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Executive Order 13080

American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee

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In simple terms

This executive order establishes a 20-member advisory committee to review community nominations and recommend up to 20 rivers for presidential designation as American Heritage Rivers, from which the President will select ten. The committee evaluates nominations based on environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic preservation criteria. It is administratively and financially supported by the Secretary of Defense through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and automatically terminates within two years.

Federal Register Open PDF 63 FR 17667

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 63 FR 17667

    Federal Register PDF

  3. Committee termination

Key directives

  • Establish American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee with up to 20 members
  • Committee to recommend up to 20 rivers; President to designate 10
  • Committee to assess nominations against 10 specified criteria in Sec. 2(b)
  • Committee to seek geographic and thematic diversity per Sec. 2(c)
  • Secretary of Defense to provide administrative and financial support through Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
  • Committee termination no later than 2 years from order date

Who is ordered

What to expect

Immediate

  • Advisory Committee establishment

Near term (90d)

  • Committee member appointments by President
  • Development of review procedures for river nominations

Long term

  • Committee recommendations to President through CEQ Chair
  • Presidential designation of ten American Heritage Rivers
  • Committee termination by April 7, 2000

Risks & tensions

  • Committee composition and pace entirely dependent on presidential appointment timing—no fixed deadline for recommendations
  • Vague 'to the extent practicable and permitted by law' language in Sec. 3(a) may limit agency information sharing
  • Potential tension between environmental protection and economic development objectives in nomination criteria
  • No explicit funding authorization beyond administrative support from Defense Department
Executive Order 13080: American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee · Executive Orders