Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 7200—Amending Executive Order No. 7027, of April 30, 1935, Establishing the Resettlement Administration

September 26, 1935

Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of the second paragraph of Executive Order No. 7027, of April 30, 1935, establishing the Resettlement Administration, are hereby amended to read as follows:

"(a) To administer approved projects involving rural rehabilitation, relief in stricken agricultural areas, and resettlement of destitute or low-income families from rural and urban areas, including the establishment, maintenance, and operation, in such connection, of communities in rural and suburban areas.

"(b) To initiate and administer a program of approved projects with respect to soil erosion, stream pollution, seacoast erosion, reforestation, forestation, flood control, and other useful projects."

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 26, 1935.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7200—Amending Executive Order No. 7027, of April 30, 1935, Establishing the Resettlement Administration Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/376903

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