Executive Order 11871 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11871—Transferring the SCORE and ACE Programs from the ACTION Agency to the Small Business Administration

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Friday, July 18, 1975

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2 min read (378 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 1975-07-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring the SCORE and ACE Programs from the ACTION Agency to the Small Business Administration." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 5031, et seq.), which relate to a Service Corps of Retired Executives ("SCORE") and an Active Corps of Executives ("ACE") are hereby transferred to the Small Business Administration.

▪ 5041, et seq.), which are incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions, powers, and duties transferred by Section 1 of this Order, are hereby transferred to the Small Business Administration.

▪ Nothing in this Order shall preclude the ACTION Agency or its Director from continuing, establishing, or conducting volunteer programs to carry out his other responsibilities as provided for in Title III or Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.

▪ The rights, privileges, and disabilities attaching to volunteers under Title III and Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, and to Federal employees otherwise entitled to Civil Service protection and transferred hereunder, shall not be otherwise affected by this transfer.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

378

2,267 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11871, Gerald R. Ford (Jul 18, 1975). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11871-transferring-the-score-and-ace-programs-from-the-action-agency-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 12 of the Small Business Act (72 Stat. 394, 15 U.S.C. 641), the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 394, 42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. All functions, powers, and duties vested in the ACTION Agency or its Director under Title III of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 404, 42 U.S.C. 5031, et seq.), which relate to a Service Corps of Retired Executives ("SCORE") and an Active Corps of Executives ("ACE") are hereby transferred to the Small Business Administration. SEC. 2. All the functions, powers, and duties vested in the ACTION Agency or its Director under Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 405, 42 U.S.C. 5041, et seq.), which are incidental to or necessary for the performance of the functions, powers, and duties transferred by Section 1 of this Order, are hereby transferred to the Small Business Administration. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Order shall preclude the ACTION Agency or its Director from continuing, establishing, or conducting volunteer programs to carry out his other responsibilities as provided for in Title III or Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. SEC. 4. The authority of the President under Section 12 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 641) to provide for appropriate transfers of records, property, necessary personnel, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds in connection with the transfers provided by this Order is hereby delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, who shall take such action as he deems appropriate to enable the proper performance of the functions, powers, and duties transferred by this Order. SEC. 5. The rights, privileges, and disabilities attaching to volunteers under Title III and Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, and to Federal employees otherwise entitled to Civil Service protection and transferred hereunder, shall not be otherwise affected by this transfer. SEC. 6. This Order shall be effective on the fifteenth day of July, 1975. GERALD R. FORD The White House, July 18, 1975.