Presidential Documents Guide
Knowing where to look for presidential documents depends on the year and the type of document that you are interested in. This guide will help you determine:
- which documents to look for
- where the documents are
Types of Documents
Executive Orders (EO's) are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government. The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
- Executive Orders Disposition Tables
– Provides status information about EO's starting with EO 7532 (January 8, 1937)
– Links to full text of EO's starting with EO 12834 (January 20, 1993) - Search for Executive Orders, Proclamations and other Presidential documents:
- Published in the Federal Register – 1995-present
- Compiled in Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations
as issued in:
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003
- Published in the Federal Register – 1995-present
- Browse or Search Collections of Presidential Documents
Including Executive Orders, Proclamations, Determinations, Memoranda, messages to Congress, speeches and press conferences
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- 1993-present – begins with President William J. Clinton
- 1993-present – begins with President William J. Clinton
- Public Papers of the Presidents
- President George W. Bush – 2001, Vol. 1
- President William J. Clinton – All volumes, beginning with 1993, Vol. 1
- President George Bush
- 1989-1993 – made available by the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
- 1992-93, Vol. 1 and 2 – available through GPO
- President Ronald Reagan – Several volumes, beginning January, 1981, made available by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
- Codification of Executive Orders and Proclamations
This publication contains text in effect 1945-1989 and is no longer updated.
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Locate recently issued Presidential documents:
- Consult Other Sources for Presidential Documents
- NARA's Presidential Libraries Home Page
- NARA's Online Research Room for Presidential Materials
- White House Web Site – http://www.whitehouse.gov
- NARA's Presidential Libraries Home Page
