Executive Order 10871—Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Estate, and Gift Tax returns by the House Committee on Public Works

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55(a) and 508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (53 Stat. 29, 111; 54 Stat. 1008; 26 U.S.C. 55(a) and 508), and by section 6103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 753; 26 U.S.C. 6103(a)). it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1950 to 1959, inclusive, shall, during the Eighty-sixth Congress, be open to inspection by the House Committee on Public Works, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its investigation of the policies, procedures and practices involved in the administration of the Federal-aid highway program, pursuant to House Resolution 91, 86th Congress, agreed to January 29, 1959, such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decisions 6132 and 6133, relating to the inspection of returns by committees of the Congress, approved by me on May 3, 1955.

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

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 15, 1960.