Executive Order 10766 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10766—Delegating to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget the Authority of the President To Approve Regulations Relating to the Rental of Substandard Housing for Members of the Uniformed Services

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Thursday, May 1, 1958

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1 min read (243 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1958-05-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget the Authority of the President To Approve Regulations Relating to the Rental of Substandard Housing for Members of the Uniformed Services." 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

▪ The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 407 (b) of the act of August 30, 1957, 71 Stat.

▪ The authority delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget by section 1 of this order shall be deemed to include the authority to approve the amendment, supersede, or termination of regulations at any time approved by the President under section 407 (b).

▪ The Secretaries referred to in section 407 (c) of the said act shall furnish the Director of the Bureau of the Budget such reports with respect to matters within the scope of the said regulations as he may require and at such times as he may specify.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

243

1,374 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10766, Dwight D. Eisenhower (May 1, 1958). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10766-delegating-the-director-the-bureau-the-budget-the-authority-the.

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 hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 407 (b) of the act of August 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 556 (42 U.S.C. 1594j (b)), to approve regulations prescribed pursuant to that section, relating to the rental of substandard housing for members of the uniformed services. Any such regulations may, with the approval of the Director, be made effective on any date occurring between December 31, 1957, and the date on which section 407 (b) ceases to be in force. SEC. 2. The authority delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget by section 1 of this order shall be deemed to include the authority to approve the amendment, supersede, or termination of regulations at any time approved by the President under section 407 (b). SEC. 3. The Secretaries referred to in section 407 (c) of the said act shall furnish the Director of the Bureau of the Budget such reports with respect to matters within the scope of the said regulations as he may require and at such times as he may specify. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, May 1, 1958.