Executive Order 10381 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10381—Amendment of Executive Order No. 9805, Prescribing Regulations Governing Payment of Certain Travel and Transportation Expenses

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Wednesday, August 6, 1952

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1 min read (169 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 1952-08-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 9805, Prescribing Regulations Governing Payment of Certain Travel and Transportation Expenses." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 806, it is ordered that section 21 of Executive Order No.

▪ 9805 of November 25, 1946, prescribing regulations governing payment of travel and transportation expenses of civilian officers and employees of the United States when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

169

1,008 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10381, Harry S Truman (Aug 6, 1952). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10381-amendment-executive-order-no-9805-prescribing-regulations-governing.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of August 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 806, it is ordered that section 21 of Executive Order No. 9805 of November 25, 1946, prescribing regulations governing payment of travel and transportation expenses of civilian officers and employees of the United States when transferred from one official station to another for permanent duty, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 21. Means of shipment. Transportation services, including allowances specified in sections 18 and 19 hereof, may be procured by the agency concerned from any available common carrier: Provided, however, that an employee may elect to have his effects moved by some means other than the means selected by the Government on the condition that he shall pay the amount, if any, by which the charges for the means of transportation selected by him exceed the charges for the means of transportation selected by the Government." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, August 6, 1952