Executive Order 11799 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11799—Amending Executive Order No. 11554 as it Relates to the Establishment of a Maximum Percentage of Navy and Marine Corps Officers Who May be Recommended for Promotion from Below the Appropriate Promotion Zone

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Saturday, August 17, 1974

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1 min read (123 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 Gerald R. Ford on 1974-08-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 11554 as it Relates to the Establishment of a Maximum Percentage of Navy and Marine Corps Officers Who May be Recommended for Promotion from Below the Appropriate Promotion Zone." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Amending Executive Order No. 11554 as it Relates to the Establishment of a Maximum Percentage of Navy and Marine Corps Officers Who May be Recommended for Promotion from Below the Appropriate Promotion Zone.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

123

672 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11799, Gerald R. Ford (Aug 17, 1974). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11799-amending-executive-order-no-11554-it-relates-the-establishment.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 711 (b) of title 10 of the United States Code, Executive Order No. 11554 of August 29, 1970, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "The operation of so much of the provisions of section 5 707 (c) of title 10 of the United States Code as restrict, to a percentage of five percent of the total number of officers that a board is authorized to recommend for promotion, the number of Navy and Marine Corps officers below the appropriate promotion zone who may be recommended as best fitted for promotion to the grade concerned, is hereby suspended until June 30, 1976." GERALD R. FORD The White House, August 17, 1974.