Executive Order 11682—Inspection by the Department of the Treasury of Tax Returns Made Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for Economic Stabilization Purposes

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 753; 26 U.S.C. 6103 (a)), as amended, it is hereby ordered that returns described in section 6103 (a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 shall be open to inspection by the Department of the Treasury as may be needed in the administration of the provisions of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-379, 84 Stat. 799), as amended by the Economic Stabilization Act Amendments of 1971 (Public Law 92-210, 85 Stat. 743). Such inspection shall be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in a Treasury Decision, relating to inspection of returns made under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by the Department of the Treasury for the purposes of economic stabilization, approved by me this date.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House,

August 29, 1972