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Executive Order 12138
Creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and prescribing arrangements for developing, coordinating and implementing a national program for women's business enterprise
Signed by James Earl Carter Jr. on May 18, 1979.
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Vote Files, "Executive Order 12138: Creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and prescribing arrangements for developing, coordinating and implementing a national program for women's business enterprise," last checked Sept. 26, 2026, citing National Archives, https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12138
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Vote Files. (2026, September 26). Executive Order 12138: Creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and prescribing arrangements for developing, coordinating and implementing a national program for women's business enterprise [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12138
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Vote Files. "Executive Order 12138: Creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and prescribing arrangements for developing, coordinating and implementing a national program for women's business enterprise." Last modified September 26, 2026. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12138.
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@misc{votefiles_eo_12138,
author = {{Vote Files}},
title = {{Executive Order 12138: Creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and prescribing arrangements for developing, coordinating and implementing a national program for women's business enterprise}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12138}},
note = {Citation ID eo-12138; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1979.html; last checked 2026-09-26; accessed 2026-09-26}
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Amended by
EO 12608, September 9, 1987
National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.