Government operations and workforce · Advisory committees

Executive Order 13050: President's Advisory Board on Race

President: Bill Clinton

Created a seven-member outside advisory board to support a national dialogue and recommend approaches to racial reconciliation.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13050 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13050 was revoked. See Federal Register record. EO 13138 revoked this order.

What does Executive Order 13050 do?

EO 13050 created a seven-member outside board to advise the President on racial dialogue and reconciliation and on policy areas where race had a substantial effect. The archived White House records its final recommendations, One America in the 21st Century, as presented on September 18, 1998. National Archives records say the board terminated on September 30, 1998. EO 13138 formally revoked the establishing order a year later. Its advice did not itself change civil-rights law.

Administration position: The board could convene dialogue and recommend policy; it had no regulatory, adjudicatory or law-enforcement power.
SignedJune 13, 1997
MembersSeven nonfederal members
Original terminationSeptember 30, 1998

Before and after

Before the order

The administration had not yet created the dedicated outside board supporting its Initiative on Race.

After the order

The board held public discussions and supplied advice before the temporary initiative wound down.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Advisory boardAdvise on race and reconciliationCompleted
Justice DepartmentProvide administrative supportDuring board life
Executive agenciesProvide requested informationDuring board life

What happened next

EO 13050 established the advisory board.

The board presented its final recommendations to the President.

The board terminated, according to National Archives records.

EO 13138 revoked EO 13050.

The report, termination record and revocation were checked.