Executive Order 12518 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12518—Trade in Services

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Monday, June 3, 1985

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1 min read (151 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 1985-06-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Trade in Services." 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 Trade in Services.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

151

955 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12518, Ronald Reagan (Jun 3, 1985). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12518-trade-services.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (Public Law 94-472, as amended by Section 306 of Public Law 98573), and in order to assure that information necessary for developing, formulating and implementing United States policy concerning trade in services is collected, analyzed and disseminated, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 11961 of January 19, 1977, as amended, is redesignated "International Investment and Trade in Services" and is further amended by (1) substituting "International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act" for "International Investment Survey Act of 1976" wherever it appears; (2) substituting "(5)" for "(4)" in Section 2; (3) adding "and trade in services" after "investment" in Section 3; and (4) adding ", (5)" after "(4)" in Section 3. RONALD REAGAN The White House, June 3, 1985. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:15 a.m., June 4, 1985]