Civil rights and civil liberties

Executive Order 13084: Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments

President: Bill Clinton

Required agencies to consult tribal governments on policies with significant tribal effects and to limit unfunded regulatory burdens.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 13084 still in effect? No. Revoked and superseded by EO 13175 effective January 6, 2001.

What does Executive Order 13084 do?

EO 13084 set government-to-government consultation and regulatory principles for federal policies that significantly or uniquely affected tribal communities. It addressed consultation, direct compliance costs, waivers and flexible policy approaches. EO 13175 replaced it with a revised framework for policies having tribal implications and expressly revoked EO 13084 when the replacement took effect.

Administration position: The order governed how executive agencies developed policy; it did not diminish tribal sovereignty or create an independently enforceable private right.
SignedMay 14, 1998
Effective after signing90 days
ReplacementEO 13175

Before and after

Before the order

Agency consultation practices varied and the 1994 presidential memorandum supplied a less detailed government-wide framework.

After the order

Agencies received detailed consultation and regulatory-cost instructions until EO 13175 replaced them.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Federal agenciesConsult affected tribal governments before covered policiesSuperseded
Agencies and OMBAssess compliance costs and alternativesSuperseded
Tribal governmentsSeek waivers where law allowedContinued under replacement framework

What happened next

EO 13084 was signed.

Its 90-day effective period elapsed.

EO 13175 established the replacement framework.

EO 13175 took effect and revoked EO 13084.