Executive Order 10846 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10846—Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Estate, and Gift Tax Returns by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

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Monday, October 12, 1959

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1 min read (199 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 1959-10-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Estate, and Gift Tax Returns by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry." 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

▪ This order shall become effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

199

1,203 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10846, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Oct 12, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10846-inspection-income-excess-profits-estate-and-gift-tax-returns-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55(a) and 508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (53 Stat. 29, 111; 54 Stat. 1008; 26 U.S.C. 55(a) and 508), and by section 6103 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 753; 26 U.S.C. 6103(a)), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1950 to 1959, inclusive, shall, during the Eighty-sixth Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its investigation of, and study of matters relating to, the operation of the Commodity Credit Corporation and other activities of the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to the resolution of such Committee agreed to May 20,1959, such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decisions 6132 and 6133, relating to the inspection of returns by committees of the Congress, approved by me on May 3, 1955. This order shall become effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, October 12, 1959.