Executive Order 10836 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10836—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10530, Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to the Approval of the President

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Tuesday, September 8, 1959

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1 min read (272 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 1959-09-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10530, Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to the Approval of the President." 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 that Executive Order No.

▪ 10530 of May 10, 1954, entitled "Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to the Approval of the President", be, and it is hereby, amended as follows: 1.

▪ Paragraph (/) of section 1 is amended to read: "(/) The authority vested in the President by the last sentence of section 11 of the act of June 6, 1924, ch.

▪ 463 (as renumbered by section 2 of, and as amended by, the act of July 19, 1952, ch.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

272

1,529 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10836, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Sep 8, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10836-amendment-executive-order-no-10530-providing-for-the-performance.

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 that Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954, entitled "Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to the Approval of the President", be, and it is hereby, amended as follows: 1. Paragraph (/) of section 1 is amended to read: "(/) The authority vested in the President by the last sentence of section 11 of the act of June 6, 1924, ch. 270, 43 Stat. 463 (as renumbered by section 2 of, and as amended by, the act of July 19, 1952, ch. 949, 66 Stat. 781, et seq.), to approve (1) the designation of lands to be acquired by condemnation, (2) contracts for purchase of lands, and (3) agreements between the National Capital Planning Commission and officials of the States of Maryland and Virginia." 2. The following paragraph (o) is added at the end of section 1: "(o) The authority vested in the President by section 44(a) of the Alaska Omnibus Act, approved June 25, 1959 (Public Law 86-70; 73 Stat. 141, 151), to make transitional grants to the State of Alaska; and the authority vested in the President by section 44(b) of that act (1) to approve requests of the Governor of Alaska that Federal agencies continue to provide services or facilities in Alaska for an interim period, and (2) to allocate to such agencies the funds necessary to finance the provision of such services or facilities." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, September 8, 1959.