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Executive Order 12774 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12774—Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

George Bush George Bush
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Friday, September 27, 1991
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2 min read (412 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 1991-09-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees." 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, and in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
▪ 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior).
▪ 12196, as amended (Department of Labor).
▪ 11183, as amended (Office of Personnel Management).

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
412
2,795 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.23
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 12774, George Bush (Sep 27, 1991). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12774-continuance-certain-federal-advisory-committees.

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, and in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Each advisory committee listed below is continued until September 30, 1993. (a) Committe for the Preservation of the White House; Executive Order No. 11145, as amended (Department of the Interior). (b) Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health; Executive Order No. 12196, as amended (Department of Labor). (c) President's Commission on White House Fellowships; Executive Order No. 11183, as amended (Office of Personnel Management). (d) President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Executive Order No. 12367, as amended (National Endowment for the Arts). (e) President's Committee on the International Labor Organiztion; Executive Order No. 12216 (Department of Labor). (f) President's Committee on Mental Retardation; Executive Order No. 11776 (Department of Health and Human Services). (g) President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; Executive Order No. 11287, as amended (National Science Foundation). (h) President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; Executive Order NO. 12345, as amended (Department of Health and Human Services). (i) President's Export Council; Executive Order No. 12131, as amended (Department of Commerce). (j) President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee; Executive Order No. 12382, as amended (Department of Defense). Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable to the committees listed in Section 1 of this order, except that of reporting annually to the Congress, shall be performed by the head of the department or agency designated after each committee, in accordance with the guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services. Sec. 3. The following Executive orders or sections thereof, which established committees that have been terminated or whose work has been completed, are revoked: (a) Section 3-401 of Executive Order No. 12661, as amended by Executive Order No. 12716, establishing the National Commission on Superconductivity; (b) Executive Order No. 12686, as amended by Executive Order No. 12705, establishing the President's Commission on Aviation Securit;y and Terrorism; and (c) Executive Order No. 12658, as amended by Executive ORder No. 12665, establishing the President's Commission on Catastrophic Nuclear Accidents. Sec. 4. Executive Order No. 12692 is superseded. Sec. 5. This order shall be effective September 30, 1991. George Bush The White House, September 27, 1991.