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Adjusting Imports of Polysilicon and Its Derivatives Into the United States
This proclamation imposes minimum import prices (MIPs) and a 15% ad valorem tariff on polysilicon and downstream derivatives (ingots, wafers, solar cells, modules) effective December 4, 2026, to protect U.S. production capacity for semiconductor and solar supply chains. It also establishes an onshoring incentive program with construction deadlines by January 20, 2029, and includes differentiated tariff treatment for certain trading partners including the UK (10% rate) and EU/Japan/Korea/Taiwan/Switzerland/Liechtenstein (capped at 15% combined with Column 1 duties).
Continuing To Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
This executive order narrows birthright citizenship by directing federal agencies to deny citizenship recognition to certain categories of children born in the U.S. when neither parent is a citizen, including children of designated terrorists, foreign government employees, those born via birth tourism or surrogacy arrangements, and those born in territories without statutory citizenship provisions. It cites a June 2026 Supreme Court decision (Trump v. Barbara) as legal foundation and requires agency heads to issue public implementation guidance within 30 days.
Establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission
This executive order establishes a 2-year advisory commission of senior military leaders' spouses to advise the President on policies affecting military spouses and families, focused on housing, employment, healthcare, education, and deployment support. The Department of War provides administrative support and funding, with annual reports required.
To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Quartz Surface Products
This proclamation imposes a four-year safeguard tariff-rate quota on imports of quartz surface products (QSP) under Section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, effective August 15, 2026. The measure excludes imports from numerous free trade agreement partners including Canada, Mexico, Australia, Korea, and others, while applying to imports from China and other non-exempt countries, with provisions for monitoring import surges and circumvention.
Imposing Additional Duties To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles
This proclamation imposes an additional 50 percent ad valorem duty on certain Canadian products, effective August 19, 2026, to offset Canada's discriminatory tariff scheme against U.S. motor vehicles. The action uses Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to retaliate against Canadian tariffs and tariff-rate quotas that apply only to U.S. auto exports, which have allegedly caused a 22 percent drop in U.S. vehicle exports to Canada.
Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks
This executive order mandates a government-wide transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to protect against future quantum computing threats. It sets specific deadlines for federal agencies to migrate high-value assets and high-impact systems to PQC standards, requires new procurement rules for contractors, and establishes coordination roles across OMB, NIST, CISA, and NSA.
Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service
This executive order implements Schedule Policy/Career in the excepted service by transferring specified senior policy-influencing positions from the competitive service, exempting them from standard adverse-action procedures while retaining merit-based hiring. It amends Civil Service Rules and prior executive orders to effectuate these transfers, directs agencies to notify affected employees within 7 days, and establishes performance award mechanisms for Schedule Policy/Career employees.
Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States
This proclamation modifies existing Section 232 tariffs on aluminum, steel, and copper by expanding the 15% reduced tariff rate to agricultural equipment and certain residential HVAC systems, temporarily modifying tariffs on mobile industrial equipment and machinery, adding aluminum lithographic plates and steel racks to tariff coverage, and lowering the domestic content threshold for preferential treatment from 95% to 85%. The changes take effect June 8, 2026, with a temporary rate structure lasting through December 31, 2027, before reverting to Proclamation 11021 rates on January 1, 2028.
To Implement Certain Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and for Other Purposes
This proclamation implements trade-preference extensions and modifications passed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. It extends AGOA duty-free treatment and related apparel programs through December 31, 2026; reinstates Gabon as an AGOA beneficiary country effective January 1, 2026; extends Haiti preferential tariff treatment under CBERA through December 31, 2026; and makes technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy
This executive order expands sanctions against Cuba by blocking property of foreign persons operating in key Cuban sectors (energy, defense, metals/mining, financial services, security), Cuban government officials, and their adult family members. It also suspends U.S. entry for designated persons and authorizes secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions that facilitate transactions for blocked parties, building upon the national emergency declared in EO 14380.
Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting
This executive order makes fixed-price contracts the default for federal procurement, requiring written justification and agency-head approval for cost-reimbursement and other non-fixed-price contracts above specified dollar thresholds. It mandates review and renegotiation of agencies' 10 largest non-fixed-price contracts within 90 days, with semi-annual reporting to OMB and proposed amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation within 120 days.
Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors
This Executive Order mandates that all federal contracts include a clause prohibiting contractors and subcontractors from engaging in racially discriminatory DEI activities, defined as disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in employment, contracting, or resource allocation. It requires agencies to insert this clause within 30 days, empowers contract termination and debarment for noncompliance, invokes False Claims Act liability, and directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend regulations within 60 days.
Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products Claiming To Be Made in America
This executive order directs the FTC to prioritize enforcement against false "Made in America" claims, especially by foreign sellers on digital marketplaces. It also requires agencies overseeing federal procurement contracts to verify American-origin claims and refer misrepresenting contractors to the Department of Justice for potential False Claims Act liability.
Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge To Address Fundamental International Payments Problems
President Trump imposes a temporary 10 percent ad valorem import surcharge on nearly all goods entering the United States for 150 days, effective February 24, 2026, citing fundamental international payments problems including large balance-of-payments deficits. The proclamation includes extensive exceptions for critical minerals, energy products, pharmaceuticals, vehicles, electronics, agricultural products, and goods from Canada, Mexico, and CAFTA-DR countries, while empowering USTR to monitor conditions and recommend modifications.
Ending Certain Tariff Actions
This executive order terminates the additional ad valorem duties imposed under IEEPA across nine prior executive orders targeting Canada, Mexico, China, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Cuba, and Iran. The national emergencies underlying those orders remain in effect, and other duties (Section 232, Section 301) are unaffected. Agency heads must stop collecting these duties as soon as practicable.
Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Iran
This executive order imposes a new secondary tariff mechanism allowing the U.S. to levy additional ad valorem duties (potentially 25%) on imports from any foreign country that directly or indirectly purchases goods or services from Iran. The order creates a multi-step process where the Secretary of Commerce identifies countries trading with Iran, then the Secretary of State recommends tariff rates, with final presidential determination.
Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba
This executive order declares a national emergency regarding Cuba's alignment with U.S. adversaries and establishes a tariff mechanism allowing additional ad valorem duties on imports from any foreign country that directly or indirectly sells or provides oil to Cuba. The order tasks the Secretaries of Commerce and State with determining which countries trigger the tariff and recommending duty rates to the President.
Addressing State and Local Failures To Rebuild Los Angeles After Wildfire Disasters
This executive order directs federal agencies to consider preempting California and Los Angeles permitting requirements that delay wildfire reconstruction, expedite environmental and historic preservation reviews for rebuilding projects, audit nearly $3 billion in unspent hazard mitigation funds, and propose legislation enabling federal override of state/local recovery obstruction. It blames state and local governments for enabling and mismanaging the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Canyon wildfires and for subsequent bureaucratic delays preventing rebuilding.
Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People
This executive order declares a national emergency under IEEPA to block judicial attachment or other legal process against Venezuelan government oil revenue held in U.S. Treasury accounts. It designates these funds as sovereign property held in U.S. custody for diplomatic and governmental purposes, shielding them from creditor claims while giving the Secretary of State control over their ultimate disposition.
Withdrawing the United States From International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties That Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
This memorandum directs the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations—35 non-UN entities and 31 UN organizations—deemed contrary to U.S. interests, based on a review conducted under Executive Order 14199. All executive agencies must take immediate steps to cease participation, membership, and funding to these organizations as soon as possible, with the Secretary of State providing implementation guidance.
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025
This executive order closes all federal executive departments and agencies on December 24 and December 26, 2025, excusing employees from duty on those days, while allowing agency heads to keep certain offices open for national security, defense, or other public need. It treats those dates as holidays for pay and leave purposes under existing statutes and delegates implementation to the OPM Director.
