Executive Order 11218 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11218—Amending Executive Order No. 11017 so as to Make the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority a Member of the Recreation Advisory Council

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Saturday, April 24, 1965

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1 min read (206 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 Lyndon B. Johnson on 1965-04-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 11017 so as to Make the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority a Member of the Recreation Advisory Council." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.

▪ 11017 of April 27,1962, as amended, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting for subsection (a) of Section 1 thereof the following: "(a) There is hereby established the Recreation Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council).

▪ The Council shall be composed of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

▪ The chairmanship of the Council shall rotate among these officials in the order named and for terms of two years each.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

206

1,269 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11218, Lyndon B. Johnson (Apr 24, 1965). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11218-amending-executive-order-no-11017-so-make-the-chairman-the-tennessee.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 11017 of April 27,1962, as amended, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting for subsection (a) of Section 1 thereof the following: "(a) There is hereby established the Recreation Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council). The Council shall be composed of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The chairmanship of the Council shall rotate among these officials in the order named and for terms of two years each. Each of the foregoing officers may appoint a delegate to represent him in Council activity. When matters affecting the interests of Federal agencies (including, as used in this Order, executive departments and other executive agencies) the heads of which are not members of the Council are to be considered by the Council, the chairman of the Council shall invite such heads to participate in the deliberations of the Council." LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House, April 24, 1965.