Executive Order 9707 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9707—Amendment of the Executive Order of January 31, 1946 Entitled "Consolidation of Surplus Property Functions"

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Saturday, March 23, 1946

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2 min read (358 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 1946-03-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of the Executive Order of January 31, 1946 Entitled "Consolidation of Surplus Property Functions"." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 9689 of January 31, 1946, entitled "Consolidation of Surplus Property Functions" shall be and it is hereby amended, effective as of the date thereof, to read as follows: "5.

▪ The provisions of section 1 hereof notwithstanding, the respective accounting and fiscal procedures in effect with respect to the functions merged shall continue in effect from February 1, 1946 to March 25, 1946.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

358

2,142 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

24.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9707, Harry S Truman (Mar 23, 1946). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9707-amendment-the-executive-order-january-31-1946-entitled-consolidation.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is hereby ordered that section 5 of Executive Order No. 9689 of January 31, 1946, entitled "Consolidation of Surplus Property Functions" shall be and it is hereby amended, effective as of the date thereof, to read as follows: "5. There shall be subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, those positions transferred to the War Assets Corporation hereunder which are now subject to the said Act, and also all positions transferred to the War Assets Administration hereunder; provided that if the salary of the incumbent of any position so transferred to the said Administration is above the maximum of the allocated grade such salary shall not be reduced so long as the position is held by the incumbent; and provided further, any position so transferred to the said Administration is between two salary steps of the grade to which the position is allocated, such salary shall be increased to the higher step. The provisions of section 1 hereof notwithstanding, the respective accounting and fiscal procedures in effect with respect to the functions merged shall continue in effect from February 1, 1946 to March 25, 1946. To facilitate the carrying out of the functions herein transferred and consolidated, the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to detail on a temporary basis such officers and enlisted persons of the military and naval establishments, respectively, as the Chairman of the Board of the War Assets Corporation or the Administrator of the War Assets Administration may certify to be required for military duty therein, in the interest of the national defense and welfare, and any such officer or enlisted person shall, while so detailed, retain and be entitled to the rights, benefits, promotions, and status of an officer or enlisted person of the establishment from which he was detailed. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, March 23, 1946