Executive Order 11085

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United States executive order legal instrument

Executive Order 11085 is a directive issued by the U.S. President that created the modern framework and criteria for awarding the nation’s highest civilian honor.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Executive Order 11085 of February 22, 1963	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States executive order ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ
administeredBy	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ surface form: Office of the President of the United States White House ⓘ surface form: The White House
allowsAwardTo	U.S. citizens ⓘ surface form: United States citizens non-citizens ⓘ posthumous recipients ⓘ
amended	Executive Order 9586 ⓘ
authority	United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States powers of the President of the United States ⓘ
classification	unclassified ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
created	modern criteria for the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ modern framework for the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
defines	classes of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ criteria for awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ design of the Presidential Medal of Freedom insignia ⓘ procedures for approving recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ procedures for nominating recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ procedures for presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
effectiveDate	February 22, 1963 ⓘ
establishedFrameworkFor	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
field	civilian honors ⓘ decorations and awards ⓘ
hasShortTitle	Providing for the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
highestCivilianHonorFor	United States of America ⓘ
honorType	civilian decoration ⓘ
impact	expanded the scope of contributions recognized by the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ standardized the nation’s highest civilian honor ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
president	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
publishedIn	Federal Register ⓘ
purpose	to provide a modern civilian honor system for the United States ⓘ to revise and expand the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
relatedTo	United States awards and decorations ⓘ surface form: United States civilian awards United States awards and decorations ⓘ surface form: United States honors system
replaced	Executive Order 9586 ⓘ
setsOut	eligibility standards for the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ grounds for revocation or denial of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
signedBy	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
signedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
signingDate	February 22, 1963 ⓘ
subject	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
successorTo	World War II–era Medal of Freedom framework ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presidential Medal of Freedom → establishedBy → Executive Order 11085 ⓘ

Presidential Medal of Freedom → legalBasis → Executive Order 11085 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Executive Order 11085 of February 22, 1963