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Executive Order 14327

President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test

This executive order revokes EO 13824 (2018) and amends EO 13265 (2002) to reestablish the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition and the Presidential Fitness Test. It creates a 30-member advisory council to recommend strategies for youth fitness testing, school-based programs, and addressing health trends linked to military readiness, with HHS providing administrative support and the Secretary of HHS administering the fitness test alongside the Secretary of Education.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 37993

Impact dates

  1. Council terminates unless extended by President

Key directives

  • Revoke Executive Order 13824 of February 26, 2018
  • Amend Executive Order 13265 of June 6, 2002 to revise title, preamble, and sections 1-5
  • Revoke Executive Order 12345 of February 2, 1982
  • Reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test administered by Secretary of HHS with support from Secretary of Education
  • Establish President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition with up to 30 presidential appointees
  • Council to recommend strategies for fitness test, school programs, youth sports expansion, and addressing childhood obesity as national security threat
  • HHS to provide funding and administrative support to Council
  • Modify seal established by EO 10830 to reflect new council name
  • Council terminates 2 years from order date unless extended

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Revocation of EO 13824 and EO 12345
  • Amendment of EO 13265 takes effect
  • Council established with up to 30 presidential appointees

Near term (90d)

  • Secretary of HHS to begin administering reestablished Presidential Fitness Test with Education Secretary support
  • Council to develop recommendations for fitness test strategies and school-based programs

Long term

  • Council terminates July 31, 2027 unless extended by President
  • Fitness test and council programs to align with 2026 semiquincentennial and upcoming major sporting events (Ryder Cup, President's Cup, FIFA World Cup, Olympic Games)

Risks & tensions

  • Advisory nature of council limits direct policy authority; all recommendations require further presidential or agency action
  • Implementation explicitly subject to availability of appropriations, creating funding uncertainty
  • Fitness test reestablishment may face implementation challenges in diverse school systems without mandatory requirements
  • National security framing of childhood obesity could expand or politicize health policy scope
  • Council's 2-year term creates short runway for institutional impact before potential lapse
Executive Order 14327: President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test · Executive Orders