Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 13174: Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy

President: Bill Clinton

Created a temporary commission to recommend how workers and communities could adapt to technological and economic change.

Status: Revoked — by EO 13218 on June 20, 2001.

Is Executive Order 13174 still in effect? No. EO 13218 revoked it in 2001.

What does Executive Order 13174 do?

EO 13174 established a presidential advisory commission to study the effects of globalization, technology and the changing organization of work on workers, families and communities. Before the commission completed the planned report, EO 13218 revoked the order in June 2001 and created the Office and Council on the 21st Century Workforce under a different structure.

Later evidence reviewed September 23, 2026: EO 13218 revoked EO 13174. GovInfo — EO 13218. This later record documents the stated step; it does not by itself establish every downstream agency action or legal outcome.

Administration position: The commission could study and recommend policy but had no authority to award benefits, regulate employers or appropriate transition funding.
SignedOctober 27, 2000
Planned reportWithin 12 months
RevokedEO 13218 on June 20, 2001

Before and after

Before the order

Workforce programs operated without this cross-sector presidential commission on economic change.

After the order

The commission was authorized briefly, then replaced before its planned report by a new administration initiative.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
CommissionHold hearings and prepare recommendationsEnded before planned report
Labor DepartmentProvide funding and administrative supportEnded
Federal agenciesSupply information when requestedEnded

What happened next

EO 13174 created the commission.

EO 13218 revoked EO 13174.

Signed text, official disposition and the cited later implementation records for EO 13174 rechecked.