Executive Order 9870 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9870—Regulations Pertaining to the Granting of and Accounting for Certain Foreign Service Allowances and Allotments

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Tuesday, July 8, 1947

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2 min read (340 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1947-07-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Regulations Pertaining to the Granting of and Accounting for Certain Foreign Service Allowances and Allotments." 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

▪ And provided further, that the Secretary of State shall grant the allowances authorized by paragraphs (2)(i) and (3) of the said section 901 in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No.

▪ 5643 of June 8, 1931, as amended, which shall be deemed to refer to all officers and employees of the Foreign Service who are citizens of the United States.

▪ All regulations and orders which have been prescribed or issued by the Secretary of State subsequent to the effective date of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 with respect to the granting or payment of allowances authorized by section 901 of the said Act or the accounting therefor as required by section 903 of the said Act are hereby confirmed and ratified.

▪ This order shall become effective as of July 1, 1947, and shall continue in effect to and including June 30, 1948.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

340

1,940 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9870, Harry S Truman (Jul 8, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9870-regulations-pertaining-the-granting-and-accounting-for-certain.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, approved August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 999), and by section 202 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 156), it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows: 1. The Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe regulations governing the granting and payment of any allowances authorized by section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946: Provided, that except as to allowances for the cost of lodging at temporary quarters the Secretary of State shall grant the allowances authorized by paragraph (1) of the said section 901 in accordance with the provisions of Part A of Bureau of the Budget Circular A-8, as it now exists or as it may hereafter be revised. And provided further, that the Secretary of State shall grant the allowances authorized by paragraphs (2)(i) and (3) of the said section 901 in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 5643 of June 8, 1931, as amended, which shall be deemed to refer to all officers and employees of the Foreign Service who are citizens of the United States. 2. The Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe regulations governing the accounting for (1) the allowances granted or paid pursuant to section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 and (2) the allotments of funds made pursuant to section 902 of the said Act. 3. All regulations and orders which have been prescribed or issued by the Secretary of State subsequent to the effective date of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 with respect to the granting or payment of allowances authorized by section 901 of the said Act or the accounting therefor as required by section 903 of the said Act are hereby confirmed and ratified. 4. This order shall become effective as of July 1, 1947, and shall continue in effect to and including June 30, 1948. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 8, 1947