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Executive Order 12155 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12155—Strategic and Critical Materials

Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
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Monday, September 10, 1979
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2 min read (399 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 Jimmy Carter on 1979-09-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Strategic and Critical Materials." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 U.S.C.
▪ The functions vested in the President by Section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Act, (50 U.S.C.
▪ The Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture and the Administrator of General Services shall submit biannually a written report to the Director.
▪ The report shall detail their performance of functions under the Act and this Order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
399
2,406 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
10.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 12155, Jimmy Carter (Sep 10, 1979). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12155-strategic-and-critical-materials.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.), and by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to provide for the performance of certain functions previously performed by agencies pursuant to their own authority, it is hereby ordered, effective July 30, 1979, as follows: 1-101. The functions vested in the President by Section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Act, (50 U.S.C. 98b), are delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 1-102. The functions vested in the President by Section 6 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 98e) are delegated to the Administrator of General Services. 1-103. (a) The functions vested in the President by Section 8(a) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 988(a)) are delegated to the Secretary of the Interior. (b) The function vested in the President by Section 8(b) of the Act (50 U.S.C. 988(b) ) are delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture. 1-104. The functions vested in the President by Section 10 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-1) are delegated to the Administrator of General Services. 1-105. The functions vested in the President by Section 11 of the Act (50 U.S.C. 98h 2) are delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture and the Administrator of General Services shall submit biannually a written report to the Director. The report shall detail their performance of functions under the Act and this Order. 1-106. Section 4-101 of Executive Order No. 12148 is revoked and the following new Sections 4-205 and 4-206 are added thereto: "4-205. Effective July 30, 1979, the functions vested in the President by Section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 714b (h)), are hereby delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency." "4 206. Effective July 30, 1979, the functions vested in the President by Section 204(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 485(f) ), are hereby delegated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.". JIMMY CARTER The White House, September 10, 1979. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:52 p.m., September 10, 1979]