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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.
Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution
This executive order directs Interior, OMB, GSA, and the Domestic Policy Council to use available authorities to address alleged ideological bias at the Smithsonian Institution and its National Museum of American History, based on a prior administration report. It mandates temporary signage and exhibits on National Park Service property near the Museum to warn visitors of the report's findings and correct perceived inaccuracies.
Securing America's Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials
This executive order tightens restrictions on defense supply chain waivers under 10 U.S.C. 4872, requiring domestic or allied sourcing of critical materials for military equipment. It mandates comprehensive supply chain mapping, accelerates domestic source qualification, and establishes mitigation plan requirements for any remaining waivers, with most provisions taking effect January 1, 2027 or within 90-180 days of signing.
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.
Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation
This executive order establishes a comprehensive national quantum strategy, directing multiple agencies to accelerate U.S. leadership in quantum information science and technology (QIST) through research investment, domestic supply chain development, workforce expansion, and international alliance-building. It creates the QC-ADDS program for quantum computing development, mandates security protections against adversarial threats, and requires numerous agency plans and reports with specific deadlines spanning 30 days to 5 years.
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.
Strengthening Customs Enforcement
This executive order mandates comprehensive customs enforcement reforms targeting foreign importers of record (IORs), including stricter bonding requirements, prohibition of foreign IORs from filing informal entries, enhanced vetting, supply chain disclosure mandates, and tougher penalties for noncompliance. The order directs DHS to implement these changes through regulatory revisions within 90-180 days and seeks legislative recommendations within 45 days.
Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security
This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen cybersecurity defenses using advanced AI tools, establishes a voluntary framework for frontier AI model developers to collaborate with government on security assessments, creates an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse for vulnerability coordination, and prioritizes criminal enforcement against AI-enabled cyberattacks. It emphasizes collaboration with industry rather than mandatory regulation.
Realigning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations With Best Practices From Peer, Developed Countries
This executive order directs the CDC and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review a prior HHS scientific assessment comparing U.S. childhood vaccine schedules with peer developed nations, and to update recommendations to provide more flexibility in timing and sequencing while preserving insurance coverage. It also mandates that all federal agencies align their immunization-related actions, regulations, and funding with the ACIP/CDC schedule and protect parental authority, religious freedom, and disability accommodations.
Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands
This executive order rescinds two 1970s-era orders governing off-road vehicle use on federal lands (EO 11644 and EO 11989), directing agencies to replace their vague environmental and social criteria with regulations grounded in existing statutory authorities. The action aims to reduce regulatory barriers to energy production, timber harvesting, utility maintenance, and recreational access on federal lands.
Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System
This executive order directs financial regulators to tighten anti-money-laundering controls and credit underwriting standards by targeting risks associated with non-work-authorized immigrants and their employers. It mandates Treasury to issue an advisory on suspicious activity patterns, propose Bank Secrecy Act regulatory changes, and directs the CFPB and banking regulators to factor immigration status and deportation risk into ability-to-repay and credit risk assessments.
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.
Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2027 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended
This presidential order triggers automatic spending cuts (sequestration) for fiscal year 2027, requiring OMB-calculated reductions to direct spending in non-exempt budget accounts effective October 1, 2026, as mandated by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act.
Urgent National Action To Save College Sports
This executive order imposes federal contract and grant consequences on major college athletic programs that violate interstate athletic governing body rules on eligibility, transfers, revenue-sharing, and NIL payments, effective August 1, 2026. It also directs federal agencies to challenge state laws that conflict with these rules and encourages the NCAA to establish national standards including age limits, transfer restrictions, and revenue-sharing guardrails for women's and Olympic sports.
Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections
This executive order directs DHS to compile and share citizenship lists with states for federal election verification, requires USPS rulemaking to create tracked mail-in ballots with unique barcodes, and prioritizes prosecution of officials or entities that provide ballots to non-citizens. It mandates new federal infrastructure for voter eligibility verification and imposes compliance mechanisms including potential federal funding withholding.
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.
Establishing the Task Force To Eliminate Fraud
This executive order establishes a White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, chaired by the Vice President with the FTC Chair as Vice Chairman, to coordinate a national strategy against fraud in federal benefit programs. The order mandates federal agencies to identify fraud-vulnerable processes within 30 days, develop minimum anti-fraud requirements within 60 days, and submit implementation plans within 90 days, with specific focus on eligibility verification, pre-payment controls, and potential withholding of federal funds from non-compliant jurisdictions.
Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit
This executive order directs federal financial regulators to consider easing mortgage lending rules for smaller banks, modernizing appraisal and digital closing processes, and reducing compliance burdens under Dodd-Frank. It aims to increase bank participation in mortgage lending, particularly by community banks, and improve access to home loans for creditworthy borrowers including rural and low-to-moderate-income households.
Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to review and revise regulations related to environmental permitting, energy efficiency standards, and housing programs to reduce barriers to residential construction. It mandates development of best practices for state and local governments to streamline permitting and promotes single-family home construction in Opportunity Zones through tax incentive alignment.
Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens
This executive order directs multiple Cabinet departments to combat transnational cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes targeting Americans—including scam centers, ransomware, sextortion, and financial fraud often backed by foreign regimes. It mandates reviews and action plans to create a new operational cell for interagency coordination, establishes a Victims Restoration Program, and authorizes diplomatic consequences including sanctions, visa restrictions, and trade penalties against nations that tolerate such criminal activity.
Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy
This executive order establishes an 'America First Arms Transfer Strategy' that redirects U.S. arms sales policy to use foreign military purchases as a tool to expand domestic defense production capacity, streamline export processes, and prioritize sales to allies that invest in self-defense or contribute to U.S. economic security. It creates an interagency task force, sets multiple deadlines for strategy implementation, and amends a 2013 executive order to reassign congressional notification responsibilities between the Secretaries of War and State.
Addressing Addiction Through the Great American Recovery Initiative
This executive order establishes the White House Great American Recovery Initiative, co-chaired by the Secretary of HHS and a Senior Advisor for Addiction Recovery, to coordinate federal response to substance use disorder. The Initiative brings together 15+ officials across cabinet departments and agencies to recommend steps for aligning federal programs, increasing treatment access, and integrating addiction services across health, criminal justice, workforce, education, and housing systems.
