Executive Order 10797 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10797—Delegating to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget Certain Authority Vested in the President by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958
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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1958-12-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget Certain Authority Vested in the President by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
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
▪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, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.
▪There is hereby delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget all authority vested in the President by the last sentence of section 304, and by sections 1502 (a) and 1502 (b), of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat.
▪Such further measures and dispositions as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to be necessary in connection with the exercise of the authority delegated to him by this section shall be carried out in such manner as he shall direct and by such agencies as he shall designate.
▪10731 of October 10, 1957, delegating to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget the authority vested in the President by a certain provision of the Airways Modernization Act of 1957, is hereby revoked, such revocation to become effective on the date the repeal of that act takes effect under sections 1401 (d) and 1505 (2) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
395
2,339 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
23.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10797, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec 24, 1958). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10797-delegating-the-director-the-bureau-the-budget-certain-authority.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
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, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget all authority vested in the President by the last sentence of section 304, and by sections 1502 (a) and 1502 (b), of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 749, 810), relating, respectively, (1) to providing, in connection with transfers of functions made under other provisions of section 304, (1) for appropriate transfers of records and property, and (11) for necessary civilian and military personnel to be made available from any office, department, or other agency from which transfers of functions are so made; (2) to determining the employees and property (including office equipment and official records) employed by the Civil Aeronautics Board in the exercise and performance of those powers and duties which are vested in and imposed upon it by the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, and which are vested by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 in the Federal Aviation Agency, and to specifying the date or dates upon which the transfers of officers, employees, and property (including office equipment and official records) under section 1502 (a) shall occur; and (3) specifying the date or dates upon which transfers of unexpended balances of appropriations under section 1502 (b) shall occur. Such further measures and dispositions as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to be necessary in connection with the exercise of the authority delegated to him by this section shall be carried out in such manner as he shall direct and by such agencies as he shall designate. SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 10731 of October 10, 1957, delegating to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget the authority vested in the President by a certain provision of the Airways Modernization Act of 1957, is hereby revoked, such revocation to become effective on the date the repeal of that act takes effect under sections 1401 (d) and 1505 (2) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 806, 811). SEC. 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 2 hereof, the provisions of this order shall become effective immediately. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, December 24, 1958.
