Creation of the President's Council on Bioethics

Signed by George Walker Bush on Nov 28, 2001.

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Signed recordNov 28, 2001

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Publication record66 FR 59851

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Vote Files. (2026, September 26). Executive Order 13237: Creation of the President's Council on Bioethics [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-13237

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Vote Files. "Executive Order 13237: Creation of the President's Council on Bioethics." Last modified September 26, 2026. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-13237.

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  author       = {{Vote Files}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 13237: Creation of the President's Council on Bioethics}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-13237}},
  note         = {Citation ID eo-13237; official source: Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/11/30/01-29948/creation-of-the-presidents-council-on-bioethics; last checked 2026-09-26; accessed 2026-09-27}
}

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Amended by EO 13316, September 17, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005

Continued by EO 13446, September 28, 2007

Superseded by EO 13521, November 24, 2009

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Federal Register disposition tableAmended by: EO 13316, September 17, 2003; EO 13385, September 29, 2005; Continued by: EO 13446, September 28, 2007; Superseded by: EO 13521, November 24, 2009

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