Executive Order 12943 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12943—Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 11755

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Tuesday, December 13, 1994

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1 min read (201 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 William J. Clinton on 1994-12-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 11755." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ 11755, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) by deleting the phrase "section 4082 of title 18 of the United States Code, the Attorney General" in the second paragraph of the preamble and inserting in lieu thereof the following phrase: "sections 3621 and 3622 of title 18, United States Code, the Bureau of Prisons" and (b) by adding a new subsection (c) to section 1 of the order.

▪ The new subsection (c) is to read as follows: "(c) The provisions of this order do not apply to purchases made under the micropurchase authority contained in section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended." William J.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

201

1,164 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12943, William J. Clinton (Dec 13, 1994). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12943-further-amendment-executive-order-no-11755.

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 sections 3621 and 3622 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4301 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, Public Law 103–355, and in order to improve the acquisition of small cost items by the Federal Government, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 11755, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) by deleting the phrase "section 4082 of title 18 of the United States Code, the Attorney General" in the second paragraph of the preamble and inserting in lieu thereof the following phrase: "sections 3621 and 3622 of title 18, United States Code, the Bureau of Prisons" and (b) by adding a new subsection (c) to section 1 of the order. The new subsection (c) is to read as follows: "(c) The provisions of this order do not apply to purchases made under the micropurchase authority contained in section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended." William J. Clinton The White House, December 13, 1994. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:50 p.m., December 13, 1994]