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1970 Richard Nixon Executive Orders view all Presidential Documents

In 1970, Richard Nixon signed 72 Executive orders (from EO 11504 through EO 11575).

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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 11575:
Providing for the administration of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970

Revokes: EO 10427, January 16, 1963; EO 10737, October 29, 1957; EO 11495, November 18, 1969
Amended by: EO 11662, March 29, 1972
Superseded by: EO 11749, December 10, 1973
See: EO 11725, June 27, 1973; EO 10912, January 1, 1961

EO 11574:
Administration of Refuse Act permit program

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11573:
Excusing Federal employees from duty for one-half day on December 24, 1970

See: EO 10358, June 9, 1952

EO 11572:
Providing for the use of transportation priorities and allocations during the current railroad strike

See: EO 10480, August 14, 1953

EO 11571:
Modifying Executive Order No. 6868 of October 9, 1934, as amended, designating the authority to carry out the provisions of the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act

Amends: EO 6868, October 6, 1934
Nullified by Pub. L. 93-198 (87 Stat. 779)
See: EO 7784-A, January 5, 1938; EO 8033, January 11, 1939; EO 9344, May 21, 1943; EO 9916, December 31, 1947; EO 10128, June 2, 1950; EO 11401, March 13, 1968

EO 11570:
Providing for the regulation of conduct for the Postal Rate Commission and its employees

Amended by: EO 12107, December 28, 1978
See: EO 11222, May 8, 1965

EO 11569:
Amending the Selective Service regulations

Amends: EO 10292, September 25, 1951
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11568:
Exempting A. Everette MacIntyre from compulsory retirement for age

See: EO 11642, February 1, 1972

EO 11567:
Prescribing the compensation of certain officials in the Bureau of Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce

Superseded by: EO 11759, January 15, 1974

EO 11566:
Consumer product information

See: EO 11136, January 3, 1964; EO 11583, February 24, 1971

EO 11565:
Amending Executive Order No. 11145 with respect to the membership of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House

Amends: EO 11145, March 7, 1964

EO 11564:
Transfer of certain programs and activities to the Secretary of Commerce

See: Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970

EO 11563:
Amending the Selective Service regulations

Amends: EO 10001, September 17, 1948; EO 10202, January 12, 1951; EO 10292, September 25, 1951; EO 10659, February 15, 1956; EO 10735, October 17, 1957; EO 10984, January 5, 1962; EO 11098, March 14, 1963; EO 11119, September 10, 1963; EO 11241, August 26, 1965; EO 11360, June 30, 1967; EO 11497, November 26, 1969; EO 11537, June 16, 1970
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11562:
Developing and coordinating a national program for physical fitness and sports

Amended by: EO 11945, October 25, 1976; EO 12098, November 14, 1978
Revokes: EO 11398, March 4, 1968; EO 11492, October 30, 1969
Revoked by: EO 12345, February 2, 1982
See: EO 10830, July 24, 1959; EO 11827, January 4, 1975; EO 11948, December 20, 1976, EO 12110; December 28, 1978; EO 12258, December 31, 1980

EO 11561:
Delegation of certain authority under Title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act

Amended by: EO 12107, December 28, 1978; EO 12608, September 9, 1987

EO 11560:
Amending Executive Order No. 11508 with respect to the membership of the Property Review Board

Amends: EO 11508, February 10, 1970
Superseded by: EO 11724, June 25, 1973

EO 11559:
Creating an emergency board to investigate disputes between the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11558:
Creating an emergency board to investigate disputes between the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11557:
Enlarging the membership of the President's Commission for the Observance of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations

Amends: EO 11546, July 9, 1970

EO 11556:
Assigning telecommunications functions

Revokes: EO 10695A, January 16, 1957; EO 10995, February 16, 1962; EO 11084, February 15, 1963
Amends: EO 10705, April 17, 1957; EO 11051, September 27, 1962; EO 11191, January 4, 1965; EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Superseded in part by: EO 11921, June 11, 1976
Revoked by: EO 12046, March 27, 1978
See: EO 11725, June 27, 1973 (transfer of functions from OEP to GSA); Pub. L. 94-412 (90 Stat. 1255, 50 U.S.C. 1601)

EO 11555:
Amending the Selective Service regulations

Amends: EO 9979, July 20, 1948; EO 11360, June 30, 1967
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11554:
Suspending the provisions of section 5707(c) of title 10, United States Code, which relate to the establishment of a maximum percentage of Navy officers who may be recommended for promotion from below the appropriate promotion zone

