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Finding Documents by Type
Note: "The HeinOnline database is much more complete than the government-run databases of executive agreements."
Source: Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith & Oona A. Hathaway, The Failed Transparency Regime for Executive Agreements: An Empirical and Normative Analysis, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 629, 669 (2020).
- Executive Agreement Series
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HeinOnline. (1929-1946) EAS 1-506. - Kavass's Guide to the United States Treaties in Force
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HeinOnline. (Guide to the United States Treaties in Force). Part 1 is a numerical list of bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements listed in TIF; Part 2 provides expanded subject lists of the treaties and agreements; and Part 3 provides a chronological index to U.S. multilateral treaties and agreements in force. - Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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(Until 1950). Executive Agreements, designated by EAS, are found in the section "International Agreements Other Than Treaties." - Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS)
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HeinOnline. (1945- ). Since 1945, TIAS has been the official print publication format for treaties and agreements that have entered into force for U.S. TIAS is the successor to two separate series, Treaty Series (1908-1946) and Executive Agreement Series (1929-1946). - Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949 (Bevans)
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- U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST)
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(1950-1984). Vols. 1-35.
Note: Check the current status of an Executive Order (E.O.) by using the Executive Order Disposition Tables Historical Index. Published by the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), the Disposition Tables list the status of executive orders from 1933 to date.
Find an E.O. using one of the following sources:
- American Presidency Project
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- Code of Federal Regulations
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current editions. Past editions of the C.F.R., Title 3, are located on LL1. - Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Federal Register
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current edition - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- United States Code (USC)
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See Table IV for the status of executive orders and their locations in the USC. Print location: BURNS (2ND FL) KF62 2018 - United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN)
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Print location: BURNS (2ND FL) KF48 .W45 - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- Code of Federal Regulations
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current editions. Past editions of the C.F.R., Title 3, are located on LL1. - Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Federal Register
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current edition - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- U.S. Declassified Documents Online
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- Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
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- Homeland Security Digital Library
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- National Security Archive
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- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- Code of Federal Regulations
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current editions. Past editions of the C.F.R., Title 3, are located on LL1. - Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Federal Register
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current edition - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- American Presidency Project
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- Code of Federal Regulations
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current editions. Past editions of the C.F.R., Title 3, are located on LL1. - Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Federal Register
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current edition - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- Congressional Record
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- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- U.S. Congressional Serial Set
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- United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN)
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Print location: BURNS (2ND FL) KF48 .W45 - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- Code of Federal Regulations
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current editions. Past editions of the C.F.R., Title 3, are located on LL1. - Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Federal Register
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current edition - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- United States Code (USC)
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Table V lists the Proclamations that are set out in the United States Code. - United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN)
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Print location: BURNS (2ND FL) KF48 .W45 - United States Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- Code of Federal Regulations
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current editions. Past editions of the C.F.R., Title 3, are located on LL1. - Federal Register
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Print location: RESERVE (1ST FL) Current edition - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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- United States Code (USC)
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Table VI provides a chronological list of the reorganization plans which at any time have been classified to the United States Code. - United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN)
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Print location: BURNS (2ND FL) KF48 .W45
- American Presidency Project
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- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN)
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Print location: BURNS (2ND FL) KF48 .W45 - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Westlaw's Daily Presidential Documents
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Coverage begins with January 1993. - White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- White House (Archived)
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(Links to archived pages.) - White House
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- American Presidency Project
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- Congressional Record
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- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
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- U.S. Congressional Serial Set
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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- White House
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- Reports of U.S. Presidential Commissions and Other Advisory Bodies
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Print location: Reference (1st floor) KF5125.A1 B66 2017
Common Sources Containing Presidential Documents
- Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), Title 3, The President
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Official publication. Includes determinations, executive orders, memoranda, notices, proclamations, and reorganization plans. - Congressional Record (Cong. Rec.)
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Official publication. Includes messages to Congress, State of the Union addresses and other presidential addresses to Congress, and veto messages. - Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents
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Official publication. Includes determinations, executive orders, memoranda, notices, messages to Congress, proclamations, reorganization plans, signing statements, speeches, State of the Union addresses, veto messages, and other documents. - Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
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Official publication. Includes determinations, executive orders, memoranda, notices, proclamations, and reorganization plans. - Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
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The series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The series, which is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, began in 1861 and now comprises more than 450 individual volumes. - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (Pub. Papers)
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Official publication. Includes determinations, executive orders, memoranda, notices, messages to Congress, proclamations, reorganization plans, signing statements, speeches, State of the Union addresses, veto messages, and other documents. - United States Code Congressional and Administration News (U.S.C.C.A.N.)
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Unofficial publication. Includes executive orders, proclamations, reorganization plans, and signing statements. - United States Congressional Serial Set
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Official publication. Includes State of the Union addresses and other presidential addresses to Congress, documents the President submits to Congress, and veto messages. - United States Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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Official publication. Includes public and private laws of Congress, proclamations, and reorganization plans. - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc.)
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Official publication. Includes determinations, executive orders, memoranda, notices, messages to Congress, proclamations, reorganization plans, signing statements, speeches, State of the Union addresses, veto messages, and other documents.
Reference Sources [Aids for Finding the Law]
- CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations
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Lists numbered and unnumbered executive orders, and proclamations by subject. - Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders
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Lists executive orders and proclamations by subject. - Index to the Code of Federal Regulations
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Lists determinations, executive orders, memoranda, notices, proclamations, and reorganization plans in the C.F.R. by subject. - List and Index of Presidential Executive Orders: Unnumbered Series
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Lists unnumbered executive orders.