Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 13134: Developing and Promoting Biobased Products and Bioenergy

President: Bill Clinton

Directed interagency planning and research coordination for biobased products and bioenergy.

Status: Revoked — by EO 13423 in 2007.

Is Executive Order 13134 still in effect? No. EO 13423 revoked it in 2007.

What does Executive Order 13134 do?

EO 13134 directed federal agencies to coordinate research, planning and advice on products made from renewable biological materials and on energy from biomass. It created an interagency council co-chaired by Agriculture and Energy, an advisory committee, department working groups and a joint coordination office. The council was to prepare annual strategies, with the first due within eight months. The order did not itself fund a particular fuel or require private companies to buy one. EO 13423 revoked it in 2007; later biobased-product and energy programs have their own law and policy.

Administration position: The order set up planning and coordination, subject to existing authority and appropriations, rather than a guaranteed market or grant.
SignedAugust 12, 1999
Federal RegisterAugust 16, 1999, 64 FR 44639
First strategyDue within eight months
RevokedJanuary 24, 2007 by EO 13423

Before and after

Before the order

Research and purchasing efforts existed across agencies without this particular council and coordination office.

After the order

Agencies were directed to coordinate plans, research and advice under the order.

EO 13423 later revoked the 1999 framework.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Agriculture and Energy SecretariesCo-chair council and form a joint coordination officeHistorical framework
Interagency councilPrepare measurable annual strategic plansDuring order’s life
Energy SecretaryEstablish an advisory committee of stakeholdersDuring order’s life

What happened next

EO 13134 signed.

EO 13423 revoked EO 13134.