Executive Order 13359 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13359—Amendment to Executive Order 13173, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley

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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

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2 min read (346 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 George W. Bush on 2004-10-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment to Executive Order 13173, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley." 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

▪ The Chair of the Task Force shall be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

▪ Each of the Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall designate one staff person, for the years 2004 through 2006, to work on issues of the Task Force and to ensure the participation of the staff person's department or agency in the operations of the Task Force." Sec.

▪ Section 1(c)(1) is amended by inserting "regulations," after "analyze".

▪ Is amended to read as follows: "Judicial Review.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

346

2,147 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13359, George W. Bush (Oct 20, 2004). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13359-amendment-executive-order-13173-interagency-task-force-the-economic.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to improve the operation of the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13173 of October 25, 2000, is amended as follows: Section 1. Section 1(b) is amended to read as follows: "The Task Force shall consist exclusively of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of National Drug Control Policy, the Administrator of General Services, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or their designees, and such other senior executive branch officials as may be determined by the Task Force. The Chair of the Task Force shall be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Each of the Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall designate one staff person, for the years 2004 through 2006, to work on issues of the Task Force and to ensure the participation of the staff person's department or agency in the operations of the Task Force." Sec. 2. Section 1(c)(1) is amended by inserting "regulations," after "analyze". Sec. 3. Section 5 is amended to read as follows: "Judicial Review. This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the Federal Government and is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, entities, its officers or employees, or any other person." GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, October 20, 2004. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:08 a.m., October 22, 2004]