Amended by: EO 11684, August 30, 1972; EO 11799, August 17, 1974; EO 11925, June 29, 1976
Revoked by: EO 12082, September 19, 1978
See Pub. L. 96-412 (90 Stat. 1255; 50 U.S.C. 1601)

EO 11553:
Amending the Selective Service regulations

Amends: EO 10001, September 17, 1948; EO 10008, October 18, 1948; EO 10292, September 25, 1951; EO 11098, March 14, 1963
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11552:
Providing for details and transfers of Federal employees to international organizations

Revokes: EO 10804, February 12, 1959
Amended by: EO 12107, December 28, 1978

EO 11551:
Amending Executive Order No. 11399 with respect to the membership of the National Council on Indian Opportunity

Amends: EO 11399, March 6, 1968
Council terminated November 26, 1974, under Pub. L. 91-125 (83 Stat. 220, 25 U.S.C. note prec. 1)

EO 11550:
Amending Executive Order No. 11248, placing certain positions in levels IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule

Amends: EO 11248, October 10, 1965

EO 11549:
Revoking Executive Order No. 10361 of June 11, 1952, establishing the Whittier Defensive Sea Area, Alaska

Revokes: EO 10361, June 11, 1952

EO 11548:
Delegating functions of the President under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended

Superseded by: EO 11735, August 3, 1973
See 49 CFR Part 1, sec. 1.46(m) (35 FR 14509)

EO 11547:
Amending Executive Order No. 11330 with respect to membership and chairmanship

Amends EO 11330, March 5, 1967
Revoked by: EO 12379, August 17, 1982

EO 11546:
Establishing the President's Commission for the Observance of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations

Amended by: EO 11557, September 10, 1970

EO 11545:
Establishing the Defense Distinguished Service Medal

EO 11544:
Establishing the Vice Presidential Service Certificate and the Vice Presidential Service Badge

Superseded by: EO 11926, July 19, 1976

EO 11543:
EO 11542:
Amending Executive Order No. 11248, placing certain positions in levels IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule

Amends: EO 11248, October 10, 1965

EO 11541:
Prescribing the duties of the Office of Management and Budget and the Domestic Council in the Executive Office of the President

Amended by: EO 12013, October 7, 1977; EO 12027, December 5, 1977; EO 12318, August 21, 1981
Terminates committees in: EO 11452, May 29, 1969; EO 11493, November 13, 1969
Superseded in part by: EO 11609, July 22, 1971; EO 11713, April 21, 1973; EO 11717, May 9, 1973

EO 11540:
Amending Executive Order No. 11248, placing certain positions in levels IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule

Amends: EO 11248, October 10, 1965
Amended by: EO 11715, April 24, 1973
Revoked by: EO 11708 of March 23, 1973

EO 11539:
Delegations of authority to negotiate agreements and issue regulations limiting imports of certain meats

Amended by: EO 12188, January 2, 1980

EO 11537:
Amending the Selective Service regulations concerning the ordering of registrants for induction

Amends: EO 10001, September 17, 1948; EO 10202, January 12, 1951; EO 10659, February 15, 1956; EO 10735, October 17, 1957; EO 10984, January 5, 1962; EO 11098, March 14, 1963; EO 11119, September 10, 1963; EO 11241, August 26, 1965; EO 11360, June 30, 1967; EO 11497, November 26, 1969
Amended by: EO 11563, September 26, 1970
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986
See: Proc. 3989, June 16, 1970

EO 11536:
Establishing the President's Commission on Campus Unrest

The Commission submitted its final report to the President on September 26, 1970, and terminated 30 days later.

EO 11535:
Inspection of tax returns by the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives

EO 11534:
Establishing the National Council on Organized Crime

Revoked by: EO 12110, December 28, 1978

EO 11533:
Administration of the Export Administration Act of 1969

Amended by: EO 11907, March 1, 1976
Review Board continued by: EO 11683, August 29, 1972; EO 11798, August 14, 1974; EO 11818, November 5, 1974; EO 11940, September 30, 1976; EO 12202, July 7, 1977; EO 12755 of Mae. 12, 1991; EO 12981, December 5, 1995
Revoked by: EO 12002, July 7, 1977
See: EO 10945, May 24, 1961; EO 11677, August 1, 1972; EO 11796, July 30, 1974; EO 11810, September 30, 1974; EO 11940, September 30, 1976

EO 11532:
Establishing the Interdepartmental Committee for (the) Voluntary Payroll Savings Plan for the Purchase of United States Savings Bonds

Supersedes: EO 10626, August 4, 1955
Superseded by: EO 11981, March 29, 1977

EO 11531:
EO 11530:
Amending Executive Order No. 10624, as amended, providing for regulations relating to personnel of the Department of Agriculture assigned to service abroad

