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Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov
This executive order directs the Treasury Secretary to establish TrumpIRA.gov by January 1, 2027—a federal website promoting low-cost private-sector IRAs for workers without employer-sponsored retirement plans, particularly independent contractors, self-employed workers, and small-business employees. The platform will highlight qualifying IRAs with expense ratios capped at 0.15%, no minimum balances, and diversified investment options, while facilitating access to the up-to-$1,000 Federal Saver's Match created by the SECURE 2.0 Act.
Revoking PPD-6 on U.S. Global Development Policy
This memorandum revokes Presidential Policy Directive-6 (PPD-6), the 2010 Obama-era policy on U.S. Global Development Policy, on grounds that it conflicts with the current administration's executive orders on America First foreign policy, WHO withdrawal, international environmental agreements, and foreign aid realignment. The revocation directs a broad set of cabinet officials and agency heads but imposes no new affirmative mandates or deadlines.
Restoring America's Maritime Dominance
This executive order directs a comprehensive, interagency effort to rebuild U.S. commercial and defense shipbuilding capacity, expand the maritime workforce, and counter China's dominance in global shipbuilding. It mandates numerous reports and legislative proposals within 30-210 days, including a Maritime Action Plan, tariffs on Chinese-origin ship-to-shore cranes and cargo handling equipment, enforcement of harbor maintenance fees, financial incentives for domestic shipbuilding, maritime prosperity zones, and modernization of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
This executive order directs the Secretaries of Treasury, Labor, and HHS to strengthen enforcement of healthcare price transparency rules originally issued under EO 13877 (2019). Within 90 days, they must require actual (not estimated) price disclosure, standardize pricing information for comparability, and update enforcement policies to ensure hospitals and health plans comply with transparency requirements.
Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services
This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen access to affordable contraception and family planning services following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. It instructs multiple departments to consider actions to improve contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, and federal programs for service members, veterans, and federal employees, while also supporting Title X clinics and health centers.
Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers
This executive order directs federal agencies to use existing authorities to expand access to affordable, high-quality child care and long-term care, and to improve wages and working conditions for caregivers. It includes specific actions across HHS, Labor, Education, Veterans Affairs, and other agencies to boost compensation, increase training pathways, support family caregivers, and leverage federal infrastructure and workforce funding for care services. Most provisions are framed as considerations, guidance, or encouragement rather than mandates.
Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
This executive order strengthens and extends the Biden Administration's equity mandate by requiring federal agencies to establish Equity Teams within 30 days, submit annual Equity Action Plans starting September 2023, and embed equity considerations across budgeting, procurement, AI development, and program delivery. It sets a 15% federal procurement goal for small disadvantaged businesses by FY2025, revokes Trump-era Opportunity Zone executive orders, and mandates coordination through a new White House Steering Committee on Equity.
Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
This executive order establishes a new White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation to coordinate implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's energy and infrastructure provisions. It also restructures interagency coordination by amending previous executive orders to expand the National Climate Task Force's mission, add the new Senior Advisor to multiple interagency bodies, and prioritize clean energy deployment, environmental justice, and domestic manufacturing.
Implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022
This executive order establishes an interagency steering council to coordinate implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022, directing agencies to prioritize domestic semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain security, workforce development, and taxpayer accountability. It creates governance structures but does not itself allocate funds or establish new regulatory requirements.
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
This memorandum establishes the Biden Administration's policy and organizational framework for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), a G7-aligned initiative to mobilize public and private financing for high-standard infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries. It directs a whole-of-government approach across multiple agencies, with four priority areas: climate and energy security, digital connectivity, health and health security, and gender equality and equity. The memorandum creates a Special Presidential Coordinator role, mandates specific strategy development by multiple cabinet secretaries, and requires a presidential report within 180 days.
Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets
This executive order establishes the first comprehensive federal framework for U.S. digital asset policy, directing agencies to study and report on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), consumer protections, financial stability risks, illicit finance, energy impacts, and international competitiveness. It mandates numerous interagency reports with deadlines ranging from 90 days to over a year, but does not itself create new regulations or a CBDC.
