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The Desk · Actions · Executive order

Executive Order 10924

Signed
Mar 1, 1961
Kind
Executive order
Document
10924
Presidency
John F. Kennedy

Created the Peace Corps as an agency in the Department of State.

Why tracked

Ledger editorial note, not a Federal Register abstract.

Established the Peace Corps by executive order before statute caught up.

Topics: foreign-affairs · agency · historical

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