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.
Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers
This executive order directs federal agencies to restrict large institutional investors from acquiring single-family homes that could otherwise be purchased by individual owner-occupants. It mandates rulemaking and guidance within 30-60 days to block federal financing, insurance, and asset sales to institutional buyers while prioritizing family homebuyers, and tasks Treasury, DOJ, FTC, and HUD with additional reviews and enforcement actions.
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
This executive order adjusts federal pay rates across statutory pay systems, the Senior Executive Service, executive/legislative/judicial salaries, uniformed services, and administrative law judges for 2026. It also directs the OPM Director to assess providing up to 3.8% total increase for certain federal civilian law enforcement personnel, and supersedes the prior year's pay adjustment order (EO 14132).
Ensuring American Space Superiority
This executive order establishes a comprehensive U.S. space policy prioritizing lunar return by 2028, permanent lunar presence by 2030, missile defense integration, commercial space growth targeting $50 billion in new investment, and space nuclear power deployment. It revokes the Biden-era National Space Council EO 14056 and mandates acquisition reforms across NASA and Commerce, with multiple implementation deadlines spanning 60–180 days.
Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research
This executive order directs the Attorney General to expedite rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act to facilitate medical research. It also directs multiple health agencies to develop research methods using real-world evidence for medical marijuana and hemp-derived CBD products, and tasks White House legislative staff with working Congress to update statutory definitions for hemp-derived cannabinoids.
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.
Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the Security of the United States
Proclamation 10998 expands and modifies travel restrictions on foreign nationals from countries deemed to have deficient screening and vetting capabilities. It continues full or partial entry suspensions for 19 countries from prior proclamations, adds 8 new countries to full suspension (including Syria and PA-document holders), imposes partial suspensions on 15 additional countries, and narrows family-based visa exceptions while adding new exceptions for athletes and DOJ witnesses. The proclamation takes effect January 1, 2026, with 180-day review cycles.
Designation of Certain Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
This executive order initiates a process to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under immigration law and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under economic sanctions law. It directs the Secretaries of State and Treasury to submit a joint report within 30 days and then take designation action within 45 days after that report.
Launching the Genesis Mission
Executive Order 14363 establishes the "Genesis Mission," a national AI-driven scientific computing initiative led by the Department of Energy to build an integrated platform using federal supercomputers, datasets, and research infrastructure. The mission targets at least 20 national science and technology challenges spanning semiconductors, biotechnology, nuclear energy, quantum computing, and critical materials, with phased implementation deadlines over 9 months and annual reporting requirements.
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.
Fostering the Future for American Children and Families
This executive order directs HHS to modernize the U.S. foster care system through data transparency, AI-powered tools for caregiver matching, a new "Fostering the Future" initiative for youth transitioning out of care, and increased partnerships with faith-based organizations. It establishes a 180-day deadline for regulatory updates, platform development, and strategic planning across multiple agencies.
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.
Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer With Artificial Intelligence
This executive order directs the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission and health agencies to leverage artificial intelligence to accelerate pediatric cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment. It builds on the existing Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) by mandating AI-driven improvements to data infrastructure, clinical trial design, and interoperability standards while prioritizing federal investment and private-sector engagement.
Assuring the Security of the State of Qatar
This executive order declares U.S. policy to guarantee Qatar's security and territorial integrity against external attack, treating any armed attack on Qatar as a threat to the United States. It directs the Secretaries of War and State, along with the DNI, to maintain joint contingency planning with Qatar and coordinate diplomatic, economic, and military responses if needed.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order continues 22 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2027, and assigns FACA compliance responsibilities to designated agency heads. It supersedes the prior continuance order (EO 14109) from 2023.
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
This National Security Presidential Memorandum directs federal law enforcement to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt domestic terrorist networks and organized political violence, with particular focus on "anti-fascist" movements. It mandates the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to coordinate a comprehensive strategy targeting funding sources, radicalization networks, and organizations behind politically motivated violence including doxing, swatting, rioting, and assaults on federal officers. The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security must designate domestic terrorism as a national priority area for grant funding, while the Treasury Secretary and IRS Commissioner are directed to trace and cut off financial flows to these activities.
Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security
This executive order determines that a proposed divestiture of TikTok's U.S. operations qualifies under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, creating a new U.S.-based joint venture with less than 20% foreign ownership. The order delays enforcement of the Act for 120 days to allow completion of the transaction, directs the Attorney General to issue protective guidance to providers, amends a 2020 divestment order related to ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly, and designates the Attorney General as the government's representative under the Framework Agreement.
Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
This executive order expands federal intervention in Washington D.C. following a declared crime emergency two weeks prior. It directs multiple agencies to create specialized law enforcement units, hire additional personnel, establish a recruitment portal, ready National Guard forces for civil disturbance response, investigate HUD housing safety compliance, and review D.C. police procedures.
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.
Ensuring American Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience by Filling the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve
This Executive Order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to fill the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve (SAPIR) with a 6-month supply of APIs for approximately 26 critical drugs, prioritizing domestic manufacturing. It also requires updating the essential medicines list and planning a second repository, while criticizing the prior administration for failing to advance domestic pharmaceutical production.
Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors
This executive order directs the Department of Labor to reexamine and likely rescind Biden-era guidance restricting alternative asset investments in 401(k) plans, and to develop new fiduciary safe harbors for including private equity, real estate, digital assets, commodities, and infrastructure in retirement plan options. The SEC is also directed to consider revising accredited investor and qualified purchaser rules to expand access.
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.
Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
This executive order creates a White House Task Force, chaired by the President and vice-chaired by the Vice President, to coordinate federal planning for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The task force brings together cabinet secretaries and senior White House officials to oversee security, transportation, visa processing, and emergency response, with administrative support from DHS and a reporting deadline of October 1, 2025 for agency plans.
President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test
This executive order revokes EO 13824 (2018) and amends EO 13265 (2002) to reestablish the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition and the Presidential Fitness Test. It creates a 30-member advisory council to recommend strategies for youth fitness testing, school-based programs, and addressing health trends linked to military readiness, with HHS providing administrative support and the Secretary of HHS administering the fitness test alongside the Secretary of Education.
Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Brazil
Executive Order 14323 declares a national emergency over actions by the Brazilian government, citing interference with U.S. companies, censorship demands on U.S. social media platforms, and political persecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The order imposes a 40 percent additional ad valorem tariff on Brazilian imports effective August 6, 2025, with certain exceptions and a transit grace period through October 5, 2025. The Secretary of State is delegated broad IEEPA authorities and directed to monitor the situation and coordinate with other senior officials on potential modifications or additional actions.
Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries
This executive order globally suspends the $800 duty-free de minimis exemption for all countries, effective August 29, 2025. All non-postal shipments must now enter through formal customs channels with applicable duties; international postal shipments face new per-package flat duties ($80-$200) or ad valorem IEEPA tariff rates, with the flat-rate option expiring after 6 months.
Saving College Sports
This executive order seeks to preserve college sports by directing federal agencies to curb third-party pay-for-play payments to athletes, protect non-revenue and women's sports through scholarship and roster requirements, and shield collegiate athletics from antitrust litigation. It mandates plans from the Education Secretary, Attorney General, and FTC within 30-60 days to advance these goals using regulatory, enforcement, and litigation mechanisms.
Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
This executive order accelerates federal permitting for large-scale AI data center infrastructure by streamlining environmental reviews, expanding FAST-41 coverage, making federal lands available, and creating financial support mechanisms for qualifying projects exceeding $500 million or 100 MW of load. It revokes the prior administration's EO 14141 on AI infrastructure and directs multiple agencies to establish new categorical exclusions, programmatic consultations, and expedited permitting pathways.
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.
Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack
This executive order establishes the American AI Exports Program to promote global deployment of U.S.-origin AI technologies through industry-led consortia offering full-stack packages (hardware, cloud, models, applications). It mobilizes federal financing tools including loans, equity investments, and diplomatic coordination to counter adversary AI influence and extend American technological leadership.
Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service
This executive order creates a new Schedule G in the federal excepted service for noncareer policy-making or policy-advocating positions that normally change with presidential transitions. It amends Civil Service Rule VI to add Schedule G alongside existing schedules (A, B, C, D, E, and Policy/Career), and specifically directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider whether appointees would be suitable exponents of the President's policies while prohibiting consideration of political affiliation.
Revoking PPD-6 on U.S. Global Development Policy
This memorandum revokes Presidential Policy Directive-6 (PPD-6), the 2010 Obama-era policy on U.S. Global Development Policy, on grounds that it conflicts with the current administration's executive orders on America First foreign policy, WHO withdrawal, international environmental agreements, and foreign aid realignment. The revocation directs a broad set of cabinet officials and agency heads but imposes no new affirmative mandates or deadlines.
Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission
This executive order establishes the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, to advise on conservation policy, expand public lands access for recreation and hunting, reduce regulatory barriers, and address deferred maintenance in national parks and forests. The Commission includes Cabinet secretaries and senior White House officials but has no independent enforcement authority and is subject to appropriations.
Reissuance of and Amendments to National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba
This memorandum reissues and amends Trump-era NSPM-5 to tighten U.S. policy toward Cuba, directing agencies to restrict financial transactions with Cuban military-controlled entities, enforce the tourism ban, expand internet access for Cubans, and oppose international efforts to lift the embargo. It sets multiple deadlines for regulatory adjustments and reports while explicitly maintaining the statutory embargo framework.
Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline wildfire programs, expand local preparedness partnerships, develop AI and technology roadmaps for firefighting, ease regulations on prescribed burns and fire retardants, reduce wildfire risks from power lines, and modernize response capabilities through declassified satellite data and performance metrics. It responds to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires by targeting what it describes as bureaucratic barriers and mismanagement in wildfire prevention and response.
Leading the World in Supersonic Flight
This executive order directs the FAA to repeal the 50-year ban on overland supersonic flight within 180 days and establish interim noise-based certification standards. It also mandates rulemaking for permanent supersonic aircraft noise standards within 18-24 months, coordinates federal R&D through OSTP, and directs international engagement to align global supersonic regulations.
Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty
This executive order establishes a federal task force and directs multiple agencies to strengthen U.S. airspace security against threats from unmanned aircraft systems (drones). It mandates new rulemaking for flight restrictions over critical infrastructure, expands law enforcement and homeland security capabilities for drone detection and countermeasures, and prioritizes counter-UAS training for major upcoming sporting events including the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
Sustaining Select Efforts To Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144
This executive order amends two prior cybersecurity orders: it narrows the scope of sanctions under EO 13694 to target only foreign persons, and substantially revises EO 14144 by removing several Biden-era provisions while adding new deadlines for NIST guidance, post-quantum cryptography transition, AI vulnerability management, and Federal Acquisition Regulation updates for IoT security labeling.
Unleashing American Drone Dominance
This executive order accelerates U.S. drone industry growth by mandating FAA rulemaking for beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial operations, establishing an eVTOL pilot program, prioritizing domestic drone procurement across federal agencies and the military, restricting foreign supply chain risks, and expanding export financing for American-made unmanned aircraft systems.
Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
Proclamation 10949 suspends or limits entry into the United States for nationals of 19 countries, effective June 9, 2025. Twelve countries face full suspension of both immigrant and nonimmigrant entry (Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen), while seven countries face partial suspension targeting immigrants and specific nonimmigrant visa categories (Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela). The restrictions are based on asserted deficiencies in screening, vetting, information-sharing, identity-management, and high visa overstay rates.
Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2026 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended
This presidential order triggers automatic across-the-board spending cuts (sequestration) for fiscal year 2026, effective October 1, 2025, applying to all non-exempt budget accounts based on calculations in an OMB report transmitted to Congress on the same day. The cuts are mandated by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act and implemented according to OMB's specifications.
Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security
This executive order accelerates deployment of advanced nuclear reactors at military installations and DOE sites to power AI infrastructure and critical defense facilities, while streamlining export approvals and financing to compete globally against adversaries. It sets hard deadlines for reactor operations by 2028, HALEU fuel bank establishment, and aggressive diplomatic targets for new nuclear cooperation agreements. The order also directs NEPA streamlining, security clearance prioritization, and interagency coordination to overcome regulatory and supply chain barriers.
Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
This executive order directs comprehensive reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to accelerate nuclear power deployment, including structural reorganization, workforce reductions, new fixed licensing deadlines (18 months for new reactors, 1 year for renewals), abandonment of the linear no-threshold radiation model, and streamlined regulations for advanced reactors. The order sets targets to expand U.S. nuclear capacity from ~100 GW to 400 GW by 2050 and establishes an expedited pathway for DOD/DOE-tested reactor designs.
Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy
This executive order directs the Department of Energy to dramatically accelerate testing and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors by streamlining approval processes, creating a pilot program for non-laboratory reactors, and reforming environmental reviews. It sets a goal of achieving criticality in three pilot reactors by July 4, 2026, and aims to enable qualified test reactors to become operational within 2 years of application submission.
Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base
This executive order directs a comprehensive federal effort to rebuild the U.S. nuclear industrial base, including expanding domestic uranium conversion and enrichment capabilities, restarting closed nuclear plants, accelerating advanced reactor licensing, developing nuclear workforce training, and establishing spent fuel recycling and reprocessing programs. It sets specific capacity targets of 5 gigawatts in reactor uprates and 10 new large reactors under construction by 2030, while invoking Defense Production Act authorities to secure nuclear fuel supply chains.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
This executive order mandates federal agencies adopt 'Gold Standard Science' principles—reproducibility, transparency, uncertainty acknowledgment, and unbiased peer review—in all scientific activities. It requires public data disclosure for influential scientific information, revokes Biden-era scientific integrity policies and organizational changes from January 2021, and installs senior appointees to enforce compliance, with broad exemptions for national security matters at agency discretion.
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.
Increasing Efficiency at the Office of the Federal Register
This executive order directs the Archivist of the United States to reduce delays in Federal Register publication and lower publication fees charged to agencies. It requires reports on current publication times, a fee review based on actual costs, and follow-up reporting on improved efficiency by August 2025.
Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence
This executive order establishes a National Center for Warrior Independence on the West Los Angeles VA Campus to house and serve homeless veterans, with a goal of restoring capacity for 6,000 veterans by January 1, 2028. It directs the VA Secretary to redirect funds from immigrant services, create a voucher program with HUD, restore accountability for VA misconduct, and expand healthcare choices including a full-service medical center in New Hampshire and reduced wait times nationwide.
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.
Regulatory Relief To Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline regulatory and permitting processes for domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing, with specific actions by FDA, EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and OMB. It also mandates increased inspections and fees on foreign manufacturing facilities and requires public disclosure of foreign inspection data, aiming to reduce domestic facility construction timelines from 5-10 years and shift production back to the United States.
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.
Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to accelerate U.S. development of seabed critical minerals through streamlined permitting, mapping, international partnerships, and supply chain investment. It aims to reduce dependence on foreign adversaries—specifically China—for minerals essential to defense, energy, and manufacturing.
Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth
This executive order establishes a White House Task Force on AI Education and directs multiple federal agencies to expand AI literacy and training across K-12 education, teacher professional development, and workforce apprenticeship programs. It creates a Presidential AI Challenge competition, mandates public-private partnerships for educational resources, and requires agency heads to prioritize AI in existing grant programs within 90-180 days.
Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future
This executive order directs a review and streamlining of federal workforce development programs to align with U.S. reindustrialization goals, with a focus on expanding Registered Apprenticeships to over 1 million active apprentices. It mandates reports within 90 and 120 days identifying program consolidations, alternative credentials to four-year degrees, and strategies to upskill workers including in AI-related roles.
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
This executive order eliminates disparate-impact liability across federal civil rights enforcement, revoking presidential approvals of Title VI regulations dating to 1966 and 1973. It directs agencies to deprioritize enforcement of statutes and regulations incorporating disparate-impact theories, requires review of pending investigations and litigation, and mandates repeal or amendment of related regulations.
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 American Seafood Competitiveness
This executive order directs federal agencies to reduce regulatory burdens on U.S. commercial fishing, aquaculture, and fish processing industries; combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; and develop trade strategies to address unfair foreign competition. It mandates reviews of marine national monuments for potential commercial fishing access, updates to seafood import monitoring, and development of an "America First Seafood Strategy" to boost domestic production and exports.
Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize commercially available products and services in procurement rather than custom-developed or government-unique solutions. It establishes a review process for pending non-commercial solicitations and requires ongoing approval authority oversight for future non-commercial procurements, with reporting to OMB.
Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to take steps to lower prescription drug prices, primarily by modifying the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program created by the Inflation Reduction Act, promoting generic and biosimilar competition, expanding drug importation, increasing transparency in pharmacy benefit manager compensation, and conditioning health center grants on providing discounted insulin and epinephrine to low-income patients.
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.
Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base
This executive order mandates sweeping reforms to Pentagon procurement and the defense acquisition workforce to speed weapons development and cut bureaucratic redundancy. It requires plans within 60-180 days to streamline contracting, review major programs for potential cancellation if over cost or behind schedule, and retrain acquisition personnel. The order also imposes a ten-for-one deregulation rule on new defense acquisition regulations and targets the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System for overhaul.
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.
Restoring America's Maritime Dominance
This executive order directs a comprehensive, interagency effort to rebuild U.S. commercial and defense shipbuilding capacity, expand the maritime workforce, and counter China's dominance in global shipbuilding. It mandates numerous reports and legislative proposals within 30-210 days, including a Maritime Action Plan, tariffs on Chinese-origin ship-to-shore cranes and cargo handling equipment, enforcement of harbor maintenance fees, financial incentives for domestic shipbuilding, maritime prosperity zones, and modernization of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy
This executive order directs EPA, DOE, FERC, NRC, and several Interior Department subcomponents to implement a sunset system where existing energy-related regulations automatically expire unless agencies actively extend them after cost-benefit review. All covered regulations must receive a Conditional Sunset Date by September 30, 2025, with existing regulations expiring one year after the sunset rule's effective date unless extended. New regulations must include sunset dates no more than 5 years out.
Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market
This executive order directs the FTC, Attorney General, and Treasury Secretary to combat unfair practices in live entertainment ticketing, including bot-driven scalping, hidden fees, and secondary market price-gouging. It mandates enforcement of existing competition and consumer protection laws, potential new regulations on price transparency, and a joint report within 180 days on actions taken and any needed legislative recommendations.
Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful
This executive order establishes a federal interagency task force to combat crime in Washington, D.C. through enhanced immigration enforcement, police support, and prosecution policies, while directing the Interior Secretary to implement a beautification program including monument restoration, encampment removal, and graffiti cleanup. It reinstates enforcement priorities from a prior Trump-era monument protection order and explicitly targets the District's sanctuary-city policies.
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
This executive order directs the Vice President to use his role on the Smithsonian Board of Regents to remove what the administration characterizes as divisive ideological content from Smithsonian institutions. It mandates the Secretary of the Interior to review and restore monuments altered since 2020, and requires OMB and Interior to ensure future Smithsonian appropriations exclude exhibits deemed to degrade American values or divide by race. Independence National Historical Park is to receive infrastructure improvements by July 4, 2026.
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.
Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account
This executive order mandates the federal government transition from paper checks to electronic payments by September 30, 2025, for all federal disbursements and receipts. It directs the Treasury Secretary and multiple agency heads to phase out paper-based transactions, expand digital payment options, and address access for unbanked populations, while explicitly disclaiming any intent to create a Central Bank Digital Currency.
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.
Strengthening the Suitability and Fitness of the Federal Workforce
This memorandum delegates to the OPM Director authority to make final suitability determinations and take removal actions against executive branch employees based on post-appointment conduct, contingent on completion of rulemaking to amend 5 CFR Part 731. It also proposes requiring agency referrals to OPM and mandates 5-work-day compliance by agency heads with OPM separation instructions.
Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement
This executive order directs federal agencies to consolidate domestic procurement of common goods and services under the General Services Administration (GSA), which currently handles $490 billion in annual federal contracts. It requires agency heads to submit consolidation proposals within 60 days, mandates GSA to develop a comprehensive procurement plan within 90 days, and immediately designates the GSA Administrator as executive agent for all government-wide IT acquisition contracts.
Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production
This executive order directs federal agencies to expedite domestic mineral production through accelerated permitting, prioritized federal land use for mining, Defense Production Act financing, and new investment vehicles. It delegates presidential DPA authorities to the Secretary of Defense and DFC CEO, waives statutory requirements for emergency mineral production, and mandates multiple agency actions within 10-45 days to identify projects, streamline approvals, and mobilize public-private capital.
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.
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
This executive order directs seven federal entities to eliminate non-statutory components and functions and reduce statutory operations to legal minimums, with heads required to submit compliance reports within 7 days. It also instructs OMB and other reviewers to reject funding requests inconsistent with these reductions.
Establishing the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026
This executive order creates a White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026, chaired by the President and vice-chaired by the Vice President, with members spanning major cabinet departments and White House offices. The Task Force will coordinate federal agency planning for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and 2026 FIFA World Cup, with agencies required to submit planning reports by June 1, 2025, and the Task Force terminating on December 31, 2026.
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.
Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products
This executive order directs the Secretary of Commerce to launch a Section 232 national security investigation into imports of timber, lumber, and derivative products (including paper, furniture, and cabinetry). The Secretary must report within 270 days on whether imports threaten national security and recommend actions such as tariffs, quotas, export controls, or domestic production incentives. The order frames the domestic wood products industry as critical to military construction and economic resilience.
Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production
This executive order directs federal agencies to dramatically increase domestic timber production from federal lands by streamlining environmental reviews, expanding categorical exclusions under NEPA, accelerating Endangered Species Act consultations, and targeting reduced reliance on imported lumber. It mandates specific timelines for new guidance, strategies, and production targets across the Departments of Interior and Agriculture.
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.
Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
This executive order directs the elimination or reduction of several federal entities and programs deemed unnecessary, including the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, US African Development Foundation, and US Institute of Peace. It also terminates multiple federal advisory committees, revokes a 1961 presidential memorandum to eliminate Federal Executive Boards, ends the Presidential Management Fellows Program, and requires White House policy aides to identify additional entities for termination within 30 days.
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.
Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council
This executive order establishes the National Energy Dominance Council within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior with the Secretary of Energy as vice chair. The council comprises 18 cabinet-level and senior White House officials to advise the president on expanding domestic energy production across all sources including fossil fuels, nuclear, and critical minerals, with a mandate to deliver a National Energy Dominance Strategy and specific recommendations within 100 days.
Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs
This memorandum establishes a 'Fair and Reciprocal Plan' to reduce the U.S. goods trade deficit by directing agencies to investigate non-reciprocal trade arrangements with all trading partners and propose remedies, including potential reciprocal tariffs. It broadly defines unfair practices to include foreign tariffs, VATs, non-tariff barriers, currency manipulation, wage suppression, and other market access limitations.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
This executive order establishes the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission, chaired by the HHS Secretary, to combat rising chronic disease rates in America with an initial focus on childhood chronic disease. The Commission must produce an assessment within 100 days and a strategy within 180 days on causes including diet, environmental factors, medical treatments, and corporate influence, while directing multiple agencies to prioritize disease prevention, research integrity, and healthy food production.
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.
Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute
This executive order eliminates the Federal Executive Institute, a federal leadership training program established in 1968. The OPM Director is directed to take all necessary steps to eliminate the program, and prior documents establishing it—including a 1968 presidential memorandum and provisions of EO 11348—are revoked.
Establishment of the White House Faith Office
This executive order establishes the White House Faith Office within the Executive Office of the President, replacing prior faith-based initiative offices. It amends several Bush-era executive orders to rename existing centers and creates a new coordinating structure to advance faith-based partnerships in federal programs, religious liberty enforcement, and grant access for religious organizations.
Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias
This executive order establishes a Department of Justice-led interagency task force to identify and eliminate what it characterizes as anti-Christian bias in federal agencies, reviewing policies and practices from the previous administration and recommending corrective actions across government. The task force must submit an initial report within 120 days, a summary report within one year, and a final report before its automatic termination after two years.
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.
