So in response, Congress passed H.R. 5389 in 1963 with large majorities in the House and Senate. This would go on to become Public Law 8836, the main effect of which was repealing the Silver Purchase Act of 1934. After public law 8836, the government signaled a shift away from silver and towards Federal Reserve notes. One of the elements of this whole thing was granting the Federal Reserve the authority to issue $1 and $2 bills. $1 bills were originally released in 1928 as silver certificates, hence the silver dollar. But after JFK passed this public law and the ensuing executive order, the Federal Reserve actually expanded its responsibilities as far as issuing currency is concerned. All the executive order did was allow the Treasury Department to issue silver certificates in the interim period while the transition was happening. Alex's theory relies on the idea that Executive Order 11110 was an attempt by JFK to take the power to print money away from the Federal Reserve and give that power to the Treasury, but a closer look at the order itself as well as the context surrounding it. Make it clear that that's the opposite of what it did.