Executive Order 10464 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10464—Delegation of Functions of the President Respecting the Transfer of Wheat to Pakistan

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Thursday, June 25, 1953

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1 min read (250 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1953-06-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegation of Functions of the President Respecting the Transfer of Wheat to Pakistan." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ Except as otherwise provided in sections 2 and 3 of this order, the Director for Mutual Security is hereby designated and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the functions vested in the President by the Act of June 25, 1953, entitled "An Act to provide for the transfer of price-support wheat to Pakistan." SEC.

▪ There are hereby excluded from the functions delegated by section 1 of this order the functions conferred upon the President by section 4 of the said Act of June 25, 1953, with respect to the termination of assistance.

▪ The Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Pakistan under the said Act of June 25, 1953.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

250

1,398 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10464, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Jun 25, 1953). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10464-delegation-functions-the-president-respecting-the-transfer-wheat.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 2 and 3 of this order, the Director for Mutual Security is hereby designated and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the functions vested in the President by the Act of June 25, 1953, entitled "An Act to provide for the transfer of price-support wheat to Pakistan." SEC. 2. There are hereby excluded from the functions delegated by section 1 of this order the functions conferred upon the President by section 4 of the said Act of June 25, 1953, with respect to the termination of assistance. SEC 3. The Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Pakistan under the said Act of June 25, 1953. SEC. 4. The functions delegated to the Director for Mutual Security by this order shall be subject to the responsibilities of the Secretary of State with respect to the foreign policy of the United States as it relates to the said functions. SEC. 5. The meaning of the terms "perform" and "functions" as used in this order shall be the same as the meaning of those terms as used in chapter 4 of title 3 of the United States Code. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, June 25, 1953.