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EO 123251981-09-30Reagan

Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities

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EO 123261981-09-30Reagan

Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

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EO 123241981-09-29Reagan

Interdiction of illegal aliens

This 1981 executive order authorizes the Coast Guard to stop, board, and return vessels carrying undocumented migrants attempting to reach the U.S. by sea, provided these actions occur outside U.S. territorial waters. It directs the Secretary of State to negotiate cooperative arrangements with foreign governments and requires the Attorney General to ensure fair enforcement of immigration laws and protection of genuine refugees.

EO 123231981-09-22Reagan

Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba

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EO 123221981-09-17Reagan

Water resources projects

This executive order requires all federal agencies to submit water resources project reports, proposals, and plans to the OMB Director before sending them to Congress. The OMB Director must review them for consistency with presidential policy, planning guidelines, and applicable laws, and agencies must include OMB's advice when submitting materials to Congress. It also revokes the previous executive order on this topic (EO 12113).

EO 123201981-09-15Reagan

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

This executive order establishes a permanent federal program to increase participation by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in federally sponsored programs. It requires annual planning, reporting, and review mechanisms across executive agencies, revokes the previous Carter-era EO 12232, and sets specific deadlines for initial implementation in 1981-1982.

EO 123211981-09-14Reagan

Foreign assistance and arms export control

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EO 123191981-09-09Reagan

River Basin Commissions

This executive order terminates six river basin commissions established under the Water Resources Planning Act, with five closing on September 30, 1981 and the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission closing on December 31, 1981. It directs federal agencies to cooperate in orderly transitions to member states, transfers federal assets to states with OMB approval, and revokes the original executive orders establishing each commission.

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