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On the recordJanuary 17, 1977
Funds appropriated to the President for carrying out the Act shall be deemed to be allocated to the Secretary of Defense without any further action of the President.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Executive Order 11958—Administration of Arms Export Controls

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