Executive Order 12442 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12442—Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies

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Wednesday, September 21, 1983

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1 min read (128 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 1983-09-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies." 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.

▪ 12401 is hereby amended to provide as follows: "The Commission shall submit its final report to the President and the Secretary of the Interior by November 30, 1984.".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

128

771 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. 12442, Ronald Reagan (Sep 21, 1983). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12442-presidential-commission-indian-reservation-economies.

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), it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Section 2(d) of Executive Order No. 12401 is hereby amended to provide as follows: "The Commission shall submit its final report to the President and the Secretary of the Interior by November 30, 1984.". Sec. 2. Section 4(b) of Executive Order No. 12401 is hereby amended to provide as follows: "The Commission shall, unless sooner extended, terminate 30 days after it transmits its final report to the President.". RONALD REAGAN The White House, September 21, 1983. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:26 a.m., September 22, 1983]