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This executive order, signed by President Jimmy Carter on 1979-05-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Drug Policy Functions." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Within the Domestic Policy Staff, the Associate Director for Drug Policy shall be primarily responsible for assisting the President in the performance of all those functions transferred from the Office of Drug Abuse Policy and its Director.
▪In particular, the Associate Director for Drug Policy shall be primarily responsible for assisting the President in formulating policy for, and in coordinating and overseeing, international as well as domestic drug abuse functions by all Executive agencies.
▪The Associate Director for Drug Policy shall be directly responsible for the activities of a drug policy staff within the Domestic Policy Staff.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
218
1,340 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 12133, Jimmy Carter (May 9, 1979). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12133-drug-policy-functions.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including Section 5C of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (42 FR 56101), and in order to clarify the performance of drug policy responsibilities within the Domestic Policy Staff, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1-101. The Domestic Policy Staff has been assigned to assist the President in the performance of the drug policy functions transferred by Section 5C of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (42 FR 56101 ). ( Section 2 (c) of Executive Order No. 12045.) 1-102. Within the Domestic Policy Staff, the Associate Director for Drug Policy shall be primarily responsible for assisting the President in the performance of all those functions transferred from the Office of Drug Abuse Policy and its Director. In particular, the Associate Director for Drug Policy shall be primarily responsible for assisting the President in formulating policy for, and in coordinating and overseeing, international as well as domestic drug abuse functions by all Executive agencies. 1-103. The Associate Director for Drug Policy shall be directly responsible for the activities of a drug policy staff within the Domestic Policy Staff. JIMMY CARTER The White House, May 9, 1979. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:18 a.m., May 10, 1979]
