Executive Order 13207 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)
Executive Order 13207—Further Amendment to Executive Order 10000, Regulations Governing Additional Compensation and Credit Granted Certain Employees of the Federal Government Serving Outside the United States
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
This executive order, signed by President George W. Bush on 2001-04-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Amendment to Executive Order 10000, Regulations Governing Additional Compensation and Credit Granted Certain Employees of the Federal Government Serving Outside the United States." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Is amended: (a) by striking "(a)" and (b) by striking " and (b) the words 'section 207 of the Act' have the meaning set forth in section 101 hereof." Sec.
▪Is amended by striking "(a)" and by striking subsection (b).
▪Is amended: (a) by striking ", but at least annually," and (b) by striking "if program or methodology revisions would substantially reduce an established differential or allowance rate, then".
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
137
788 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
10.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.23
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 13207, George W. Bush (Apr 5, 2001). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13207-further-amendment-executive-order-10000-regulations-governing.
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, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 10000, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 1. Section 201 is amended: (a) by striking "(a)" and (b) by striking " and (b) the words 'section 207 of the Act' have the meaning set forth in section 101 hereof." Sec. 2. Section 205 is amended by striking "(a)" and by striking subsection (b). Sec. 3. Section 210 is amended: (a) by striking ", but at least annually," and (b) by striking "if program or methodology revisions would substantially reduce an established differential or allowance rate, then". GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, April 5, 2001. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 6, 2001]
