Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
This executive order, signed by President Ronald Reagan on 1981-08-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Commission on Hostage Compensation." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
▪12285, as amended, is further amended to read: "The Commission shall submit a final report to the President no later than September 21, 1981.".
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
108
648 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 12317, Ronald Reagan (Aug 14, 1981). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12317-presidents-commission-hostage-compensation.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), and to give the President's Commission on Hostage Compensation additional time to prepare its report, it is hereby ordered that the first sentence of Section 1-202 of Executive Order No. 12285, as amended, is further amended to read: "The Commission shall submit a final report to the President no later than September 21, 1981.". RONALD REAGAN The White House, August 14, 1981. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 1:24 p.m., August 18, 1981]
