Executive Order 10818 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10818—Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Estate, and Gift Tax Returns by the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives

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Friday, May 8, 1959

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1 min read (192 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 1959-05-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Estate, and Gift Tax Returns by the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives." 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

▪ This order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

192

1,144 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10818, Dwight D. Eisenhower (May 8, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10818-inspection-income-excess-profits-estate-and-gift-tax-returns-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55(a), 508, and 729(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (53 Stat. 29, 111; 54 Stat. 989, 1008; 26 U.S.C. 55 (a), 508, and 729(a)), and by section 6103 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 753; 26 U.S.C. 6103(a)), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1945 to 1959, inclusive, shall, during the Eighty-sixth Congress, be open to inspection by the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its studies of the operation of Government activities at all levels with a view to determining the economy and efficiency of the Government, such inspection to be in accordance and compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decisions 6132 s and 6133,3 relating to the inspection of returns by committees of the Congress, approved by me on May 3, 1955. This order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, May 8, 1959.