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Executive Order 10046 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10046—Transferring Certain Lands from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior and Withdrawing Public Lands for the Use of the Department of Agriculture in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming

Thursday, March 24, 1949
26 min read (5,217 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1949-03-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Certain Lands from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior and Withdrawing Public Lands for the Use of the Department of Agriculture in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming." It is an expansive, comprehensive regulatory directive mandating coordinated enforcement, detailed procedural standards, and formal agency compliance benchmarks across multiple federal departments.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

1011), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.
7908 of June 9, 1938, as amended by Executive Order No.
315), as amended: Provided, That the transfer of jurisdiction over those lands that are in process of acquisition shall take effect upon the completion of acquisition thereof by the Secretary of Agriculture: ARIZONA SAN SIMON PROJECT (AZ-LU-21) Gila and Salt River Meridian T.
7908, as amended by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
5,217
21,881 characters
Estimated Read Time
26 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
4.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10046, Harry S Truman (Mar 24, 1949). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10046-transferring-certain-lands-from-the-department-agriculture-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)