CONTINUANCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), it is hereby ordered as follows: 1-101. Each advisory committee listed below is continued until December 31, 1980. (a) Committee for the Preservation of the White House—Executive Order No. 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior). (b) President's Commission on White House Fellowships—Executive Order No. 11183, as amended (United States Civil Service Commission). (c) President's Committee on the National Medal of Science—Executive Order No. 11287, as amended (National Science Foundation). (d) President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports—Executive Order No. 11562, as amended (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare). (e) President's Export Council—Executive Order No. 11753 of December 20, 1973 (Department of Commerce). (f) President's Committee on Mental Retardation—Executive Order No. 11776 of March 28, 1974 (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare). (g) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health—Executive Order No. 11807 of September 28, 1974 (Department of Labor). (h) Presidential Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments, Executive Order No. 11970 of February 5, 1977 (Department of State). (i) Committee on Selection of Federal Judicial Officers—Executive Order No. 11992 of May 24, 1977 (Department of Justice). (j) United States Circuit Judge Nominating Commission—Executive Order No. 12059, as amended (Department of Justice). (k) United States Court of Military Appeals Nominating Commission—Executive Order No. 12063 of June 5, 1978 (Department of Defense). (1) United States Tax Court Nominating Commission—Executive Order No. 12064 of June 5, 1978 (Department of the Treasury). (m) Judicial Nominating Commission for the District of Puerto Rico—Executive Order No. 12084, as amended (Department of Justice). 1-102. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act which are applicable to the committees listed in Section 1-101 of this Order, except that of reporting annually to Congress, shall be performed by the head of the department or agency designated after each committee, in accordance with guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services. 1-103. The following Executive orders, that established committees which have terminated or whose work is completed, are revoked: (a) Executive Order No. 11482 of September 22, 1969, establishing a Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission. (b) Executive Order No. 11849 of April 1, 1975, establishing the Collective Bargaining Committee in Construction. (c) Executive Order No. 11534 of June 4, 1970, establishing the National Council on Organized Crime. (d) Executive Order No. 11971, as amended, establishing the Committee on Selection of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (e) Executive Order No. 11973 of February 17, 1977, establishing the President's Commission on Mental Health. (f) Executive Order No. 11998 of June 27, 1977, establishing the President's Commission on Military Compensation. 1-104. Executive Order No. 11984 is superseded. 1-105. This Order shall be effective December 31, 1978. JIMMY CARTER The White House, December 28, 1978. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:28 p.m., December 29, 1978]
Executive Order 12110—Federal Advisory Committees
Executive Brief • At a Glance
Committee for the Preservation of the White House—Executive Order No. 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior).
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
Signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 28, 1978, this order concerns Federal Advisory Committees. 1-101. Each advisory committee listed below is continued until December 31, 1980. (a) Committee for the Preservation of the White House—Executive Order No. 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior). (b) President's Commission on White House Fellowships—Executive Order No. 11183, as amended (United States Civil Service Commission).
Key Directives & Operative Actions
Committee for the Preservation of the White House—Executive Order No. 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior).
President's Commission on White House Fellowships—Executive Order No. 11183, as amended (United States Civil Service Commission).
President's Committee on the National Medal of Science—Executive Order No. 11287, as amended (National Science Foundation).
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports—Executive Order No. 11562, as amended (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare).
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
Policy Areas & Topics
The Framers' Constitutional Council
1787 PrismEvaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
James Madison
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
Alexander Hamilton
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength must be under the direction of the single hand of the Executive." — Federalist No. 74 (1788)
Hamilton would forcefully champion executive discretion here. For foreign entanglements, commerce defense, and national security, deliberative assemblies are too slow and faction-ridden. A unified, energetic Executive exercising swift command is precisely what the Philadelphia Convention intended for national preservation.
George Mason
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
Five Measurable "Constitutional Friction" Dimensions
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Administers commerce or fiscal programs requiring ongoing statutory delegation and legislative oversight.
Executive Scope & Faithfulness
Directs internal executive branch machinery, agency workflows, and federal personnel.
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Engages state and local partners in cooperative federalism programs.
Due Process & Individual Rights
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
Youngstown Jacksonian Tier
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
Referenced By Later Executive Orders (1)
Subsequent presidents who cited, amended, continued, or revoked this directive in later orders.
Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 12,110 (Dec. 28, 1978), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12110-federal-advisory-committees.