Presidential Materials
Important materials generated by the President include:
- Executive orders: statements by the President that instruct government agencies to take specific actions.
- Proclamations: ceremonial statements, such as those declaring holidays.
- Signing and veto statements: formal statements explaining the President's decision to sign or veto a bill.
- Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive OrdersOrganizes proclamations and executive orders by subject. Includes Disposition Tables that identify which proclamations and orders are still active and which have been revoked.
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (National Archives)Presidential writings, addresses, and remarks since 1981.
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (govinfo)Presidential writings, addresses, and remarks since 1991.
- Compilation of Presidential Documents (govinfo)Compiles all materials released by the White House Press Secretary since 1992, including executive orders, proclamations, and signing and veto statements.
- American Presidency ProjectAllows searching of a wide range of presidential materials, including executive orders, proclamations, and signing and veto statements.
- Federal Register (Executive Office of the President)Proclamations, executive orders, and some other presidential documents are printed in the daily Federal Register, under the heading "Executive Office of the President."
- Code of Federal Regulations (Title 3)Title 3 of the CFR compiles all of the presidential documents printed in the Federal Register each year.
