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Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans
This executive order establishes a new federal "Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations" framework that reduces the recommended childhood vaccine schedule to align with peer developed nations, prioritizes single-dose vaccines over combination products (starting with separating MMR), mandates HHS to develop aluminum-alternative adjuvants and enhance safety monitoring, and directs federal agencies to legally challenge state vaccine mandates while maximizing parental choice and religious/medical exemptions.
Advancing Regenerative Agriculture and Strengthening American Farm Resilience
This executive order directs EPA, USDA, and HHS to accelerate alternative pesticide registrations, review pre-harvest desiccation uses, develop cumulative chemical exposure research frameworks, and expand regenerative agriculture pilot programs through public-private partnerships. It frames these actions as supporting the broader "Make America Healthy Again" agenda by reducing chemical reliance and modernizing farming practices.
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.
Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026
This determination declares an emergency refugee situation due to racially motivated violence in South Africa, raising the FY2026 refugee ceiling from 7,500 to 17,500 specifically for Afrikaners from South Africa. It directs that these additional admissions be processed consistent with Executive Order 14204 and subjects them to stringent vetting requirements under other executive orders.
Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate research, regulatory review, and patient access to psychedelic drugs (including ibogaine compounds) for treating serious mental illness and reducing suicide rates. It creates FDA priority vouchers for breakthrough-designated psychedelics, establishes Right to Try access pathways, funds state-federal collaboration through ARPA-H, mandates interagency data sharing with VA, and requires timely DEA rescheduling of approved psychedelic products.
Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients Into the United States
This proclamation imposes a 100 percent ad valorem tariff on patented pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, with reduced rates for companies that commit to onshoring production (20 percent, rising to 100 percent in 2030) and for certain trade partners. It directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Health and Human Services to negotiate agreements addressing national security concerns, establishes criteria for onshoring plans, and exempts generic pharmaceuticals, biosimilars, and certain specialty products from the tariffs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026
This determination sets the fiscal year 2026 refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500, the lowest in modern U.S. history, with primary allocation directed toward Afrikaners from South Africa under Executive Order 14204 and other victims of discrimination. It subjects all refugee admissions to stringent existing executive orders requiring enhanced vetting, joint secretary-level national interest determinations, and broad entry restrictions.
Presidential Determination on Transferring the United States Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement
This determination transfers administration of the U.S. refugee initial resettlement program from the Department of State to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), specifically to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The move centralizes domestic resettlement under one agency, citing the original statutory structure of the 1980 Refugee Act, and directs State and HHS to coordinate an orderly transfer of responsibilities, personnel, and resources.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
This executive order redirects federal homelessness policy toward civil commitment, institutional treatment, and enforcement-based approaches. It directs multiple agencies to prioritize grants to jurisdictions that ban urban camping and drug use, reverses "housing first" and harm reduction policies, and seeks to roll back judicial precedents and consent decrees that limit civil commitment of mentally ill homeless individuals.
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.
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.
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.
Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients
This executive order directs the Administration to pursue most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing, requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to offer U.S. patients prices comparable to other developed nations or face potential rulemaking, importation waivers, antitrust enforcement, export reviews, and FDA approval modifications. It establishes a 30-day deadline for HHS to communicate price targets to drug makers, with escalating measures if progress is not achieved.
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.
Reforming Accreditation To Strengthen Higher Education
This executive order directs the Secretary of Education to reform the higher education accreditation system by holding accreditors accountable for imposing DEI requirements that the administration deems unlawfully discriminatory, particularly targeting law and medical school accreditors. It mandates new accreditation principles focused on student outcomes, intellectual diversity, and reduced barriers to educational innovation, while threatening denial or termination of federal recognition for noncompliant accreditors.
Reinstating Commonsense School Discipline Policies
This executive order directs the Department of Education and other agencies to replace what it terms "discriminatory equity ideology" in school discipline with behavior-based policies. It requires new guidance to schools, coordination with states, revised discipline codes for military families' schools, and a report on Title VI discipline investigations and federal grant funding.
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.
Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits
This presidential memorandum directs multiple Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to tighten eligibility verification and fraud enforcement for Social Security Act programs, aiming to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving benefits. It mandates expanding fraud prosecutor programs to 50 U.S. Attorney Offices by October 2025, implementing a 2023 SSA Inspector General audit recommendation on death records, and reviewing resumption of civil monetary penalties within 60 days.
