Executive Order 12458 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12458—Delegation to the Secretary of State Concerning Foreign Assistance

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Saturday, January 14, 1984

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2 min read (311 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 1984-01-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegation to the Secretary of State Concerning Foreign Assistance." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including Section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.

▪ 12163, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) In subsection (a), by striking out "(except chapters 4 and 6 thereof)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(except chapters 4, 6 and 8 thereof)"; and (b) in subsection (c), by striking out "(except chapters 4 and 6 thereof)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(except chapters 4, 6 and 8 thereof)".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

311

1,879 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12458, Ronald Reagan (Jan 14, 1984). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12458-delegation-the-secretary-state-concerning-foreign-assistance.

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, including Section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2381), and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to delegate certain functions concerning foreign assistance to the Secretary of State, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Section 1-201(a) of Executive Order No. 12163, as amended, is further amended by inserting the following new subparagraphs at the end thereof: "(23) Section 512 of the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1982; "(24) Chapter 8 of Part II of the Act, except that such functions shall be exercised consistent with Section 573(d)(3) thereof; "(25) The functions vested in the President by Section 101(b) of the Joint Resolution "Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984" (Public Law 98-151), insofar as they relate to unnumbered paragraphs concerning El Salvador and Haiti.". Sec. 2. Section 1-301 of Executive Order No. 12163, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) In subsection (a), by striking out "(except chapters 4 and 6 thereof)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(except chapters 4, 6 and 8 thereof)"; and (b) in subsection (c), by striking out "(except chapters 4 and 6 thereof)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(except chapters 4, 6 and 8 thereof)". Sec. 3. Section 1-801 of Executive Order No. 12163, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) In subsection (b), by striking out "(except chapters 4 and 6 thereof)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(except chapters 4, 6 and 8 thereof)"; and (b) in subsection (c), by striking out "chapter 6" and inserting in lieu thereof "chapters 6 and 8". RONALD REAGAN The White House, January 14, 1984. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:25 a. m., January 16, 1984]