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• Ronald Reagan
Executive Order 12290 - Federal Exports and Excessive Regulation
February 17, 1981

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to ensure that the Export Administration Act of 1979 is implemented with the minimum regulatory burden, Executive Order No. 12264 of January 15, 1981, entitled "On Federal Policy Regarding the Export of Banned or Significantly Restricted Substances," is hereby revoked.

RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
February 17, 1981.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:18 p.m., February 17, 1981]
Citation: Ronald Reagan: "Executive Order 12290 - Federal Exports and Excessive Regulation", February 17, 1981. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43422.
 
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