Amends: EO 10624, July 28, 1955
See: EO 10903, January 9, 1961

EO 11529:
Terminating obsolete bodies established by Executive order

Revokes: EO 10302, November 2, 1951; EO 10940, May 11, 1961

EO 11528:
Changing the jurisdiction and membership of the New England River Basins Commission

Amends: EO 11371, September 6, 1967
Revoked by: EO 12319, September 9, 1981
See: EO 11613, August 2, 1971

EO 11527:
Amending the Selective Service regulations

Amends: EO 10001, September 17, 1948; EO 10202, January 12, 1951; EO 10292, September 25, 1951; EO 10659, February 15, 1956; EO 10735, October 17, 1957; EO 10984, January 5, 1962; EO 11098, March 14, 1963; EO 11119, September 10, 1963; EO 11241, August 26, 1965; EO 11360, June 30, 1967; EO 11497, November 20, 1969
Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 11526:
Establishing the National Council on Federal Disaster Assistance

Superseded by: EO 11749, December 10, 1973
See: EO 11725, June 27, 1973

EO 11525:
Adjusting rates of monthly basic pay for members of the Uniformed Services

Superseded by: EO 11812, October 7, 1974

EO 11524:
Adjusting rates of pay for certain statutory schedules

Superseded by: EO 11811, October 7, 1974

EO 11523:
Establishing the National Industrial Pollution Control Council

Council terminated on January 5, 1975, by Pub. L. 92-463 (86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App.)
See: EO 11007, February 26, 1962

EO 11522:
Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the United States Information Agency

Amends: EO 11490, October 28, 1969
Superseded by: EO 11921, June 11, 1976

EO 11521:
Authorizing veterans readjustment appointments for veterans of the Vietnam era

Revokes: EO 11397, February 9, 1968
Amended by: EO 12107, December 28, 1978
See: Pub. L. 93-508 (88 Stat. 1593)

EO 11520:
Amending Executive Order No. 11407, relating to the Presidential Service Certificate and the Presidential Service Badge

Amends: EO 11407, April 23, 1968
See: EO 11174, September 1, 1964

EO 11519:
Calling into service members and units of the National Guard

EO 11517:
EO 11516:
Amending Executive Order No. 11248, placing certain positions in levels IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule

Amends: EO 11248, October 10, 1965

EO 11515:
Terminating certain bodies established by the President

Revokes: EO 10898, December 2, 1960; EO 10986, January 12, 1962; EO 11117, August 13, 1963; EO 11152, April 15, 1964
Amends: EO 9586, July 6, 1945; EO 11382, November 28, 1967
See: Pub. L. 94-412 (90 Stat. 1255, 50 U.S.C. 1601)

EO 11514:
Protection and enhancement of environmental quality

Amends: EO 11472, May 29, 1969
Amended by: EO 11541, July 1, 1970; EO 11991, May 24, 1977
See: EPA regulations FRL 366-8, 40 FR 20239; EO 11988, May 24, 1977; EO 11990, May 24, 1977; EO 12007, August 22, 1977

EO 11513:
Establishing the President's Commission on School Finance

Amended by: EO 11597, June 11, 1971

EO 11512:
Planning, acquisition, and management of Federal space

Supersedes: EO 11035, July 9, 1962
Revoked by: EO 12072, August 16, 1978

EO 11511:
Amending Executive Order No. 11157 as it relates to basic allowances for quarters for members without dependents

Amends: EO 11157, June 22, 1964

EO 11510:
Amending Executive Order No. 11248, placing certain positions in level IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule

Amends: EO 11248, October 10, 1965

EO 11509:
Establishing the President's Advisory Council on Management Improvement

Revokes: EO 11353, May 23, 1967; EO 11418, July 27, 1968
Nullified by Pub. L. 92-463 (86 Stat. 770)

EO 11508:
Providing for the identification of unneeded Federal real property

Amended by: EO 11560, September 23, 1970
Superseded by: EO 11724, June 25, 1973

EO 11507:
Prevention, control, and abatement of air and water pollution at Federal facilities

Supersedes: EO 11282, May 26, 1966; EO 11288, July 2, 1966
Superseded by: EO 11752, December 17, 1973

EO 11506:
Further amending Executive Order No. 11211, relating to the exclusion for original or new Japanese issues as required for international monetary stability

Amends: EO 11211, April 2, 1965
See: EO 11368, August 28, 1967

EO 11505:
Inspection of income, excess-profits, estate, and gift tax returns by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

EO 11504:
Amending Executive Order No. 11248, placing certain positions in levels IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule

Amends: EO 11248, October 10, 1965