Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 13135: Amendment to Executive Order 12216, President's Committee on the International Labor Organization

President: Bill Clinton

Added the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy to the ILO advisory committee’s federal membership.

Status: Completed/expired.

Is Executive Order 13135 still in effect? No. Expired: the latest located committee term ended on September 30, 2025; EO 14354 did not list it for continuation.

What does Executive Order 13135 do?

EO 13135 made a narrow amendment to EO 12216: it added the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy to the federal membership of the President’s Committee on the International Labor Organization. It did not change the committee’s core job of monitoring the ILO and making recommendations, or the labor and business representation. EO 14109 last extended the committee through September 30, 2025. EO 14354 continued a new list of advisory committees through 2027 but did not include this committee. The sources reviewed do not establish a later extension.

Administration position: EO 13135 changed one committee seat; it did not ratify ILO conventions, bind the United States internationally or extend the committee’s term permanently.
SignedAugust 27, 1999
AmendsEO 12216, section 1-101
Change madeAdded the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Latest located termExtended through September 30, 2025 by EO 14109

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12216 established a committee including Labor, State and Commerce officials and representatives of organized labor and business.

After the order

The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy was added to the federal membership.

The committee’s advisory role and tripartite labor/business representation remained.

The committee’s latest located term ended on September 30, 2025; EO 14354 did not continue it.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Assistant to the President for Economic PolicyParticipate as a federal committee memberAdded by EO 13135
Labor SecretaryChair and administer the committee under EO 12216Subject to later term extensions
CommitteeMonitor the ILO and make recommendationsLatest located term ended September 30, 2025

What happened next

EO 12216 established the President’s Committee on the ILO.

EO 13135 added the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy to the membership.

EO 14109 extended the committee’s term through September 30, 2025.

EO 14354 continued listed committees through September 30, 2027 but did not include this committee.

The reviewed official records showed no later term extension.