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
This determination, issued under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, imposes foreign assistance restrictions on 17 governments for FY 2026 due to inadequate anti-trafficking efforts. It withholds nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance from countries including Afghanistan, Chad, Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela, with partial national-interest waivers for some countries and adds Sint Maarten to the restricted list.
Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring
This executive order extends federal workforce reduction policies by requiring agency-level approval for nearly all new hires and vacancies, establishing Strategic Hiring Committees, and mandating Annual Staffing Plans aligned with administration priorities. It exempts national security, immigration enforcement, public safety, and political appointees from restrictions, while prohibiting contracting to circumvent hiring limits.
Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization
This presidential order designates "Antifa" as a domestic terrorist organization, directing all relevant executive departments and agencies to use their authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle alleged illegal operations by Antifa or persons acting on its behalf, including prosecuting funders. The order characterizes Antifa as a militarist, anarchist enterprise using violence and terrorism to overthrow the U.S. government and suppress lawful political activity.
Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees
This memorandum directs the Attorney General to investigate whether federal grant funds are being illegally used for lobbying and partisan political activities by grantees, citing potential violations of 31 U.S.C. 1352. The Attorney General must report progress to the President within 180 days and coordinate with agency heads on enforcement actions.
Measures To End Cashless Bail and Enforce the Law in the District of Columbia
This executive order directs federal law enforcement to hold D.C. arrestees in federal custody and pursue federal charges to circumvent the District's cashless bail policies, and tasks the Attorney General with reviewing MPD policies and determining whether D.C. maintains cashless bail. If the determination is affirmative, all agency heads must identify actions—including federal funding leverage—to pressure D.C. to change its pretrial release policies.
Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans
This executive order directs the Attorney General to identify state and local jurisdictions with cashless bail policies for certain crimes, and requires federal agencies to find federal funds flowing to those jurisdictions that may be suspended or terminated. It does not itself cut any funds but sets up a conditional funding review process targeting jurisdictions that have eliminated cash bail for public-safety-threatening offenses.
Improving Our Nation Through Better Design
Executive Order 14338 establishes "America by Design," a national initiative to improve federal digital and physical service design through a new National Design Studio and Chief Design Officer position. Agency heads must consult with the Chief Design Officer to redesign high-impact government websites and physical sites, with initial results due by July 4, 2026, and the temporary supporting organization automatically terminates three years from signing.
Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans
This executive order directs federal banking regulators to remove "reputation risk" concepts from supervisory guidance that could enable politically motivated debanking, requires SBA-guaranteed lenders to identify and reinstate wrongly debanked customers within 120 days, and mandates reviews and potential enforcement against financial institutions found to have engaged in politicized or unlawful debanking based on political or religious beliefs.
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
This executive order overhauls federal grantmaking by requiring senior political appointees to review all discretionary grants and funding announcements, bans funding for DEI initiatives, transgender education, illegal immigration support, and 'anti-American values,' mandates termination-for-convenience clauses in all grants, limits indirect costs at universities, and directs OMB to revise the Uniform Guidance to streamline applications and reduce administrative overhead.
Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
This executive order directs federal agencies to procure large language models (LLMs) only from vendors that adhere to two "Unbiased AI Principles": truth-seeking and ideological neutrality, specifically prohibiting DEI-related content manipulation. The order requires OMB to issue implementation guidance within 120 days, after which agencies must revise procurement contracts and adopt compliance procedures within 90 days.
Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of United States Steel Corporation by Nippon Steel Corporation
President Trump amends the January 3, 2025 Biden order that prohibited Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel, replacing an outright ban with a conditional prohibition: the deal may proceed only if the parties execute a national security agreement (NSA) materially consistent with a U.S. government draft presented on June 13, 2025. The order also strikes certain provisions of the prior order and authorizes CFIUS to continue monitoring and enforcement.
Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients
This executive order directs the Administration to pursue most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing, requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to offer U.S. patients prices comparable to other developed nations or face potential rulemaking, importation waivers, antitrust enforcement, export reviews, and FDA approval modifications. It establishes a 30-day deadline for HHS to communicate price targets to drug makers, with escalating measures if progress is not achieved.
Establishing Project Homecoming
This proclamation establishes "Project Homecoming," a program offering free government-funded flights and financial "exit bonuses" to undocumented immigrants who voluntarily depart the U.S., while threatening escalated enforcement including wage garnishment and property confiscation for those who remain. It also mandates hiring or deputizing at least 20,000 additional enforcement officers within 60 days to conduct removal operations.
Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations
This executive order directs federal agencies to catalog all criminal regulatory offenses, establish default mental-state (mens rea) requirements for future criminal enforcement, and discourage prosecution of strict liability regulatory crimes where defendants lacked knowledge of the rule. It exempts immigration and national security enforcement from its scope.
Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research
This executive order halts federal funding for dangerous gain-of-function research conducted by foreign entities in countries of concern (particularly China) and suspends federally funded domestic gain-of-function research pending new oversight policies. It mandates revised frameworks for dual-use research oversight and nucleic acid synthesis screening, requires reporting mechanisms for transparency, and imposes strict enforcement terms including potential 5-year funding bans for violations.
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media
This executive order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and all federal agencies to cease direct and indirect funding to NPR and PBS, citing concerns about biased and partisan news coverage. The CPB Board must revise grant criteria by June 30, 2025 to prohibit funding flows to NPR and PBS, while agency heads must identify and terminate existing funding streams and review compliance with grant terms and anti-discrimination statutes.
Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens
This executive order directs federal agencies to identify and penalize state and local "sanctuary jurisdictions" that obstruct federal immigration enforcement by suspending or terminating federal funding, pursuing legal remedies, restricting federal benefits access, and challenging state/local laws that favor aliens over American citizens.
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens
This executive order directs the Attorney General and other officials to expand legal protections and resources for state and local law enforcement, including creating an indemnification mechanism for officers, reviewing federal consent decrees within 60 days, increasing military asset transfers to local police within 90 days, and prioritizing prosecution of state/local officials who obstruct criminal law enforcement or implement DEI initiatives that restrict policing. It also mandates using Homeland Security Task Forces established under EO 14159 to advance these objectives.
Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service
This executive order overhauls federal employee probationary and trial periods by requiring agencies to affirmatively certify that new hires advance the public interest before their appointments become permanent. It replaces existing civil service regulations with a new Civil Service Rule XI that makes employment automatic termination the default if agencies fail to act, and mandates specific review timelines for current probationary employees.
Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities
This executive order directs the Secretary of Education to robustly enforce Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires universities to report foreign funding. It mandates reversing prior administration policies that weakened enforcement, requiring more specific disclosure of funding sources and purposes, increasing public access to information, and making compliance a condition for receiving federal grants. The order also directs coordination with the Attorney General to hold non-compliant institutions accountable.
White House Initiative To Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This executive order re-establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Executive Office of the President, creates a new President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs in the Department of Education, and revokes the Biden administration's EO 14041 on HBCUs. It directs federal agencies to assist the Initiative and tasks it with increasing private-sector engagement, improving HBCU infrastructure and research competitiveness, and implementing the HBCU PARTNERS Act.
Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement
This executive order directs a comprehensive reform of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which governs how the federal government buys goods and services. It mandates stripping the FAR down to provisions required by statute or essential to procurement, with a 180-day deadline for initial amendments and introduces a 4-year regulatory sunset for non-statutory provisions. The order also requires agencies to designate officials for alignment within 15 days and OMB to issue implementation guidance within 20 days.
Addressing Risks From Susman Godfrey
This executive order targets the law firm Susman Godfrey LLP by suspending security clearances for its personnel, restricting federal contracts with the firm and its business partners, limiting federal building access and official engagement with its employees, and barring their federal hiring without waivers. The order frames these measures as responses to alleged election-related litigation, DEI practices, and activities deemed contrary to national interests.
Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers
This executive order directs all federal agencies to review their regulations and identify those that are anti-competitive—such as rules creating monopolies, barriers to entry, or burdensome licensing requirements—with recommendations for rescission or modification. The FTC Chairman and Attorney General will consolidate these findings for OMB review, with the goal of incorporating changes into the Unified Regulatory Agenda.
Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
This executive order targets the law firm WilmerHale, directing federal agencies to suspend security clearances held by its personnel, cease provision of government facilities and services, require contractor disclosure of business with the firm, review and terminate contracts where legally permissible, limit official access to federal buildings, and restrict hiring of WilmerHale employees without waivers. The order cites the firm's pro bono work, its hiring of former Mueller investigation prosecutors, and alleged racial discrimination as justifications.
Addressing Risks From Jenner & Block
This executive order targets Jenner & Block LLP, a major law firm, by suspending security clearances for its personnel, restricting federal contracts with the firm and its business partners, limiting its employees' access to federal buildings and officials, and barring agency hiring of Jenner employees without waivers. The order cites the firm's alleged partisan "lawfare," pro bono activities, racial discrimination in hiring, and its employment of former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann as justifications.
Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
This executive order centralizes federal payment controls under the Department of the Treasury to combat fraud and improper payments estimated at $233–521 billion annually. It mandates pre-certification verification for all Treasury-disbursed payments, consolidates core financial systems across agencies, and phases out Non-Treasury Disbursing Offices (NTDOs) that currently handle about 22% of federal disbursements. Agencies must comply with new data-sharing requirements, system integrations, and delegated disbursing authority to Treasury within specified timeframes.
Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos
This executive order mandates federal agencies eliminate barriers to inter- and intra-agency sharing of unclassified data, with specific emphasis on detecting waste, fraud, and abuse. It requires agency heads to rescind restrictive guidance within 30 days, grants the Secretary of Labor unfettered access to unemployment data, and demands unfettered federal access to state program data receiving federal funding.
Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness
This executive order directs a comprehensive review and restructuring of federal preparedness and resilience policies, shifting from an all-hazards to a risk-informed approach while empowering state and local governments. It mandates new strategy documents, policy revisions, and a National Risk Register to quantify threats, explicitly excluding "misinformation" and "cognitive infrastructure" from critical infrastructure policy. Multiple existing executive orders, national security memoranda, and presidential policy directives are slated for review and potential rescission or replacement.
Addressing Risks From Paul Weiss
This executive order targets the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP by suspending security clearances for its personnel, restricting government contracts with the firm and entities doing business with it, limiting federal building access for its employees, and restricting federal hiring of its personnel. The order cites the firm's pro bono litigation related to January 6, 2021, its hiring of Mark Pomerantz, and alleged racial discrimination through DEI practices as justifications.
Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP
Executive Order 14230 targets the law firm Perkins Coie LLP with multiple punitive measures: suspending security clearances, ceasing government provision of goods and services, requiring contractor disclosure of business with the firm, reviewing and terminating contracts, investigating the firm and other large law firms for racial discrimination, and restricting federal employees from hiring or engaging with Perkins Coie personnel. The order frames these actions as responses to the firm's alleged role in producing the 2016 Steele dossier, election-related litigation, and DEI hiring practices.
Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile
This executive order establishes a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a United States Digital Asset Stockpile, capitalized with existing government-held cryptocurrency from forfeiture proceedings. The order directs agencies to inventory and transfer their Bitcoin and other digital assets to Treasury-controlled custodial accounts, prohibits sale of Bitcoin holdings, and tasks Treasury and Commerce with developing budget-neutral strategies to acquire additional Bitcoin.
Designating English as the Official Language of the United States
This executive order designates English as the official language of the United States and revokes Executive Order 13166 (2000), which required federal agencies to provide services to limited-English-proficiency individuals. However, the order explicitly does not require agencies to change their current multilingual services, leaving operational decisions to agency heads.
Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative
This executive order directs federal agencies to implement cost-cutting measures through a "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) framework, requiring new technological systems for payment justifications, reviews of contracts and grants with priority on educational institutions and foreign entities, freezes on agency credit cards, and real property disposition planning. Agency heads must complete most reviews within 30 days and face new constraints on contracting, travel, and spending authority.
Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper
This executive order launches a Section 232 national security investigation into copper imports, directing the Secretary of Commerce to assess whether imports of copper in all forms—including raw, refined, scrap, and derivative products—threaten U.S. national security. The investigation must examine supply chain vulnerabilities, foreign dominance (particularly by a single producer controlling over 50% of global smelting), and potential remedies including tariffs, quotas, export controls, and domestic production incentives.
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders
This executive order directs federal agencies to identify and eliminate taxpayer-funded benefits going to illegal aliens, consistent with the 1996 PRWORA law. It requires agencies to review programs, enhance eligibility verification, and ensure federal payments to states do not subsidize illegal immigration or sanctuary policies.
Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative
This executive order directs all federal agencies to review existing regulations within 60 days and identify rules that are unconstitutional, exceed statutory authority, impose undue costs, or impede economic and technological progress. It also instructs agencies to de-prioritize enforcement of regulations that go beyond the "best reading" of their underlying statutes and to develop a Unified Regulatory Agenda to rescind or modify targeted rules. The order integrates DOGE Team Leads into the regulatory review process and exempts military, national security, immigration, and federal workforce management actions.
Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies
This executive order subjects all independent regulatory agencies to presidential supervision and OIRA review of significant regulations, establishes White House liaisons in those agencies, gives OMB authority to adjust their budget apportionments, and declares that the President and Attorney General's legal interpretations are binding on all executive branch employees.
Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative
This executive order implements a major federal workforce reduction initiative through the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE). It establishes a 4-to-1 hiring ratio (one hire for every four departures), mandates large-scale reductions in force prioritizing non-statutorily required offices including DEI initiatives, requires DOGE Team Lead approval for career hires, and directs rulemaking to tighten federal employee suitability criteria.
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.
Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa
This executive order halts U.S. foreign aid to South Africa and prioritizes refugee resettlement for Afrikaners, citing South Africa's Expropriation Act of 2024 and its foreign policy positions on Israel and Iran. The order directs all agencies to stop aid flows and requires State and DHS to develop a resettlement plan for Afrikaner refugees.
Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt To Constrain the New President
This memorandum blocks federal agencies from approving collective bargaining agreements executed in the 30 days before a presidential transition that create new obligations, make substantive changes, or extend existing agreements. It specifically targets a Department of Education CBA from January 17, 2025, and directs agency heads to disapprove any such pending agreements, with an exemption for law enforcement officer CBAs.
Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
This executive order establishes a 'ten-for-one' regulatory cap for fiscal year 2025, requiring agencies to identify at least 10 existing regulations for elimination for every new regulation proposed. It mandates that total incremental regulatory costs be 'significantly less than zero' through FY2025, with OMB setting annual cost allowances thereafter. The order revokes the 2023 OMB Circular A-4 and reinstates the 2003 version, and reinstates a 2018 Treasury-OMB agreement on tax regulation review.
Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism
This executive order reaffirms EO 13899 on combating anti-Semitism and directs federal agencies to report within 60 days on additional legal authorities to address post-October 7, 2023 campus anti-Semitism. It specifically requires agencies to inventory civil rights complaints and cases against higher education institutions, encourages use of civil-rights enforcement tools including 18 U.S.C. 241, and directs State, Education, and Homeland Security to recommend ways to monitor and report foreign students and staff for potential immigration inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3).
Council To Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency
This executive order establishes a 20-member council co-chaired by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense to review FEMA's disaster response performance, staffing, political impartiality, and structural role in federal-state disaster relief. The council must hold its first public meeting within 90 days and submit recommendations to the President within 180 days after that meeting, with the council terminating after one year unless extended.
