Executive Order 12773 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12773—Amending Executive Order 10480

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Thursday, September 26, 1991

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1 min read (127 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 1991-09-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order 10480." 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

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.

▪ 10480 is amended by deleting "Administrator of General Services" and inserting "Secretary of Defense" in lieu thereof and that section 604 of Executive Order No.

▪ 10480 is amended by deleting "General Services Administration" and inserting "Department of Defense" in lieu thereof and by deleting "Administrator of General Services" and inserting "Secretary of Defense" in lieu thereof.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

127

808 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12773, George Bush (Sep 26, 1991). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12773-amending-executive-order-10480.

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 Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) ("Act"), and in order to transfer the responsibilities of the General Services Administration as authorized under the Act, it is hereby ordered that section 303 of Executive Order No. 10480 is amended by deleting "Administrator of General Services" and inserting "Secretary of Defense" in lieu thereof and that section 604 of Executive Order No. 10480 is amended by deleting "General Services Administration" and inserting "Department of Defense" in lieu thereof and by deleting "Administrator of General Services" and inserting "Secretary of Defense" in lieu thereof. George Bush The White House, September 26, 1991.