President Obama signs Executive Order Allowing for Control over all resources.

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On March 16th, President Obama signed a new Executive Order which expands upon a prior order issued in 1950 for Disaster Preparedness, and gives the office of the President complete control over all the resources in the United States in times of war or emergency.

The National Defense Resources Preparedness order gives the Executive Branch the power to control and allocate energy, production, transportation, food, and even water resources by decree under the auspices of national defense and national security. The order is not limited to wartime implementation, as one of the order's functions includes the command and control of resources in peacetime determinations.

Section 101. Purpose. This order delegates authorities and addresses national defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the "Act").

(b) assess on an ongoing basis the capability of the domestic industrial and technological base to satisfy requirements in peacetime and times of national emergency, specifically evaluating the availability of the most critical resource and production sources, including subcontractors and suppliers, materials, skilled labor, and professional and technical personnel; - White House

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Additionally, each cabinet under the Executive Branch has been given specific powers when the order is executed, and include the absolute control over food, water, and other resource distributions.

Sec. 201. Priorities and Allocations Authorities. (a) The authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071, to require acceptance and priority performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, and to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense, is delegated to the following agency heads:

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

(2) the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

(e) "Food resources" means all commodities and products, (simple, mixed, or compound), or complements to such commodities or products, that are capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals, irrespective of other uses to which such commodities or products may be put, at all stages of processing from the raw commodity to the products thereof in vendible form for human or animal consumption. "Food resources" also means potable water packaged in commercially marketable containers, all starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils, seed, cotton, hemp, and flax fiber, but does not mean any such material after it loses its identity as an agricultural commodity or agricultural product.

Executive Orders created for national defense and national preparedness are not new in American history, but in each instance they brought about a Constitutional crisis that nearly led standing Presidents to hold dictatorial power over the citizenry. During the Civil War, President Lincoln halted freedom of speech and freedom of the press, while at the same time revoking Habeas Corpus and the right to a fair trial under the sixth amendment. During World War I, when Congress refused to grant Woodrow Wilson extended power over resources to help the war effort, he invoked an Executive Order which allowed him complete control over businesses, industry, transportation, food, and other economic policies.

In both cases, it was only after the death of each President that full Constitutional powers were restored to the citizens of the United States.

The economy of the United States is based on the free flow of resources, energy, and the rights of consumers to buy and sell as they see fit. Any interference in this economic process quickly leads to shortages, rising prices, and civil unrest. The purpose of President Obama signing this new Executive Order is yet unclear, however, it may coincide with information coming out of Israel yesterday that plans for a tactical or strategic strike on Iran are accelerating. Oil prices in Europe rose over $3 a barrel for Brent crude after the Israeli actions, and US oil prices rose $2 for WTI.

The Obama administration appears to be preparing for a long drawn out war in the Middle East, or at the very least, an expected crisis that will require the need to override Constitutional authority and claim dominion over all resources in the United States under the guise of national defense. With the rise in Disaster Preparedness growing for both individuals and states leading up to yesterday's Executive Order, the mood of the nation points strongly towards some event or disaster that will require massive preparations on a national as well as local scale.

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EXECUTIVE ORDER

NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS

PART II - PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS

Sec. 201. Priorities and Allocations Authorities. (a) The authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071, to require acceptance and priority performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, and to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense, is delegated to the following agency heads:

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

(2) the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

(b) The Secretary of each agency delegated authority under subsection (a) of this section (resource departments) shall plan for and issue regulations to prioritize and allocate resources and establish standards and procedures by which the authority shall be used to promote the national defense, under both emergency and non-emergency conditions. Each Secretary shall authorize the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, to place priority ratings on contracts and orders for materials, services, and facilities needed in support of programs approved under section 202 of this order.

(c) Each resource department shall act, as necessary and appropriate, upon requests for special priorities assistance, as defined by section 801(l) of this order, in a time frame consistent with the urgency of the need at hand. In situations where there are competing program requirements for limited resources, the resource department shall consult with the Secretary who made the required determination under section 202 of this order. Such Secretary shall coordinate with and identify for the resource department which program requirements to prioritize on the basis of operational urgency. In situations involving more than one Secretary making such a required determination under section 202 of this order, the Secretaries shall coordinate with and identify for the resource department which program requirements should receive priority on the basis of operational urgency.

(d) If agreement cannot be reached between two such Secretaries, then the issue shall be referred to the President through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

(e) The Secretary of each resource department, when necessary, shall make the finding required under section 101(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(b). This finding shall be submitted for the President's approval through the Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Upon such approval, the Secretary of the resource department that made the finding may use the authority of section 101(a) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(a), to control the general distribution of any material (including applicable services) in the civilian market.

