Executive Order 12755 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12755—Administration of Export Controls

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Tuesday, March 12, 1991

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2 min read (308 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 1991-03-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Administration of Export Controls." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Export Administration Act of 1969, as amended et seq.

▪ 12002 is amended to read as follows: "The Export Administration Review Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which was established by Executive Order No.

▪ 11533 of June 4, 1970, as amended, is hereby continued.

▪ The Board shall continue to have as its members, the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be Chairman of the Board, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

308

1,884 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12755, George Bush (Mar 12, 1991). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12755-administration-export-controls.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Export Administration Act of 1969, as amended et seq. ), and in order to amed Executive Order No. 12002, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Section 3 of Executive Order No. 12002 is amended to read as follows: "The Export Administration Review Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, which was established by Executive Order No. 11533 of June 4, 1970, as amended, is hereby continued. The Board shall continue to have as its members, the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be Chairman of the Board, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Energy and the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall be members of the Board, and shall participate in meetings that consider issues involving nonproliferation of armaments and other issues within their respective statutory and policy-making authorities. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central Intelligence shall be non-voting members of the Board. No alternate Board members shall be designated, but the acting head or deputy head of any department or agency may serve in lieu of the head of the concerned department or agency. The Board may invite the heads of other United States Government departments or agencies, other than the agencies represented by the Board members, to participate in the activities of the Board when matters of interest to such departments or agencies are under consideration." Sec. 2. Section 4 of Executive Order No. 12002 is amended by adding in the third sentence between "national secrity," and "and the domestic economy," the words "concerns about the nonproliferation of armanments,". Sec. 3. This order shall take effect immediately. George Bush The White House, March 12, 1991.