Executive Order 12687 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.29)

Executive Order 12687—President's Education Policy Advisory Committee

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Tuesday, August 15, 1989

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2 min read (346 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 1989-08-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Education Policy Advisory Committee." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ The Committee shall be composed of members appointed by the President.

▪ The Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy shall serve as the Secretary of the Committee.

▪ However, they shall be entitled to travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government service -5707).

▪ Notwithstanding any other Executive order, the responsibilities of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, shall be performed by the Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy or his designee, except that the Administrator of General Services shall, on a reimbursable basis, provide such administrative services as may be required.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises

Total Words

346

2,216 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.29

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12687, George Bush (Aug 15, 1989). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12687-presidents-education-policy-advisory-committee.

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, and in order to establish, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended an advisory committee on the education policy of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the President's Education Policy Advisory Committee. The Committee shall be composed of members appointed by the President. (b) The President shall designate a Chairman from among members of the Committee. The Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy shall serve as the Secretary of the Committee. Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Committee shall advise the President with respect to the objectives and conduct of the overall education policy of the United States. (b) In the performance of its advisory duties the Committee shall conduct a continuing review and assessment of education policy and shall report thereon to the President whenever requested. Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of executive agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide the Committee such information with respect to education policy matters as the Committee requires for the purposes of carrying out its functions. (b) Members of the Committee shall serve without any compensation for their work on the Committee. However, they shall be entitled to travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government service -5707). (c) Any expenses of the Committee shall be paid from funds available for the expenses of the Office of Policy Development. Sec. 4. General. Notwithstanding any other Executive order, the responsibilities of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, shall be performed by the Assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy or his designee, except that the Administrator of General Services shall, on a reimbursable basis, provide such administrative services as may be required. (b) The Committee shall terminate on December 31, 1990, unless sooner extended. George Bush The White House, August 15, 1989.