Executive Order 12634 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12634—Delegating Authority to Provide Assistance and Support for Peace, Democracy, and Reconciliation in Central America

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Friday, April 1, 1988

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1 min read (264 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 1988-04-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating Authority to Provide Assistance and Support for Peace, Democracy, and Reconciliation in Central America." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 523, as enacted on April 1, 1988 ("the Act"), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

264

1,599 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12634, Ronald Reagan (Apr 1, 1988). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12634-delegating-authority-provide-assistance-and-support-for-peace.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including H.J. Res. 523, as enacted on April 1, 1988 ("the Act"), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to delegate certain functions concerning the designation of amounts to be transferred from specified accounts, the transfer of funds, and related personnel matters, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, is authorized to perform the functions, vested in the President by Sections 3(b) and (e), 4(a)(2), 8, and 9 of the Act, of transferring unobligated funds from the accounts specified in Section 6 of the Act. Sec. 2. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is authorized to perform the function, vested in the President by Section 4(d) of the Act, of approving the detailing of personnel to the Agency for International Development. Sec. 3. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to perform the function of designating the amounts of unobligated funds, made available by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1986, as contained in section 101(b) of the further continuing appropriations resolution for the fiscal year 1986 (Public Law 99-190), which are to be transferred from each of the accounts specified in Section 6. RONALD REAGAN The White House, April 1, 1988. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:50 p.m., April 1, 1988]