Executive Order 10835 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10835—Delegating to the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission the Authority of the President To Make Certain Determinations Relating to the Payment of Presidential Awards

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Friday, August 21, 1959

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1 min read (144 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 1959-08-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating to the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission the Authority of the President To Make Certain Determinations Relating to the Payment of Presidential Awards." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Delegating to the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission the Authority of the President To Make Certain Determinations Relating to the Payment of Presidential Awards.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

144

914 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10835, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Aug 21, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10835-delegating-the-chairman-the-civil-service-commission-the-authority.

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, the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission is hereby designated and empowered, without approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to exercise the authority vested in the President by sub-section (e) of section 304 of the Government Employees' Incentive Awards Act (68 Stat. 1113; 5 U.S.C. 2123(e)) to determine the activity primarily benefiting, or the various activities benefiting, from any suggestion, invention, superior accomplishment, or other personal effort of any civilian officer or employee of the Government which constitutes the basis of any Presidential award or honorary recognition made or granted under subsection (b) of section 304 of that act (68 Stat. 1113; 5 U.S.C. 2123(b)). DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, August 21, 1959.