Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13683: Amendments to Executive Orders 11030, 13653, and 13673

President: Barack Obama

Revised presidential proclamation procedures, a climate council’s membership and one contractor-law citation.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13683 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13683 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13683 do?

EO 13683 made three distinct amendments. It changed EO 11030 so OMB could assign commemorative proclamations to agencies and USTR would prepare trade proclamations for Attorney General review. It adjusted OMB membership and working-group arrangements for the climate preparedness council under EO 13653. It also corrected the citation to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Acts in the contractor order EO 13673. EO 13782 expressly revoked section 3 in 2017, and EO 13783 revoked the climate order. The EO 11030 procedural changes were not part of those revocations.

Administration position: Each amendment has a different legal effect: the order did not create a new climate program or change the substance of veterans’ contractor protections.
SignedDecember 11, 2014
Orders amended11030, 13653 and 13673
Section 3 revokedMarch 27, 2017 by EO 13782

Before and after

Before the order

EO 11030 used earlier proclamation procedures; the climate council and contractor order had wording that this order adjusted.

After the order

Proclamation procedures changed, the council structure was revised temporarily, and one contractor-law citation was corrected.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
OMBAssign preparation of commemorative proclamationsContinuing under EO 11030
USTR and Attorney GeneralPrepare and review trade proclamationsContinuing under EO 11030
Climate preparedness councilOperate under revised membership and working-group rulesEnded with EO 13653
Contracting agenciesUse corrected VEVRAA citationEnded with section 3 revocation

What happened next

EO 13683 amended the three orders.

EO 13782 revoked section 3 and EO 13673.

EO 13783 revoked EO 13653.