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.
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.
Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
This executive order directs the Secretaries of Treasury, Labor, and HHS to strengthen enforcement of healthcare price transparency rules originally issued under EO 13877 (2019). Within 90 days, they must require actual (not estimated) price disclosure, standardize pricing information for comparability, and update enforcement policies to ensure hospitals and health plans comply with transparency requirements.
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.
Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
This executive order prohibits federal discretionary funds from supporting schools or universities that require COVID-19 vaccination for in-person attendance. It directs the Secretary of Education to issue guidelines on parental authority and religious freedom related to such mandates, and to submit a 90-day plan for ending coercive COVID-19 school mandates, including identifying non-compliant institutions and processes to rescind their federal funding.
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.
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.
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.
Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
This executive order directs multiple Cabinet secretaries to issue guidance and plans expanding K-12 educational choice, including private and faith-based school options, through federal formula funds, discretionary grants, and existing block grant programs. It targets military families, low-income working families receiving child care subsidies, and Bureau of Indian Education-eligible students, with most actions due within 60-90 days.
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 Mexico City Policy
This memorandum revokes the Biden administration's 2021 policy rescinding the Mexico City Policy and reinstates the Trump-era 2017 version, which prohibits U.S. foreign aid funding for organizations that provide, counsel on, or refer for abortions. It directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with HHS, to expand these restrictions across all departments and agencies providing global health assistance, and to ensure no U.S. funds support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.
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.
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.
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
This executive order suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) effective January 27, 2025, halting refugee entry and application decisions until a future presidential determination that resumption aligns with U.S. interests. It requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report every 90 days on whether to resume the program, allows case-by-case exceptions for national interest, directs exploration of expanded state/local role in refugee placement, and revokes Biden-era EO 14013.
Securing Our Borders
This executive order directs a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration at the southern border, mandating construction of physical barriers, maximum detention of apprehended aliens, termination of catch-and-release and CBP One parole practices, resumption of Migrant Protection Protocols (Remain in Mexico), and enhanced prosecution of border-related crimes. Multiple Cabinet secretaries must submit additional recommendations within 14 days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Presidential Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs
This determination invokes the Defense Production Act to expand domestic production of essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and critical inputs for national defense. It waives certain statutory requirements (sections 303(a)(5)-(a)(6)) to expedite building domestic manufacturing capacity, relying on product lists established under Executive Order 13944 from the prior administration.
White House Initiative on Women's Health Research
This memorandum establishes a White House Initiative on Women's Health Research within the Office of the First Lady to coordinate and advance federal research on women's health. The Initiative brings together 20+ agencies in an advisory capacity to assess research gaps, set priorities, and develop recommendations, with initial recommendations due to the President within 45 days.
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.
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.
Ensuring the People of East Palestine Are Protected Now and in the Future
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to continue response and recovery efforts following the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. It establishes a Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator, mandates regular reporting on cleanup and public health, holds a major disaster declaration request in abeyance, and requires agencies to consider whether circumstances warrant a public health emergency declaration.
Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize domestic manufacturing when commercializing technologies developed with federal R&D funding. It establishes new reporting requirements, tightens waiver processes for Bayh-Dole Act domestic manufacturing requirements, and creates coordination mechanisms across defense, energy, health, and other research agencies to strengthen U.S. industrial competitiveness and supply chain resilience.
Delegation of Authority of Certain National Emergency Expenditure Reporting Functions
This memorandum delegates authority to submit national emergency expenditure reports to Congress from the President to three Cabinet secretaries: DHS for border-related emergencies (Proclamations 6867/7757/9398/9699 and 10371), and HHS (in consultation with Treasury) for the COVID-19 emergency (Proclamation 9994). It is a technical administrative delegation under the National Emergencies Act with no policy changes to the underlying emergencies.
Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services
This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen access to affordable contraception and family planning services following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. It instructs multiple departments to consider actions to improve contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, and federal programs for service members, veterans, and federal employees, while also supporting Title X clinics and health centers.
Revoking the Air Travel COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
This proclamation revokes the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for international air travelers to the United States, effective May 12, 2023. It directs four Cabinet secretaries to review and potentially revise or revoke related agency regulations and guidance.
Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government framework to advance environmental justice by requiring federal agencies to identify and address disproportionate environmental and health burdens on underserved communities. It mandates new Environmental Justice Strategic Plans, creates a White House Office of Environmental Justice with a Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer, expands the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council to 25 cabinet-level and agency members, and establishes new requirements for data collection, community engagement, and toxic chemical release notification.
Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers
This executive order directs federal agencies to use existing authorities to expand access to affordable, high-quality child care and long-term care, and to improve wages and working conditions for caregivers. It includes specific actions across HHS, Labor, Education, Veterans Affairs, and other agencies to boost compensation, increase training pathways, support family caregivers, and leverage federal infrastructure and workforce funding for care services. Most provisions are framed as considerations, guidance, or encouragement rather than mandates.
Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer
This executive order directs federal agencies to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and take additional steps to reduce gun violence, including clarifying firearms dealer licensing requirements, promoting safe storage and red flag laws, improving ballistics data reporting, and developing support programs for gun violence survivors.
Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
This executive order strengthens and extends the Biden Administration's equity mandate by requiring federal agencies to establish Equity Teams within 30 days, submit annual Equity Action Plans starting September 2023, and embed equity considerations across budgeting, procurement, AI development, and program delivery. It sets a 15% federal procurement goal for small disadvantaged businesses by FY2025, revokes Trump-era Opportunity Zone executive orders, and mandates coordination through a new White House Steering Committee on Equity.
Further Efforts To Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
This memorandum directs HHS, DOJ, and DHS to take steps within 60 days to protect access to mifepristone following FDA rule changes that expanded telehealth and pharmacy access. It requires agencies to consider guidance for patients and providers, report barriers to the Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access, and assess resource needs.
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans
This executive order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider and select new health care payment and delivery models through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation that would lower prescription drug costs and promote access to innovative therapies for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The Secretary must report within 90 days on selected models and plans to test them, complementing the Inflation Reduction Act's drug pricing provisions.
Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services
This executive order establishes the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities within the Institute of Museum and Library Services to advise on cultural policy, and directs 25 federal agencies and White House offices to coordinate with the NEA, NEH, and IMLS on arts and humanities initiatives. The Committee is advisory, composed of federal agency heads and up to 25 presidential appointees, and terminates after two years unless extended.
Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
This executive order launches a whole-of-government initiative to advance U.S. biotechnology and biomanufacturing capabilities across health, climate, energy, agriculture, and national security sectors. It mandates numerous agency reports and plans with specific deadlines, establishes a Data for the Bioeconomy Initiative, creates workforce development programs with equity commitments, streamlines biotechnology regulation, strengthens biosafety and biosecurity protections, and tasks intelligence agencies with assessing foreign threats to the U.S. bioeconomy.
Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
This executive order establishes a new White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation to coordinate implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's energy and infrastructure provisions. It also restructures interagency coordination by amending previous executive orders to expand the National Climate Task Force's mission, add the new Senior Advisor to multiple interagency bodies, and prioritize clean energy deployment, environmental justice, and domestic manufacturing.
Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services
This executive order directs HHS to take further steps to protect access to reproductive healthcare after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It orders HHS to consider actions including Medicaid coverage for out-of-state travel for medical care, strengthen anti-discrimination enforcement against healthcare providers, and improve federal data collection on maternal health outcomes. The order responds to reports of patients being denied emergency care and medications due to state abortion restrictions.
Bolstering Efforts To Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home
This executive order declares a national emergency over hostage-taking and wrongful detention of U.S. nationals abroad, expanding existing hostage recovery infrastructure to cover state-sponsored wrongful detentions. It authorizes sanctions—including asset blocking and visa bans—against foreign persons involved in such acts, and mandates enhanced interagency coordination, family engagement, and diplomatic strategies led by the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.
Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
This executive order directs federal agencies to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare services following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It mandates reports on abortion and contraception access, convenes legal support for patients and providers, addresses safety and privacy concerns, and establishes an interagency task force on reproductive healthcare access.
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
This memorandum establishes the Biden Administration's policy and organizational framework for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), a G7-aligned initiative to mobilize public and private financing for high-standard infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries. It directs a whole-of-government approach across multiple agencies, with four priority areas: climate and energy security, digital connectivity, health and health security, and gender equality and equity. The memorandum creates a Special Presidential Coordinator role, mandates specific strategy development by multiple cabinet secretaries, and requires a presidential report within 180 days.
