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Executive Order 12216 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.44)

Executive Order 12216—President's Committee on the International Labor Organization

Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
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Wednesday, June 18, 1980
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2 min read (479 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 1980-06-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Committee on the International Labor Organization." 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

▪ There is established the President's Committee on the International Labor Organization (ILO).
▪ The Chairman of the Committee shall be the Secretary of Labor.
▪ The Committee shall meet at the request of the Chairman.
▪ The Committee shall monitor and assess the work of the ILO.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
479
3,047 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.44
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 12216, Jimmy Carter (Jun 18, 1980). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12216-presidents-committee-the-international-labor-organization.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and in order to create in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I) an advisory committee on United States participation in the International Labor Organization, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1-1. Establishment of Committee. 1-101. There is established the President's Committee on the International Labor Organization (ILO). The members will be the Secretaries of Labor, State, and Commerce, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Presidents of the AFL-CIO and the United States Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, or their designated representatives. 1-102. The Chairman of the Committee shall be the Secretary of Labor. The Committee shall meet at the request of the Chairman. 1-2. Functions of the Committee. 1-201. The Committee shall monitor and assess the work of the ILO. 1-202. The Committee shall make recommendations to the President or other officers of the Federal government, including the Secretary of Labor. With due recognition that in the ILO tripartite system, government, employer, and employee representatives retain the right to take positions independent of one another, the Committee shall exert its best efforts to develop a coordinated position as to United States policy on ILO issues. 1-203. The Committee shall also perform other functions relevant to relations with the ILO as requested by the President or the Committee Chairman. 1-3. Funding and Expenses. 1-301. Each member of the Committee who is not otherwise employed full-time by the Federal government may receive, to the extent permitted by law, compensation for each day he is engaged in the work of the Committee at a rate not to exceed the maximum daily rate now or hereafter prescribed by law, and may also receive transportation and travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5702 and 5703). 1-302. The Chairman of the Committee is authorized to establish such additional advisory committees as may be deemed appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Order. 1-303. All necessary administrative staff services, support, facilities and expenses of the Committee shall be furnished by the Department of Labor to the extent permitted by law. 1-4. General Provisions. 1-401. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive order, the functions of the President applicable to the Committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), except that of reporting annually to the Congress, are hereby delegated to the Secretary of Labor, who shall perform them in accordance with guidelines and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services. 1-402. The Committee shall terminate on December 31, 1980, unless this date is extended by further Executive order. JIMMY CARTER The White House, June 18, 1980. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:15 p.m., June 18, 1980]