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Executive Order 13511: Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

President: Barack Obama

Extended selected presidential advisory committees and made technical changes to several committee orders.

Status: Completed/expired.

Is Executive Order 13511 still in effect? No. Time-limited 2009 continuances completed; individual committees were later continued changed or allowed to terminate.

What does Executive Order 13511 do?

EO 13511 continued a set of presidential advisory committees through September 2011, including panels on intelligence, labor, the arts, science, disability and HIV/AIDS, and amended membership or administration provisions. Later biennial continuance orders determined each body’s fate; the 2009 extension itself is spent.

Administration position: A continuance kept named committees legally available; it did not require the President to accept their advice or preserve every committee indefinitely.
SignedSeptember 29, 2009
Continuation periodThrough September 30, 2011
Legal frameworkFederal Advisory Committee Act

Before and after

Before the order

Presidential advisory committees faced automatic termination without timely continuation.

After the order

Named bodies could operate for another two years subject to later orders, charters and appropriations.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Named committeesContinue advisory workLater status varies
Agency sponsorsProvide authorized supportCommittee-specific
GSAMaintain advisory-committee oversightContinuing

What happened next

EO 13511 continued and amended named committees.

The stated continuation period ended.