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Executive Order 13053

Adding Members to and Extending the President's Council on Sustainable Development

This executive order makes minor amendments to Executive Order 12852, expanding the President's Council on Sustainable Development from 29 to 35 members, replacing the Department of the Interior with the Department of Energy as a participating agency, and extending the Council's termination date from June 29, 1997 to February 28, 1999.

Federal Register Open PDF 62 FR 35945

Impact dates

  1. Council termination date / extension of operations

Key directives

  • Increase Council membership from 29 to 35 members
  • Substitute Department of Energy for Department of the Interior in sections 3(d) and 4(a)
  • Extend Council termination date to February 28, 1999

Timeline

Immediate

  • Council membership cap increased to 35
  • Department of Energy replaces Department of Interior in Council operations
  • Council termination date extended from June 29, 1997 to February 28, 1999

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Council continues operations until February 28, 1999

Risks & tensions

  • Minimal substantive policy change; purely administrative maintenance of existing advisory body
  • Replacement of Interior with Energy may shift Council focus but text does not specify new mandate or priorities
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