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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1945-07-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States." 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
▪8297, 9303, 9407, and 9507), is amended as follows: (a) Item No.
▪6 is amended by changing the eighth heading thereunder to read: "Issue of card or certificate of identity and registration______ $1.00".
▪34 is amended by changing the words "office forms" occurring therein to "official forms".
▪7968) is amended as follows: (a) The term "disbursing officers" occurring in subdivision (a) (2) is changed to "disbursing agents".
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities
Total Words
173
1,002 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9591, Harry S Truman (Jul 21, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9591-amending-the-foreign-service-regulations-the-united-states.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1745 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. 127), and by section 7 of the act of February 23, 1931 (22 U.S.C. 23l), it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Tariff of the United States V-15 (22 CFR 105.15) of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States (Executive Order Nos. 8297, 9303, 9407, and 9507), is amended as follows: (a) Item No. 6 is amended by changing the eighth heading thereunder to read: "Issue of card or certificate of identity and registration______ $1.00". (b) Item No. 8 is revoked. (c) Item No. 34 is amended by changing the words "office forms" occurring therein to "official forms". 2. Section V-23 (22 CFR 105.23) of the Foreign Service Regulations of the United States (Executive Order No. 7968) is amended as follows: (a) The term "disbursing officers" occurring in subdivision (a) (2) is changed to "disbursing agents". (b) Subdivision (b) is revoked. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 21, 1945
