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Executive Order 13499

Further Amendments to Executive Order 12835, Establishment of the National Economic Council

This executive order expands membership of the National Economic Council by adding the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education, the Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison, the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, the Chief Technology Officer, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. It is a minor administrative restructuring with no policy directives or operational changes beyond council composition.

Federal Register Open PDF 74 FR 6979

Key directives

  • Add six specified officials to NEC membership per section 2 amendments
  • Renumber subsequent subsections in section 2

Timeline

Immediate

  • New NEC members formally seated on council

Near term (90d)

  • Potential adjustment to NEC meeting logistics and staff support

Long term

  • Slight broadening of economic policy deliberations to include health, education, energy/climate, technology, and small business perspectives

Risks & tensions

  • No substantive policy changes; purely procedural
  • Minimal tension as this reflects standard White House organizational adjustments
  • Vague whether 'Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change' and 'Chief Technology Officer' were new positions or existing ones being added to NEC—text implies they exist but does not create them
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