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Executive Order 12328

Federal employees contracting or trading with Indians

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In simple terms

This executive order delegates presidential authority to regulate federal employees' commercial transactions with Indians from the President to the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Indian Affairs employees) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (for Indian Health Service employees). It also preserves existing regulations as interim rules until new ones are issued.

46 FR 50357
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Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 46 FR 50357

Key directives

  • Delegate BIA employee trading regulations to Secretary of the Interior
  • Delegate IHS employee trading regulations to Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Adopt existing regulations as interim rules pending new rulemaking

Who is ordered

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

  • Delegation of regulatory authority takes effect
  • Existing regulations adopted as interim rules

Near term (90d)

  • Secretaries may begin drafting new rules and regulations

Long term

  • Potential new regulations replacing interim rules (no deadline specified)

Risks & tensions

  • No deadline for new regulations creates indefinite interim status
  • Unclear whether Secretaries are required or merely permitted to issue new regulations
  • Potential conflict of interest concerns in federal employees trading with Native Americans they serve
Executive Order 12328: Federal employees contracting or trading with Indians · Executive Orders