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Executive Order 11434 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.29)

Executive Order 11434—Relating to the Administration of the Foreign Service Personnel Systems of the United States, and for Other Purposes

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
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Friday, November 8, 1968
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2 min read (477 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 Lyndon B. Johnson on 1968-11-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Relating to the Administration of the Foreign Service Personnel Systems of the United States, and for Other Purposes." 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 the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C.
▪ 810), and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.
▪ The Board of the Foreign Service and the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service established by Executive Order No.
▪ 11264 of December 31, 1965, as hereinafter amended, shall exercise with respect to Foreign Service information officers the functions delegated to them by that order with respect to Foreign Service officers.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities
Total Words
477
2,950 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.29
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 11434, Lyndon B. Johnson (Nov 8, 1968). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11434-relating-the-administration-the-foreign-service-personnel-systems.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953 (67 Stat. 642), Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965 (79 Stat. 1321), Public Law 90-494 (82 Stat. 810), and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Policies and Regulations. The Secretary of State with respect to the Foreign Service personnel and retirement systems and the Director of the United States Information Agency with respect to the Foreign Service personnel system of the United States Information Agency shall promul6te policies and related regulations governing such systems after consultation with the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission. SEC. 2. Board of the Foreign Service and Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service. The Board of the Foreign Service and the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service established by Executive Order No. 11264 of December 31, 1965, as hereinafter amended, shall exercise with respect to Foreign Service information officers the functions delegated to them by that order with respect to Foreign Service officers. The Boards shall perform such additional functions with respect to Foreign Service personnel of the United States Information Agency as the Director may from time to time delegate or otherwise assign. SEC. 3. Foreign. Service Retirement and Disability System. The authority vested in the President by Sections 9 (b) and 16(a) of Public Law 90-494 to prescribe regulations relating to participation of Foreign Service staff officers and employees of the United States Information Agency and Foreign Service Reserve officers with unlimited tenure, respectively, in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System is hereby delegated to the Secretary of State. SEC. 4. Amendment of Executive Order No. 11264. Section 21 of Executive Order No. 11264 of December 31, 1965, is amended as follows: (a) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) is amended by deleting "(iii) The United States Information Agency" and redesignating subdivision (iv) as subdivision (iii). (b) Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) is redesignated as paragraph (4) and the following new paragraph (3) is added: "(3) Two officials of the United States Information Agency who shall be designated as members of the Board by the Director of the United States Information Agency." (c) Subsection (d) is amended by substituting "sub-section (b) (1), (b) (2) or (b) (3)" for "subsection (b) (1) or (b) (2)." SEC. 5. Effective Date. This order shall be effective as of August 20, 1968, and the Secretary of State and the Director of the United States Information Agency, in their discretion and consistent with law, may make rules and regulations pursuant to this order effective on or after that date. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House November 8, 1968