Executive Order 13032 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13032—Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12964

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Thursday, December 26, 1996

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1 min read (114 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 1996-12-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12964." 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.

▪ That Executive Order 12964 of June 21, 1995, as amended by Executive Order 12987 of January 31, 1996, is further amended in section 2 by deleting in the first sen tence "December 31, 1996" and inserting "February 28, 1997" in lieu thereof.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises

Total Words

114

676 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13032, William J. Clinton (Dec 26, 1996). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13032-further-amendment-executive-order-no-12964.

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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and to facilitate the work of the Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12964 of June 21, 1995, as amended by Executive Order 12987 of January 31, 1996, is further amended in section 2 by deleting in the first sen tence "December 31, 1996" and inserting "February 28, 1997" in lieu thereof. William J. Clinton The White House, December 26, 1996. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:25 a.m., December 27, 1996]