Executive Order 11483—Inspection of Income Tax Returns by the Select Committee on Crime, House of Representatives
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6103 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (26 U.S.C. 6103(a)), it is hereby ordered that any income tax return for the years 1960 to 1970 inclusive, shall, during the Ninety-first Congress, be open to inspection by the Select Committee on Crime, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its study and investigation of all aspects of crime in the United States, pursuant to House Resolution 17, 91st Congress, agreed to May 1, 1969. 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.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House
September 23, 1969
NOTE: Executive Order 11483 was not issued in the form of a White House press release. For an announcement of the Executive order, see the preceding item.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11483—Inspection of Income Tax Returns by the Select Committee on Crime, House of Representatives Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/306001