In 1976, Gerald Ford became the first U.S. President to forbid political assassination, in the wake of the Church Commission,[7] issuing Executive Order 11905.[8] In 1981, President Ronald Reagan strengthened the policy with Executive Order 12333, which decreed that "No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination." This Executive Order remains in effect today.[8][9]