Executive Order 10662 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10662—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10480 and Revocation of Executive Order No. 10160, Relating to the Administration of the Defense Production Act of 1950

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Tuesday, March 13, 1956

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1 min read (244 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1956-03-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10480 and Revocation of Executive Order No. 10160, Relating to the Administration of the Defense Production Act of 1950." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.

▪ 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ 4939), as amended, is hereby further amended: (a) By amending section 304 thereof to read as follows: "SEC.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

244

1,413 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10662, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Mar 13, 1956). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10662-amendment-executive-order-no-10480-and-revocation-executive-order-no.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 10480 of August 14, 1953 (18 F. R. 4939), as amended, is hereby further amended: (a) By amending section 304 thereof to read as follows: "SEC. 304. The Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization is hereby authorized and directed to encourage the exploration, development, and mining of critical and strategic minerals and metals, and to make provision for the development of substitutes for strategic and critical materials, as authorized by and subject to the provisions of section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended." (b) By amending section 602 (c) thereof to read as follows: "(c) There are excluded from the functions delegated by section 602 (a) of this order (1) the functions delegated by Part V of this Order, (2) the functions of the President with respect to regulations under section 710 (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and (3) the functions of the President with respect to fixing compensation under section 703 (a) of the said Act." (c) By deleting section 602 (d) thereof. SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 10160 of September 9, 1950 (15 F. R. 6103), is hereby revoked. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, March 13, 1956.