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This executive order, signed by President John F. Kennedy on 1962-08-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Extension of the President's Commission on Campaign Costs." 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
▪By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
103
583 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 11039, John F. Kennedy (Aug 3, 1962). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11039-extension-the-presidents-commission-campaign-costs.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10974 of November 8, 1961, be, and it is hereby, amended, effective as of July 1, 1962, as follows: (1) By inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence of Section 5 a comma and the following: "and from any thereto corresponding appropriation available for the fiscal year 1963." (2) By substituting for the last sentence of the order the following: "The Commission shall terminate as of November 1, 1962." JOHN F. KENNEDY THE WHITE HOUSE, August 3, 1962
