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Executive Order 12047 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12047—Imported Objects of Cultural Significance

Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
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Monday, March 27, 1978
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2 min read (355 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 Jimmy Carter on 1978-03-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Imported Objects of Cultural Significance." 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

▪ 11312 of October 14, 1966 is revoked.
▪ 11312 shall remain in effect until changed pursuant to the authority provided in this Order.
▪ This Order shall be effective on April 1, 1978.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
355
2,154 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
15.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 12047, Jimmy Carter (Mar 27, 1978). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12047-imported-objects-cultural-significance.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965, entitled "An Act to render immune from seizure under judicial process certain objects of cultural significance imported into the United States for temporary display or exhibition, and for other purposes" (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), and as President of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Director of the International Communication Agency is designated and empowered to perform the functions conferred upon the President by the above-mentioned Act and shall be deemed to be authorized, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, (1) to determine that any work of art or other object to be imported into the United States within the meaning of the Act is of cultural significance, (2) to determine that the temporary exhibition or display of any such work of art or other object in the United States is in the national interest, and (3) to cause public notices of the redeterminations referred to above to be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. SEC. 2. The Director of the International Communication Agency, in carrying out this Order, shall consult with the Secretary of State with respect to the determination of national interest, and may consult with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Gallery of Art, and with such other officers and agencies of the Government as may be appropriate, with respect to the determination of cultural significance. SEC. 3. The Director of the International Communication Agency is authorized to delegate within the Agency the functions conferred upon him by this Order. SEC. 4. Executive Order No. 11312 of October 14, 1966 is revoked. SEC. 5. Any order, regulation, determination or other action which was in effect pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 11312 shall remain in effect until changed pursuant to the authority provided in this Order. SEC. 6. This Order shall be effective on April 1, 1978. JIMMY CARTER The White House, March 27, 1978. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 1:13 p.m., March 28, 1978]