Establishment of the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse
This memorandum establishes a White House Task Force co-chaired by the Gender Policy Council and National Security Council to coordinate federal efforts against technology-facilitated gender-based violence, including online harassment, deepfakes, and doxing targeting women and LGBTQI+ individuals. The Task Force must deliver an Initial Blueprint within 180 days, a 1-Year Report within one year of that blueprint, and annual follow-up reports thereafter.
Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals
This executive order directs federal agencies to advance equality for LGBTQI+ individuals through a comprehensive set of initiatives addressing healthcare access, education, housing, child welfare, and data collection. It establishes specific deadlines for agencies to develop policies, guidance, and reports aimed at combating discrimination, ending conversion therapy, improving federal benefits access, and strengthening supports for LGBTQI+ youth, older adults, and families.
Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices To Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety
This executive order mandates comprehensive federal policing reforms including a national accountability database for officer misconduct, bans on chokeholds and restricted no-knock entries for federal law enforcement, improved use-of-force data collection, limits on military equipment transfers to local police, body-worn camera requirements, and studies on law enforcement technology impacts. It also addresses officer wellness, recruitment practices, anti-bias training, and reentry support while acknowledging that full systemic change requires congressional action.
Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act To Ensure an Adequate Supply of Infant Formula
This presidential determination delegates Defense Production Act (DPA) authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prioritize and allocate ingredients needed for infant formula manufacturing, responding to an acute nationwide shortage triggered by the February 2022 Abbott Nutrition recall and pandemic-related supply chain stress. It overrides the usual DPA delegation structure in Executive Order 13603 for health resources specifically.
Addressing the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate a government-wide response to long COVID, requiring a public report and a National Research Action Plan within 120 days. It mandates interagency collaboration to address health services, research, and disparities for those affected by long-term COVID-19 effects, including mental health and substance use impacts.
Maximizing Assistance to Respond to COVID-19
This memorandum directs FEMA to fully fund (100%) COVID-19 testing sites requested by states, tribes, and territories through mission assignments to HHS, with HHS operating the sites in coordination with local public health departments. It establishes a streamlined process for federal testing assistance under the Stafford Act's emergency authorities.
Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery To Rebuild Trust in Government
This executive order directs federal agencies to modernize service delivery and reduce administrative burdens on the public, framing inefficient government processes as a "time tax" on citizens. It mandates specific digital upgrades across agencies—from online passport renewal to streamlined disaster assistance applications—and establishes a framework for designating High Impact Service Providers (HISPs) with ongoing accountability for customer experience improvements.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States for noncitizens who were physically present in eight Southern African countries (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) during the 14 days before entry, due to concerns about the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The restrictions took effect November 29, 2021, with exemptions for lawful permanent residents, certain family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and other specified categories.
Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People
This executive order directs federal agencies to develop coordinated strategies to address violence against Native Americans, particularly missing and murdered Indigenous people. It mandates new law enforcement protocols, improved data collection, expanded victim services, and stronger Tribal consultation, with multiple agency reports due within 180-240 days.
Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This proclamation revokes country-specific COVID-19 travel bans and replaces them with a vaccination-based system for international air travelers. Beginning November 8, 2021, most noncitizen nonimmigrants traveling to the United States by air must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with limited exceptions subject to CDC-determined testing, masking, quarantine, and vaccination requirements.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity and economic opportunity for Black Americans through interagency coordination, evidence-based policy, and a Presidential Advisory Commission. It revokes a 2012 Obama-era initiative on the same topic, expanding the scope to explicitly include economic opportunity and workforce development alongside K-12 and higher education.
Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive Orders
This executive order extends 33 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2023, transfers FACA oversight responsibilities to agency heads, and amends several prior executive orders—including expanding the National Medal of Science committee from 12 to 14 members, restructuring the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee around cybersecurity and ICT, adding mental health and COVID-19 provisions to the sports and fitness council, and setting term limits for committee chairs.
Adding Measles to the List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases
This executive order adds measles to the federal list of quarantinable communicable diseases, granting CDC authority to detain and examine individuals suspected of carrying measles to prevent interstate spread. It amends a 2003 Bush-era executive order that originally established quarantine powers for diseases like SARS, Ebola, and pandemic flu.
Promoting Competition in the American Economy
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government competition policy to combat excessive market concentration across the economy. It creates a White House Competition Council and directs dozens of specific actions by agencies including the FTC, DOJ, USDA, HHS, DOT, FCC, and others to address anti-competitive practices in labor markets, agriculture, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and technology.
Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data From Foreign Adversaries
This executive order revokes Trump-era bans on TikTok, WeChat, and other Chinese apps (EOs 13942, 13943, 13971) and replaces them with a broader, evidence-based framework for evaluating risks from foreign adversary-connected software applications. It directs the Commerce Secretary to produce two reports with recommendations for protecting Americans' sensitive data and addressing risks from connected software applications.
Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
This executive order establishes a new President's Advisory Commission and White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) within the Department of Health and Human Services. It creates a whole-of-government framework to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for these communities through interagency coordination, data disaggregation, language access, hate crimes tracking, and annual reporting on measurable progress across federal agencies.
Revoking Proclamation 9945
This proclamation revokes Proclamation 9945, which had suspended entry of immigrants who could not demonstrate ability to cover healthcare costs or purchase qualifying health insurance. It directs the Secretaries of State, HHS, and Homeland Security to review and revise any agency actions developed under the revoked proclamation.
Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States as nonimmigrants for noncitizens who were physically present in India during the 14 days before entry, effective May 4, 2021, due to widespread COVID-19 transmission and concerning variants. It includes exemptions for lawful permanent residents, certain family members of U.S. citizens/residents, crew members, diplomats, and others, with monthly review by HHS to recommend continuation, modification, or termination.
Worker Organizing and Empowerment
This executive order establishes a White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, chaired by the Vice President and comprising 23+ cabinet and agency officials, to identify and recommend federal policies that promote union organizing and collective bargaining. It revokes two Trump-era workforce councils and directs the new task force to submit recommendations within 180 days.
Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council
This executive order establishes the White House Gender Policy Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal efforts advancing gender equity and equality across domestic and foreign policy. The Council, led by two presidentially designated Co-Chairs and comprising cabinet members and senior officials from 36 agencies, must develop a government-wide strategy within 200 days and requires agencies to designate senior gender equity coordinators within 30 days. The order also mandates creation of a National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and terminates a prior administration's working group on women's global development.
Promoting Access to Voting
This executive order directs federal agencies to expand voter registration access and election information, particularly for historically underserved groups including people of color, people with disabilities, military personnel overseas, Native Americans, and individuals in federal custody. It mandates strategic plans, website modernization, and interagency coordination to reduce barriers to voting.
America's Supply Chains
This executive order directs a comprehensive, two-phase review of U.S. supply chain vulnerabilities across critical sectors including semiconductors, batteries, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals (100-day review), followed by deeper one-year assessments of defense, public health, ICT, energy, transportation, and agricultural supply chains. It establishes a coordinated interagency process to identify risks and recommend policies to strengthen domestic manufacturing, reduce foreign dependencies, and build resilient, diverse supply chains.
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration
This executive order revokes Trump-era restrictions on refugee resettlement and directs a comprehensive rebuilding and expansion of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). It mandates multiple reviews and reports to streamline vetting, reduce backlogs, improve protections for vulnerable groups, and address Special Immigrant Visa delays for Iraqi and Afghan allies. It also orders the first-ever U.S. government report on climate change's impact on migration.
Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border
This executive order establishes a comprehensive regional approach to migration from Central America by directing the creation of two major strategies—one addressing root causes of migration in the Northern Triangle and another for collaborative regional migration management. It also restores and expands asylum processing at the U.S. border, revokes multiple Trump-era immigration policies including the Migrant Protection Protocols and border wall construction orders, and sets specific deadlines for regulatory reviews on asylum eligibility and expedited removal procedures.
Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families
This executive order creates an interagency task force to identify and reunite children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border under the 2018 Zero-Tolerance Policy. It revokes the prior administration's EO 13841 and mandates regular progress reports to the President on reunification efforts and policy recommendations to prevent future family separations.
Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
This executive order directs a comprehensive review of Trump-era immigration policies to remove barriers to legal immigration, naturalization, and public benefits access. It establishes interagency task forces to coordinate integration efforts and mandates specific plans and reports to streamline citizenship processes and reverse restrictive public charge and sponsor liability policies.
Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad
This memorandum revokes the Trump-era Mexico City Policy (January 23, 2017) and directs agencies to resume funding to the United Nations Population Fund, waive restrictions on foreign assistance grants related to abortion counseling and referrals, withdraw U.S. co-sponsorship of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, and review the 2019 Title X domestic family planning rule for potential suspension or rescission.
Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
This executive order directs federal agencies to review and potentially reverse Trump-era regulations that weakened the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid, establishes a special enrollment period for ACA marketplace coverage during COVID-19, and revokes two previous executive orders aimed at undermining the ACA. It mandates examination of policies affecting pre-existing condition protections, Medicaid waivers, marketplace barriers, and affordability of coverage.
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Executive Order 14008 establishes climate change as a central pillar of U.S. foreign policy and national security while creating a sweeping government-wide domestic climate framework. It creates new White House offices and interagency bodies, sets a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, pauses new oil and gas leasing on federal lands pending review, and mandates numerous agency reports and plans within 60-120 days. The order also establishes a Civilian Climate Corps, targets conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, and creates mechanisms to prioritize environmental justice and economic revitalization of fossil fuel communities.
Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States
This memorandum condemns racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) during the COVID-19 pandemic, directing federal agencies to avoid discriminatory language in official communications. It tasks HHS with issuing cultural competency guidance, requires agencies to ensure their actions and statements don't contribute to anti-AAPI bias, and directs the Attorney General to support state/local efforts and expand hate incident data collection.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of noncitizens who were physically present in the Schengen Area, UK, Ireland, Brazil, or South Africa during the 14 days before entry, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, family members of citizens/residents, and other categories. It amends prior COVID-19 travel proclamations to establish a monthly review process and takes effect January 26, 2021 (for most countries) and January 30, 2021 (for South Africa).
Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats
This executive order directs federal agencies to improve data collection, sharing, and publication of COVID-19-related information to support evidence-based pandemic response and build stronger public health infrastructure for future threats. It mandates senior data leads across multiple departments, requires reviews of public health data systems and federal hiring capabilities for data roles, and tasks OMB with issuing guidance on open data and de-identification.
Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery
This executive order establishes a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force within HHS to address disproportionate pandemic impacts on communities of color and underserved populations. It directs federal agencies to assess and modify pandemic response plans for equitable resource allocation, strengthen data collection, and conduct targeted outreach for vaccine trust.
Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats
This executive order establishes a COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board to coordinate federal testing efforts and reduce disparities in access, while also creating plans for a U.S. Public Health Job Corps and a sustainable public health workforce to address the pandemic and future biological threats. It directs multiple agencies to facilitate free testing for uninsured individuals, clarify insurance coverage obligations, and provide technical support to state and local health agencies.
Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate COVID-19 treatment development, expand healthcare system capacity through targeted surge assistance to long-term care facilities, and improve access to affordable care by evaluating insurance coverage programs and establishing production targets for therapeutics. It emphasizes supporting rural hospitals, historically underrepresented clinical trial populations, and patients with long-term COVID effects.
Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel
This executive order mandates mask-wearing on domestic public transportation and at airports, and establishes policies for COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements for international travelers entering the United States. It directs multiple federal agencies to implement these public health measures consistent with CDC guidelines and to submit implementation plans within specified timeframes.
Protecting Worker Health and Safety
This executive order directs the Department of Labor to strengthen COVID-19 workplace protections through revised OSHA guidance, potential emergency temporary standards, enhanced enforcement, and multilingual outreach. It also extends coordination to state-level worker protection programs and explores protections for workers not covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers
This executive order directs federal agencies to support safe reopening and continued operation of K-12 schools, early childhood education providers, and higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. It mandates evidence-based guidance, data collection on disparate impacts, equitable distribution of COVID-19 supplies, and development of strategies to address learning loss and educational inequities exacerbated by the pandemic.
A Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain
This executive order directs federal agencies to immediately assess and address COVID-19 supply shortages, including PPE and vaccine production materials, while invoking the Defense Production Act to fill gaps. It also mandates a 180-day strategy for building long-term domestic pandemic supply chain resilience and addresses pricing concerns and Tribal access to the Strategic National Stockpile.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
This executive order establishes climate action and environmental justice as core federal priorities, directing agencies to review and reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks from 2017-2021. It revokes the Keystone XL pipeline permit, restores Arctic drilling protections, initiates national monument boundary reviews, creates an Interagency Working Group to establish social costs of greenhouse gases, and suspends or revokes numerous prior executive orders on energy infrastructure and environmental regulation.
Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
This executive order mandates that on-duty or on-site federal employees, contractors, and visitors wear masks and follow CDC public health guidelines in federal buildings and on federal lands. It also establishes the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to provide ongoing guidance on COVID-19 workplace safety and requires federal agencies to report on their implementation progress.
