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Executive Orders Historical Archive
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Official portrait of George W. Bush
43rd President
Republican Terms: 2001-2009

George W. Bush

Orders Tracked
291
Avg Words / Order
834
Avg Read Time
~4 min
Avg Sentiment
+0.34
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Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

91.1%
Zone 1 (265)
Statutory Authorization
7.9%
Zone 2 (23)
Zone of Twilight
1.0%
Zone 3 (3)
Lowest Ebb / Friction
Washington Rate Multiplier: 36.4× Washington Baseline

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

Evaluated strictly through the U.S. Constitution (Articles I–VII) & Amendments from an Early Statesman's prism

291 Scored
263 (90%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
26 (9%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
2 (1%)
Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (291)showing the 30 most recent

EO 13488 Amended Jan 16, 2009
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.60)

Executive Order 13488—Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

When agencies determine the fitness of individuals to perform work as employees in the excepted service or as contractor employees, prior favorable fitness or suitability determinations should be granted reciprocal recognition, to the extent practicable.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
EO 13487 Jan 16, 2009
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.50)

Executive Order 13487—Establishment of a Temporary Organization To Facilitate United States Government Support for Afghanistan

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

There is established within the Department of State, in accordance with section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, a temporary organization to be known as the Afghanistan Support Office (ASO). Sec. 2. Purpose of the Temporary Organization.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13486 Jan 9, 2009
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.70)

Executive Order 13486—Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the United States

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

It is the policy of the United States that facilities that possess biological select agents and toxins have appropriate security and personnel assurance practices to protect against theft, misuse, or diversion to unlawful activity of such agents and toxins. Sec. 2.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
EO 13485 Jan 9, 2009
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.29)

Executive Order 13485—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officials of the Department of Transportation, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the Secretary of Transportation…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13483 Superseded Dec 18, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13483—Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303(a), are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof: (a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at Schedule 1; (b) The…

George W. Bush
High School • 3m
EO 13482 Dec 12, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13482—Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Friday, December 26, 2008

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Friday, December 26, 2008, the day after Christmas Day, except as provided in section 2 of this order. Sec. 2.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 13481 Revoked Dec 9, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.41)

Executive Order 13481—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, during any period in which the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13480 Nov 26, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13480—Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The subdivisions of the Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation, and the Treasury set forth in sections 2 through 6 of this order are hereby determined to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security…

George W. Bush
College Level • 4m
EO 13479 Nov 18, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13479—Transformation of the National Air Transportation System

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Policy It is the policy of the United States to establish and maintain a national air transportation system that meets the present and future civil aviation, homeland security, economic, environmental protection, and national defense needs of the United States, including…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
EO 13478 Nov 18, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.29)

Executive Order 13478—Amendments to Executive Order 9397 Relating to Federal Agency Use of Social Security Numbers

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Policy It is the policy of the United States that Federal agencies should conduct agency activities that involve personal identifiers in a manner consistent with protection of such identifiers against unlawful use. Sec. 2.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 13477 Oct 31, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13477—Settlement of Claims Against Libya

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

All claims within the terms of Article I of the Claims Settlement Agreement (Article I) are settled. (a) Claims of United States nationals within the terms of Article I are espoused by the United States and are settled according to the terms of the Claims Settlement Agreement.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 13476 Oct 9, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13476—Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

To assist and support the transition efforts of the transition teams for the "major party" "candidates," as those terms are used in the IRTPA and defined in section 9002(2) and (6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9002(2), (6)), and the President-elect, there is…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
EO 13475 Oct 7, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13475—Further Amendments to Executive Orders 12139 and 12949 in Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Section 1-103 of Executive Order 12139 of May 23, 1979, as amended, is further amended by: (a) striking "(7)" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "(6)"; (b) adding after subsection (h) "(i) Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."; and (c) by…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13474 Sep 26, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.41)

