Executive Order 12693 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12693—Exclusion of the Defense Mapping Agency Reston Center and Elements Under the Joint Special Operations Command From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

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Friday, September 29, 1989

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1 min read (163 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 1989-09-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exclusion of the Defense Mapping Agency Reston Center and Elements Under the Joint Special Operations Command From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 12171 of November 19, 1979, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 1.

▪ Section 1-212(v) is amended by deleting the period and inserting in lieu thereof "and all elements under its operational control." Sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

163

1,046 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12693, George Bush (Sep 29, 1989). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12693-exclusion-the-defense-mapping-agency-reston-center-and-elements.

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 7103(b)(1) of title 5 of the United States Code, and having determined that the Defense Mapping Agency Reston Center and the elements under the operational control of the Joint Special Operations Command have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work and that the provisions of Chapter 71 of title 5 of the United States Code cannot be applied to those organizations in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations, Executive Order No. 12171 of November 19, 1979, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 1. Section 1-212(v) is amended by deleting the period and inserting in lieu thereof "and all elements under its operational control." Sec. 2. A new section is inserted after section 1-214 as follows: "1-215. The Defense Mapping Agency Reston Center, Department of Defense." GEORGE BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, September 29, 1989.