Executive Order 13370 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.41)

Executive Order 13370—Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

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1 min read (295 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 2005-01-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: An early statesman would view this measure favorably under Article II, Section 3 (the Take Care Clause). The President operates strictly within the ambit of executing established laws and supervising departmental subordinates, respecting the supremacy of the legislative branch without fabricating novel statutory obligations.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

295

1,874 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.41

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13370, George W. Bush (Jan 13, 2005). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13370-providing-order-succession-the-office-management-and-budget.

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 pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that: Section 1. During any period when the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director) and the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Deputy Director) have died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Director, the following officers of the Office of Management and Budget, in the order listed, shall perform the functions and duties of the office of Director, if they are eligible to act as Director under the provisions of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, until such time as at least one of the officers mentioned above is able to perform the functions and duties of the office of Director: Deputy Director for Management; Executive Associate Director; Associate Director (National Security Programs); Associate Director (General Government Programs); Associate Director (Human Resource Programs); Associate Director (Natural Resource Programs); General Counsel; Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy; Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management; and Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government. Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1 in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Director pursuant to this order. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this order in designating an acting Director. GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, January 13, 2005. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 18, 2005]