Executive Order 1142
It is hereby ordered that no bureau, office, or division chief, or subordinate in any department of the Government, and no officer of the Army or Navy or Marine Corps stationed in Washington, shall apply to either House of Congress, or to any committee of either House of Congress, or to any Member of Congress, for legislation, or for appropriations, or for congressional action of any kind, except with the consent and knowledge of the head of the department; nor shall any such person respond to any request for information from either House of Congress, or any committee of either House of Congress, or any Member of Congress, except through, or as authorized by, the head of his department.
Wm. H. Taft.
The White House,
- November 26, 1909.
Notes
[edit]- Superseded by:
- Executive Order 1514, April 8, 1912
- See Related:
- Executive Order of July 14, 1886
- Executive Order 163, January 31, 1902
- Executive Order 402, January 25, 1906
- Lloyd – La Follette Act, 1912
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