Executive Order 10897 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.29)

Executive Order 10897—Authorizing the Secretary of State To Prescribe Rules and Regulations Relating to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System

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Friday, December 2, 1960

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1 min read (242 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 1960-12-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorizing the Secretary of State To Prescribe Rules and Regulations Relating to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ 156), it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to exercise the following-described authority of the President: (a) The authority vested in the President by section 801 (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C.

▪ 9941 of March 26, 1948, is hereby superseded.

▪ This order shall be effective as of October 16, 1960; and the Secretary of State, in his discretion and consistent with law, may make rules and regulations issued pursuant to section 1 hereof effective on or after that date.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

242

1,473 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.29

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10897, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec 2, 1960). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10897-authorizing-the-secretary-state-prescribe-rules-and-regulations.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1002; 22 U.S.C. 843) and section 202 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 156), it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to exercise the following-described authority of the President: (a) The authority vested in the President by section 801 (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1061 (a)) to prescribe rules and regulations for the maintenance of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. (b) The authority vested in the President by section 803(c) (1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1063(c)(D), to prescribe regulations governing the participation of certain Foreign Service staff officers and employees in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. (c) The authority vested in the President by section 881 (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1116(a)), to prescribe regulations governing the deposit of voluntary contributions into the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund. SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 9941 of March 26, 1948, is hereby superseded. SEC. 3. This order shall be effective as of October 16, 1960; and the Secretary of State, in his discretion and consistent with law, may make rules and regulations issued pursuant to section 1 hereof effective on or after that date. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, December 2, 1960.