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Executive Order 13564: Establishment of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

President: Barack Obama

Created a private-sector advisory council on economic growth skills competitiveness and job creation.

Status: Completed/expired.

Is Executive Order 13564 still in effect? No. Expired on January 31, 2013 after its two-year charter was not extended.

What does Executive Order 13564 do?

EO 13564 replaced the Economic Recovery Advisory Board with the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Business, labor and other outside members offered recommendations on jobs, infrastructure, skills and competitiveness. The order specified that the council would terminate after two years unless extended, and it ended in January 2013.

Later evidence reviewed September 23, 2026: The council expired without extension. Obama White House archive — EO 13564. This later record documents the stated step; it does not by itself establish every downstream agency action or legal outcome.

Administration position: The council could recommend policy but could not change tax, spending, labor or regulatory law on its own.
SignedJanuary 31, 2011
HostTreasury Department
RoleAdvisory only
ExpiredJanuary 31, 2013

Before and after

Before the order

The President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board supplied outside economic advice under EO 13501.

After the order

A renamed council emphasized job creation and competitiveness for a two-year term.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Council membersSolicit ideas and advise the PresidentCompleted
TreasuryProvide staff and administrative supportCompleted
Federal officialsConsider recommendations within existing authorityCompleted

What happened next

EO 13564 created the council and revoked EO 13501.

The council expired without extension.