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Executive Order 13708: Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

President: Barack Obama

Continued or reestablished selected presidential advisory committees through September 2017 and adjusted several charters.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13708 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13708 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13708 do?

EO 13708 preserved a list of presidential advisory committees that otherwise would have terminated under FACA, generally through September 30, 2017. It also made targeted membership and administrative changes. The extension period passed, and later presidents issued new biennial continuation orders or dealt with particular councils separately, so current status must be determined committee by committee rather than from this 2015 order.

Administration position: The order did not make every listed committee permanent; it supplied a limited continuation subject to later renewal, funding and separate law.
SignedSeptember 30, 2015
General extensionThrough September 30, 2017
AuthorityFederal Advisory Committee Act

Before and after

Before the order

The covered committees faced automatic termination without presidential action.

After the order

They could continue for two more years unless separately ended or rechartered.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Listed committeesContinue advisory workHistorical term completed
Agency sponsorsMaintain charters records and supportCommittee-specific
PresidentRenew or alter bodies laterHandled by subsequent actions

What happened next

EO 13708 continued or reestablished committees.

The general continuation period ended.