Executive Order 11894 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11894—Adding to the Membership of the East-West Foreign Trade Board

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Saturday, January 3, 1976

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1 min read (166 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 1976-01-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Adding to the Membership of the East-West Foreign Trade Board." 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

▪ 11846 of March 27, 1975, is accordingly amended to read as follows: "(1) The Secretary of State.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

166

956 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

8.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11894, Gerald R. Ford (Jan 3, 1976). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11894-adding-the-membership-the-east-west-foreign-trade-board.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 411 of the Trade Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 2065, 19 U.S.C. 2441), and as President of the United States of America, the Secretary of Defense is added as a member of the East-West Foreign Trade Board and the list of ex officio members of the East West Foreign Trade Board set forth in Section 7 (a) of Executive Order No. 11846 of March 27, 1975, is accordingly amended to read as follows: "(1) The Secretary of State. (2) The Secretary of the Treasury. (3) The Secretary of Defense. (4) The Secretary of Agriculture. (5) The Secretary of Commerce. (6) The Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. (7) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (8) The Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy. (9) The President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. (10) The Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs." GERALD R. FORD The White House, January 3, 1976.