Executive Order 11611—Inspection of Income, Excess Profits, Estate, and Gift Tax Returns by the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 55(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, as amended (26 U.S.C. (1952 Ed.) 55(a)), and by section 6103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (26 U.S.C. 6103(a)), I do hereby order that any income, excess-profits, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1950 to 1971, inclusive, shall, during the Ninety-second Congress, be open to inspection by the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, for the purpose of carrying on those investigations authorized by clause 11 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Such inspection shall 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 the President on May 3, 1955.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

July 26, 1971