Executive Order 12683 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12683—Prescribing Regulations Relating to Certain Travel Time of Members of the Uniformed Services Called to Active Duty

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Friday, July 21, 1989

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1 min read (182 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 George Bush on 1989-07-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Prescribing Regulations Relating to Certain Travel Time of Members of the Uniformed Services Called to Active Duty." 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

▪ 10153, as amended by Executive Order No.

▪ 10649, is further amended as follows: 1.

▪ For travel from home to first duty station and from the last duty station to home, the travel time included as active duty shall be the same as the allowable travel time based on the mode(s) of travel authorized, not to exceed actual travel time.

▪ The travel time included as active duty shall be computed on the basis of regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, which regulations shall be uniform among the uniformed services.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

182

1,055 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12683, George Bush (Jul 21, 1989). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12683-prescribing-regulations-relating-certain-travel-time-members-the.

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 section 204(b) of title 37, United States Code, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 10153, as amended by Executive Order No. 10649, is further amended as follows: 1. Section 1 is amended to read: "Section 1. For travel from home to first duty station and from the last duty station to home, the travel time included as active duty shall be the same as the allowable travel time based on the mode(s) of travel authorized, not to exceed actual travel time. The travel time included as active duty shall be computed on the basis of regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, which regulations shall be uniform among the uniformed services. The distance traveled shall be computed on the basis of distances established by the official mileage tables in use by the uniformed services.". 2. Section 2 is deleted, and Sec. 3 and Sec. 4 are renumbered SEC. 2 and Sec. 3, respectively. George Bush The White House, July 21, 1989.