Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 13093: American Heritage Rivers, Amending Executive Order 13061 and 13080

President: Bill Clinton

Raised the American Heritage Rivers designation ceiling from ten to up to twenty and changed the matching advisory provision.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13093 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13093 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13093 do?

EO 13093 made a narrow numerical change to the American Heritage Rivers initiative: it replaced “ten” with “up to 20” in the designation provision of EO 13061 and in the recommendation provision of EO 13080. Three days later, President Clinton separately designated fourteen river groupings in Proclamation 7112. The amendment did not itself designate a river, create a new land restriction or appropriate money. EO 13080, the advisory-committee order, was revoked in 2001; that did not automatically cancel the separate designations.

Administration position: Changing a ceiling is different from designating a river or guaranteeing federal funding.
SignedJuly 27, 1998
Federal RegisterJuly 29, 1998, 63 FR 40357
New ceilingUp to 20 rivers
Later designationProclamation 7112 on July 30, 1998

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13061 and EO 13080 each used a ten-river limit in the affected provisions.

After the order

Both affected provisions allowed up to 20 rivers.

A separate proclamation named fourteen river groupings; EO 13080 was later revoked.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentMay designate up to 20 American Heritage Rivers under EO 13061After amendment
Advisory committeeMay recommend up to 20 candidates under EO 13080During its historical operation

What happened next

EO 13093 changed the two numerical limits.

Proclamation 7112 designated fourteen river groupings.

EO 13225 revoked the advisory-committee order, EO 13080.