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This executive order, signed by President William J. Clinton on 1998-02-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment to Executive Order 12656." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Amendment to Executive Order 12656.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
141
886 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
24.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.23
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 13074, William J. Clinton (Feb 9, 1998). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13074-amendment-executive-order-12656.
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, and in order to reflect the appropriate allocation of funding responsibilities for Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12656 is amended by adding a new section 501(16) to read as follows: "Subject to the direction of the President, and pursuant to procedures to be developed jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, be responsible for the deployment and use of military forces for the protection of United States citizens and nationals and, in connection therewith, designated other persons or categories of persons, in support of their evacuation from threatened areas overseas." William J. Clinton The White House, February 9, 1998 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:45 a.m., February 11, 1998]