The National Space Council
This executive order reconstitutes the National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President, with a broad membership of cabinet secretaries and senior officials. It establishes the Council's advisory and coordination functions for national space policy across civil, commercial, and national security sectors, creates a Users' Advisory Group of non-Federal industry representatives, and revokes two Trump-era executive orders on the same body.
Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks
This executive order sets a national goal that 50 percent of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in 2030 be zero-emission vehicles. It directs EPA and the Department of Transportation to consider developing new emissions and fuel economy standards for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles beginning with model years 2027-2030, with specific target deadlines for proposed and final rules.
Promoting Access to Voting
This executive order directs federal agencies to expand voter registration access and election information, particularly for historically underserved groups including people of color, people with disabilities, military personnel overseas, Native Americans, and individuals in federal custody. It mandates strategic plans, website modernization, and interagency coordination to reduce barriers to voting.
Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
This executive order directs a comprehensive review of Trump-era immigration policies to remove barriers to legal immigration, naturalization, and public benefits access. It establishes interagency task forces to coordinate integration efforts and mandates specific plans and reports to streamline citizenship processes and reverse restrictive public charge and sponsor liability policies.
Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
This executive order directs federal agencies to review and potentially reverse Trump-era regulations that weakened the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid, establishes a special enrollment period for ACA marketplace coverage during COVID-19, and revokes two previous executive orders aimed at undermining the ACA. It mandates examination of policies affecting pre-existing condition protections, Medicaid waivers, marketplace barriers, and affordability of coverage.
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Executive Order 14008 establishes climate change as a central pillar of U.S. foreign policy and national security while creating a sweeping government-wide domestic climate framework. It creates new White House offices and interagency bodies, sets a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, pauses new oil and gas leasing on federal lands pending review, and mandates numerous agency reports and plans within 60-120 days. The order also establishes a Civilian Climate Corps, targets conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, and creates mechanisms to prioritize environmental justice and economic revitalization of fossil fuel communities.
Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats
This executive order establishes a COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board to coordinate federal testing efforts and reduce disparities in access, while also creating plans for a U.S. Public Health Job Corps and a sustainable public health workforce to address the pandemic and future biological threats. It directs multiple agencies to facilitate free testing for uninsured individuals, clarify insurance coverage obligations, and provide technical support to state and local health agencies.
Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility
This executive order directs federal agencies to review their occupational licensing regulations and policies to reduce barriers to worker mobility, particularly for military spouses and individuals with criminal records. It establishes six principles for state-level occupational licensing reform and creates a reporting system to identify and reward states that adopt less restrictive licensing requirements.
Protecting Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and National Security for All Americans by Ensuring Appropriate Support of Innovative Technologies for Using Our Domestic Natural Resources
This October 31, 2020 memorandum directs the Secretary of Energy to produce two reports within 70 days assessing the economic, trade, and national security impacts of banning or restricting hydraulic fracturing and related technologies. It also directs OMB to review agency compliance with Executive Order 13211 (energy effects statements for regulations) and identify priority agencies within 30 days.
Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council
This executive order creates the United States One Trillion Trees Interagency Council, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, to coordinate federal efforts supporting the World Economic Forum's global initiative to grow and conserve one trillion trees by 2030. The Council is tasked with developing tracking methodologies, identifying legal barriers, finding funding opportunities, and requiring member agencies to report regularly on tree-related activities.
Establishment of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force Under Section 741 of the United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
This executive order establishes the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to monitor U.S. enforcement of the ban on importing goods made with forced labor under the Tariff Act of 1930. The Task Force includes representatives from State, Treasury, Justice, Labor, and USTR, and will make decisions by consensus or majority vote on actions under sections 742-744 of the USMCA Implementation Act.
Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods Under Section 202A of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement Implementation Act
This executive order establishes an Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods to advise on implementing USMCA automotive provisions, including rules of origin and an alternative staging regime. The Committee is chaired by USTR and includes Commerce, Labor, USITC, CBP, and Treasury, with authority to make recommendations by consensus or majority vote.
Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
This executive order creates a White House Council chaired by HUD to identify and reduce federal, state, local, and tribal regulatory barriers to affordable housing development. The Council must report within 12 months on its findings and recommendations, and is scheduled to terminate on January 21, 2021 unless extended.
Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities
This executive order directs federal agencies to tie higher education grant funding to campus free speech protections and mandates new transparency tools for student borrowers. It requires the Education Department to launch a loan information website by January 1, 2020, expand the College Scorecard with program-level earnings and debt data, and report on risk-sharing options for student loans.
Establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council
This executive order establishes the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, chaired by the Secretary of HUD, to coordinate across federal agencies to promote investment in economically distressed communities and qualified opportunity zones created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Council is tasked with assessing agency actions, streamlining regulations, and producing multiple reports with recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes.
Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility
This executive order directs federal agencies to review welfare programs and regulations to promote work requirements, reduce bureaucracy, and increase state flexibility in administering public assistance. It establishes nine 'Principles of Economic Mobility' and mandates specific agency reviews and reports within 90 days.
Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry
This executive order establishes a Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry, co-chaired by the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and a White House innovation advisor. The Council is tasked with developing evidence-based recommendations to reduce crime, lower recidivism, and improve reentry outcomes through coordination across 11 federal agencies, with initial and full reports due within 90 days and one year respectively. The order revokes a 2016 Obama memorandum on reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals and automatically terminates after three years.
Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States
This executive order directs a comprehensive assessment of U.S. manufacturing capacity, defense industrial base, and supply chain resiliency to identify vulnerabilities and recommend policy changes. The Secretary of Defense must deliver a report within 270 days evaluating critical materials, manufacturing gaps, workforce skills, foreign supply dependencies, and contingency risks.
Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty
This executive order establishes religious freedom as a priority across the executive branch, directs Treasury to avoid penalizing religious organizations for political speech, and orders three Cabinet secretaries to consider amending regulations for conscience objections to the ACA preventive-care mandate. It also tasks the Attorney General with issuing guidance on religious liberty protections in federal law.
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
This executive order delegates presidential authorities and assigns functions under the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) law to specific officials, primarily the U.S. Trade Representative, while reserving certain authorities to the President. It establishes interagency processes for environmental reviews, employment impact assessments, labor rights reports, and implementation planning for trade agreements.
Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic
This executive order establishes an Arctic Executive Steering Committee to coordinate federal Arctic policy across agencies during the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It mandates improved interagency coordination, tribal consultation with Alaska Native governments, and a report identifying overlaps and gaps in Arctic policy implementation.
Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and Refugees
This memorandum establishes the White House Task Force on New Americans, co-chaired by the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to develop a coordinated federal strategy for integrating immigrants and refugees into American communities. The Task Force must submit an Integration Plan within 120 days and a status report within one year, with responsibilities including reviewing agency policies, disseminating best practices, and measuring equitable access to services.
Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System for the 21st Century
This November 2014 presidential memorandum directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to develop, within 120 days, recommendations for modernizing and streamlining the U.S. legal immigration and visa system. The recommendations must address reducing government costs, improving applicant services, reducing employer burdens, ensuring full use of congressionally authorized visa numbers, and modernizing IT infrastructure, with input from diverse stakeholders.
Deepening U.S. Government Efforts To Collaborate With and Strengthen Civil Society
This 2014 presidential memorandum directs federal agencies engaged in foreign policy to strengthen collaboration with civil society organizations worldwide, oppose undue restrictions on civic freedoms, and integrate civil society consultation into U.S. diplomatic engagement. It requires annual reporting to the President on implementation progress.
Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review
This memorandum establishes a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force co-chaired by the OSTP and Domestic Policy Council directors to produce a comprehensive energy policy review every four years, with the first report due January 31, 2015 focusing on U.S. energy infrastructure challenges. The Task Force includes representatives from 23 agencies and is directed to engage stakeholders and recommend executive and legislative actions.
Establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs
This executive order creates the White House Council on Native American Affairs, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, to coordinate federal policy across 30+ agencies to support tribal self-governance and improve quality of life for Native Americans. It establishes a formal structure for interagency coordination on economic development, healthcare, education, justice, and environmental protection while mandating three annual meetings.
Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force
This executive order establishes a cabinet-level task force chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate long-term rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Sandy. The task force is required to produce a comprehensive rebuilding strategy within 180 days of its first meeting, after which it will terminate 60 days later.
Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally
This executive order establishes a multi-year U.S. government strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally, creating an Interagency Working Group co-chaired by the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator. It mandates coordination across multiple federal agencies, integration of anti-violence programming into existing foreign policy and assistance efforts, improved data collection and research, and periodic reporting with benchmarks, progress reports, and eventual strategy revision.
Establishing a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities
This executive order establishes a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) within HUD to coordinate federal technical assistance to local communities, helping them compete for federal resources and develop economic strategies. The Council is co-chaired by the HUD Secretary and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with broad membership across federal agencies.
Establishment of the White House Rural Council
This executive order creates the White House Rural Council, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture and comprising 25 federal agencies, to coordinate federal policy and investment in rural communities. The Council is tasked with streamlining federal spending, improving economic opportunities, and enhancing quality of life in rural America through better interagency collaboration.
Fundamental Principles and Policymaking Criteria for Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Neighborhood Organizations
This executive order amends Executive Order 13279 to establish constitutional and operational principles for federal partnerships with faith-based and neighborhood organizations. It mandates equal treatment of faith-based providers in federal social service funding while prohibiting religious discrimination against beneficiaries and requiring separation of explicitly religious activities from federally funded programs. The order creates an Interagency Working Group to ensure uniform implementation across agencies and requires a report within 120 days on model regulations and guidance.
Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes
This executive order establishes a National Ocean Council to coordinate federal stewardship of oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes, implementing recommendations from the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. It creates a framework for coastal and marine spatial planning to manage competing uses of marine environments while promoting ecosystem-based conservation. The order directs executive agencies to align their decisions with national ocean policy priorities and to participate in regional planning processes.
Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States
This executive order directs a risk-based overhaul of how the U.S. regulates dangerous biological agents and toxins (BSAT). It mandates creating a highest-risk "Tier 1" subset of pathogens, revising security regulations, coordinating federal oversight across multiple agencies, and establishing an advisory panel to guide implementation.
Establishing an Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses
This memorandum creates an Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses, co-chaired by the Secretary of Commerce, OMB Director, and SBA Administrator. The Task Force must deliver proposals within 120 days to increase small business contracting, and a website for transparency must be developed within 90 days to track small business participation in federal procurement.
Imports of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China
President Obama imposed additional tariffs on Chinese passenger vehicle and light truck tires for three years (35%, 30%, 25% ad valorem) following a USITC finding of market disruption under Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974. The determination also directs Commerce and Labor to expedite Trade Adjustment Assistance for affected domestic workers and firms.
National Security Professional Development
This executive order establishes a framework to improve national security workforce capabilities by requiring a National Strategy for professional development, creating an interagency Steering Committee chaired by OPM, and directing agency heads to enhance education, training, and cross-government assignment opportunities for security professionals. It specifically assigns implementation roles to Defense, State, Intelligence, and Homeland Security for their respective personnel systems.
Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims
This executive order establishes an interagency Task Force on Disaster Assistance Coordination to develop a plan streamlining federal disaster assistance delivery. The plan must include a centralized application process, a clearinghouse for assistance information, reduced duplication, and fraud controls, with phased implementation by December 31, 2008. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit the plan to the President by March 1, 2007, with quarterly progress reports thereafter until implementation is complete.
Task Force on New Americans
This executive order establishes a Task Force on New Americans within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate federal efforts helping legal immigrants learn English, civics, and history to integrate into American society. The Task Force includes cabinet-level officials from multiple departments and is directed to promote public-private partnerships, expand instruction through community groups, and make recommendations on policy and legislative changes.
