Executive Order 13378: Amendments to Executive Order 12788 Relating to the Defense Economic Adjustment Program
President: George W. Bush
Added civilian encroachment prevention and business impacts to the defense economic adjustment framework.
Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 13378 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13378 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13378 do?
EO 13378 revised the program to address defense base and contract changes as well as civilian encroachment affecting installations. It added businesses to coordination language, a regulatory-issues task and updated committee leadership and membership. The Defense Department’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation identifies EO 12788, as amended, as the basis for the program and committee, and describes its support role.
Before and after
Before the order
EO 12788 established a Defense Economic Adjustment Program and interagency Economic Adjustment Committee.
After the order
EO 13378 revised the program to address defense base and contract changes as well as civilian encroachment affecting installations. It added businesses to coordination language, a regulatory-issues task and updated committee leadership and membership.
The Defense Department’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation identifies EO 12788, as amended, as the basis for the program and committee, and describes its support role.
What did the signed order change?
EO 12788 established a Defense Economic Adjustment Program and interagency Economic Adjustment Committee. EO 13378 revised the program to address defense base and contract changes as well as civilian encroachment affecting installations. It added businesses to coordination language, a regulatory-issues task and updated committee leadership and membership.
What happened later?
Defense Department — Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation mission documents this later development: The Defense Department’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation identifies EO 12788, as amended, as the basis for the program and committee, and describes its support role.
What does that evidence establish?
This amends EO 12788 under defense economic adjustment authorities; it neither closes a base nor awards assistance to a named locality. The current office’s description confirms a continuing institutional framework, not a measured effect of this amendment. A program mandate does not establish the outcome of any particular grant or encroachment dispute. The signed order controls its original terms.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Defense Economic Adjustment Committee and Defense community office | Coordinated economic adjustment and installation compatibility work | Under the signed order and governing law |
What happened next
EO 13378 signed.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
This amends EO 12788 under defense economic adjustment authorities; it neither closes a base nor awards assistance to a named locality. The current office’s description confirms a continuing institutional framework, not a measured effect of this amendment.
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Primary and official sources
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- GovInfo — official executive-order record (opens in a new tab) Official record
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