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Executive Order 13955: Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council

President: Donald J. Trump

Established an interagency council to coordinate federal tree growing, restoration and conservation work under the One Trillion Trees initiative.

Status: In effect. Sources: Executive Order 13955 signed text · Federal Register executive order disposition table.

Is Executive Order 13955 still in effect? Yes. Section 5 of the October 13, 2020 order sets the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council’s termination for December 31, 2030. That date has not arrived, and the Federal Register disposition table records no earlier revocation.

What does Executive Order 13955 do?

EO 13955 created an interagency council to coordinate tree-planting, conservation and private-sector participation.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: The One Trillion Trees Interagency Council issued a December 2020 document setting out federal coordination priorities under this order; it did not claim that one trillion trees had been planted. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: Any policy rationale or projected benefit in the order is the administration’s position. This index record does not treat those claims as independently established facts.
SignedOctober 13, 2020
IssuerPresident Donald J. Trump
TermFirst presidential term

Before and after

Before the order

Tree planting and conservation proceeded through existing federal, state and private programs.

After the order

The One Trillion Trees Interagency Council issued a December 2020 document setting out federal coordination priorities under this order; it did not claim that one trillion trees had been planted.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentSigned and issued the orderOctober 13, 2020
Named agencies and officialsCarry out directions specified in the orderAccording to the primary text

What happened next

Executive Order 13955 signed.

Later primary evidence reviewed: The One Trillion Trees Interagency Council issued a December 2020 document setting out federal coordination priorities under this order; it did not claim that one trillion trees had been planted.