Executive Order 12253 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12253—Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

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Tuesday, November 25, 1980

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1 min read (218 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 1980-11-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System." 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

▪ By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 292 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees, as amended (50 U.S.C.

▪ The Director of Central Intelligence shall maintain the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in accordance with the following: (a) Eliminate the "living with" requirement in the case of recognized natural children.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

218

1,386 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12253, Jimmy Carter (Nov 25, 1980). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12253-central-intelligence-agency-retirement-and-disability-system.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 292 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees, as amended (50 U.S.C. 403 note), and in order to conform the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System to certain amendments to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System (Public Law 96-179), it is hereby ordered as follows: 1-101. The Director of Central Intelligence shall maintain the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in accordance with the following: (a) Eliminate the "living with" requirement in the case of recognized natural children. (b) Add a requirement of dependency to the definition of child and define "dependent" as follows: "Dependent," in the case of any child, means that the participant involved was, at the time of the participant's death, either living with or contributing to the support of such child, as determined in accordance with such regulations as the Director shall prescribe. 1-102. The provisions of Section 1-101 are effective as of January 2, 1980. 1-103. The Director of Central Intelligence is authorized to prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Order. JIMMY CARTER The White House, November 25, 1980. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:14 a.m., November 26, 1980]