General Counsel
Executive orders directing the General Counsel · 13 in Search.
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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.
Increasing Government Accountability for Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative PAYGO
This executive order reinstates and strengthens a budget-neutrality requirement called 'Administrative PAYGO,' mandating that executive agencies offset any discretionary administrative actions that increase mandatory spending with comparable spending cuts. It requires agency heads to submit proposals to OMB for review and gives the OMB Director authority to approve offsets, grant waivers, and pursue additional deficit reduction.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs
This executive order establishes a formal line of succession for who becomes acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are unable to serve. It revokes four prior Bush-era orders and memoranda on the same topic.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency
This executive order establishes the line of succession for who will serve as acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency if both the Administrator and Deputy Administrator are unable to serve. It replaces a 2012 Obama executive order with a new succession list of 16 EPA officials, starting with the General Counsel.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture
This executive order establishes a detailed line of succession for who would act as Secretary of Agriculture if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are unable to serve. It lists 15 positions in order of succession, from Under Secretaries down to specific regional administrators, and revokes the previous succession order from 2010.
Managing Government Records
This memorandum launches an executive branch-wide effort to modernize federal records management for the digital age, requiring agencies to designate senior officials and submit reform plans within 120 days. The OMB Director and National Archivist must then issue a binding directive to transition agencies from paper-based to electronic records management and improve government transparency and efficiency.
Establishing the President's Board on Safeguarding Americans' Civil Liberties
This executive order creates an interagency board within the Department of Justice to advise the President on protecting civil liberties and privacy during national security and homeland security operations. The board includes senior officials from Justice, Homeland Security, Defense, Treasury, State, CIA, NSA, and other intelligence agencies.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Health and Human Services
This executive order establishes the line of succession for the Secretary of Health and Human Services when both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary are unable to serve. It designates Assistant Secretaries, the General Counsel, and other Senate-confirmed officers as acting successors in order of their oath-taking dates, while preserving presidential discretion under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.
To Protect the Privacy of Protected Health Information in Oversight Investigations
This executive order restricts law enforcement from using protected health information discovered during health oversight investigations for unrelated civil, administrative, or criminal matters, unless the Deputy Attorney General (or DoD General Counsel for military personnel) authorizes it after determining that public interest clearly outweighs potential harm to patients. It also requires annual reporting to the President on such uses.
Internal Revenue Service Management Board
This executive order establishes a permanent Internal Revenue Service Management Board within the Treasury Department to assist the Secretary in overseeing IRS management and operations. The Board includes senior Treasury officials, OMB representatives, and other agency designees, with responsibility for reviewing strategic modernization decisions, budgetary issues, and performance metrics, and reporting semiannually to the President and Congress.
Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of the Army
This executive order establishes the line of succession for who may act as Secretary of the Army if the Secretary dies, resigns, becomes permanently disabled, or is temporarily absent or disabled. The order specifies that the Under Secretary of the Army is first in line, followed by Assistant Secretaries and General Counsel ranked by seniority, then the Chief of Staff of the Army.
Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of the Air Force
This executive order establishes the line of succession for who may act as Secretary of the Air Force in cases of death, permanent disability, resignation, absence, or temporary disability. It designates the Under Secretary, then Assistant Secretaries and General Counsel (by seniority), then the Chief of Staff as successors, while clarifying that such succession is temporary and does not vacate the successor's original statutory position.
President's Intelligence Oversight Board
This executive order establishes the President's Intelligence Oversight Board (PIOB), a three-member body within the White House Office tasked with monitoring the legality of U.S. intelligence activities. The Board reports directly to the President on potential violations of law, forwards concerns to the Attorney General, reviews agency guidelines and inspector general procedures, and investigates matters as needed. Members are unpaid outside citizens appointed by the President, with full-time staff and security clearance requirements.