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On the recordOctober 15, 1963
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce, jointly and individually, shall institute and maintain appropriate measures for the effective coordination of each of the following: (1) the rural-development program of the Department of Agriculture and the functions of the Department of Commerce under the Area Redevelopment Act.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11122—Establishing the Rural Development Committee

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