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
This executive order establishes a new President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) with up to 24 members, co-chaired by the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Special Advisor for AI & Crypto. It revokes the Biden administration's prior PCAST order (EO 14007) and tasks the council with advising the President on science, technology, and innovation policy, including AI, quantum computing, and biotechnology, while explicitly framing the mission around achieving "unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance" and countering perceived ideological influences in science.
Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
This executive order revokes Biden-era AI safety policies, particularly EO 14110, and directs development of a new AI action plan within 180 days. It mandates review and suspension of agency actions deemed inconsistent with promoting American AI dominance, and requires OMB to revise two memoranda within 60 days.
Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
This executive order revokes multiple prior executive actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal employment and contracting, terminates affirmative action requirements for federal contractors, mandates removal of DEI principles from federal procurement and grant processes, and directs agencies to develop enforcement plans targeting private-sector DEI programs that the administration deems illegal discrimination.
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis
This January 20, 2025 memorandum directs all executive department and agency heads to deliver emergency price relief to American families by lowering housing costs, reducing healthcare administrative expenses, eliminating appliance regulations, creating jobs, and rolling back climate policies affecting food and fuel prices. The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy must report on implementation status every 30 days starting 30 days from signing.
Hiring Freeze
This memorandum imposes an immediate freeze on hiring federal civilian employees across the executive branch, with exemptions for military personnel, immigration enforcement, national security, public safety, and certain political appointees. Within 90 days, OMB must submit a plan to reduce the federal workforce through efficiency and attrition; the freeze expires for most agencies upon that plan's issuance but remains for the IRS until the Treasury Secretary determines it should lift.
Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
This memorandum freezes new federal rulemaking and withdraws pending rules until political appointees appointed after January 20, 2025 review and approve them. It also postpones effective dates of recently published rules for 60 days to allow review, with OMB oversight and emergency exceptions.
Return to In-Person Work
This memorandum directs all executive branch department and agency heads to terminate remote work arrangements and require full-time in-person work at employees' duty stations, while allowing agency heads discretion to make exemptions they deem necessary. Implementation must be consistent with applicable law.
Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects
This memorandum withdraws all Outer Continental Shelf areas from offshore wind energy leasing indefinitely starting January 21, 2025, while explicitly preserving oil, gas, and mineral leasing rights. It also halts all new or renewed federal approvals, permits, and leases for both onshore and offshore wind projects pending a comprehensive interagency review of environmental and economic impacts, places a specific moratorium on the Lava Ridge Wind Project, and mandates assessment of decommissioning costs for idle wind turbines.
Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives
This memorandum directs federal agencies to strengthen presidential accountability over career Senior Executive Service (SES) officials by requiring new performance plans, reinvigorating performance evaluation systems, reassigning SES members to align with the President's agenda, and empowering agency heads to remove underperforming SES officials. It restructures Executive Resources Boards and Performance Review Boards to give noncareer political appointees majority control.
Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
This executive order directs the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence to review federal law enforcement and intelligence activities over the past four years for alleged political weaponization, with reports to the President on remedial actions. It frames the review as correcting misconduct by the prior administration against perceived political opponents.
Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
This executive order revokes 78 executive orders and memoranda from the prior administration spanning DEI initiatives, climate policy, immigration, healthcare, COVID-19 response, and other areas. It mandates immediate termination of federal DEI implementation, requires two 45-day reviews for additional rescissions, and directs a National Security Advisor review of all National Security Memoranda from 2021-2025.
Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
This executive order prohibits federal agencies from using resources to censor constitutionally protected speech or pressure third parties to suppress speech. It directs the Attorney General to investigate federal government censorship activities over the prior four years and submit a report with remedial recommendations.
Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
This executive order terminates all federal DEI and DEIA programs, offices, and mandates across government agencies, revoking Biden-era equity initiatives. Agency heads must dismantle these programs within 60 days and report on their prior scope, while federal employment practices are barred from considering DEI factors in performance reviews.
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential
This executive order directs federal agencies to aggressively reverse Biden-era restrictions on Alaska resource development, including oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the National Petroleum Reserve, and Tongass National Forest protections. It mandates expedited permitting for LNG infrastructure, reinstates Trump-era environmental reviews and land management plans, and prioritizes Alaska's energy exports to domestic and Pacific allied markets.
Unleashing American Energy
This executive order revokes numerous Biden-era climate and environmental executive orders, pauses Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure spending, directs agencies to rescind regulations burdening domestic energy and mineral development, eliminates the social cost of carbon, expedites LNG export approvals and federal permitting, terminates the American Climate Corps, and mandates review of state EV emissions waivers and appliance efficiency standards.
Establishing and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"
This Executive Order renames the U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS), places it in the Executive Office of the President, and creates a temporary organization to advance an 18-month efficiency agenda. It mandates that every federal agency establish a four-person "DOGE Team" within 30 days and grants USDS broad access to agency records and IT systems, displacing prior orders that might block such access.
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
This executive order directs federal agencies to deny recognition of birthright U.S. citizenship to certain children born on U.S. soil: those whose mothers were unlawfully present or temporarily visiting (e.g., on visas) and whose fathers were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents at birth. The policy takes effect for births occurring more than 30 days after January 20, 2025.
Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service
This executive order directs a comprehensive reform of federal hiring practices to prioritize merit, efficiency, and ideological alignment with administration goals. It mandates development of a Federal Hiring Plan within 120 days that emphasizes skills-based assessments, reduces time-to-hire, and explicitly prohibits consideration of DEI-related factors while requiring loyalty to the Constitution and Executive Branch.
Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
This executive order reinstates the name "Mount McKinley" for North America's highest peak (reversing its 2015 renaming to "Denali") and renames the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." It also directs agency heads to review and potentially replace their appointees to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names within seven days, and instructs the Board to advance a policy of honoring "visionary and patriotic Americans" in federal naming decisions.
Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of AmeriCorps to the Competitive Service
This executive order grants Non-Competitive Eligibility to AmeriCorps alumni who complete at least 1,700 hours of service, allowing federal agencies to hire them directly into competitive service positions without going through standard competitive hiring processes. The AmeriCorps CEO will certify eligible individuals, who must be appointed within one year of completing service (extendable to three years under certain circumstances).
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on January 9, 2025
This executive order closes all federal executive departments and agencies on January 9, 2025, as a mark of respect for former President Jimmy Carter following his death. Agency heads may exempt certain offices and employees for national security, defense, or other public needs, and the closure will be treated as a paid holiday for federal employees under existing statutes.
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2024
This executive order closes all executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2024, excusing federal employees from duty, while allowing agency heads to keep essential operations open for national security, defense, or other public need. It ensures affected employees receive appropriate pay and leave treatment under existing statutes.
Delegation of Functions and Authorities Under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022
This memorandum delegates presidential authorities under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022 to specific Cabinet members. The Secretary of State receives primary responsibility for preparing an annual report on intellectual property theft and selecting sanctions, with support from intelligence, law enforcement, and commerce agencies. The Secretary of Treasury receives authority over certain financial sanctions provisions.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education and a President's Board of Advisors to strengthen Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) by improving their access to federal resources, promoting best practices, and expanding educational and economic opportunities for Hispanic and Latino students. The Initiative focuses on addressing funding disparities, improving infrastructure, aligning programs with workforce needs, and building partnerships with public and private organizations.
Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy
This memorandum directs the Department of Commerce and NTIA to modernize U.S. spectrum policy by establishing an Interagency Spectrum Advisory Council, developing a National Spectrum Strategy by December 31, 2023, and creating an Implementation Plan within 120 days of Strategy submission. It revokes a 2018 Trump-era spectrum memorandum and establishes new coordination requirements between NTIA, FCC, and federal agencies on spectrum allocation and management decisions.
White House Initiative on Women's Health Research
This memorandum establishes a White House Initiative on Women's Health Research within the Office of the First Lady to coordinate and advance federal research on women's health. The Initiative brings together 20+ agencies in an advisory capacity to assess research gaps, set priorities, and develop recommendations, with initial recommendations due to the President within 45 days.
