Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 12887: Amending Executive Order No. 12878

President: Bill Clinton

Expanded the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform from 30 to 32 members and increased presidential appointments; EO 12974 later revoked the amended framework.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 12887 still in effect? No. Revoked with the completed entitlement commission by EO 12974 in 1995.

What does Executive Order 12887 do?

EO 12887 raised the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform from 30 to 32 members and increased presidential appointments from 10 to 12. Social Security Administration’s archive records that the commission then issued an interim report and a December 1994 final report, but could not agree on one reform package. The final publication compiled differing commissioners’ proposals and views; the membership amendment did not itself enact any of them. EO 12974 later revoked the commission order as amended.

Administration position: The amendment adjusted political and expert representation; it did not endorse any particular entitlement proposal.
SignedDecember 23, 1993
Order amendedEO 12878
New membership ceiling32

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12878 specified 30 members, including 10 appointed by the President.

After the order

The commission could have 32 members, including 12 presidential appointees, until its work ended.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentAppoint two additional commission membersDuring commission formation
CommissionContinue its existing study and reporting missionUnder EO 12878 as amended

What happened next

EO 12878 created the commission.

EO 12887 expanded its membership.

EO 12974 revoked EO 12878 as amended after the work was complete.