Executive Order 12704 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.29)

Executive Order 12704—Amendments to Executive Orders Nos. 11830, 12367, and 12692

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Monday, February 26, 1990

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1 min read (295 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 1990-02-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendments to Executive Orders Nos. 11830, 12367, and 12692." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: An early statesman would view this measure favorably under Article II, Section 3 (the Take Care Clause). The President operates strictly within the ambit of executing established laws and supervising departmental subordinates, respecting the supremacy of the legislative branch without fabricating novel statutory obligations.

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 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended et seq.

▪ The Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.

▪ App.), and the Small Business Act, as amended et seq .), and to reflect developments in connection with Executive Orders Nos.

▪ 11830, as amended, "Enlarging the Membership of the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees." Section 1, subsection (11) of Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

295

1,873 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.29

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12704, George Bush (Feb 26, 1990). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12704-amendments-executive-orders-nos-11830-12367-and-12692.

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 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended et seq. ), the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and the Small Business Act, as amended et seq .), and to reflect developments in connection with Executive Orders Nos. 11830, 12367, and 12692, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order No. 11830, as amended, "Enlarging the Membership of the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees." Section 1, subsection (11) of Executive Order No. 11830, as amended, is revised to read "Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (Ex Officio)." A new section 2 shall be added to Executive Order No. 11830, as amended, which shall read as follows: "Sec. 2. The Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees shall also be referred to as the Interagency Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities." Sec. 2. Amendment to Executive Order No. 12367, as amended, "President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities." Section 3(b) of Executive Order No. 12367, as amended, is revised to read as follows: "Any administrative support or other expenses of the Committee shall be paid, to the extent permitted by law, from funds available to the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as determined by the agreement of those agencies." Sec. 3. Amendment to Executive Order No. 12692, "Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees." Section 1(a) of Executive Order No. 12692, which continues until September 30, 1991, the Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership, is hereby revoked. The remaining sections 1(b) through 1(k) are relettered sections 1(a) through 1(j). George Bush The White House, February 26, 1990.