Executive Order 11235—Inspection of Income, Estate, and Gift Tax Returns by the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (68A Stat. 753; 26 U.S.C. 6103(a)), it is hereby ordered that any income, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1956 to 1965, inclusive, shall, during the Eighty-ninth Congress, be open to inspection by the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its studies and investigations of matters falling within the jurisdiction of the Committee under clause 4 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, as authorized by House Resolution 133, 89th Congress, agreed to February 16, 1965. Such inspection shall be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decision 6132, relating to the inspection of returns by committees of the Congress, approved by the President on May 3, 1955.

This order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the Federal Register.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

The White House,

July 21, 1965.