Celebrating America's 250th Birthday
This executive order establishes a White House task force to plan the 250th anniversary celebration of American Independence on July 4, 2026, housed in the Department of Defense. It also reinstates prior Trump-era executive orders creating the National Garden of American Heroes and protecting monuments from vandalism, reversing their revocation by EO 14029 from the Biden administration.
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
This executive order directs federal agencies to develop a strategy within 90 days to cut funding to K-12 schools that promote "gender ideology" or "discriminatory equity ideology," mandates parental notification policies, reestablishes the President's Advisory 1776 Commission to promote patriotic education, and requires agencies to prioritize federal resources for patriotic education programs. It also directs the Attorney General to coordinate prosecution of teachers and school officials for certain activities related to social transition of minors.
Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation
This executive order prohibits federal funding, sponsorship, or support for pediatric gender-affirming medical care, defining such treatments as "chemical and surgical mutilation" for individuals under 19. It directs multiple agencies to rescind supportive policies, exclude coverage from federal health programs (Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, FEHB/PSHB), prioritize enforcement of existing laws, and promote new legislation creating private rights of action for affected children and parents.
The Iron Dome for America
This executive order directs the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive next-generation missile defense shield for the United States, including space-based interceptors, hypersonic tracking sensors, and layered defense capabilities against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. It requires submission of architecture plans, funding proposals, and threat assessments within 60 days, while also reviewing theater missile defense cooperation with allies.
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.
Emergency Measures To Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
This executive order directs federal agencies to override California state water policies to maximize water deliveries to Southern California for wildfire response, while also expediting disaster relief for Los Angeles wildfire survivors and North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims. It mandates reviews of federal funding to California, fast-tracks environmental compliance for water projects, and requires housing and debris removal plans for affected communities.
Enforcing the Hyde Amendment
This executive order revokes two Biden-era executive orders (14076 and 14079) that had expanded federal funding and support for abortion access. It reinstates Hyde Amendment principles by directing OMB to issue guidance preventing federal taxpayer dollars from funding or promoting elective abortion across federal programs.
Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This executive order directs the declassification and public release of all federal records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General must submit plans for releasing the JFK records within 15 days and for the RFK and MLK records within 45 days, reversing prior administrations' continued withholdings and certifications.
Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
This executive order revokes the Biden administration's digital asset framework (EO 14067) and establishes a new pro-crypto policy direction, creating a presidential working group to develop regulatory frameworks for stablecoins and a potential national digital asset stockpile. It also prohibits federal agencies from establishing or promoting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and directs banking access protections for law-abiding crypto participants.
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.
Designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
This executive order directs the Secretary of State to initiate the process of designating Ansar Allah (the Houthis) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under the Immigration and Nationality Act, with a required report within 30 days and designation action within 15 days thereafter. It also mandates a post-designation review of USAID partners in Yemen for Houthi ties or insufficient documentation of Houthi abuses, with termination of problematic contracts.
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.
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.
Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021
This proclamation grants full, unconditional pardons to all individuals convicted of offenses related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol events except 14 named individuals whose sentences are commuted to time served. It directs the Attorney General to issue pardon certificates, ensure immediate release of imprisoned individuals, and seek dismissal with prejudice of all pending indictments related to January 6.
America First Trade Policy
This January 20, 2025 memorandum directs multiple Cabinet members and agency heads to conduct broad reviews and investigations across trade policy, with reports due by April 1, 2025 (and one by April 30, 2025). It covers trade deficits, tariff structures, currency manipulation, USMCA renegotiation preparation, China trade practices, steel/aluminum national security measures, export controls, de minimis exemption reform, outbound investment rules, and procurement policy—but does not itself impose any tariffs or binding policy changes.
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.
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.
Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information
This executive order immediately revokes security clearances for 50 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter about Hunter Biden's laptop and for former National Security Advisor John Bolton, citing election interference and improper disclosure of classified information. It also mandates a 90-day report on additional inappropriate intelligence community activity related to the letter and recommendations to prevent future election influence.
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.
Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization
This executive order withdraws the United States from the World Health Organization, revoking the 2021 retraction of the prior withdrawal notice and ending U.S. participation in WHO funding, personnel assignments, and pandemic treaty negotiations. It also revokes Biden-era COVID-19 response coordination structures and mandates development of alternative global health partnerships.
Declaring a National Energy Emergency
President Trump declares a national energy emergency under the National Emergencies Act, directing federal agencies to use emergency authorities to expedite domestic energy production, infrastructure, and permitting. The order invokes emergency provisions under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and Defense Production Act, with specific focus on addressing energy vulnerabilities in the Northeast, West Coast, and Alaska.
Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
This executive order declares a national emergency and creates a process to designate certain international drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations (including Tren de Aragua and MS-13) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under immigration law or Specially Designated Global Terrorists under economic sanctions law. It requires recommendations within 14 days and prepares for potential use of the Alien Enemies Act to expedite removals.
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 American People Against Invasion
This executive order revokes four Biden-era immigration executive orders and directs sweeping enforcement actions across federal agencies to crack down on illegal immigration. It mandates expanded detention capacity, new homeland security task forces, restrictions on sanctuary jurisdictions, elimination of public benefits for unauthorized immigrants, and rescission of prior administration parole and temporary protected status policies.
Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
This executive order mandates enhanced vetting and screening of all aliens seeking admission or already present in the U.S., requiring agencies to identify deficient countries for potential admission suspensions within 60 days and to evaluate visa programs, inadmissibility grounds, and assimilation policies within 30 days. It re-establishes pre-January 20, 2021 screening baselines and directs removal of aliens found to threaten national security or public safety.
Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
This executive order withdraws the United States from the Paris Agreement and all related UN climate commitments, revokes the International Climate Finance Plan, freezes and rescinds climate-related foreign funding, and directs agencies to prioritize economic efficiency over environmental objectives in future international energy agreements.
Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
This executive order establishes a federal policy recognizing only two immutable sexes (male and female), explicitly rejecting gender identity as a basis for federal policy. It mandates that all federal agencies use sex-based definitions in all documents and communications, rescinds multiple Biden-era executive orders and guidance documents on transgender rights, prohibits federal funding for gender-affirming medical care for inmates, directs changes to government IDs to reflect biological sex, and requires agencies to remove all materials promoting gender ideology.
