Executive Order 12440 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12440—President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness

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Thursday, September 8, 1983

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1 min read (110 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 1983-09-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness." 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 Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.

▪ 12428 of June 28, 1983 is hereby amended to provide as follows: "The Commission shall be composed of no more than thirty members appointed or designated by the President.".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

110

668 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12440, Ronald Reagan (Sep 8, 1983). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12440-presidents-commission-industrial-competitiveness.

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 Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), and in order to increase the membership of the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, it is hereby ordered that the second sentence of Section l(a) of Executive Order No. 12428 of June 28, 1983 is hereby amended to provide as follows: "The Commission shall be composed of no more than thirty members appointed or designated by the President.". RONALD REAGAN The White House, September 8, 1983. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:46 a.m., September 9, 1983]