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Executive Order 11116 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11116—Prescribing Rates of Charges for Certain Hospitalization and Dispensary Services and Delegating Authority to Prescribe Such Rates

Monday, August 5, 1963
2 min read (330 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President John F. Kennedy on 1963-08-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Prescribing Rates of Charges for Certain Hospitalization and Dispensary Services and Delegating Authority to Prescribe Such Rates." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

34), and 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.
Rates of charges for hospitalization and dispensary services are hereby prescribed, under the last sentence of Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1948, c.
10530 of May 10, 1954, headed "Providing for the performance of certain functions vested in or subject to the approval of the President," as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of Section 1 thereof the following paragraph: "(w) The authority vested in the President by the last sentence of Section 4 of the Act of May 10, 1943, c.
34), to prescribe from time to time rates of charges for hospitalization and dispensary services." (b) The provisions of Section 1 of this order shall be subject to amendment, supersedure, or revocation, in whole or in part and at any time or times after the effective date of this order, under authority of Section 1 (w) of Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
330
1,837 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11116, John F. Kennedy (Aug 5, 1963). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11116-prescribing-rates-charges-for-certain-hospitalization-and-dispensary.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)