Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 13080: American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee

President: Bill Clinton

Established a temporary committee to review community nominations for American Heritage Rivers.

Status: Revoked — by EO 13225 in 2001.

Is Executive Order 13080 still in effect? No. EO 13225 revoked it in 2001.

What does Executive Order 13080 do?

EO 13080 created an advisory committee of up to 20 public and private members to evaluate communities’ river nominations and recommend up to 20 candidates to the President. The original order contemplated ten designations; EO 13093 raised the limit to up to 20, and the President designated fourteen in July 1998. The order specified environmental, cultural, economic and community-support criteria; it did not itself designate rivers. EO 13093 amended the program later in 1998, and EO 13225 revoked the committee order in 2001.

Administration position: Nomination review was advisory. A river designation required a separate presidential action.
SignedApril 7, 1998
Committee sizeUp to 20 members
RecommendationsUp to 20 rivers

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13061 had established the community-led American Heritage Rivers initiative.

After the order

The committee supplied a nomination-review route for presidential selection.

EO 13225 later ended the committee order.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Advisory committeeAssess nominations and recommend candidatesDuring the nomination round
PresidentSelect rivers under the amended ceilingAfter recommendations
Army civil works officeSupport committee administrationDuring operation

What happened next

EO 13080 established the committee.

EO 13093 raised the designation ceiling from ten to up to 20.

The President designated fourteen American Heritage Rivers.

EO 13225 revoked EO 13080.