Executive Order 13409 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13409—Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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Monday, July 3, 2006

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2 min read (330 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President George W. Bush on 2006-07-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C.

▪ Section 9A(c) of the RLA provides that the President, upon such request, shall appoint an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute.

▪ There is established, effective 12:01 a.m.

▪ No member shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any carrier.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

330

1,992 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13409, George W. Bush (Jul 3, 2006). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13409-establishing-emergency-board-investigate-dispute-between.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

A dispute exists between Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. 151-188 (RLA). A party empowered by the RLA has requested that the President establish an emergency board pursuant to section 9A of the RLA (45 U.S.C. 159a). Section 9A(c) of the RLA provides that the President, upon such request, shall appoint an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute. Now, Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 9A of the RLA, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board (Board). There is established, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on July 8, 2006, a Board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate and report on this dispute. No member shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any carrier. The Board shall perform its functions subject to the availability of funds. Sec. 2. Report. The Board shall report to the President with respect to this dispute within 30 days of its creation. Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 9A(c) of the RLA, from the date of the creation of the Board and for 120 days thereafter, no change in the conditions out of which the dispute arose shall be made by the parties to the controversy, except by agreement of the parties. Sec. 4. Records Maintenance. The records and files of the Board are records of the Office of the President and upon the Board's termination shall be maintained in the physical custody of the National Mediation Board. Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the submission of the report provided for in section 2 of this order. George W. Bush The White House, July 3, 2006.