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
This executive order imposes an immediate 90-day pause on all new U.S. foreign development assistance obligations and disbursements pending program-by-program reviews for alignment with presidential foreign policy. The Secretary of State, in consultation with OMB, must conduct reviews and make continue/modify/cease determinations within 90 days, with authority to waive the pause for specific programs.
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 Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
This executive order reinstates and renames the controversial "Schedule F" excepted-service classification created by the Trump administration in 2020 (now called "Schedule Policy/Career"), revokes Biden-era workforce protections from EO 14003, and directs the OPM Director to rescind a 2024 civil-service protection rule. It makes policy-influencing federal employees easier to remove by exempting them from standard competitive-service adverse-action procedures, while stating they need not personally support the President but must faithfully implement administration policies.
Helping Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government approach to coordinate federal economic development programs for economically distressed, rural, Tribal, and disaster-affected communities. It directs 11 agencies to improve community engagement, create a unified technical assistance network, and give preference to covered communities in funding opportunities, with specific deliverables due within one year.
Orderly Implementation of the Air Toxics Standards for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilizers
This memorandum establishes a formal process for commercial sterilizers to request Presidential exemptions from EPA's April 2024 ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions standards when compliance technology is unavailable and facility shutdown would disrupt medical device/pharmaceutical supplies. It directs EPA and HHS to coordinate on reviewing exemption requests with strict timelines, and requires HHS to report within 2 years on progress toward reducing EtO exposure and developing alternative sterilization methods.
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).
Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation's Cybersecurity
This executive order mandates comprehensive cybersecurity reforms across the federal government, focusing on securing software supply chains, hardening federal systems and communications, combating identity fraud, and integrating AI into cyber defense. It establishes numerous deadlines for agencies to implement technical requirements including encrypted DNS, routing security, post-quantum cryptography, and enhanced threat-hunting capabilities. The order builds on EO 14028 and the National Cybersecurity Strategy with specific procurement rule changes and operational directives.
Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure
This executive order directs federal agencies to identify and lease government land for private-sector construction of frontier AI data centers and associated clean energy facilities by 2027. It establishes competitive solicitation processes, mandates clean power procurement, imposes security and labor standards, and requires frameworks to ensure national security access to AI capabilities while fostering competitive markets.
Designation of Officials of the Office of Personnel Management To Act as Director
This memorandum establishes a new order of succession for acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, replacing a 2020 Trump administration designation. It lists seven specific OPM officials who would assume the Director's duties if both the Director and Deputy Director become unavailable.
Designation of Officials of the Office of Science and Technology Policy To Act as Director
This memorandum establishes a new order of succession for who may act as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) during vacancies, replacing the 2017 Obama-era succession order. It designates Associate Directors (by seniority), Chief of Staff, Deputy Directors (by seniority), and General Counsel as potential acting Directors, with restrictions on acting officials and presidential discretion preserved.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Homeland Security
This executive order establishes a new line of succession for acting Secretary of Homeland Security, replacing the Obama-era order. It specifies four DHS officials who would assume the role if the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary for Management, and any Secretary-designated officers are unavailable.
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.
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
This executive order implements annual federal pay adjustments for 2025, covering civilian employees under statutory pay systems, Senior Executive Service, executive/legislative/judicial branch officials, uniformed service members, and administrative law judges. It also establishes locality-based comparability payments and supersedes the prior year's pay adjustment order.
Amendments to Executive Orders Relating to Certain Certificates and Badges
This executive order amends two existing executive orders governing ceremonial military awards. It updates eligibility criteria and administrative procedures for the Presidential Service Certificate/Badge (EO 12793) and the Vice Presidential Service Badge (EO 11926), primarily by adding assignment to "other direct support positions within the Executive Office of the President" as qualifying service and clarifying that the Vice Presidential Service Badge may be worn both during and after assignment.
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.
Establishment of the Frances Perkins National Monument
President Biden used the Antiquities Act to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine, protecting approximately 2.3 acres of the Perkins Homestead. The National Park Service will manage the site and develop a management plan to preserve historic objects and interpret Frances Perkins' legacy as the first woman Cabinet Secretary and architect of New Deal labor and social programs. The Frances Perkins Center retains reserved occupancy and use rights for up to 25 years.
Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group
This memorandum establishes the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, an interagency task force led by the National Security Advisor and National Economic Council Director to monitor and counter PRC censorship or intimidation of U.S. persons exercising free speech. The task force must produce an integrated federal strategy and annual reports on these efforts, with membership spanning 12+ agencies including State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Commerce, DHS, and intelligence agencies.
Establishment of the Countering Economic Coercion Task Force
This memorandum establishes an interagency Countering Economic Coercion Task Force within the Executive Office of the President, co-chaired by the National Security Advisor and National Economic Council Director, to coordinate U.S. strategy against economic coercion by countries of concern, particularly the People's Republic of China. The Task Force must submit an initial report to Congress within 180 days, followed by interim and final reports, and provide periodic policy recommendations to the President.
Delegation of Functions and Authorities Under Sections 1352 and 1353 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
This memorandum delegates specific presidential authorities under sections 1352 and 1353 of the FY2024 NDAA to the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy, and the OMB Director, with required interagency consultation. These provisions concern nuclear weapons program management, stockpile responsibilities, and related funding authorities.
Establishment of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
This proclamation designates approximately 24.5 acres at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania as the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument under the Antiquities Act. It transfers administrative jurisdiction of the School Road Gateposts to the National Park Service while the Army retains control of remaining lands, mandates a management plan within 3 years with Tribal co-stewardship, and permanently withdraws monument lands from development or disposition.
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
This annual determination under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act imposes FY 2025 restrictions on nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related U.S. assistance and multilateral development bank lending for countries failing to meet minimum anti-trafficking standards. It also grants partial waivers and full national-interest determinations for select countries, and adds Sint Maarten to the restricted list with tailored conditions.
Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills
This executive order establishes an interagency task force to develop strategies against emerging firearms threats, specifically machinegun conversion devices and 3D printed ghost guns, requiring reports within 90 days. It also directs the Departments of Education and Homeland Security to publish guidance on improving school-based active-shooter drills within 110 days, with attention to trauma reduction and civil rights compliance.
