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Executive Order 12948

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12898

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In simple terms

This executive order makes a minor technical amendment to Executive Order 12898 (environmental justice) by replacing two relative timeframes with a fixed calendar date of March 24, 1995. Specifically, it changes the deadline for federal agencies to develop environmental justice strategies from 'within 12 months of the date of this order' to 'by March 24, 1995.'

Federal Register Open PDF 60 FR 6381

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 60 FR 6381

    Federal Register PDF

  3. Federal agencies must develop environmental justice strategies (deadline changed from 12 months to this fixed date)

Key directives

  • Amend EO 12898 section 1-103(e) to replace 'Within 12 months of the date of this order' with 'By March 24, 1995'
  • Amend EO 12898 section 1-103(e) second sentence to replace 'During the 12 month period from the date of this order' with 'From the date of this order through March 24, 1995'

Prior policy

  • amendExecutive Order 12898, section 1-103(e)

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

  • EO takes effect upon signing; agencies now have fixed March 24, 1995 deadline

Near term (90d)

  • Agencies must complete environmental justice strategies by March 24, 1995 (approximately 53 days from signing)

Long term

  • No long-term structural changes; purely technical deadline modification

Risks & tensions

  • Accelerated timeline (53 days vs. original ~365 days) may strain agency compliance capacity
  • No guidance on whether partial work under original timeline is sufficient or if full strategies are expected
Executive Order 12948: Amendment to Executive Order No. 12898 · Executive Orders