Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 12948: Amendment to Executive Order No. 12898

President: Bill Clinton

Extended the deadline for agencies to submit environmental-justice strategies from February to March 24, 1995.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 12948 still in effect? No. Executive Order 12948 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 12948 do?

EO 12948 moved the deadline for federal environmental-justice strategies under EO 12898 to March 24, 1995. The Department of Transportation sent its final strategy to EPA on that date, an example of agency follow-through on the amended schedule. The document establishes DOT's submission, not that every agency met the deadline or that the strategies produced particular environmental outcomes. EO 14173 revoked the parent order in January 2025.

Administration position: The order gave agencies several extra weeks to complete strategies. It did not expand the substantive coverage of EO 12898.
SignedJanuary 30, 1995
Parent orderEO 12898
Revised deadlineMarch 24, 1995

Before and after

Before the order

Strategies were due within 12 months of EO 12898, effectively February 11, 1995.

After the order

Agencies had until March 24, 1995 to submit them.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Covered agenciesSubmit environmental-justice strategiesBy March 24, 1995

What happened next

EO 12898 established the strategy requirement.

EO 12948 extended the deadline.

DOT sent its final environmental-justice strategy to EPA on the amended deadline.

EO 14173 revoked EO 12898.