Sec. 202. Determinations. Except as provided in section 201(e) of this order, the authority delegated by section 201 of this order may be used only to support programs that have been determined in writing as necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense:

(a) by the Secretary of Defense with respect to military production and construction, military assistance to foreign nations, military use of civil transportation, stockpiles managed by the Department of Defense, space, and directly related activities;

(b) by the Secretary of Energy with respect to energy production and construction, distribution and use, and directly related activities; and

(c) by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to all other national defense programs, including civil defense and continuity of Government.

Sec. 203. Maximizing Domestic Energy Supplies. The authorities of the President under section 101(c)(1) (2) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(1) (2), are delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, with the exception that the authority to make findings that materials (including equipment), services, and facilities are critical and essential, as described in section 101(c)(2)(A) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071(c)(2)(A), is delegated to the Secretary of Energy.

Sec. 204. Chemical and Biological Warfare. The authority of the President conferred by section 104(b) of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2074(b), is delegated to the Secretary of Defense. This authority may not be further delegated by the Secretary.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
 
Did you have a point to make or were you just giving us something interesting to read on Sunday morning?
 
Did you have a point to make or were you just giving us something interesting to read on Sunday morning?

What do you make of this? I'm not exactly sure what the point of this executive order is.
 
What do you make of this? I'm not exactly sure what the point of this executive order is.

Well, if the examiner article's insinuations are even a little bit true, this could be us prepping (just in case) for a conflict at the Strait of Hormuz.

Then again, what do I know, I'm just a grad student in my ivory tower.
 
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Well, if the examiner article's insinuations are even a little bit true, this could be us prepping (just in case) for a conflict at the Straight of Hormuz.

Where's that? Is it near the Strait of Hormuz?
 
Well, if the examiner article's insinuations are even a little bit true, this could be us prepping (just in case) for a conflict at the Strait of Hormuz.

Then again, what do I know, I'm just a grad student in my ivory tower.

Do you think this is a reliable article?
 
Is it a reliable article? It's from the White House website (so I trust it's true, and I don't trust it).


Lots of domestic stuff in there... I'm not sure, at all, why.
 
The laws that it refers to have been around since 1950.

And taking control of vital industry and materials was a cornerstone of FDR's war strategy (ask your grandparents what an "A" card is, or how they had to have a coupon to buy a pair of leather shoes, or sugar).

Reagan signed an EO very similar to this one.

So did Clinton.

This new one adds a few new things and changes a few key words.

It's not really the subject that bothers me, it's the entire process of using the Executive Order to bypass Congressional construction of our laws.
 
The laws that it refers to have been around since 1950.

And taking control of vital industry and materials was a cornerstone of FDR's war strategy (ask your grandparents what an "A" card is, or how they had to have a coupon to buy a pair of leather shoes, or sugar).

Reagan signed an EO very similar to this one.

So did Clinton.

This new one adds a few new things and changes a few key words.

It's not really the subject that bothers me, it's the entire process of using the Executive Order to bypass Congressional construction of our laws.

So this is just an update to a document that's been around for quite a while. Although it is interesting that it's being updated now, when tensions between Israel and Iran are escalating.
 
"...the authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071..."
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Like it or not, the authority was granted to the President by an act of Congress. As far back as the time of the Roman republic, dictatorial powers were granted to leaders in time of war.

The tensions between Israel and Iran (and among Israel, Iran and the USA) are not particularly relevant to the updating of this law.
 
"...the authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act,
50 U.S.C. App. 2071..."
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Like it or not, the authority was granted to the President by an act of Congress. As far back as the time of the Roman republic, dictatorial powers were granted to leaders in time of war.

The tensions between Israel and Iran (and among Israel, Iran and the USA) are not particularly relevant to the updating of this law.

I agree. I think this was updated as part of a current review. I don't find it to be particularly disturbing. I feel such power can only be abused if the American people allow it. And if they do... God help us.
 
There is a link to an article on the Drudge Report that says the update was done now to account for changes to the organization of the government. e.g. DHS
 
There is a link to an article on the Drudge Report that says the update was done now to account for changes to the organization of the government. e.g. DHS

Haha, nice. It only takes them 9 years to figure out DHS exists. :wink:
 
President Obama signs....

From a emergency management view. I am quite certain this will have a major impacy on how local and state goverments response or or react.

RGK
 
From a emergency management view. I am quite certain this will have a major impacy on how local and state goverments response or or react.

RGK

Can you expand on why you believe that. If it was "simple" updates based on organizational changes I don't see why there would be many changes at the state or local level. Not saying your wrong in your opinion, just would like to understand your thinking.
 
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