Executive Order 13077 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13077—Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Tuesday, March 10, 1998

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1 min read (122 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 1998-03-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, Critical Infrastructure Protection." 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

▪ Section 6(f), as amended, shall be further amended by deleting "March 15, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 1998" in lieu thereof.

▪ Section 7(a) shall be amended by deleting "March 15, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 1998" in lieu thereof.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

122

746 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13077, William J. Clinton (Mar 10, 1998). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13077-further-amendment-executive-order-13010-critical-infrastructure.

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 provide for the review of the report by the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, and appropriate implementation, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13010, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 6. Section 6(f), as amended, shall be further amended by deleting "March 15, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 1998" in lieu thereof. Section 7. Section 7(a) shall be amended by deleting "March 15, 1998" and inserting "September 30, 1998" in lieu thereof. William J. Clinton The White House, March 10, 1998 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:52 a.m., March 11, 1998]