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Executive Order 12991

Adding the Small Business Administration to the President's Export Council

This executive order adds the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a member of the President's Export Council by amending Executive Order 12131. It is a single procedural change with no additional directives or policy requirements.

Federal Register Open PDF 61 FR 9587

Key directives

  • Amend section 1-102(a) of Executive Order 12131 by adding subsection (8) designating Small Business Administration as member of President's Export Council

Timeline

Immediate

  • SBA officially becomes member of President's Export Council upon signing

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • SBA participation in export policy advisory discussions

Risks & tensions

  • Minimal institutional friction; purely additive membership with no stated voting weight or procedural changes
  • No clarity on whether SBA Administrator or designee serves, or level of engagement expected
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