Executive Order 13023 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13023—Amendments to Executive Order 12992, Expanding and Changing the Name of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics

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Wednesday, November 6, 1996

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2 min read (341 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 1996-11-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendments to Executive Order 12992, Expanding and Changing the Name of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics." 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

▪ The Council established by Executive Order 12992 shall henceforth be called the "President's Drug Policy Council." Sec.

▪ Of Executive Order 12992 is amended by deleting "President's Council on Counter-Narcotics" and inserting "President's Drug Policy Council" in lieu thereof.

▪ Of Executive Order 12992 is amended to read as follows: "Sec.

▪ "As applicable, the Council shall also comprise such other officials of the departments and agencies as the President may, from time to time, designate." William J.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

341

2,205 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

20.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13023, William J. Clinton (Nov 6, 1996). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13023-amendments-executive-order-12992-expanding-and-changing-the-name-the.

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, United States Code, and in order to change the name of the "President's Council on Counter-Narcotics" to the "President's Drug Policy Council" and to make the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Veterans Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, permanent members of the Council, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. The Council established by Executive Order 12992 shall henceforth be called the "President's Drug Policy Council." Sec. 2. Section 1 of Executive Order 12992 is amended by deleting "President's Council on Counter-Narcotics" and inserting "President's Drug Policy Council" in lieu thereof. Sec. 3. Section 2 of Executive Order 12992 is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2. Membership. The Council shall comprise the: "(a) President, who shall serve as Chairman of the Council; "(b) Vice President; "(c) Secretary of State; "(d) Secretary of the Treasury; "(e) Secretary of Defense; "(f) Attorney General; "(g) Secretary of the Interior; "(h) Secretary of Agriculture; "(i) Secretary of Health and Human Services; "(j) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; "(k) Secretary of Transportation; "(l) Secretary of Education; "(m) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; "(n) Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations; "(o) Director of the Office of Management and Budget; "(p) Chief of Staff to the President; "(q) Director of National Drug Control Policy; "(r) Director of Central Intelligence; "(s) Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; "(t) Counsel to the President; "(u) Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; "(v) National Security Advisor to the Vice President; and "(w) Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. "As applicable, the Council shall also comprise such other officials of the departments and agencies as the President may, from time to time, designate." William J. Clinton The White House, November 6, 1996. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 7, 1996]