Executive Order 13474—Amendments to Executive Order 12962

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Executive Order 12962 of June 7, 1995, is hereby amended: (a) in the preamble, by striking "and the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C 1801-1882)" and inserting before ", and other pertinent statutes," the following: "the National Marine Sanctuaries Act…

George W. Bush
High School • 1m
EO 13473 Sep 25, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13473—To Authorize Certain Noncompetitive Appointments in the Civil Service for Spouses of Certain Members of the Armed Forces

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

It shall be the policy of the United States to provide for the appropriately expedited recruitment and selection of spouses of members of the Armed Forces for appointment to positions in the competitive service of the Federal civil service as part of the effort of the United…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 13472 Sep 11, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13472—Executive Branch Responsibilities With Respect to Orders of Succession

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

It is the policy of the Federal Government to ensure that each executive branch agency can perform its essential functions and remain an effectively functioning part of the Federal Government under all conditions.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 4m
EO 13471 Aug 28, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13471—Further Amendments to Executive Order 13285, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Executive Order 13285 of January 29, 2003, as amended, is further amended as follows: Section 1. Section 1 is amended by adding at the end of section 1 the following new subsection: "(c) To conduct and vote on official business during meetings, the Council must convene a quorum…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 13470 Jul 30, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.80)

Executive Order 13470—Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Executive Order 12333 of December 4, 1981, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: Section 1. The Preamble to Executive Order 12333, as amended, is further amended by: (a) Striking "and" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma before the word "accurate", and inserting…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 44m
EO 13469 Revoked Jul 25, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.32)

Executive Order 13469—Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Except to the extent provided by statutes, or provided in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 6m
EO 13468 Jul 24, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13468—2008 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Parts II and IV of the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, are amended as described in the Annex attached and made a part of this order. Sec. 2. These amendments shall take effect 30 days from the date of this order.

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 13467 Amended Jun 30, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.70)

Executive Order 13467—Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Policy. Executive branch policies and procedures relating to suitability, contractor employee fitness, eligibility to hold a sensitive position, access to federally controlled facilities and information systems, and eligibility for access to classified information shall be…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 13m
EO 13466 Jun 26, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.32)

Executive Order 13466—Continuing Certain Restrictions With Respect to North Korea and North Korean Nationals

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Except to the extent provided in statutes or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, the following are blocked and…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 4m
EO 13465 Jun 6, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13465—Amending Executive Order 12989, as Amended

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Executive Order 12989 of February 13, 1996, as amended, is further amended: (a) by striking the title and inserting in lieu thereof "Economy and Efficiency in Government Procurement Through Compliance with Certain Immigration and Nationality Act Provisions and Use of an…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 6m
EO 13464 Revoked Apr 30, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.32)

Executive Order 13464—Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Burma

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX, Public Law 106-387), or regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 6m
EO 13463 Apr 18, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13463—Amending Executive Orders 13389 and 13390

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Executive Order 13389 of November 1, 2005, as amended, is further amended: (a) in subsection 2(a), by striking "Economic Policy" and inserting in lieu thereof "Homeland Security and Counterterrorism"; and (b) in section 5, by striking "3 years from the date of this order" and…

George W. Bush
College Level • 1m
EO 13462 Amended Feb 29, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.60)

Executive Order 13462—President's Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board

📜 5th Amend: Regulatory Execution with Due Process

It is the policy of the United States to ensure that the President and other officers of the United States with responsibility for the security of the Nation and the advancement of its interests have access to accurate, insightful, objective, and timely information concerning…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 10m
EO 13461 Feb 15, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13461—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this order, the officers named in section 2, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), if they are eligible to act as…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13460 Revoked Feb 13, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.32)

Executive Order 13460—Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

The National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, find that the Government of Syria continues to engage in certain conduct that formed the basis for the national…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
EO 13459 Feb 7, 2008
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.70)

Executive Order 13459—Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

It is the policy of the Federal Government to promote achievement of positive results for at-risk youth through: (a) enhanced collaboration among government organizations at the Federal, State, and local level, including with faith-based and other community organizations, as…

George W. Bush
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
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