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Executive Order 13497: Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Regulatory Planning and Review

President: Barack Obama

Removed two Bush-era amendments to the central executive-branch regulatory review order and directed agencies to rescind their implementing policies.

Status: Completed/expired.

Is Executive Order 13497 still in effect? No. Completed revocation of EO 13258 and EO 13422; later regulatory-review orders now shape the process.

What does Executive Order 13497 do?

EO 13497 revoked EOs 13258 and 13422, which had altered the OIRA review structure under EO 12866, and directed OMB and agencies to remove implementing policies. The revocation took effect immediately and was completed; later presidents separately amended regulatory review and budgeting policy.

Administration position: The order changed executive review procedures; it did not repeal agency regulations or the underlying statutes authorizing them.
SignedJanuary 30, 2009
Orders revokedEO 13258 and EO 13422
Lead officeOffice of Management and Budget

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13422 imposed additional requirements involving regulatory policy officers and market-failure analysis.

After the order

Those amendments were removed, restoring EO 12866 as the principal review framework until later changes.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
OMBRescind implementing guidanceCompleted
Executive agenciesRescind implementing policies consistent with lawCompleted
OIRAContinue review under EO 12866 and later ordersContinuing

What happened next

EO 13497 revoked the two earlier orders.

EO 13563 supplemented EO 12866.

EO 14148 revoked Biden regulatory-policy orders.