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This executive order, signed by President Ronald Reagan on 1982-08-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪12367 of June 15, 1982, is amended by substituting a comma for "and" immediately after "Smithsonian Institution" and by adding "and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John F.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
116
678 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 12378, Ronald Reagan (Aug 6, 1982). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12378-presidents-committee-the-arts-and-the-humanities.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to increase the membership of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities by one, it is hereby ordered that the last sentence of Section l(a) of Executive Order No. 12367 of June 15, 1982, is amended by substituting a comma for "and" immediately after "Smithsonian Institution" and by adding "and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" immediately after "National Gallery of Art". RONALD REAGAN The White House, August 6, 1982. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:18 p.m., August 6, 1982]