Investing in America and Investing in American Workers
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize high labor standards—including prevailing wages, project labor agreements, union neutrality, and workforce development—when awarding federal financial assistance under the Investing in America agenda (infrastructure, CHIPS, and clean energy laws). It establishes an interagency task force to coordinate implementation and requires agencies to embed job quality criteria into grant-making processes.
Delegation of Authority To Designate an Existing Official To Serve Within the Executive Branch as the Coordinator for Detained ISIS Members and Relevant Displaced Populations in Syria
This memorandum delegates presidential authority to the Secretary of State to designate an existing executive branch official as Coordinator for Detained ISIS Members and Relevant Displaced Populations in Syria. The Coordinator will carry out responsibilities under NDAA FY2020 section 1224 as amended by NDAA FY2024 section 1262, with required consultation across national security agencies and notice to the President through the National Security Advisor upon designation.
Delegation of Authority Under the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
This memorandum delegates presidential authorities under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (targeting TikTok and similar apps) to the Attorney General, and establishes an interagency committee to develop rules for exercising those authorities within 180 days. The committee includes six cabinet secretaries and the DNI, with intelligence assessments required to support their work.
Delegation of Functions and Authorities Under Section 9902(a)(3)(B) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
This memorandum delegates presidential authority under the FY2021 NDAA to the OMB Director for certifying and reporting on federal investments in individual projects exceeding $3 billion. It is a narrow administrative delegation with no new policy substance.
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.
Delegation of Functions and Authorities Under Sections 1333, 1342, 1352, and 1353 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
This memorandum delegates specific presidential authorities under four sections of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 118-31) to the Secretaries of Defense, State, and Energy, plus the OMB Director. The delegations concern nuclear weapons program management, stockpile responsibilities, and related funding authorities, with various consultation requirements between agencies.
White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience
This executive order establishes the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, co-chaired by the National Security Advisor and the President's economic policy advisor, with membership from 31 cabinet-level officials and agency heads. The Council is tasked with coordinating federal efforts to strengthen supply chain resilience, conducting quadrennial reviews of critical industries, and submitting its first report to the President by December 31, 2024. The order supersedes the review process from the prior administration's EO 14017 while reaffirming its underlying supply chain principles.
COVID-19 and Public Health Preparedness and Response
This executive order revokes three COVID-19-era executive orders related to hoarding prevention, federal workforce masking, and travel safety. It terminates the COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator positions, transferring their responsibilities to the Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), a congressionally established office within the Executive Office of the President.
Recognizing and Honoring Women's History
This executive order directs the Department of the Interior to strengthen federal recognition of women's history through National Park Service theme studies, site assessments, and advisory recommendations over the next decade. It requires reports on existing sites related to women's history, new theme studies covering diverse women across historical periods, and input for the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
Advancing Women's Health Research and Innovation
This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen women's health research by integrating it across federal research programs, prioritizing funding, launching a menopause research assessment, and identifying budget gaps. It establishes reporting timelines and interagency coordination through the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research.
Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2025 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended
This presidential order triggers automatic spending cuts (sequestration) for fiscal year 2025, requiring direct spending budgetary resources in non-exempt accounts to be reduced by amounts calculated by OMB, effective October 1, 2024. The order implements a statutory mechanism under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act rather than creating new discretionary policy.
Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums
This executive order establishes a White House interagency working group to expand Registered Apprenticeship programs across federal agencies and their grant/procurement processes, while also revoking a 2017 Trump order to restore Labor-Management Forums for federal employee union collaboration. It requires agencies to review procurement and grants for apprenticeship opportunities, develop workforce plans incorporating apprenticeships, and submit implementation plans for labor-management forums within 180 days.
Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern
This executive order restricts countries of concern from accessing Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and U.S. government-related data through new regulations on data transactions, submarine cable licensing, and federal research funding. It directs the Attorney General and Homeland Security to issue regulations within 180 days to prohibit or restrict high-risk data transfers while avoiding broad data localization requirements or commercial decoupling. The order also mandates reports on genomic data risks and prior data transfers, with security requirements based on NIST cybersecurity frameworks.
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
This executive order implements annual pay adjustments for federal civilian employees, senior executives, uniformed service members, judges, members of Congress, the Vice President, and administrative law judges, effective January 1, 2024 or the first applicable pay period thereafter. It also authorizes locality-based comparability payments and supersedes the previous year's pay adjustment order.
Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations To Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination
This executive order directs federal agencies to reform how they administer funding and programs for Tribal Nations, with the goal of reducing bureaucratic burdens, increasing flexibility, and better fulfilling trust responsibilities. It mandates a multi-year assessment of unmet federal obligations led by OMB and the Domestic Policy Advisor, and requires agencies to streamline application processes, respect Tribal data sovereignty, and promote self-governance through compacts and co-management agreements.
Interagency Security Committee
This executive order reestablishes the Interagency Security Committee (ISC), revoking the 1995 version, to set government-wide security policies and standards for federal facilities occupied by federal employees or contractors for nonmilitary activities. The Committee, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, includes representatives from 18 agencies and 5 key officials, with duties spanning policy development, compliance monitoring, intelligence sharing, technology assessment, and biennial reporting.
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.
Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
This executive order establishes a comprehensive, government-wide framework for governing AI development and use, directing federal agencies to develop safety standards, require reporting from companies building large AI models, protect against AI-enabled cyber and biological threats, safeguard civil rights and privacy, and build federal AI workforce capacity. It invokes the Defense Production Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose reporting obligations on AI developers and cloud infrastructure providers regarding dual-use foundation models and foreign user transactions.
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.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive Orders
This executive order extends 37 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2025, delegates presidential FACA functions to agency heads, and amends two prior executive orders—expanding the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander commission's outreach role and increasing the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities membership from 25 to 30 while adding similar liaison functions.
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.
Exemption of Paul H. Maurer From Mandatory Separation
This executive order grants a single individual exemption from mandatory federal retirement separation rules. Paul H. Maurer, Special Agent in Charge of the George W. Bush Protective Detail, may continue working past the automatic separation age limit under 5 U.S.C. § 8425(b)(1) based on a public interest determination.