Executive Order 11465—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 (53 Stat. 29, 54 Stat. 1008; 26 U.S.C. (1952 Ed.) 55 (a)), and by section 6103 (a) of, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (68A Stat. 753; 26 U.S.C. 6103(a)), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1950 to 1969, inclusive, shall, during the Ninety-first Congress, be open to inspection by the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized sub-committee thereof, for the purpose of carrying on those investigations authorized by clause 11 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, as amended and agreed to February 18, 1969. 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.

This order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the Federal Register.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

April 10, 1969