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 1996-03-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Adding the Small Business Administration to the President's Export Council." 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
▪By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
▪12131, as amended, is further amended by adding a new subsection (8) to read "(8) Small Business Administration." William J.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
97
579 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
10.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.23
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 12991, William J. Clinton (Mar 6, 1996). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12991-adding-the-small-business-administration-the-presidents-export.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and in order to add the Small Business Administration to the President's Export Council, it is hereby ordered that section 1-102(a) of Executive Order No. 12131, as amended, is further amended by adding a new subsection (8) to read "(8) Small Business Administration." William J. Clinton The White House, March 6, 1996. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:45 a.m., March 7, 1996]
