Executive Order 13374 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13374—Amendments to Executive Order 12293—The Foreign Service of the United States

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Monday, March 14, 2005

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2 min read (347 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 2005-03-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendments to Executive Order 12293—The Foreign Service of the United States." 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

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 402 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C.

▪ Of Executive Order 12293 of February 23, 1981, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Sec.

▪ 3962), and subject to any restrictions therein, there are established the following salary classes with titles for the Senior Foreign Service, at the following ranges of basic rates of pay: (a) Career Minister Range from 100 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C.

▪ Of Executive Order 12293, as amended, is amended by striking "the Director of the International Communication Agency, the Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

347

2,068 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13374, George W. Bush (Mar 14, 2005). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13374-amendments-executive-order-12293-the-foreign-service-the-united.

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, including section 402 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 3962), and in order to adjust the basic salary rates for each class of the Senior Foreign Service, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Section 4 of Executive Order 12293 of February 23, 1981, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 4. Pursuant to section 402 of the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 3962), and subject to any restrictions therein, there are established the following salary classes with titles for the Senior Foreign Service, at the following ranges of basic rates of pay: (a) Career Minister Range from 100 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376 to 100 percent of the rate payable for level II of the Executive Schedule. (b) Minister-Counselor Range from 100 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376 to 107 percent of the rate payable for level III of the Executive Schedule. (c) Counselor Range from 100 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376 to 102 percent of the rate payable for level III of the Executive Schedule." Sec. 2. Section 2 of Executive Order 12293, as amended, is amended by striking "the Director of the International Communication Agency, the Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development". Sec. 3. Executive Order 13325 of January 23, 2004, is revoked. Sec. 4. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party at law or in equity against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, March 14, 2005. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 16, 2005]