Amendments to Executive Orders 12131 and 13539
Headline: Updates Export Council Membership and Gives Energy Department New Duties
What it does: Agencies must adopt the revised Export Council membership and the Department of Energy must fund, support, and carry out most committee duties for the science advisory council.
- Specifies agency leaders, governors, mayors, members of Congress, and up to 28 private citizens.
- Requires the Department of Energy to provide funding, administrative, and technical support to the science advisory council.
- Makes the Energy Secretary responsible for most advisory-committee duties under the federal advisory law.
Summary
This order changes who serves on the President's Export Council and assigns new support roles for the President's science advisory council. It lists specific agency heads, allows the National Governors Association and the United States Conference of Mayors to be represented, sets five Senators and five Representatives to serve two-year terms, and permits up to 28 private citizens to be appointed. The order also requires the Department of Energy to provide funding, administrative, and technical support to the science advisory council and directs the Energy Secretary to perform most advisory-committee duties under the federal advisory law.
Ask about this order
Ask questions about this executive order and its implications.
What agencies are affected by this order?
How does this order change existing policy?
What are the practical implications of this order?