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
This determination imposes foreign assistance restrictions for FY 2024 on 17 governments that fail to meet minimum standards against human trafficking under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, with partial waivers granted for certain countries and programs. It also extends similar restrictions to Curaçao and Sint Maarten and directs U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to vote against loans to designated countries.
Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin
This memorandum directs federal agencies to prioritize restoring salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin, honoring tribal treaty rights and balancing energy, agriculture, and environmental needs. It requires agency program reviews, budget assessments, and development of an intergovernmental partnership with states and tribal nations within specified timeframes.
Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
President Biden issued the final required certification under the 1992 JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, authorizing continued withholding of a small number of redacted records where release would harm military defense, intelligence, law enforcement, or foreign relations. All other previously withheld information not covered by this certification must be released by June 30, 2023, and the National Declassification Center must continue using agency Transparency Plans for future phased disclosures as harms dissipate.
Moving Beyond COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Federal Workers
This executive order revokes the federal COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees (EO 14043) and federal contractors (EO 14042), effective May 12, 2023. Agencies must stop enforcing and rescind policies premised on those earlier orders.
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.
Modernizing Regulatory Review
This executive order updates the framework for federal regulatory review by raising the economic threshold for "significant regulatory actions" from $100 million to $200 million, requiring regulatory analysis to consider distributive impacts and equity, expanding public participation requirements to include underserved communities, and mandating OMB revise its key cost-benefit analysis guidance (Circular A-4) within one year.
Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer
This executive order directs federal agencies to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and take additional steps to reduce gun violence, including clarifying firearms dealer licensing requirements, promoting safe storage and red flag laws, improving ballistics data reporting, and developing support programs for gun violence survivors.
Supporting Access to Leave for Federal Employees
This memorandum directs federal agencies to expand access to unpaid leave for employees, particularly during their first year of service, for bonding with new children, caregiving, serious health conditions, military family needs, and bereavement. It also requires OPM to recommend within 180 days how to provide paid or unpaid leave for employees seeking safety from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Certifications Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
This memorandum certifies continued postponement of some JFK assassination records while ordering release of others. It sets a June 30, 2023 deadline for temporary withholding of certain redacted records, requires review completion by May 1, 2023, and mandates release of non-postponed information by December 15, 2022.
Uniform Standards for Tribal Consultation
This memorandum establishes uniform minimum standards for how federal agencies conduct Tribal consultation, building on Executive Order 13175. It mandates designated agency points of contact, 30-day notice requirements, annual training, and record-keeping for consultations with Tribal Nations. The Director of OPM must report within 180 days on progress toward developing Tribal consultation training modules.
Promoting Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
This memorandum directs federal agencies to use existing sanctions, visa restrictions, security assistance, and diplomatic tools to promote accountability for conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) worldwide. It establishes that CRSV may constitute 'serious human rights abuse' under Executive Order 13818 (Global Magnitsky) and other sanctions programs, and directs the Secretaries of State and Treasury, Attorney General, and DNI to strengthen information collection and target perpetrators.
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
This determination imposes foreign assistance restrictions on 17 governments for FY 2023 for failing to meet minimum standards against human trafficking, with partial waivers for certain countries to allow specific programs. It also adds Curacao and Sint Maarten to the restricted list through discretionary presidential action beyond the statutory framework.
Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices To Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety
This executive order mandates comprehensive federal policing reforms including a national accountability database for officer misconduct, bans on chokeholds and restricted no-knock entries for federal law enforcement, improved use-of-force data collection, limits on military equipment transfers to local police, body-worn camera requirements, and studies on law enforcement technology impacts. It also addresses officer wellness, recruitment practices, anti-bias training, and reentry support while acknowledging that full systemic change requires congressional action.
Prohibiting New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued Russian Federation Aggression
This executive order prohibits new U.S. investment in Russia and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to ban categories of services exports to Russia, building on prior sanctions. It also bars U.S. persons from facilitating foreign transactions that would be prohibited if done directly.
Addressing the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate a government-wide response to long COVID, requiring a public report and a National Research Action Plan within 120 days. It mandates interagency collaboration to address health services, research, and disparities for those affected by long-term COVID-19 effects, including mental health and substance use impacts.
Continuing To Strengthen Americans' Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage
This executive order directs federal agencies to continue reviewing policies and practices to expand affordable health coverage, strengthen benefits, and reduce medical debt under the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. It builds on prior actions taken under Executive Order 14009 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency
This executive order directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to consider issuing proposed rules that would limit or prohibit federal contractors from using job applicants' salary history in employment decisions, aiming to promote pay equity and transparency in federal procurement. It parallels anticipated OPM rules for federal employees and requires consideration of accountability measures for contractors and subcontractors.
Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
This executive order requires project labor agreements (PLAs)—pre-hire collective bargaining agreements with labor unions—for federal construction projects costing $35 million or more. It revokes a prior Obama-era EO on the same topic and mandates implementing regulations, contracting officer training, and public reporting on exceptions.
Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States
This proclamation replaces the 25 percent tariff on EU steel imports with a tariff-rate quota system allowing 3.3 million metric tons of EU steel to enter duty-free through December 31, 2023, provided the steel is melted and poured in the EU. It also renews FY2021 exclusions for two years, mandates a review of the steel and aluminum exclusion process, and requires U.S.-EU negotiations on global steel and aluminum arrangements by October 31, 2023.
Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade
This executive order declares a national emergency over international illicit drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl and synthetic opioids, and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to impose sanctions on foreign persons and entities involved in the global drug trade. It provides a broad framework for blocking assets, restricting financial transactions, and suspending entry into the United States for targeted individuals and their leadership.
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts
This executive order reinstates worker protections for federal service contract employees by requiring successor contractors to offer a right of first refusal to qualified workers from the predecessor contract. It also encourages continuity of work location and revokes a 2019 Trump-era order that had eliminated these protections.
Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
This memorandum temporarily certifies continued withholding of JFK assassination records until December 15, 2022, while directing an intensive 1-year review to maximize transparency. It mandates interim releases, requires agencies to justify any continued redactions with unclassified explanations, and orders NARA to digitize and publish its entire collection online.
Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia
This executive order declares a national emergency over the conflict in northern Ethiopia, authorizing the Treasury and State Departments to impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for violence, human rights abuses, obstruction of humanitarian aid, or undermining peace processes. It blocks property, restricts financial transactions, and suspends U.S. entry for designated persons while attempting to preserve humanitarian assistance flows to at-risk populations.
Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
This executive order requires federal contractors and subcontractors to follow COVID-19 workplace safety guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force in contracts entered into, extended, or renewed on or after October 15, 2021. The order mandates that agencies include a compliance clause in covered contracts and that the OMB Director approve any such guidance before it takes effect.
Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees
This executive order mandates COVID-19 vaccination for all federal employees across executive agencies, with exceptions only as required by law. The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force must issue implementation guidance within 7 days, and each agency must then create its own vaccination program.
Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
This executive order mandates a phased declassification review of FBI and other agency documents related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, prioritizing transparency for survivors and victims' families while protecting national security. The Attorney General and relevant agency heads must complete reviews of specific records on rolling deadlines between September 11, 2021 and approximately March 2022.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a new White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity and economic opportunity for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It creates a new President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs, mandates annual agency plans from federal agencies on HBCU participation in federal programs, and establishes an interagency working group to coordinate government-wide efforts.
Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data From Foreign Adversaries
This executive order revokes Trump-era bans on TikTok, WeChat, and other Chinese apps (EOs 13942, 13943, 13971) and replaces them with a broader, evidence-based framework for evaluating risks from foreign adversary-connected software applications. It directs the Commerce Secretary to produce two reports with recommendations for protecting Americans' sensitive data and addressing risks from connected software applications.
Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
This executive order establishes a new President's Advisory Commission and White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) within the Department of Health and Human Services. It creates a whole-of-government framework to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for these communities through interagency coordination, data disaggregation, language access, hate crimes tracking, and annual reporting on measurable progress across federal agencies.
Climate-Related Financial Risk
This executive order directs federal agencies to assess and disclose climate-related financial risks across government programs, financial markets, and pensions. It mandates development of a government-wide climate risk strategy, requires financial regulators to evaluate systemic climate risks, and reinstates flood risk standards for federally funded projects.
Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment
This executive order revokes six Trump-era executive orders concerning online censorship, monument protection, foreign aid branding, and regulatory reform. It also formally codifies the elimination of Schedule F in the federal civil service through a technical amendment to Civil Service Rule VI, updating 5 CFR 6.2 and 6.4 to remove Schedule F from the excepted service schedules.
Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity
This executive order mandates comprehensive cybersecurity reforms across the federal government, requiring adoption of zero-trust architecture, cloud modernization, multi-factor authentication, and encryption. It establishes new software supply chain security standards including Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) requirements, creates a Cyber Safety Review Board for incident review, and removes contractual barriers to threat information sharing between IT/OT service providers and federal agencies.
Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
This executive order raises the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts to $15.00 per hour, effective January 30, 2022, with annual inflation adjustments beginning January 1, 2023. It also establishes a phased increase for tipped workers and revokes a 2018 exemption for recreational services on federal lands.
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.
America's Supply Chains
This executive order directs a comprehensive, two-phase review of U.S. supply chain vulnerabilities across critical sectors including semiconductors, batteries, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals (100-day review), followed by deeper one-year assessments of defense, public health, ICT, energy, transportation, and agricultural supply chains. It establishes a coordinated interagency process to identify risks and recommend policies to strengthen domestic manufacturing, reduce foreign dependencies, and build resilient, diverse supply chains.
Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions
This executive order revokes seven Trump-era executive orders and memoranda covering financial regulation, poverty programs, labor-management relations, regulatory relief, federal funding to cities, federal architecture, and agency rulemaking accountability. It directs OMB and agency heads to rescind implementing rules and abolish related entities as appropriate under law.
Revocation of Executive Order 13801
This executive order revokes Executive Order 13801 (2017), which had established a task force and framework to expand industry-recognized apprenticeship programs. It directs agencies to rescind implementing rules and abolish related entities, while preserving compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable law.
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration
This executive order revokes Trump-era restrictions on refugee resettlement and directs a comprehensive rebuilding and expansion of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). It mandates multiple reviews and reports to streamline vetting, reduce backlogs, improve protections for vulnerable groups, and address Special Immigrant Visa delays for Iraqi and Afghan allies. It also orders the first-ever U.S. government report on climate change's impact on migration.
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.
Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking
This memorandum directs federal agencies to strengthen scientific integrity policies, prevent political interference in research, and ensure evidence-based policymaking. It creates a Task Force to review existing policies, mandates new agency scientific integrity officials, requires updates to inconsistent materials from the prior administration, and directs OMB to improve evidence-building plans.
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
This executive order re-establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), an external advisory body of up to 26 members to counsel the President on science, technology, and innovation policy. It replaces a Trump-era version and assigns administrative support to the Department of Energy with a two-year sunset unless extended.
Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States
This memorandum condemns racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) during the COVID-19 pandemic, directing federal agencies to avoid discriminatory language in official communications. It tasks HHS with issuing cultural competency guidance, requires agencies to ensure their actions and statements don't contribute to anti-AAPI bias, and directs the Attorney General to support state/local efforts and expand hate incident data collection.
Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to- Nation Relationships
This memorandum directs all federal agencies to develop detailed tribal consultation plans within 90 days and submit annual progress reports, reaffirming Executive Order 13175 and the 2009 Presidential Memorandum on tribal consultation. It establishes a reporting structure through OMB and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to strengthen nation-to-nation relationships with Tribal Nations.
Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
This executive order directs all federal agencies to promptly identify actions within their existing authorities to provide economic relief from the COVID-19 pandemic, with emphasis on improving access to relief programs and prioritizing aid to individuals, families, small businesses, and state/local/tribal/territorial governments. The order is hortatory rather than creating new programs, relying on existing statutory authorities and appropriations.
Protecting the Federal Workforce
This executive order revokes Trump-era policies that weakened federal employee protections, including Schedule F (which would have made career civil servants easier to fire) and three 2018 executive orders restricting union activities. It also requires agencies to bargain over certain labor matters and directs OPM to recommend a $15/hour minimum wage for federal workers.
Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery
This executive order establishes a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force within HHS to address disproportionate pandemic impacts on communities of color and underserved populations. It directs federal agencies to assess and modify pandemic response plans for equitable resource allocation, strengthen data collection, and conduct targeted outreach for vaccine trust.
Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate COVID-19 treatment development, expand healthcare system capacity through targeted surge assistance to long-term care facilities, and improve access to affordable care by evaluating insurance coverage programs and establishing production targets for therapeutics. It emphasizes supporting rural hospitals, historically underrepresented clinical trial populations, and patients with long-term COVID effects.
Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel
This executive order mandates mask-wearing on domestic public transportation and at airports, and establishes policies for COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements for international travelers entering the United States. It directs multiple federal agencies to implement these public health measures consistent with CDC guidelines and to submit implementation plans within specified timeframes.
Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government To Provide a Unified and Effective Response To Combat COVID-19 and To Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security
This executive order establishes a White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator to unify federal pandemic response efforts, including vaccine distribution, testing expansion, PPE production, and school reopening support. It also creates an NSC Directorate on Global Health Security and Biodefense, assigns the APNSA responsibility for national biodefense preparedness, and mandates a 180-day review of biological threats and biopreparedness policies.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
This executive order establishes climate action and environmental justice as core federal priorities, directing agencies to review and reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks from 2017-2021. It revokes the Keystone XL pipeline permit, restores Arctic drilling protections, initiates national monument boundary reviews, creates an Interagency Working Group to establish social costs of greenhouse gases, and suspends or revokes numerous prior executive orders on energy infrastructure and environmental regulation.
Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
This executive order mandates that on-duty or on-site federal employees, contractors, and visitors wear masks and follow CDC public health guidelines in federal buildings and on federal lands. It also establishes the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to provide ongoing guidance on COVID-19 workplace safety and requires federal agencies to report on their implementation progress.
Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation
This executive order revokes six Trump-era executive orders that imposed restrictions on federal regulation, including rules requiring two regulations be eliminated for every new one, regulatory cost caps, and limits on agency guidance documents. It directs agencies to promptly rescind implementing rules and abolish related positions and task forces, giving agencies more flexibility to use regulation to address COVID-19, economic recovery, racial justice, and climate change.
Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities
This executive order revokes the Trump-era EO 13768 (which expanded interior immigration enforcement and threatened sanctuary jurisdictions) and directs agency heads to review and revise related policies to align with the Biden Administration's stated priorities of border security, humanitarian concerns, public health, and due process.
Protecting Law Enforcement Officers, Judges, Prosecutors, and Their Families
This executive order directs federal agencies to remove obstacles for federal law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms under existing law, authorizes special deputation with firearm privileges for federal prosecutors facing threats, prioritizes protection of judges and prosecutors by the Marshals Service, and requires development of legislation to extend firearm carry rights to federal judges and enhance penalties for violence against these officials and their families.
Protecting the United States From Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems
This executive order restricts federal procurement and use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) manufactured by or containing components from foreign adversaries, particularly China. It mandates security reviews of the federal drone fleet, requires agencies to assess their authority to stop buying covered drones, and directs the FAA to propose regulations restricting drone use near critical infrastructure.
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.
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2020
This executive order closes all federal executive departments and agencies on December 24, 2020, excusing employees from duty, while allowing agency heads to keep essential operations open for national security or public need. It treats the day as a holiday for pay and leave purposes under existing statutes.
