Executive Order 9613 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9613—Withdrawing and Reserving for the Use of the United States Lands Containing Radio-active Mineral Substances

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Thursday, September 13, 1945

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1 min read (216 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 Harry S Truman on 1945-09-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing and Reserving for the Use of the United States Lands Containing Radio-active Mineral Substances." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ Subject to valid existing rights, all public lands of the United States, including Alaska, which contain deposits of radio-active mineral substances, and all deposits of such substances, are hereby withdrawn from sale and all other forms of disposal under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the United States.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

216

1,318 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

25.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9613, Harry S Truman (Sep 13, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9613-withdrawing-and-reserving-for-the-use-the-united-states-lands.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. Subject to valid existing rights, all public lands of the United States, including Alaska, which contain deposits of radio-active mineral substances, and all deposits of such substances, are hereby withdrawn from sale and all other forms of disposal under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the United States. 2. So far as not in conflict with existing law, all lands in the United States, its territories or possessions, heretofore acquired by the United States which contain deposits of radio-active mineral substances owned by the United States are hereby reserved from sale, and all leases, licenses, or other authorizations of whatever kind hereafter granted to occupy or use such lands, shall reserve to the United States the right, at any and all times, to enter upon such lands, and mine and remove such mineral substances; and all such lands hereafter acquired by the United States shall become subject to the provisions of this paragraph upon their acquisition; Provided, That no reservation under this paragraph shall interfere with the use of the lands established or indicated by any act of Congress. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, September 13, 1945