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Executive Order 13065: Further Amendment to Executive Order 13038 Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters

President: Bill Clinton

Raised the digital-television public-interest advisory committee’s maximum membership from 22 to 25 and permitted co-chairs.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13065 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13065 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13065 do?

EO 13065 made a narrow governance change to the advisory committee created by EO 13038: it allowed up to 25 members and permitted co-chairs. The committee delivered Charting the Digital Broadcasting Future in December 1998, and the FCC later considered its recommendations. EO 13138 revoked EO 13038 and its amendments after the committee’s work was complete.

Administration position: The order changed committee composition only; it did not itself create binding broadcast rules or alter FCC licensing authority.
SignedOctober 22, 1997
Maximum membership25
Final reportDecember 18, 1998

Before and after

Before the order

The committee was capped at 22 members under EO 13038 as amended.

After the order

Up to three additional members and co-chairs could participate in preparing recommendations.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentDesignate members and chair or co-chairsCompleted
Advisory committeeDevelop public-interest recommendationsCompleted
FCCConsider recommendations under its own authoritySeparate proceedings

What happened next

EO 13065 expanded the committee.

The committee submitted its final report.

EO 13138 revoked the completed committee framework.