Rebranding United States Foreign Assistance To Advance American Influence
This executive order requires all U.S. foreign assistance to be branded as "American aid" using a single presidentially-selected logo. It mandates rulemaking and agency compliance within 120 days, with annual reporting on implementation.
Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service
EO 13957 created a new 'Schedule F' classification for federal career employees in policy-making or confidential roles, moving them from competitive service to excepted service. This allowed agencies to hire and fire these employees more easily without competitive civil service procedures or chapter 75 adverse action protections. The order required agencies to review and petition to reclassify eligible positions within 90 days (preliminary) and 210 days (complete).
Authorizing the Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corporation To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Railway Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This presidential permit authorizes a private Canadian corporation to construct and operate railway border facilities crossing the U.S.-Canada international boundary in Alaska, subject to conditions including inspections, national security provisions, indemnification, and a 10-year construction commencement deadline. The permit does not create enforceable legal rights and can be terminated or amended at the President's sole discretion.
Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
This executive order prohibits federal agencies, uniformed services, contractors, and grant recipients from conducting or funding workplace training that promotes certain "divisive concepts" related to race and sex stereotyping, including the ideas that the U.S. is fundamentally racist or sexist, that individuals are inherently oppressive based on race or sex, or that meritocracy is racist. It mandates contract clauses, establishes a hotline for complaints, requires agency reviews and reporting, and imposes potential debarment and adverse personnel actions for noncompliance.
Revision to United States Marine Scientific Research Policy
This proclamation changes U.S. policy to require advance authorization for all foreign marine scientific research in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and on its continental shelf, reversing the prior policy of allowing such research without consent. The Secretary of State leads implementation with Intelligence Community support and interagency information sharing.
Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates
This executive order directs the federal government to shift from degree-based to skills- and competency-based hiring for competitive service positions. It requires OPM to revise job classification and qualification standards, limits when educational requirements can be used, and mandates new candidate assessment methods that do not rely solely on educational attainment.
Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence
This executive order directs federal prosecution of individuals who damage monuments, memorials, statues, or religious property, and authorizes withholding federal grants from state/local governments and law enforcement agencies that fail to protect such structures. It also allows deployment of federal personnel to protect federal monuments upon request, with this authority terminating after 6 months unless extended.
Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities
This executive order directs federal agencies to use emergency authorities to expedite infrastructure projects and environmental permitting in response to COVID-19 economic damage. It mandates reporting on expedited transportation, Army Corps, and federal lands projects, and encourages use of emergency procedures under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Water Act to accelerate approvals.
Regulatory Relief To Support Economic Recovery
This executive order directs federal agencies to use emergency authorities to rescind, modify, waive, or exempt businesses from regulations that may hinder economic recovery from COVID-19. It also requires agencies to provide compliance assistance, issue pre-enforcement rulings, adopt fairness principles in enforcement, and review temporary regulatory flexibilities for possible permanent adoption.
Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act to the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation To Respond to the COVID-19 Outbreak
This executive order delegates Defense Production Act (DPA) authority to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) CEO to make loans and purchase commitments that expand domestic production of strategic resources and strengthen supply chains needed for the COVID-19 response. The delegation is limited to loans supporting pandemic response/recovery and supply chain resiliency, and expires when CARES Act DPA waiver provisions terminate.
Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
This executive order delegates presidential authority under the Defense Production Act to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prioritize and allocate health and medical resources—including personal protective equipment and ventilators—for responding to COVID-19. It overrides the usual delegation structure in Executive Order 13603 for these specific resources.
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2019
This executive order grants federal employees a day off on December 24, 2019, by closing all executive departments and agencies the day before Christmas. Agency heads may exempt certain offices and employees for national security, defense, or other public needs.
Improving Federal Contractor Operations by Revoking Executive Order 13495
This executive order revokes Executive Order 13495 (2009), which had required successor federal contractors to offer existing service contract employees a right of first refusal for jobs. It directs immediate termination of related enforcement actions and rescission of implementing regulations.
Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice
This executive order establishes a presidential commission to study law enforcement and criminal justice issues, with a mandate to produce recommendations on crime reduction, officer safety and training, police-community relations, and the role of social services in addressing factors like mental illness and homelessness. The commission is directed to deliver its report within one year, after which it will terminate within 90 days unless extended.
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
This executive order re-establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), revoking the 2010 Obama-era version. The council will advise the President on science, technology, education, and innovation policy, with up to 16 outside members plus the OSTP Director as chair, and will automatically terminate after 2 years unless extended.
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria
This executive order declares a national emergency over Turkey's military offensive into northeast Syria, authorizing sanctions including asset freezes, visa denials, and financial restrictions against Turkish government officials, entities, and persons contributing to instability in Syria. It also suspends entry into the United States of designated aliens and authorizes secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions that facilitate transactions for blocked persons.
Establishing the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee
This executive order establishes the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, a 22-member body co-chaired by the OSTP Director and an Energy Secretary designee, to advise on quantum information science policy. It operationalizes Section 104 of the National Quantum Initiative Act by creating the advisory structure Congress mandated, with members from industry, academia, and government meeting at least twice yearly.
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.
Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Iran
This executive order blocks all property and interests in property of Iran's Supreme Leader, his office, and associated officials and entities within U.S. jurisdiction. It also authorizes sanctions on foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions for these blocked persons, and suspends U.S. entry for covered individuals.
Economic Empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
This executive order establishes the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders within the Department of Commerce and creates the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as a federal interagency working group. Both entities are tasked with broadening AAPI access to economic resources and opportunities, including business development, federal procurement, workforce advancement, and trade with the Asia-Pacific region, while also advancing data collection and research on AAPI populations.
America's Cybersecurity Workforce
This executive order establishes programs to grow and strengthen the federal and national cybersecurity workforce through rotational assignments, skills assessments, competitions, and education awards. It mandates adoption of the NICE Framework for cybersecurity skills standards across government contracts and encourages its voluntary use in private-sector and academic training. The order also creates reporting mechanisms and deadlines for multiple agencies to assess workforce gaps and implement workforce development initiatives.
Issuance of Permits With Respect to Facilities and Land Transportation Crossings at the International Boundaries of the United States
This executive order streamlines the Presidential permitting process for cross-border infrastructure projects like pipelines, bridges, and land transportation crossings. It designates the Secretary of State to receive applications and sets 60-day and 30-day deadlines for agency reviews, while reserving final permit decisions exclusively for the President. The order revokes two previous executive orders (13337 and 11423) governing similar permits.
Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline permitting and reduce regulatory barriers for energy infrastructure projects, particularly oil, gas, and LNG facilities. It mandates specific rulemakings and guidance updates regarding Clean Water Act Section 401 certifications, LNG safety regulations and rail transport, rights-of-way renewals on federal lands, and requires multiple reports on regional energy market barriers and investment trends.
Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government framework to improve U.S. resilience against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs), whether from nuclear detonations, solar events, or other sources. It assigns specific roles to Cabinet departments for risk assessment, research and development, vulnerability testing, international coordination, and critical infrastructure protection, with multiple phased deadlines spanning from 90 days to 4 years.
Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
This executive order establishes the American AI Initiative, a coordinated federal strategy to maintain U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence through increased R&D investment, expanded access to federal data and computing resources, workforce development, and protection of AI technologies from foreign acquisition. It directs agencies to prioritize AI in budgeting, issues multiple deadlines for reports and guidance on data access, regulation, standards, and security, and creates governance structures through the National Science and Technology Council Select Committee on AI.
Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands To Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk
This executive order directs the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to increase active management of federal forests and rangelands to reduce wildfire risk through expanded timber harvesting, streamlined environmental reviews, and new partnerships with states and tribes. It sets specific acreage treatment targets for 2019 and mandates development of a comprehensive wildfire strategy by December 2020.
