Executive Order 7483 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7483—Authorizing the Special Committee To Investigate Production, Transportation and Marketing of Wool, United States Senate, To Inspect Income, Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns

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Monday, November 2, 1936

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1 min read (292 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 1936-11-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorizing the Special Committee To Investigate Production, Transportation and Marketing of Wool, United States Senate, To Inspect Income, Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 169, 189), as amended by section 218(h) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

292

1,768 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7483, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 2, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7483-authorizing-the-special-committee-investigate-production.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 257(a) of the Revenue Act of 1926 (44 Stat. 9, 51); section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1928 (45 Stat. 791, 809); section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (47 Stat. 169, 189), as amended by section 218(h) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 195, 209); section 215(e) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 195, 208); section 55(a) and section 701(e) of the Revenue Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 680, 698, 770); section 105(e) of the Revenue Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 1014, 1018); and section 55(a) of the Revenue Act of 1936 (Public No. 740, 74th Congress), it is hereby ordered that income, profits, and capital stock tax returns made under the Revenue Act of 1936, the Revenue Act of 1935, the Revenue Act of 1934, the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Revenue Act of 1932, as amended by the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the prior revenue acts, shall be open to inspection by the Special Committee to Investigate Production, Transportation and Marketing of Wool, United States Senate, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, which committee or subcommittee is authorized by Senate Resolution 160, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, passed July 10, 1935, and Senate Resolution 315, Seventy-fourth Congress, second session, passed June 6, 1936, to make an investigation of the production, transportation, and marketing of wool; such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in the Treasury Decision [1] relating to the inspection of returns by that committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, approved by me this date. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, November 2, 1936.