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Executive Order 13640: Continuance of Advisory Council

President: Barack Obama

Extended the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships for two years.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13640 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13640 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13640 do?

EO 13640 continued the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, established under EO 13498, for two years from April 5, 2013 unless extended again. The council advised on government partnerships with faith-based and other neighborhood organizations. EO 13708 later continued it under the federal advisory committee schedule, and a 2016 Health and Human Services notice documents further council meetings. EO 13831 revoked the 2009 parent order and established a different faith-and-opportunity framework in 2018. EO 13640 did not concern the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.

Administration position: The order prolonged an advisory body; it did not change grant eligibility or require any organization to participate in a federal program.
SignedApril 5, 2013
CouncilFaith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Initial extensionTwo years from signing
Later frameworkEO 13831 revoked the 2009 parent order in 2018

Before and after

Before the order

The advisory council created under EO 13498 and reestablished in 2011 faced a scheduled termination.

After the order

Its term continued for two years, and later orders and notices documented further continuation and activity.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Advisory councilContinue offering recommendations about faith-based and neighborhood partnershipsHistorical term completed
Health and Human ServicesAdminister council meetings and advisory-committee requirementsHistorical council activity
Executive agenciesApply grant and partnership rules under separate governing authoritiesAs applicable

What happened next

EO 13640 extended the council for two years.

EO 13708 continued the council under the advisory committee schedule.

HHS announced council meetings.

EO 13831 revoked EO 13498 and changed the White House faith-based initiative framework.