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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1959-10-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Specification of Laws From Which Functions Authorized by the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as Amended, Shall Be Exempt." 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
▪1793) it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.
▪It is hereby determined that, to the extent indicated in the preamble of section 2 of Executive Order No.
▪10784 of October 1, 1958, and in section 2(e) of that order as added by this order, the performance of functions authorized by the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, without regard to the provisions of section 3 (b) of the act entitled "An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the national defense" (72 Stat.
▪1433(b)) will further the purposes of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
294
1,697 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10845, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Oct 12, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10845-further-specification-laws-from-which-functions-authorized-the.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 533 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 860 (22 U.S.C. 1793) it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. It is hereby determined that, to the extent indicated in the preamble of section 2 of Executive Order No. 10784 of October 1, 1958, and in section 2(e) of that order as added by this order, the performance of functions authorized by the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, without regard to the provisions of section 3 (b) of the act entitled "An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the national defense" (72 Stat. 972; 50 U.S.C. 1433(b)) will further the purposes of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended. SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 10784 of October 1, 1958, is hereby amended: (a) By substituting the following for that portion of section 2 thereof which precedes the lettered items of section 2: "SEC. 2. With respect to purchases authorized to be made outside the limits of the United States or the District of Columbia under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended:" (b) By adding the following paragraph (e) at the end of section 2 thereof: "(e) Section 3 (b) of the act entitled `An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the national defense' (Public Law 85-804, approved August 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 972; 50 U.S.C. 1433(b)), but only with respect to contracts in which the inclusion of the clause required by section 3 (b), or the compliance with that clause, if included in a contract, is deemed by the executive or military department concerned to be impracticable." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, October 12, 1959.
