Executive Order 11720—Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Estate, Gift, and Excise Tax Returns by the Senate Committee on Commerce

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)), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, estate, gift, or excise tax return for the years 1939 to 1974, inclusive, shall, during the Ninety-third Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Committee on Commerce, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its investigation of the effects of organized criminal activity on interstate and foreign commerce. 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,

May 17, 1973