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Executive Order 14217

Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

This executive order directs the elimination or reduction of several federal entities and programs deemed unnecessary, including the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, US African Development Foundation, and US Institute of Peace. It also terminates multiple federal advisory committees, revokes a 1961 presidential memorandum to eliminate Federal Executive Boards, ends the Presidential Management Fellows Program, and requires White House policy aides to identify additional entities for termination within 30 days.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 10577

Impact dates

  1. White House policy assistants submit additional termination recommendations to President

  2. Heads of targeted entities submit compliance reports to OMB Director

  3. Agency heads terminate specified Federal Advisory Committees

Key directives

  • Eliminate non-statutory components of Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, US African Development Foundation, and US Institute of Peace; reduce statutory functions to minimum required by law
  • Submit compliance reports within 14 days to OMB Director on statutory requirements
  • OMB to reject funding requests inconsistent with this order
  • Revoke 1961 Presidential Memorandum on Federal Executive Boards; OPM to withdraw 5 CFR Part 960 regulations
  • OPM to withdraw 5 CFR Part 362, Subpart D and terminate Presidential Management Fellows Program; upon final regulations, revoke EO 13318 and amend EO 13562
  • Terminate five specified Federal Advisory Committees within 14 days
  • Identify additional unnecessary entities and committees within 30 days for presidential consideration

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • OMB and OPM directors directed to initiate regulatory withdrawals
  • agency heads directed to terminate specified advisory committees

Near term (90d)

  • 14-day reports due from targeted entity heads on statutory requirements and compliance
  • 30-day identification of additional unnecessary entities and committees by White House policy assistants
  • termination actions on advisory committees to be completed

Long term

  • Potential dissolution of four independent agencies to minimum statutory levels
  • Elimination of Federal Executive Boards upon regulatory completion
  • Termination of Presidential Management Fellows Program upon final regulations
  • Possible further terminations based on 30-day review

Risks & tensions

  • Statutory constraints may limit actual eliminations; order explicitly caveats 'to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law' and 'subject to the availability of appropriations'
  • Potential litigation from affected agencies, employees, or beneficiaries challenging terminations as exceeding executive authority
  • Vague 'unnecessary' standard for future identifications creates implementation uncertainty
  • Amendment of EO 13562 by striking PMF references may affect federal hiring pipeline and workforce development
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