Executive Order 9866 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9866—Designation of Officers to Act as Secretary of the Interior

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Saturday, June 14, 1947

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1 min read (246 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 1947-06-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designation of Officers to Act as Secretary of the Interior." 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

▪ 6), and in the interest of the internal management of the Government, it is ordered as follows: 1.

▪ The Assistant Secretary of the Interior whose commission bears the earlier date, or, if the commissions of the Assistant Secretaries bear the same date, the Assistant Secretary who took the oath of office on the earlier date, shall be the ranking Assistant Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of paragraph 1(b) of this order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

246

1,457 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9866, Harry S Truman (Jun 14, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9866-designation-officers-act-secretary-the-interior.

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 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 6), and in the interest of the internal management of the Government, it is ordered as follows: 1. (a) The Under Secretary of the Interior shall perform the duties of the Secretary of the Interior in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Secretary of the Interior. (b) The ranking Assistant Secretary of the Interior when both of the Assistant Secretaries are present, otherwise the Assistant Secretary of the Interior who is present, shall perform the duties of the Secretary of the Interior in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Interior. (c) The Solicitor of the Department of the Interior shall perform the duties of the Secretary of the Interior in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Interior. 2. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior whose commission bears the earlier date, or, if the commissions of the Assistant Secretaries bear the same date, the Assistant Secretary who took the oath of office on the earlier date, shall be the ranking Assistant Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of paragraph 1(b) of this order. 3. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9432, dated March 28, 1944. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, June 14, 1947