Executive Order 13285: President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
President: George W. Bush
Created a presidential council to promote volunteering, national service and civic participation and to coordinate public and private service initiatives.
Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 13285 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13285 was superseded. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13285 do?
The order assigned these duties: President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, Corporation for National and Community Service and executive agencies — Created a presidential council to promote volunteering, national service and civic participation and to coordinate public and private service initiatives.
Checked the Council on Service and Civic Participation’s duties and subsequent amendments against the official order history. Later amendments are recorded without assuming that the original membership or charter remains unchanged.
Before and after
Before the order
National-service programs existed under statute, but there was no single presidential council coordinating service promotion across agencies.
After the order
The council operated with the Corporation for National and Community Service and was later amended by EOs 13371, 13424 and successor administrations’ service initiatives.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, Corporation for National and Community Service and executive agencies | Created a presidential council to promote volunteering, national service and civic participation and to coordinate public and private service initiatives. | Council established immediately; meetings and reports as directed by the chair |
What happened next
EO 13285 signed.
2005–08 — EOs 13371 and 13424 amended the council. Later administrations used different service-coordination structures.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The council was advisory and coordinating. It could not alter statutory eligibility, appropriations or the First Amendment limits governing compelled or government-funded speech.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- GovInfo — official executive-order record (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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