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This executive order, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 1967-11-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 10807 of March 13, 1959, Relating to the Federal Council for Science and Technology." 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.
▪Each such representative shall be an official of policy rank designated by the head of the Federal agency concerned, and, in the case of the Atomic Energy Commission, shall be its Chairman or another member Of the Commission designated by the Chairman of the Commission.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
Total Words
196
1,259 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
21.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 11381, Lyndon B. Johnson (Nov 8, 1967). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11381-amending-executive-order-no-10807-march-13-1959-relating-the-federal.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10807 of March 13, 1959, entitled "Federal Council for Science and Technology," be, and it is hereby, amended by substituting for subsection (b) of section 1 thereof the following: "(b) The Council shall be composed of the Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and one representative of each of the following: Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the Interior, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Atomic Energy Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and National Science Foundation. Each such representative shall be an official of policy rank designated by the head of the Federal agency concerned, and, in the case of the Atomic Energy Commission, shall be its Chairman or another member Of the Commission designated by the Chairman of the Commission. A representative of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget designated by the Director may attend meetings of the Council as an observer." LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House November 8, 1967