Presidential Determination on Imports of Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China
President Bush declined to impose import relief on Chinese steel pipe under Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974, finding it would harm the U.S. economy more than help domestic producers due to third-country substitution and disproportionate consumer costs. He directed Commerce and Labor to expedite Trade Adjustment Assistance applications for affected workers.
Creation of the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council
This executive order establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal support for recovery and rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Council, chaired by the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and comprising 23 cabinet-level officials and senior advisors, is tasked with reviewing issues, providing guidance, and making recommendations to the President on Gulf Coast recovery efforts. The Council automatically terminates three years after signing unless extended.
Committee on Ocean Policy
This executive order establishes the Committee on Ocean Policy within the Council on Environmental Quality to coordinate federal agency activities on ocean-related matters, advance environmental/economic/security interests, and facilitate consultation with state, tribal, local, and international stakeholders. The Committee comprises cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and presidential assistants but functions solely in an advisory capacity without regulatory authority.
Human Service Transportation Coordination
This executive order establishes an Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility to improve coordination of federal transportation services for people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and older adults. The Council, chaired by the Secretary of Transportation and comprising nine cabinet-level officials, is tasked with reducing duplication, improving access, and reporting on progress within one year.
To Provide for the Termination of Action Taken With Regard to Imports of Certain Steel Products
President George W. Bush terminated safeguard tariffs on certain steel products that had been imposed in March 2002 under Proclamation 7529, citing changed economic circumstances and an ITC report. The import licensing system established to monitor steel imports remains in effect until March 21, 2005, or until a replacement program is established.
Presidential Determination on Wire Hanger Imports from the People's Republic of China
President Bush declined to impose import relief under Section 421 on Chinese steel wire garment hangers, finding tariffs would harm the national economic interest by disrupting domestic producers' adjustment strategies, shifting production to third countries, and raising costs for small dry-cleaning businesses. Instead, he directed Commerce and Labor to expedite Trade Adjustment Assistance applications from affected hanger producers and workers.
Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security
This executive order makes extensive technical amendments to 80 prior executive orders to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and transfer functions from agencies like the Attorney General's office, Department of Transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and others to the new Secretary of Homeland Security. It also fully rewrites Executive Order 13231 on critical infrastructure protection, establishing the National Infrastructure Advisory Council under DHS and clarifying cybersecurity responsibilities across government.
To Provide for the Termination of Action Taken With Regard to Imports of Lamb Meat
This proclamation terminates safeguard tariffs on imported lamb meat that were imposed in 1999 under Proclamation 7208. The termination takes effect November 14, 2001, based on a USITC finding that changed economic circumstances had impaired the effectiveness of the original protective action.
Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism
This executive order establishes a temporary Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism, composed of senior officials from 15 executive branch entities. The Task Force is charged with identifying ways Americans can prepare for terrorist attacks and volunteer to support officials, and must report its recommendations to the President within 40 days before automatically terminating 30 days after submission.
Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council
This executive order creates the Office of Homeland Security within the Executive Office of the President, headed by an Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, and establishes the Homeland Security Council to advise the President on homeland security matters. It assigns broad coordination responsibilities across detection, preparedness, prevention, protection, response, and recovery from terrorist threats and attacks, while amending prior executive orders to integrate the new council into national security structures.
Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals With Disabilities
This executive order directs federal agencies to assist states in implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, which requires community-based placement for individuals with disabilities when appropriate. It mandates interagency cooperation, policy reviews, and ADA enforcement to reduce unjustified institutionalization.
Actions To Expedite Energy-Related Projects
This executive order directs federal agencies to expedite permit reviews and other actions for energy-related projects while maintaining safety and environmental protections. It establishes a broad interagency task force, chaired by the Council on Environmental Quality chairman and housed at the Department of Energy, to monitor and coordinate these efforts across federal, state, tribal, and local levels.
Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith- Based and Community Initiatives
This executive order establishes Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within five cabinet departments (Justice, Education, Labor, HHS, HUD) to identify and remove barriers preventing faith-based and community organizations from participating in federal social service programs. It mandates audits of discriminatory regulations, requires annual reporting, and creates liaison roles across all executive agencies to coordinate with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order establishes an interagency task force to coordinate federal economic development efforts for California's Central San Joaquin Valley, requiring annual reports for five years and focusing on sustainable growth in seven designated counties. The task force includes 16 agency heads or their designees with a rotating chair among Agriculture, HUD, and Commerce.
To Modify the Quantitative Limitations Applicable to Imports of Wheat Gluten
President Clinton modified a 1998 trade safeguard quota on wheat gluten imports to include Poland, which had previously been exempt. The proclamation also converted the third-year quota to quarterly allocations and suspended GSP duty-free treatment for affected wheat gluten. The modifications took effect June 1, 2000, and run through June 1, 2001.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest Border
This executive order establishes an interagency task force co-chaired by Treasury, Agriculture, and Labor to coordinate federal economic development efforts for the Southwest Border region (within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California). The task force reports to the Vice President and is charged with analyzing programs, developing recommendations, and focusing on pilot communities, with mandatory reports through 2002.
To Terminate Temporary Duties on Imports of Broom Corn Brooms
President Clinton terminated temporary safeguard duties on broom corn broom imports that had been imposed in November 1996 under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974. The termination was based on a USITC report and advice from the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor finding that the domestic industry had not made adequate efforts to adjust to import competition, with HTS modifications effective upon signature.
Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize identifying and assessing environmental health and safety risks that disproportionately affect children. It establishes an interagency Task Force co-chaired by HHS and EPA, mandates regulatory impact analyses for children's health in significant rulemakings, and creates an annual reporting mechanism on child well-being indicators.
Empowerment Contracting
This executive order establishes an "Empowerment Contracting Program" to expand federal competition by offering price or evaluation credits to businesses operating in economically distressed communities. The Secretary of Commerce must develop policies and procedures to incentivize qualified large and small businesses to locate in or hire from areas with high poverty rates, designated empowerment zones, or other distressed areas, with annual reporting requirements and implementation rules due within 90 days.
Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities
This executive order continues the President's Committee on Mental Retardation with expanded membership and responsibilities. It adds federal agency heads to the committee, sets national goals for reducing mental retardation and promoting community participation, and requires annual reports to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Regulatory ReformWaiver of Penalties and Reduction of Reports
This April 21, 1995 presidential memorandum directs federal agencies to implement two regulatory reform policies: (1) exercising enforcement discretion to waive penalties for small businesses that correct violations in good faith, and (2) reducing by half the frequency of public reporting requirements, with both policies requiring implementation plans to OMB by June 15, 1995 and policy implementation by July 14, 1995. The memorandum excludes law enforcement, national security, foreign affairs, trade restrictions, tax/revenue matters, and statistical agencies from its scope.
Assignment of emergency preparedness responsibilities
This executive order assigns comprehensive emergency preparedness responsibilities across all federal departments and agencies for national security emergencies, including nuclear attack, natural disasters, and technological emergencies. It establishes the National Security Council as the principal policy forum, designates FEMA's Director as NSC advisor, and details specific lead and support roles for each Cabinet department in areas such as continuity of government, resource management, agriculture, energy, health services, and defense production.
National Drug Policy Board
This executive order establishes the National Drug Policy Board, chaired by the Attorney General with the Secretary of Health and Human Services as Vice Chairman, to coordinate all federal drug abuse policy functions across executive departments. It creates two coordinating groups for enforcement and prevention/health, and consolidates duties previously held by the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board.
Management Reform in the Federal Government
This executive order creates the President's Council on Management Improvement, an interagency body chaired by OMB's Deputy Director to develop and oversee government-wide management reforms, formulate long-range plans, identify cross-cutting agency improvements, and resolve interagency management problems. The Council includes senior administration officials from 22 agencies and offices but is explicitly prohibited from interfering with existing lines of authority.