Executive Order 10170 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10170—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10082 of October 5, 1949 Prescribing Procedures for the Administration of the Reciprocal Trade-Agreements Program
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1950-10-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10082 of October 5, 1949 Prescribing Procedures for the Administration of the Reciprocal Trade-Agreements Program." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪10082 of October 5, 1949 is hereby amended by adding after the comma following the word "Defense," in the second sentence of the paragraph numbered 1 thereof, the words "the Secretary of the Interior.".
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
196
1,219 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10170, Harry S Truman (Oct 12, 1950). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10170-amendment-executive-order-no-10082-october-5-1949-prescribing.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
WHEREAS Executive Order No. 10082 of October 5, 1949 (14 F.R. 6105) establishes the Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements and the Committee for Reciprocity Information, each to consist of persons designated from their respective agencies by the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator for Economic Cooperation; and WHEREAS it would be in the public interest to provide for the representation on said committees of the Department of the Interior: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (46 Stat.698) and the Trade Agreements Act approved June 12, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 943; 57 Stat.125; 59 Stat. 410; Public Law 307, 81st Congress), the said Executive Order No. 10082 of October 5, 1949 is hereby amended by adding after the comma following the word "Defense," in the second sentence of the paragraph numbered 1 thereof, the words "the Secretary of the Interior.". HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, October 12, 1950
