Executive Order 13114 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13114—Further Amendment to Executive Order 12852, as Amended, Extending the President's Council on Sustainable Development

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Thursday, February 25, 1999

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1 min read (98 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 1999-02-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Amendment to Executive Order 12852, as Amended, Extending the President's Council on Sustainable Development." 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 Executive Order 12852, as amended, is further amended by deleting from section 4(b) of the order the text "February 28, 1999" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1999".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

579 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13114, William J. Clinton (Feb 25, 1999). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13114-further-amendment-executive-order-12852-amended-extending-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, and in order to further amend Executive Order 12852, as amended, to extend the life of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12852, as amended, is further amended by deleting from section 4(b) of the order the text "February 28, 1999" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1999". William J. Clinton The White House, February 25, 1999. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:39 a.m., February 26, 1999]