Executive Order 12516 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12516—President's Commission on Executive Exchange

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Tuesday, May 21, 1985

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1 min read (153 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 1985-05-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Commission on Executive Exchange." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on President's Commission on Executive Exchange.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

153

966 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12516, Ronald Reagan (May 21, 1985). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12516-presidents-commission-executive-exchange.

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, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12493 of December 5, 1984, is amended by substituting for subsection (a)(2) of section 2 thereof the following: "(2) career Federal Executives, who are members of the Senior Executive Service, or equivalent level, or are candidates for the Senior Executive Service, or are of outstanding qualification and are serving at an equivalent level to a Senior Executive Service candidate, provided that such level is not lower than level 15 of the General Schedule, will be selected as Presidential Exchange Executives and assigned for one year to positions in the private sector offering significant challenge, responsibility and regular and continuing contact with senior private sector officials." RONALD REAGAN The White House, May 21, 1985. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:56 a.m., May 23, 1985]