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Executive Order 11497

Amending the Selective Service regulations to prescribe random selection

Signed by Richard Milhous Nixon on Nov 26, 1969.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordNov 26, 1969

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Publication record34 FR 19019

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Later dispositionLater revoked or superseded

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Vote Files, "Executive Order 11497: Amending the Selective Service regulations to prescribe random selection," last checked Sept. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-11497

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Vote Files. (2026, September 27). Executive Order 11497: Amending the Selective Service regulations to prescribe random selection [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-11497

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Vote Files. "Executive Order 11497: Amending the Selective Service regulations to prescribe random selection." Last modified September 27, 2026. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-11497.

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  author       = {{Vote Files}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 11497: Amending the Selective Service regulations to prescribe random selection}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-11497}},
  note         = {Citation ID eo-11497; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1969-nixon.html; last checked 2026-09-27; accessed 2026-09-27}
}
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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
Amended by EO 11527, April 23, 1970; EO 11537, June 16, 1970; EO 11563, September 26, 1970; EO 11606, July 10, 1971
Revoked by EO 12553, February 25, 1986
See Proc. 3945, November 26, 1969; Proc. 3989, June 16, 1970

National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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