Executive Order 12417 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12417—Strategic and Critical Materials

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Monday, May 2, 1983

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1 min read (118 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 Ronald Reagan on 1983-05-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Strategic and Critical Materials." 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 by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 U.S.C.

▪ 12155 of September 10, 1979, is amended by adding the following new section: "1-107.

▪ The functions vested in the President by section 5(a)(2) of the Act, as amended (50 U.S.C.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

118

701 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

8.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12417, Ronald Reagan (May 2, 1983). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12417-strategic-and-critical-materials.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), and in order to provide for the performance of certain reporting functions, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12155 of September 10, 1979, is amended by adding the following new section: "1-107. The functions vested in the President by section 5(a)(2) of the Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98d), are delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.". RONALD REAGAN The White House, May 2, 1983. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:38 a.m., May 3, 1983]