Executive Order 12822 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12822—Providing for Payment of Separate Maintenance Allowances to Employees Assigned to Johnston Island

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Monday, November 16, 1992

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1 min read (128 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 1992-11-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Providing for Payment of Separate Maintenance Allowances to Employees Assigned to Johnston Island." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 11609 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (4) to read as follows: "(4) The authority of the President under to prescribe regulations governing the payment of allowances to employees assigned to duty at Johnston Island for the purposes of maintaining the employees' spouses or dependents, or both, at a location other than Johnston Island." Sec.

▪ This order shall be effective as of January 1, 1992.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

128

737 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12822, George Bush (Nov 16, 1992). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12822-providing-for-payment-separate-maintenance-allowances-employees.

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 section 301 of title 3 and section 5942a of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Section 8 of Executive Order No. 11609 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (4) to read as follows: "(4) The authority of the President under to prescribe regulations governing the payment of allowances to employees assigned to duty at Johnston Island for the purposes of maintaining the employees' spouses or dependents, or both, at a location other than Johnston Island." Sec. 2. This order shall be effective as of January 1, 1992. George Bush The White House, November 16, 1992.