Executive Order 7756 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 7756—Delegating to the Secretary of the Interior Certain Powers and Functions Vested in the President by the Act of February 22, 1935, Ch. 18, 49 Stat. 30, as Amended, and Authorizing the Establishment of a Petroleum Conservation Division
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-12-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating to the Secretary of the Interior Certain Powers and Functions Vested in the President by the Act of February 22, 1935, Ch. 18, 49 Stat. 30, as Amended, and Authorizing the Establishment of a Petroleum Conservation Division." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪30), as amended by the act of June 14, 1937, Public No.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities
Total Words
274
1,583 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
30.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7756, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 1, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7756-delegating-the-secretary-the-interior-certain-powers-and-functions.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 11 of the act entitled "AN ACT To regulate interstate and foreign commerce in petroleum and its products by prohibiting the shipment in such commerce of petroleum and its products produced in violation of State law, and for other purposes", approved February 22, 1935 (49 Stat. 30), as amended by the act of June 14, 1937, Public No. 145, 75th Congress, I hereby designate and appoint the Secretary of the Interior as the agent of the President to execute all of the powers and functions vested in the President by the said act except those vested in him by section 4 thereof: Provided , that no regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior under section 5(a) of the said act the violation of which is punishable by fine or imprisonment shall be effective unless and until approved by the President; and I hereby expressly authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Petroleum Conservation Division in the Department of the Interior, the functions and duties of which shall be: (1) to assist, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, in administering the said act, (2) to cooperate with the oil- and gas-producing States in the prevention of waste in oil and gas production and in the adoption of uniform oil- and gas-conservation laws and regulations, and (3) to keep informed currently as to facts which may be required for the exercise of the responsibility of the President under section 4 of the said act. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 1, 1937.
