Executive Order 10354 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10354—Amendment of the Regulations Relating to Commissioned Officers and Employees of the Public Health Service

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Monday, May 26, 1952

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1 min read (242 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 1952-05-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of the Regulations Relating to Commissioned Officers and Employees of the Public Health Service." 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

▪ 210(g)), I hereby prescribe the following amendment of the regulations relating to commissioned officers and employees of the Public Health Service prescribed by Executive Order No.

▪ 9993 of August 31, 1948, as amended, as portions of Chapter I, Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations: Section 22.1 of the said regulations is amended to read as follows: § 22.1 Duty requiring intimate contact with leprosy patients; additional pay for civil service officers or employees.

▪ This order shall become effective on July 1, 1952.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

242

1,415 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10354, Harry S Truman (May 26, 1952). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10354-amendment-the-regulations-relating-commissioned-officers-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 209(g) of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 687; 42 U.S.C. 210(g)), I hereby prescribe the following amendment of the regulations relating to commissioned officers and employees of the Public Health Service prescribed by Executive Order No. 9993 of August 31, 1948, as amended, as portions of Chapter I, Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations: Section 22.1 of the said regulations is amended to read as follows: § 22.1 Duty requiring intimate contact with leprosy patients; additional pay for civil service officers or employees. Except as provided in § 22.2, every civil service officer or employee of the Service assigned to full-time duty for a period of 30 days or more at a station of the Service devoted to the care of leprosy patients shall receive, while so assigned, in addition to the basic compensation provided by law for his position, a sum equal to 25 per centum of such compensation: Provided, that the rate of total basic and additional compensation received by any such civil service officer or employee on June 30, 1952, under laws and regulations then in effect shall not, so long as the officer or employee remains on continuous assignment to such duty, be reduced prior to July 1, 1957, by reason of the foregoing provisions of this section. This order shall become effective on July 1, 1952. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, May 26, 1952