40th presidency

Ronald Reagan

In office 1981–1989 Vice president George H.W. Bush

Biography at the White House

Ronald Reagan
Documents on file
381
Years in office
8.0
Orders a year
48
Vetoes overridden
9 of 38
Pocket vetoes
39

What they put their name to

Each opens the directory, filtered to this presidency.

  1. Executive orders Directions to the executive branch, signed and published in the Federal Register. 381 orders
  2. Vetoes Bills sent back to Congress, and what the chambers did about it. 77 vetoes
  3. All documents Everything on file, including the memoranda, determinations and notices. 381 documents

Published most recently

The last 10 documents of this presidency.

Kind Document Reference Issued
Executive Order Presidential Records 54 FR 3403 January 18, 1989
Executive Order Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program 54 FR 1921 January 12, 1989
Executive Order Amending Executive Order No. 12658, the President's Commission on Catastrophic Nuclear Accidents 54 FR 1919 January 12, 1989
Executive Order Establishing an emergency board to investigate a dispute between the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 54 FR 959 January 6, 1989
Executive Order Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Allowances — January 6, 1989
Executive Order Implementing the United States-Canada Free-Trade Implementation Act 54 FR 785 December 31, 1988
Executive Order Implementing the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and Related International Trade Matters 54 FR 779 December 27, 1988
Executive Order National Microgravity Research Board 53 FR 51215 December 16, 1988
Executive Order Delegation of authority regarding the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves 53 FR 50911 December 15, 1988
Executive Order President's Commission on Catastrophic Nuclear Accidents 53 FR 47517 November 18, 1988

Bills refused

The 10 most recent. All vetoes of this presidency.

Bill Title Override Vetoed
H.R. 3966 To require the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate restrictions on advertising… Pocket veto —
H.R. 5560 To amend the Public Health Service Act, and the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988, to… Pocket veto October 22, 1988
H.R. 5043 To amend section 207 of Title 18, United States Code, relating to restrictions on… Pocket veto October 22, 1988
H.R. 4833 To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of nurse education… Pocket veto October 22, 1988
H.R. 3621 To declare that certain lands located in California and held by the Secretary of the Interior… Pocket veto October 22, 1988
H.R. 2596 To improve Federal management of lands on Admiralty Island, Alaska, Pocket veto October 22, 1988
S. 2751 To designate certain lands in Montana as wilderness, to release other forest lands for multiple… Pocket veto October 22, 1988
Bill not legible 2462 §.108B. To establish a coordinated National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research… Pocket veto October 22, 1988
S. 508 To amend Title 5, United States Code, to strengbhen the protections availabie to Federal… Pocket veto October 22, 1988
H.R. 4432 To amend Title 13, United States Code, to require certain detailed tabulations relating to… Pocket veto October 22, 1988

Memoranda, determinations and notices make up the rest of the document total. Vetoes are counted from 1789, executive orders from 1937, signing statements from 1993, other documents from 1994 and nominations from 2001.