Executive Order 11030: Preparation, presentation, filing, and publication of Executive Orders and Proclamations

Summary

Kennedy’s EO 11030 organizes preparation, presentation, filing and publication of executive orders and proclamations. It is a procedural instrument explaining how presidential documents move through executive review and the Federal Register system. It does not establish that every document signed by a President is an executive order or that following a drafting procedure supplies substantive legal authority.

Status: In effect. Yes. As amended, it remains the authority for current 1 CFR part 19 procedures for presidential documents.

Key facts at a glance

Signed	June 15, 1962
President	John F. Kennedy
Federal Register	27 FR 5847; published June 21, 1962
Current label	In effect
Amended by	EO 11354, EO 12080, EO 12608, EO 13403
Related orders	EO 11354, EO 12080, EO 12608, EO 13403
Checked	October 25, 2026

What it requires today

Drafts ordinarily pass through OMB and the Attorney General for policy and legal review before presentation to the President, with the Office of the Federal Register performing assigned functions. The order includes an urgency route and provisions concerning disapproved proposals. Current regulations and actual document handling should be read alongside the amended presidential text.

Requirements concern format, title, authority citations, signatures, geographic names and publication handling. A format requirement is different from the legal basis for a command. A document can cite executive authority while still raising a substantive question about the limits of that authority.

Treaties and certain categories of presidential documents receive distinct treatment. An unsigned draft is not a signed presidential order merely because it has completed part of the review process or appears in an agency planning file.

Who it affects

Agencies proposing presidential documents, OMB, Justice and the Office of the Federal Register are directly affected. Readers benefit because orderly filing and publication help establish an authoritative text and citation. The process does not guarantee that the document will survive judicial review.

How it came about

The signed date is June 15, 1962; publication followed on June 19 at 27 FR 5847. A historical codification source note can blur these dates, so the two are recorded separately here. The order replaced earlier drafting procedures and has been amended as administrative arrangements changed.

What agencies did under it

Current 1 CFR part 19 expressly cites EO 11030 and sets publication-related procedures. Its continuing authority citation is positive current evidence. Some formal specifications remain in the regulatory text even as practical document handling has developed; this guide does not assume every modern action is carried out solely through paper copies.

EOs 11354, 12080, 12608 and 13403 amended the framework. Those changes should be consulted before relying on a historical step or official title. For readers following a new order, the signed text, official publication and later amendments answer different questions.

Implementation records: Current presidential-document regulations.

Amendments and family tree

The framework’s amendment chain includes EOs 11354, 12080, 12608 and 13403. The current disposition does not identify whole-order revocation. This procedural history is separate from the revocation history of any substantive order produced under the process.

Related guides: EO 13403.

Selected historical wording from the National Archives codification

EO 11030: this excerpt preserves the historical codified wording. For present application, yes. As amended, it remains the authority for current 1 CFR part 19 procedures for presidential documents.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Federal Register Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. 301 et seq. ), and as President of the United States, I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the preparation, presentation, filing, and publication of Executive orders and proclamations: Section 1. Form. Proposed Executive orders and proclamations shall be prepared in accordance with the following requirements: (a) The order or proclamation shall be given a suitable title. (b) The order or proclamation shall contain a citation of the authority under which it is issued. (c) Punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and other matters of style shall, in general, conform to the most recent edition of the Style Manual of the United States Government Printing Office. (d) The spelling of geographic names shall conform to the decisions of the Board of Geographic names, established by Section 2 of the Act of July 25, 1947, 61 Stat. 456 (43 U.S.C. 364a). (e) Descriptions of tracts of land shall conform, so far as practicable, to the most recent edition of the "Specifications for Descriptions of Tracts of Land for Use in Executive Orders and Proclamations," prepared by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. (f) Proposed Executive orders and proclamations shall be typewritten on paper approximately 8 x 13 inches, shall have a left-hand margin of approximately 1½ inches and a right-hand margin of approximately 1 inch, and shall be double-spaced, except that quotations, tabulations, and descriptions of land may be single-spaced. (g) Proclamations issued by the President shall conclude with the following-described recitation-- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this . . . day of . . . . . ., in the year of our Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., and of the Independence of the United States of America the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Sec. 1 amended by Executive Order 11354 of May 23, 1967, 32 FR 7695, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 652] Sec. 2. Routing and approval of drafts.

Read the official text and source notes.

Court cases

No court ruling specifically on EO 11030 was found in the official presidential, disposition and agency sources examined as of October 25, 2026. The status assessment for this instrument is: Yes. As amended, it remains the authority for current 1 CFR part 19 procedures for presidential documents.

Common questions

Was it signed on June 19?

No. It was signed June 15, 1962 and published June 19. Signed and publication dates should not be substituted for one another.

Does OMB review supply legal authority?

No. Review and presentation procedures do not create substantive presidential powers. The proposed action still needs a lawful basis.

Is every presidential announcement an executive order?

No. Proclamations and other presidential documents have distinct forms and functions. The authoritative signed instrument should be identified.

Does publication guarantee validity?

No. An officially published order can still be challenged on substantive legal grounds. Publication establishes the public record, not a judicial endorsement.

Legal basis

The order operates within presidential administration and the Federal Register Act framework. Publication procedures promote an authoritative public record but do not give the President powers Congress or the Constitution withholds. A procedural guide should therefore be used alongside the legal authority cited by the particular substantive order.

Sources

Cite this page

EO Explained, “Executive Order 11030: Preparation, presentation, filing, and publication of Executive Orders and Proclamations”, checked October 25, 2026. https://eoexplained.com/historic-orders/historic-11030-preparation-presentation-filing-and-publication-of-executive-orders-and-proclamations. Include an access date when citing this dated account. For the presidential instrument itself, cite 27 FR 5847 and the official text.

Last checked

October 25, 2026. EO 11030 was checked against its signed record, current disposition and cited implementation sources for the status and scope described above. Report an error or a later official source.