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2018
This executive order designates Monday, December 24, 2018 as a federal holiday, closing all executive departments and agencies and excusing employees from duty. Agency heads may exempt certain offices and employees for national security, defense, or other public needs.
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 5, 2018
This executive order closes all federal executive departments and agencies on December 5, 2018, as a mark of respect for former President George H.W. Bush following his death. Agency heads may exempt certain offices and employees for national security, defense, or other public need, and the closure is treated as a federal holiday for pay and leave purposes.
Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
This executive order delegates presidential authority to impose specific sanctions under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) and the Ukraine Freedom Support Act to the Secretaries of Treasury and State. It authorizes blocking property, restricting financial transactions, denying export licenses, excluding sanctioned individuals from the U.S., and other measures against persons determined to be subject to sanctions under those statutes.
Affording Congress an Opportunity To Address Family Separation
This executive order ended the practice of separating migrant families at the border by directing that families be detained together during immigration and criminal proceedings, while requesting court modification of the Flores settlement to allow longer family detention. It shifted responsibility to DHS for family custody and directed DOD and other agencies to provide housing facilities.
Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and Efficiency in Taxpayer-Funded Union Time Use
This executive order restricts federal employees' use of "official time" (taxpayer-funded union time) by capping union time rates at 1 hour per employee annually, requiring advance written authorization for union activities, limiting non-agency business to one-quarter of paid time, and mandating public reporting of union time usage. It also prohibits using union time for most grievances, lobbying, or political activities, and bars free or discounted government resources for union purposes.
Exemption From Executive Order 13658 for Recreational Services on Federal Lands
This executive order exempts seasonal recreational services and equipment rentals on federal lands from the federal contractor minimum wage requirements established by Executive Order 13658, while maintaining those wage requirements for lodging and food services associated with such recreational activities. The order aims to reduce costs for guided outdoor activities on federal lands by allowing outfitters and guides to pay wages below the federal contractor minimum.
Promoting Accountability and Streamlining Removal Procedures Consistent With Merit System Principles
This executive order directs federal agencies to make it easier to remove poor-performing or misconduct-prone civilian employees by streamlining disciplinary procedures, limiting opportunity periods for improvement to 30 days, eliminating requirements for progressive discipline, and restricting union grievance procedures over removals. It mandates data collection on adverse personnel actions and requires OPM to issue implementing regulations and guidance.
Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
President Trump certified continued withholding of certain JFK assassination records until October 26, 2021, citing national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs concerns. Agencies must re-review redactions over 3 years and disclose information that no longer warrants withholding. Any agency seeking further postponement beyond 2021 must justify this to the Archivist by April 26, 2021, with the Archivist recommending to the President by September 26, 2021.
Streamlining and Expediting Requests To Locate Broadband Facilities in Rural America
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate rural broadband deployment by streamlining the process for installing wireless broadband facilities on federal property. It mandates use of a standardized GSA Common Form Application for siting requests, requires agencies to report quarterly on application processing, and sets deadlines for evaluating and improving the application system.
Combatting the National Drug Demand and Opioid Crisis
This memorandum declares combating the opioid crisis as U.S. policy and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider declaring a public health emergency under the Public Health Service Act. It also instructs agency heads to use emergency and other authorities to reduce opioid-related deaths and community devastation.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a three-year pilot program testing integration of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) into national airspace with selected state, local, and tribal governments. The program aims to evaluate regulatory models, encourage innovation, and inform future federal UAS policy while coordinating with defense, homeland security, and law enforcement agencies on safety and security risks.
Revocation of Executive Order Creating Labor- Management Forums
This executive order revokes a 2009 Obama-era order that created the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations and agency-level labor-management forums, which were intended to promote collaboration between federal management and unions. The Trump administration cited inefficient use of taxpayer dollars and managerial time as justification, and directed agencies to promptly rescind all implementing rules and policies.
Restoring State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement's Access to Life-Saving Equipment and Resources
This executive order revokes Obama-era Executive Order 13688, which had restricted the transfer of military-style equipment to state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies. It directs all federal agencies to immediately stop implementing recommendations from the prior order and rescind any related rules or policies.
Establishing a Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure
This executive order creates a 15-member Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure within the Department of Commerce to study and recommend improvements to federal infrastructure funding, delivery, and public-private partnerships. The Council must submit a report to the President and will terminate by December 31, 2018 or within 60 days after submitting its report, whichever comes first.
Reviving the National Space Council
This executive order revives the National Space Council, which had been dormant since 1993, and places the Vice President as its chair. The Council is tasked with coordinating national space policy across civilian, military, and commercial sectors, with membership drawn from key cabinet departments and agencies.
Addressing Trade Agreement Violations and Abuses
This executive order directs comprehensive performance reviews of all U.S. trade and investment agreements, plus WTO trade relations with countries where the U.S. has significant goods deficits. The reviews must identify violations, abuses, unfair treatment, and failures to meet economic goals, with a report due in 180 days to guide potential renegotiation or termination of agreements deemed harmful to American workers, manufacturers, and intellectual property.
Revocation of Federal Contracting Executive Orders
This executive order revokes three Obama-era orders that imposed labor and employment requirements on federal contractors, including rules on disclosure of labor law violations, paid sick leave, and anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It directs agencies to consider rescinding implementing regulations.
Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch
This executive order directs the OMB Director to develop a comprehensive plan to reorganize the executive branch, eliminate unnecessary agencies, and improve efficiency. Agency heads must submit reorganization plans within 180 days, and the Director must submit a final proposal to the President within 180 days after the public comment period closes.
Implementing Immediate Heightened Screening and Vetting of Applications for Visas and Other Immigration Benefits, Ensuring Enforcement of All Laws for Entry Into the United States, and Increasing Transparency Among Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government and for the American People
This memorandum directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, to immediately implement enhanced screening and vetting protocols for visa and immigration benefit applications. It mandates rigorous enforcement of all existing grounds of inadmissibility, requires new rules to supersede conflicting prior rules, and establishes detailed public reporting requirements on visa issuance, immigration status adjustments, and refugee program costs.
Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule
This executive order directs the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to review and propose rescinding or revising the 2015 Clean Water Rule ("Waters of the United States"), which had expanded federal jurisdiction over waterways. It instructs agencies to consider Justice Scalia's narrower interpretation of "navigable waters" from Rapanos v. United States in future rulemaking, and to review all related implementing policies for consistency with the order's policy goals.
White House Initiative To Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) housed in the Executive Office of the President, along with a President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs in the Department of Education. It requires federal agencies interacting with HBCUs to prepare annual plans for strengthening HBCU participation in federal programs and revokes the previous Obama-era executive order on the same topic.
Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees
This executive order requires all new executive branch political appointees to sign a binding ethics pledge that imposes lobbying restrictions, gift bans, and recusal requirements. It replaces the Obama-era ethics order with new rules including a 5-year post-employment lobbying ban on the former agency and a ban on lobbying any covered executive branch official for the remainder of the Administration.
Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements
This executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security to plan and construct a physical wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, expand detention facilities and immigration enforcement capacity, end the "catch and release" practice for apprehended immigrants, authorize state and local law enforcement to perform immigration officer functions, and tighten asylum and parole standards. It mandates hiring 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents and requires multiple reports on border security progress and foreign aid to Mexico.
Hiring Freeze
This memorandum imposes an immediate freeze on hiring federal civilian employees across the executive branch, prohibiting filling vacant positions existing at noon on January 22, 2017, and creating new positions, with limited exemptions for national security, public safety, and other necessary positions. It requires the OMB Director, in consultation with OPM, to recommend within 90 days a long-term plan to reduce the federal workforce through attrition, after which the freeze expires. The memorandum also prohibits using contractors to circumvent the freeze and exempts military personnel, political appointees, and certain other categories of hires.