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Richard Nixon: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 612 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C.…”

On the recordApril 17, 1969
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 612 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2962), section 406 of the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3886), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Said by
Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Executive Order 11466—Administration of Certain Jointly Funded Projects

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