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This executive order, signed by President Ronald Reagan on 1986-11-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Relations With the Northern Mariana Islands." 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
▪263), the relations of the United States with the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands shall, in all matters not the program responsibility of another Federal department or agency, be under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior.
Exec. Order No. 12572, Ronald Reagan (Nov 3, 1986). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12572-relations-with-the-northern-mariana-islands.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered that, consistent with the Joint Resolution to approve the "Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America," approved March 24, 1976 (Public Law 94-241; 90 Stat. 263), the relations of the United States with the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands shall, in all matters not the program responsibility of another Federal department or agency, be under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. RONALD REAGAN The White House, November 3, 1986. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:18 a.m., November 6, 1986]
