Executive Order 9269 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9269—Modifying the Limitation on Fixed Fees With Respect to Contracts of the Treasury Department for Architectural and Engineering Services

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Wednesday, November 11, 1942

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1 min read (282 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1942-11-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modifying the Limitation on Fixed Fees With Respect to Contracts of the Treasury Department for Architectural and Engineering Services." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 838), and deeming that such action will facilitate the prosecution of the war, it is ordered as follows: 1.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

282

1,700 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9269, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 11, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9269-modifying-the-limitation-fixed-fees-with-respect-contracts-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and deeming that such action will facilitate the prosecution of the war, it is ordered as follows: 1. The provision in paragraph 7 of Title II of Executive Order No. 9001, dated December 27, 1941 limiting the fixed fee to be paid as a result of any cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract entered into under the authority of that order, shall not apply to contracts for architectural or engineering services entered into by the Treasury Department for the accomplishment of any project, or portion of a project, for which funds are allocated to the Treasury Department from any appropriation to carry out the provisions of the act entitled "An Act further to promote the defense of the United States, and for other purposes", approved March 11, 1941 (55 Stat. 31); but the fixed fee to be paid for such architectural or engineering services under any cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for such services may be determined in accordance with such appropriate scale of fees as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided , that in no case shall any such fee exceed 4 per centum of the estimated cost (exclusive of all compensation for architectural or engineering services) to be paid by the Treasury Department from such allocated funds on account of the project in connection with which such services are employed. 2. Executive Order No. 9023 of January 14, 1942, extending the provisions of the said Executive Order No. 9001 to contracts of the Treasury Department and other Government agencies, is modified accordingly. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 11, 1942.