By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan System, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, which have available for expenditure funds, estimates for expenditure of which are not required under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, to be submitted to the Bureau of the Budget, are requested to submit to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, at such times and in such manner as he shall prescribe, estimates of amounts to be expended for each fiscal year from such funds for administrative expenses. The aforesaid agencies and instrumentalities are requested not to incur, from and after September 15, 1935, any obligation for administrative expenses out of any such funds unless estimates for such expenditures shall have been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. . . .
Executive Order 7126 ⚖️✨ Zone 2: Zone of Twilight Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
Executive Order 7126—Placing Additional Agencies under the Supervision of the Bureau of the Budget
Executive Brief • At a Glance
⏱️ 1 min read (180 words) •
● In Effect
🎯 Primary Mandate
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan System, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, which have available for expenditure funds, estimates for expenditure of which are not required under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, to be submitted to the Bureau of the Budget, are requested to submit to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, at such times and in such manner as he shall prescribe, estimates of amounts to be expended for each fiscal year from such funds for administrative expenses.
⚖️ Constitutional Footing
⚖️✨ Zone 2: Zone of Twilight
Concurrent Authority / Congressional Silence
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
🏛️ Scope & Affected Sectors
Executive Branch Departments General Body of the People
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 5, 1935, this order concerns Placing Additional Agencies under the Supervision of the Bureau of the Budget. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan System, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, which have available for expenditure funds, estimates for expenditure of which are not required under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, to be…
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
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The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan System, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, which have available for expenditure funds, estimates for expenditure of which are not required under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, to be submitted to the Bureau of the Budget, are requested to submit to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, at such times and in such manner as he shall prescribe, estimates of amounts to be expended for each fiscal year from such funds for administrative expenses.
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The aforesaid agencies and instrumentalities are requested not to incur, from and after September 15, 1935, any obligation for administrative expenses out of any such funds unless estimates for such expenditures shall have been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. . . .
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Policy Areas & Topics
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The Framers' Constitutional Council
1787 PrismEvaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight)
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"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
— Justice Robert H. Jackson, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) Concurrent Authority / Congressional Silence
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James Madison
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
Madisonian Stance: Vigilant / Cautionary
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Alexander Hamilton
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government." — Federalist No. 70 (1788)
Hamilton would view this directive as the natural and indispensable functioning of administrative leadership. Without the power to coordinate agencies, manage personnel, and resolve operational ambiguities, the modern presidency would be reduced to an impotent figurehead.
Hamiltonian Stance: Defends Vigor & Dispatch
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George Mason
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
Anti-Federalist Stance: Eternal Vigilance Required
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Five Measurable "Constitutional Friction" Dimensions
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
⚖️ Discretionary Twilight Zone
38 / 100 friction index
Dimension 1 • Art. I, §1 & §8
Moderate Friction
Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Administers commerce or fiscal programs requiring ongoing statutory delegation and legislative oversight.
Benchmark: Power of the purse, taxes/tariffs, and rule of law reserved to Congress.
Dimension 2 • Art. II, §1 & §3
Low Friction
Executive Scope & Faithfulness
Exercises standard supervisory executive authority to faithfully execute existing statutes.
Benchmark: Faithfully execute laws enacted by Congress vs. unilateral decree.
Dimension 3 • 10th Amendment
Moderate Friction
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Engages state and local partners in cooperative federalism programs.
Benchmark: Police powers and un-delegated responsibilities reserved to the States.
Dimension 4 • 5th & 14th Amendments
Low Friction
Due Process & Individual Rights
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
Benchmark: Protection of private property, contracts, liberty, and procedural justice.
Dimension 5 • Separation of Powers
Moderate Friction
Youngstown Jacksonian Tier
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
Benchmark: Concurrent Authority / Congressional Silence
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Audit Synthesis
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
Weighted composite: Art. I (25%), Art. II (25%), Federalism (15%), Due Process (15%), Youngstown (20%).
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How to read these dimensions: Executive power expands whenever an administration acts without explicit statutory authorization from Congress (Article I), touches upon police powers historically reserved to the states (Tenth Amendment), or limits private rights and property without judicial process. A low friction score indicates strict concordance with enacted law; a high friction score highlights orders testing the limits of presidential discretion.
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Estimated Read Time
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Referenced By Later Executive Orders (3)
Subsequent presidents who cited, amended, continued, or revoked this directive in later orders.
Franklin D. Roosevelt • 1942-05-11
Franklin D. Roosevelt • 1935-09-04
References Executive Order 7150—Placing Additional Agencies under the Supervision of the Bureau of the Budget
Franklin D. Roosevelt • 1935-08-19
Related Executive Orders
Other executive actions signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt around this period.
EO 7126 Aug 5, 1935
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral
Executive Order 7126-A—Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 7047, of May 20, 1935, Withdrawing Public Lands
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
ALASKA Executive Order No. 7047, dated May 20, 1935, mod1tying Executive Order No. 6957, of February 4, 1935, so as to permit settlement upon the lands in Alaska temporarily withdrawn from all forms of appropriation by the latter order, is hereby revoked as to all public lands…
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EO 7125 Aug 5, 1935
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral
Executive Order 7125—Amendment to Executive Order No. 7060, of June 5, 1935, Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Procedure for Employment of Workers Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
Amendment of Section 5 of Regulation No. 2 Section 5 of regulation no. 2, as contained in Executive Order No. 7060, of June 5, 1935, prescribing rules and regulations relating to procedure for employment of workers under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, is hereby…
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EO 7124 Aug 5, 1935
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral
Executive Order 7124—Modification of Executive Order No. 7070, of June 12, 1935, Prescribing Regulations Governing Appointments of Employees Paid From Emergency Funds
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
Executive Order No. 7070, of June 12, 1935, prescribing regulations governing appointments of employees paid from emergency funds, is hereby modified to the extent that transfers of employees of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration performing duties in the States of…
Franklin D. Roosevelt College Level • 1m
EO 7129 Aug 6, 1935
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral
Executive Order 7129-A—Order No. 5 Under Act of February 22, 1935
📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation
The following information be furnished to the Division of Investigations, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.: ARTICLE I That the master, owner, or duly authorized agent of the owner of any vessel, a copy of whose authorization has been filed with the…
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EO 7129 Aug 6, 1935
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral
Executive Order 7129—Authorizing the Acquisition of Land on Isle Royale for Emergency Conservation Work
📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority
The acquisition of such of the aforesaid lands, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, as are suitable and necessary for the aforesaid purposes, is hereby authorized; and by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Fourth Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1933…
Franklin D. Roosevelt Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 7128 Aug 6, 1935
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral
Executive Order 7128—Withdrawal of Public Lands
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
The public lands in the following-described areas in Alaska be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, or other form of appropriation and reserved to conserve the public interests, and in aid of such legislation as may hereafter be…
Franklin D. Roosevelt High School • 1m
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7126 (Aug. 5, 1935), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7126-placing-additional-agencies-under-the-supervision-the-bureau-the.
