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Executive Order 13484 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13484—Amending the Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture

George W. Bush George W. Bush
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Friday, January 9, 2009
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2 min read (379 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 George W. Bush on 2009-01-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending the Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ That Executive Order 13241 of December 18, 2001, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 1.
▪ Is amended to read as follows: "Sec.
▪ Section 3(a) is amended by striking "2(a)-(j)" and inserting "2(a)-(n)", and a new section 3(c) is added to read as follows: "(c) No individual listed in section 2 shall act as the Secretary unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998." Sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities
Total Words
379
2,422 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
22.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.23
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 13484, George W. Bush (Jan 9, 2009). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13484-amending-the-order-succession-within-the-department-agriculture.

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, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13241 of December 18, 2001, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 1. Section 2 is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2. Order of Succession. "(a) General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture; "(b) Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Agriculture; "(c) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration; "(d) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; "(e) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; "(f) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; "(g) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development; "(h) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services; "(i) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety; "(j) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics; "(k) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations; "(l) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights; "(m) Director, Kansas City Commodity Office, Farm Service Agency (consistent with the time of service and rate of pay requirements of section 3345(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code); and "(n) State Executive Directors of the Farm Service Agency for the States of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska, in order of seniority fixed by length of unbroken service as State Executive Director of that State (consistent with the time of service and rate of pay requirements of section 3345(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code).". Sec. 2. Section 3(a) is amended by striking "2(a)-(j)" and inserting "2(a)-(n)", and a new section 3(c) is added to read as follows: "(c) No individual listed in section 2 shall act as the Secretary unless that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998." Sec. 3. This order is intended to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. George W. Bush The White House, January 9, 2009.