Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13031: Federal Alternative Fueled Vehicle Leadership

President: Bill Clinton

Directed agencies to meet statutory alternative-fuel vehicle acquisition targets, use alternative fuels where practicable and report fleet performance.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 13031 still in effect? No. Revoked and replaced by EO 13149 on April 21, 2000.

What does Executive Order 13031 do?

EO 13031 directed federal agencies to plan for the Energy Policy Act alternative-fuel vehicle acquisition targets, report acquisition and fuel-use data, and use alternative fuel where practicable. It also allowed specified credits for larger alternative-fuel vehicles and zero-emission vehicles. EO 13149 expressly revoked the order in April 2000 and adopted a new federal fleet framework. The 1996 targets and credits should not be read as current fleet rules.

Administration position: The order applied statutory targets to covered federal acquisitions; it did not require every federal vehicle to use alternative fuel in all circumstances.
SignedDecember 13, 1996
Fiscal 1999 acquisition target75% of covered acquisitions
PredecessorEO 12844

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12844 organized an earlier fleet-conversion task force and acquisition initiative.

After the order

Agencies used quantified plans, fuel-use efforts and annual reporting until the 2000 replacement.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Federal agenciesAcquire covered alternative-fuel vehicles and use alternative fuelHistorical
Energy and GSACoordinate infrastructure and reportingHistorical
OMBReview compliance through budget submissionsHistorical

What happened next

EO 13031 set fleet planning and reporting directions and revoked EO 12844.

EO 13149 expressly revoked EO 13031.

The original order and official U.S. Code disposition note were checked.