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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.
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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
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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 modified September 29, 2026. Accessed September 29, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-8202.
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@misc{votefiles_eo_8202,
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}
}Plain link
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National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.