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Executive Order 14208

Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws

This executive order ends federal procurement and use of paper straws, eliminates policies disfavoring plastic straws within the executive branch, and requires a national strategy within 45 days to end paper straw use nationwide. It explicitly references the prior revocation of EO 14057, which had promoted federal sustainability measures including discouragement of plastic straws.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 9585

Impact dates

  1. National Strategy to End Use of Paper Straws due

Key directives

  • Agency heads shall eliminate procurement of paper straws and ensure paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings
  • Agencies shall eliminate policies designed to disfavor plastic straws issued under EO 14057
  • Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall issue National Strategy to End Use of Paper Straws within 45 days
  • National strategy shall address elimination of executive branch policies disfavoring plastic straws
  • National strategy shall address contract policies with entities including states that ban or penalize plastic straw purchase or use
  • National strategy shall identify all other available tools to achieve policy nationwide

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Federal agencies must begin eliminating paper straw procurement
  • Policies disfavoring plastic straws under EO 14057 termination takes effect

Near term (90d)

  • National Strategy to End Use of Paper Straws due within 45 days
  • Contract policy review with states that ban plastic straws

Long term

  • Potential nationwide push to reverse state/local plastic straw restrictions through federal contract leverage

Risks & tensions

  • Conflict with state and local plastic straw bans may create preemption tensions
  • Contract leverage against states raises federalism concerns
  • Health claims about paper straw chemicals are stated as fact but lack cited evidence in document
  • Environmental trade-off claims (plastic wrapping on paper straws) are selectively highlighted
  • Limited practical impact: federal straw procurement is a narrow procurement category
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