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Executive Order 9448 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9448—Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns by the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Thursday, June 8, 1944
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2 min read (333 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1944-06-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns by the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives." 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

▪ This order shall be published in the Federal Register .

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities
Total Words
333
1,873 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
14.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 9448, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 8, 1944). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9448-inspection-income-excess-profits-and-capital-stock-tax-returns-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
By virtue of 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 1932 (47 Stat., 169, 189) as amended by section 218 (h) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat., 195, 209); sections 215 (e) and 216 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat., 195, 208); sections 55 (a), 701 (e), and 702 (b) of the Revenue Act of 1934 (48 Stat., 680, 698, 770); sections 105 (e) and 106 (c) of the Revenue Act of 1935 (49 Stat., 1014, 1018, 1019); sections 55 (a), 351 (c), and 503 (a) of the Revenue Act of 1936 (49 Stat., 1648, 1671, 1733, 1738); and sections 55 (a), 409, 601 (e), and 602 (c) of the Revenue Act of 1938 (52 Stat., 447, 478, 564, 566, 568), it is hereby ordered that income, excessprofits, and capital stock tax returns made under the Revenue Act of 1932, the Revenue Act of 1932, as amended by the National Industrial Recovery Act, the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Revenue Act of 1934, the Revenue Act of 1935, as amended by the Revenue Act of 1936, the Revenue Act of 1936, the Revenue Act of 1936, as amended by the Revenue Act of 1937, and the Revenue Act of 1938, for the years 1932 to 1938, inclusive, shall be open to inspection by the Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of House Resolution 21 (Seventy-eighth Congress, first session), passed January 19, 1943; 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 relating to the inspection of returns by that committee, approved by me this date. This order shall be published in the Federal Register . FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, June 8, 1944.