Executive Order 6606 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6606-D—Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the General Contractors Industry, A Division of the Construction Industry

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Saturday, February 17, 1934

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2 min read (305 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1934-02-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "D—Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the General Contractors Industry, A Division of the Construction Industry." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on D—Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the General Contractors Industry, A Division of the Construction Industry.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

305

1,819 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

33.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6606, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 17, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6606-d-supplementary-code-fair-competition-for-the-general-contractors.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Section 5 of Article VIII of Chapter I of the Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, approved January 31, 1934, for approval of Chapter II of said Code, which Chapter II is applicable to the General Contractors Division of the Construction Industry, and hearings having been held thereon, and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an analysis of said Chapter II and of said Code of Fair Competition as modified by the addition thereto of said Chapter II, together with his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that the said Chapter II and the said Code of Fair Competition, as modified by the addition thereto of said Chapter II, comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of said Act, and that the requirements of Clauses (1) and (2) of Subsection (a) of Section 3 of the said Act have been met: Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt , President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Chapter II be and it is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety as modified by the addition thereto of said Chapter II. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Approval Recommended: Hugh S Johnson Administrator. The White House, February 17, 1934.