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Executive Order 8202

Authorizing and Requesting the Federal Power Commission To Perform Certain Functions Relating to the Transmission of Electric Energy Between the United States and Foreign Countries and to the Exportation and Importation of Natural Gas From and Into the United States

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Jul 13, 1939.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordJul 13, 1939

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Publication record4 FR 3243

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Later dispositionLater revoked or superseded

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eo-8202
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Vote Files, "Executive Order 8202: Authorizing and Requesting the Federal Power Commission To Perform Certain Functions Relating to the Transmission of Electric Energy Between the United States and Foreign Countries and to the Exportation and Importation of Natural Gas From…," last checked Sept. 29, 2026, citing National Archives, https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8202

APA

Vote Files. (2026, September 29). Executive Order 8202: Authorizing and Requesting the Federal Power Commission To Perform Certain Functions Relating to the Transmission of Electric Energy Between the United States and Foreign Countries and to the Exportation and Importation of Natural Gas From… [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 29, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8202

Chicago

Vote Files. "Executive Order 8202: Authorizing and Requesting the Federal Power Commission To Perform Certain Functions Relating to the Transmission of Electric Energy Between the United States and Foreign Countries and to the Exportation and Importation of Natural Gas From…." Last modified September 29, 2026. Accessed September 29, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8202.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Vote Files}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8202: Authorizing and Requesting the Federal Power Commission To Perform Certain Functions Relating to the Transmission of Electric Energy Between the United States and Foreign Countries and to the Exportation and Importation of Natural Gas From…}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8202}},
  note         = {Citation ID eo-8202; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1939.html; last checked 2026-09-29; accessed 2026-09-29}
}
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Revoked by EO 10485, September 3, 1953
See EO 9276, December 2, 1942; EO 9332, April 19, 1943

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

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