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Executive Order 14122

COVID-19 and Public Health Preparedness and Response

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In simple terms

This executive order revokes three COVID-19-era executive orders related to hoarding prevention, federal workforce masking, and travel safety. It terminates the COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator positions, transferring their responsibilities to the Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), a congressionally established office within the Executive Office of the President.

Federal Register Open PDF 89 FR 27355

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 89 FR 27355

    Federal Register PDF

Key directives

  • Revoke Executive Orders 13910, 13991, and 13998
  • Transfer all COVID-19 Response Coordinator responsibilities to OPPR Director
  • Terminate COVID-19 Response Coordinator position
  • Terminate Deputy Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response position

Who is ordered

Prior policyRollback

  • revokeExecutive Order 13910 (Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13991 (Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13998 (Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel)
  • otherCOVID-19 Response Coordinator position established by Executive Order 13987
  • otherDeputy Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response position established by Executive Order 13987
  • otherResponsibilities of COVID-19 Response Coordinator under Executive Orders 13987, 13994, and 13996

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

  • Revocation of EO 13910 (hoarding prevention)
  • Revocation of EO 13991 (federal masking)
  • Revocation of EO 13998 (travel safety)
  • Termination of COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator positions
  • Transfer of COVID-19 response responsibilities to OPPR Director

Near term (90d)

  • OPPR Director assumes transferred coordination duties
  • Agency coordination transitions from COVID-19 Response Coordinator to OPPR

Long term

  • Structural shift of pandemic response to permanent congressionally authorized office
  • Potential lasting changes to federal public health emergency architecture

Risks & tensions

  • No transition period specified for shifting responsibilities to OPPR—potential coordination gaps
  • Termination of travel and masking EOs removes federal requirements but state/local rules may remain—patchwork compliance possible
  • OPPR was established by Congress in December 2022; this EO centralizes pandemic authority in a permanent office, reducing direct presidential control over response coordination
  • Vague whether appropriations exist for OPPR to absorb expanded duties—Sec. 4(b) subjects implementation to availability of funds
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