Executive Order 12437 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12437—Fuel Use Prohibitions

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Thursday, August 11, 1983

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1 min read (89 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 1983-08-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Fuel Use Prohibitions." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Fuel Use Prohibitions.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

545 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. 12437, Ronald Reagan (Aug 11, 1983). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12437-fuel-use-prohibitions.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and in order to eliminate unnecessary administrative burdens and costs associated with the conversion of certain Federal powerplants to alternative sources of fuel, as required by the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 3289), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12217 is revoked. RONALD REAGAN The White House, August 11, 1983. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:29 a.m., August 12, 1983]