Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 13172: Amendment to Executive Order 13078, To Expand the Role of the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities To Include a Focus on Youth

President: Bill Clinton

Expanded the federal disability-employment task force to address education, health, transition and work outcomes for young people.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 13172 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13172 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13172 do?

EO 13172 amended EO 13078 so the National Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities would also coordinate policy for young people with disabilities moving into adult employment. It called for research, public awareness, youth participation, health coordination, postsecondary access and a Youth Advisory Council. Later disability-employment orders, statutes and agency programs became the principal implementation framework; the original task-force assignment is historical.

Claim-level review October 2, 2026: The order amends EO 13078 rather than establishing a separate permanent program. OPM still describes the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities; this review does not infer that every youth-specific assignment or council created by EO 13172 remains active.

Administration position: The amendment coordinated federal policy and advice; it did not create an individual entitlement to employment, education, insurance or transition services.
SignedOctober 25, 2000
Parent orderEO 13078
Expanded populationYoung people with disabilities

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13078 focused primarily on adult disability employment without an explicit transition-to-work youth mandate.

After the order

The task force gained a cross-agency youth agenda and a mechanism for youth advice.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
National task forceCoordinate youth disability employment policyHistorical
Labor DepartmentFund and chair a Youth Advisory CouncilHistorical structure
Federal agenciesCoordinate research, education, health and transition workContinues through later programs

What happened next

EO 13172 expanded EO 13078.

EO 13548 launched a later federal disability-employment strategy.

Signed text, official disposition and the cited later implementation records for EO 13172 rechecked.