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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1956-01-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating Certain Functions of the President to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget." 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
▪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: The functions vested in the President by the third proviso of section 5 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (68 Stat.
▪1005), relating to the transmittal to the Congress of copies of plans for certain works of improvement and the justifications therefor, are hereby delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
99
565 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10654, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Jan 20, 1956). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10654-delegating-certain-functions-the-president-the-director-the-bureau.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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: The functions vested in the President by the third proviso of section 5 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (68 Stat. 667; 16 U.S.C. 1005), relating to the transmittal to the Congress of copies of plans for certain works of improvement and the justifications therefor, are hereby delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 1956.
