Executive Order 12579 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12579—President's Advisory Committee on Mediation and Conciliation

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Wednesday, December 31, 1986

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1 min read (102 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 1986-12-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Advisory Committee on Mediation and Conciliation." 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

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.

▪ 12462 of February 17, 1984, as amended, is further amended to read: "The Committee shall terminate on December 31, 1987, unless sooner extended." RONALD REAGAN The White House, December 31, 1986.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

102

616 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12579, Ronald Reagan (Dec 31, 1986). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12579-presidents-advisory-committee-mediation-and-conciliation.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), and in order to extend the life of the President's Advisory Committee on Mediation and Conciliation, it is hereby ordered that Section 4(b) of Executive Order No. 12462 of February 17, 1984, as amended, is further amended to read: "The Committee shall terminate on December 31, 1987, unless sooner extended." RONALD REAGAN The White House, December 31, 1986. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:22 a.m., January 5, 1987]