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Executive Order 10813 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10813—Including Certain Lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Nantahala National Forest

Wednesday, April 29, 1959
66 min read (13,195 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1959-04-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Including Certain Lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Nantahala National Forest." It is an expansive, comprehensive regulatory directive mandating coordinated enforcement, detailed procedural standards, and formal agency compliance benchmarks across multiple federal departments.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

599); and WHEREAS on January 24, 1959, the agreements of September 18, 1958, between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture were approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget pursu,nt to the provisions of section 4(k) (c) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, and of section 1(h) of Executive Order No.
471, 473), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows: 1.
There are hereby expressly EXCEPTED AND EXCLUDED from the land described above as Parcel No.
There is hereby expressly EXCEPTED AND EXCLUDED from the land described above as Parcel No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
13,195
73,357 characters
Estimated Read Time
66 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
10.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10813, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Apr 29, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10813-including-certain-lands-the-chattahoochee-national-forest-and-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)