Executive Order 13066 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13066—Amendment to Executive Order 13037, Commission To Study Capital Budgeting

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Wednesday, October 29, 1997

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1 min read (107 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 1997-10-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment to Executive Order 13037, Commission To Study Capital Budgeting." 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

▪ That the second sentence of section 1 of Executive Order 13037 is amended by deleting "11" and inserting "no more than 20" in lieu thereof.

▪ It is further ordered that section 3 of Executive Order 13037 is amended by deleting the words "by March 15, 1998, or".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

107

607 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13066, William J. Clinton (Oct 29, 1997). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13066-amendment-executive-order-13037-commission-study-capital-budgeting.

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 order to increase the membership of the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting, it is hereby ordered that the second sentence of section 1 of Executive Order 13037 is amended by deleting "11" and inserting "no more than 20" in lieu thereof. It is further ordered that section 3 of Executive Order 13037 is amended by deleting the words "by March 15, 1998, or". William J. Clinton The White House, October 29, 1997. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:55 a.m., October 30, 1997]