Executive Order 5817 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5817—Amendment of Schedule B of the Civil-Service Rules, Affecting the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce

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Thursday, March 10, 1932

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1 min read (192 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 Herbert Hoover on 1932-03-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Schedule B of the Civil-Service Rules, Affecting the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ Paragraph 2, Subdivision III, Schedule B, of positions excepted from competition under the civil-service rules, is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.

▪ All positions in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, heretofore excepted from competitive examination, other than the director and assistant directors of the bureau, are hereby included, with their incumbents, in the classified competitive service.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

192

1,293 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5817, Herbert Hoover (Mar 10, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5817-amendment-schedule-b-the-civil-service-rules-affecting-the-bureau.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Paragraph 2, Subdivision III, Schedule B, of positions excepted from competition under the civil-service rules, is hereby amended to read as follows: 2. Commercial attaches and assistant commercial attaches, trade commissioners and assistant trade commissioners, employed in the Foreign Commerce Service of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. After at least three years of service abroad, these employees may be transferred or reinstated, upon approval of the Civil Service Commission, to any position under the bureau for which their qualifications fit them, but without any change thereby in their excepted status as Schedule B employees. All positions in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, heretofore excepted from competitive examination, other than the director and assistant directors of the bureau, are hereby included, with their incumbents, in the classified competitive service. The effect of this amendment is to diminish the number of excepted positions in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and permit transfers, under the restrictions mentioned, to the bureau proper. The commission concurs with the department in recommending this order. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, March 10, 1932.