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Executive Order 6990 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6990—Veterans Regulation No. 2 (d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tuesday, March 19, 1935
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2 min read (387 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1935-03-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Veterans Regulation No. 2 (d)." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 10, as amended by section 32 of the act of March 28, 1934, 48 Stat.
▪ 2 (a), as amended, is hereby prescribed: 1.
▪ 2 (a) is hereby amended to read as follows: "I.
▪ "(3) Where a claim has been finally disallowed, a subsequent claim on the same factual basis, if supported by new and material evidence, shall have the attributes of a new claim, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, Part II of Veterans Regulation No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
Total Words
387
2,285 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 6990, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 19, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6990-veterans-regulation-no-2-d.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
EFFECTIVE DATES OF AWARDS OF DISABILITY AND DEATH PENSIONS; PROVISIONS FOR FILING CLAIMS; REVIEW OF PRESUMPTIVE CLAIMS BY SPECIAL REVIEW BOARDS By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me under section 9 of title I of the act of March 20, 1933, 48 Stat. 10, as amended by section 32 of the act of March 28, 1934, 48 Stat. 526 (38 U.S.C. 709), the following regulation amending Veterans Regulation No. 2 (a), as amended, is hereby prescribed: 1. Paragraph I of Part I of Veterans Regulation No. 2 (a) is hereby amended to read as follows: "I. The effective date of an award of pension shall be as follows: "(a) The effective date of an award of pension shall be fixed in accordance with the facts found, except that: "(1) No award of disability or death pension shall be effective prior to the date of the veteran's separation from service, date of the veteran's death, date of the happening of the contingency upon which disability or death pension is allowed, or the date of receipt of application therefor, whichever is the later date. "(2) In the event the claimant's application is not complete at the time of original submission, the Veteran's Administration will notify the claimant of the evidence necessary to complete the application and if such evidence is not received within one year from the date of request therefor, pension may not be paid by virtue of that application. "(3) Where a claim has been finally disallowed, a subsequent claim on the same factual basis, if supported by new and material evidence, shall have the attributes of a new claim, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, Part II of Veterans Regulation No. 2-Series." 2. Paragraph IV, subparagraph (b) of Part I of Veterans Regulation No. 2 (a) is hereby amended to read as follows: "(b) Pension to a dependent mother or father shall continue during dependency until death or remarriage of the mother or father, whether the dependency arises prior or subsequent to the death of the veteran, provided, however, that when pension or compensation is properly discontinued by reason of remarriage it shall not thereafter be recommenced." 3. This regulation shall be effective as of the date of its promulgation. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, March 19, 1935. Done in triplicate.