Executive Order 10746 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10746—Further Providing for the Administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as Amended

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Thursday, December 12, 1957

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2 min read (398 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1957-12-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Providing for the Administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as Amended." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, and in order to provide further for the administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, Executive Order No.

▪ 10560 of September 9, 1954, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ The amounts of foreign currencies which accrue under Title I of the Act to be used for the said loans by the Export-Import Bank of Washington shall be the amounts thereof specified, or shall be the amounts thereof corresponding to the dollar amounts specified, for such loans in sales agreements entered into pursuant to section 3 (a) of this order." DWIGHT D.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

398

2,254 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

21.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10746, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec 12, 1957). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10746-further-providing-for-the-administration-the-agricultural-trade.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, and in order to provide further for the administration of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, Executive Order No. 10560 of September 9, 1954, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: SECTION 1. Section 4 (a) is amended by deleting therefrom "paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive, and (h) to (j), inclusive, of section 104 of the Act" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "paragraphs (a) to (j), inclusive, of section 104 of the Act, except paragraph (g) and except also paragraph (e) to the extent that the said paragraph (e) pertains to loans governed by the portion of paragraph (e) added by the act of August 13, 1957 (Public Law 85-128; 71 Stat. 345) ". SEC. 2. Section 4 (d) is amended as follows: (a) The introductory portion is amended by deleting therefrom "pursuant to section 4 (a) of this order" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "in consonance with law and the provisions of this order". (b) Paragraph (4) is amended by deleting therefrom "sections 104 (d), (e), and (g) of the Act" and inserting in lieu thereof the following "sections 104 (d) and (g) of the Act and section 104 (e) of the Act except to the extent that the said section 104 (e) pertains to the loans referred to in section 4 (d) (5) of this order". (c) Paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) are renumbered as paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and the following new paragraph (5) is inserted immediately after paragraph (4): "(5) Those under section 104 (e) of the Act by the Export-Import Bank of Washington to the extent that the said section 104 (e) pertains to loans governed by the portion of section 104 (e) added by the said act of August 13, 1957. The amounts of foreign currencies which accrue under Title I of the Act to be used for the said loans by the Export-Import Bank of Washington shall be the amounts thereof specified, or shall be the amounts thereof corresponding to the dollar amounts specified, for such loans in sales agreements entered into pursuant to section 3 (a) of this order." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, December 12, 1957.