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Executive Order 12380 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12380—Submarine Duty Incentive Pay

Wednesday, August 18, 1982
2 min read (416 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 Ronald Reagan on 1982-08-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Submarine Duty Incentive Pay." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

11157, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "Sec.
"(d) The Secretary of the Navy is hereby designated and empowered to issue additional implementing regulations with respect to entitlement of regular and reserve officers and enlisted members of the Navy to submarine duty incentive pay, or continuous monthly submarine duty incentive pay.".
In accord with Section 701 of Public Law 97-39, the amendments made by this Order shall be effective as of January 1, 1981.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
416
2,468 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
16.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12380, Ronald Reagan (Aug 18, 1982). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12380-submarine-duty-incentive-pay.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)