Executive Order 12373 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12373—Establishment of Emergency Board No. 195 To Investigate a Railroad Labor Dispute

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Wednesday, July 21, 1982

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1 min read (295 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Ronald Reagan on 1982-07-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishment of Emergency Board No. 195 To Investigate a Railroad Labor Dispute." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ There is established, effective immediately, a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate this dispute.

▪ No member of the board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any carrier.

▪ The board shall report its finding to the President with respect to the dispute within 30 days from the date of its establishment.

▪ As provided by Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from the date of the creation of the Emergency Board and for 30 days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the carriers or by their employees, in the conditions out of which the dispute arose.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

295

1,840 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12373, Ronald Reagan (Jul 21, 1982). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12373-establishment-emergency-board-no-195-investigate-railroad-labor.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the United Transportation Union and Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference A dispute exists between the United Transportation Union and certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference designated on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof. This dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and This dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive a section of the country of essential transportation service: Now, Therefore, by the authority vested in me by Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. § 160), it is hereby ordered as follows: 1-101. Establishment of Board. There is established, effective immediately, a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate this dispute. No member of the board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any carrier. 1-102. Report. The board shall report its finding to the President with respect to the dispute within 30 days from the date of its establishment. 1-103. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from the date of the creation of the Emergency Board and for 30 days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the carriers or by their employees, in the conditions out of which the dispute arose. RONALD REAGAN The White House, July 21, 1982. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:48 a.m., July 22, 1982]