended by: EO 12233, September 1, 1980
See: EO 11835, January 27, 1975; EO 12018, November 3, 1977; EO 12306, June 1, 1981

EO 12197:
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

EO 12196:
Occupational safety and health programs for Federal employees

Revokes: EO 11807, September 28, 1974
Amended by: EO 12223, June 30, 1980; EO 12258, December 31, 1980; EO 12399, December 12, 1982; EO 12489, September 28, 1984; EO 12534, September 30, 1985; 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 13062, September 29, 1997; EO 12608, September 9, 1987; EO 13138, September 30, 1999; EO 13225, September 28, 2001; EO 13316, September 17, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005
Continued by: EO 13446, September 28, 2007; EO 13511, September 29, 2009

EO 12195:
President's Commission on United States-Liberian Relations

Revoked by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 12194:
Radiation Policy Council

Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 12193:
Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986
See: EO 12351, March 9, 1982; EO 12295, February 24, 1981; EO 12506, March 4, 1985; EO 12554, February 28, 1986; EO 12753, March 8, 1991; EO 12791, March 9, 1992

EO 12192:
State Planning Council on Radioactive Waste Management

Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 12191:
Federal Facility Ridesharing Program

EO 12190:
Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership

Committee continued by: EO 12258, December 31, 1980; EO 12399, December 31, 1982; EO 12489, September 28, 1984; EO 12534, September 30, 1985; EO 12610, September 30, 1987; EO 12692, September 29, 1989

EO 12189:
Definition of heavy oil

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

EO 12188:
International trade functions

Amends: EO 11269, February 14, 1966; EO 11539, June 30, 1970; EO 11651, March 3, 1972; EO 11703, February 7, 1973; EO 11846, March 27, 1975; EO 11858, May 7, 1975; Memorandum of December 14, 1979
Revokes: EO 12096, November 2, 1978
Revoked in part by: EO 12292, February 23, 1981
Amended by: EO 13118, March 31, 1999; EO 13286, February 28, 2003
See: EO 12363, May 21, 1982