Executive Order 13258: Amending Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review
President: George W. Bush
Removed the Vice President from specified regulatory-review duties under EO 12866, reassigned several references to the OIRA Director or White House Chief of Staff and updated the regulatory working group’s membership.
Status: Revoked.
Is Executive Order 13258 still in effect? No. Revoked January 30, 2009; underlying EO 12866 remains active as separately amended.
What does Executive Order 13258 do?
The order assigned these duties: OIRA Director — Convene the regulatory working group and perform reassigned review functions; White House Chief of Staff — Assist the President in resolving regulatory conflicts.
Compared the Vice President’s reassigned regulatory-review duties with the signed amendment and EO 13497. The 2009 revocation and restoration of EO 12866’s prior text are distinguished from later amendments to EO 12866.
Before and after
Before the order
EO 12866 gave the Vice President several coordinating and conflict-resolution roles in the regulatory review process.
After the order
OIRA and the White House applied the revised allocation during the Bush administration. EO 13497 revoked every amendment made by EO 13258 in 2009, restoring EO 12866 without this order’s changes; later presidents separately amended or supplemented the regulatory-review framework.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| OIRA Director | Convene the regulatory working group and perform reassigned review functions | Immediately |
| White House Chief of Staff | Assist the President in resolving regulatory conflicts | As conflicts arose |
| Executive agencies | Use the revised EO 12866 consultation and review structure | While EO 13258 remained in force |
What happened next
EO 13258 signed.
EO 13258 reassigned the specified EO 12866 roles.
EO 13497 revoked the amendments made by EO 13258.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
EO 13258 changed internal executive-branch review procedures; it did not itself create a defense to a statute, displace notice-and-comment duties or create an enforceable private right. EO 13497 expressly revoked its amendments. No order-specific merits judgment was located.
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