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Executive Order 13131: Further Amendments to Executive Order 12757, Implementation of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative

President: Bill Clinton

Added the 1998 Tropical Forest Conservation Act to Enterprise for the Americas debt-reduction delegations and board duties.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 13131 still in effect? No. Revoked and replaced by EO 13345 in 2004.

What does Executive Order 13131 do?

EO 13131 updated EO 12757 so its debt-reduction delegations also implemented the Tropical Forest Conservation Act. It added statutory functions, directed the Enterprise for the Americas Board to advise on tropical-forest agreements and added Forest Service and CEQ representation. EO 13345 replaced the delegation structure and expressly revoked EO 13131 in 2004.

Administration position: The order assigned executive functions and advice; actual debt reduction and conservation funds depended on statutory eligibility, agreements and appropriations.
SignedJuly 22, 1999
Statute addedTropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998
SuccessorEO 13345

Before and after

Before the order

The Enterprise for the Americas delegation predated the 1998 tropical-forest debt statute.

After the order

Treasury, State, USAID and the board could administer and advise on tropical-forest debt agreements under the expanded law.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Treasury SecretaryExercise assigned debt-reduction functionsReassigned by successor
State and USAIDNegotiate and administer agreementsUnder later authority
Enterprise for the Americas BoardAdvise on tropical-forest agreementsContinues under successor structure

What happened next

EO 13131 expanded the delegation framework.

EO 13345 replaced the framework and revoked EO 13131.