Terminating Suspensions of Entry Into the United States of Aliens Who Have Been Physically Present in the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Federative Republic of Brazil
On January 18, 2021, President Trump terminated COVID-19 travel entry suspensions for aliens who had been physically present in the Schengen Area, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and Brazil, effective January 26, 2021, while keeping restrictions in place for China and Iran. The termination was based on the Secretary of Health and Human Services' recommendation that a new CDC testing requirement for air passengers would sufficiently mitigate risk, coupled with expected cooperation from those jurisdictions.
Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice
This executive order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow Community Services Block Grant funds to be used for emergency learning scholarships for disadvantaged families whose children lack access to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The scholarships can cover private school tuition, homeschooling costs, special education services, and tutoring.
Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility
This executive order directs federal agencies to review their occupational licensing regulations and policies to reduce barriers to worker mobility, particularly for military spouses and individuals with criminal records. It establishes six principles for state-level occupational licensing reform and creates a reporting system to identify and reward states that adopt less restrictive licensing requirements.
Ensuring Access to United States Government COVID-19 Vaccines
This executive order establishes that Americans have priority access to COVID-19 vaccines developed or procured by the U.S. government, with the most vulnerable populations first in line. Only after determining sufficient supply for all Americans who choose vaccination may the government facilitate international access for allies and partners. An interagency strategy for international distribution must be developed within 30 days.
Modernizing America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure
This executive order establishes a Water Subcabinet co-chaired by the Interior Secretary and EPA Administrator to coordinate federal water resource management across agencies. It mandates reports and recommendations to reduce duplication among hundreds of federal water working groups, improve water storage and quality, modernize infrastructure planning, and address workforce shortages in the water sector through fiscal year 2025 milestones.
Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental- and Behavioral-Health Needs
This executive order establishes a Coronavirus Mental Health Working Group to coordinate federal response to pandemic-exacerbated mental and behavioral health issues, including suicide prevention and substance abuse. It directs agencies to encourage grantees to adopt policies supporting safe in-person and telehealth mental health services, and requires a coordinated plan within 45 days.
Protecting Vulnerable Newborn and Infant Children
This executive order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that federally funded hospitals provide emergency medical screening and stabilizing treatment to all infants born alive, including extremely premature infants and those with disabilities, under existing laws (EMTALA, Rehabilitation Act, and Born-Alive Infants Protection Act). It also prioritizes research funding for treatments to improve survival of these infants and training for medical personnel, with enforcement including potential termination of federal funding for non-compliant programs.
An America-First Healthcare Plan
This executive order declares a continuation of healthcare policies emphasizing patient choice, lower costs, and quality care, with specific directives to maintain existing actions and new deadlines for price transparency and surprise billing measures. It requires HHS to work with Congress on surprise billing legislation by year-end 2020, take administrative action if legislation fails, and update Medicare.gov Hospital Compare within 180 days with hospital billing quality information.
Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First
This executive order directs Medicare to pay no more than the lowest price drug manufacturers charge other wealthy developed nations for the same prescription drugs and biological products. It orders the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement rulemaking plans to test payment models applying these 'most-favored-nation' prices in Medicare Part B (certain high-cost drugs) and Part D (drugs with insufficient competition).
Fighting the Spread of COVID-19 by Providing Assistance to Renters and Homeowners
This executive order directs federal agencies to take steps to prevent residential evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 pandemic, including having CDC consider an eviction moratorium, Treasury and HUD identify rental assistance funds, and FHFA review authorities to prevent housing loss. It does not itself impose a moratorium but rather orders agency consideration and action.
Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize domestic procurement of essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and their critical ingredients to reduce dependence on foreign manufacturing. It mandates supply chain vulnerability assessments, streamlines regulatory approvals for domestic producers, and authorizes use of the Defense Production Act to prioritize these materials. The order includes exceptions for public health emergencies and when domestic procurement would increase costs by more than 25 percent.
Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access
This executive order directs HHS to create a new rural healthcare payment model, develop infrastructure strategies, and report on rural health initiatives within 30 days. It also requires HHS to review and propose regulations within 60 days to extend COVID-19 telehealth and provider flexibilities for rural Medicare beneficiaries beyond the public health emergency.
Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications
This executive order requires Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to pass through discounted insulin and epinephrine prices to low-income uninsured or underinsured patients as a condition of receiving future federal grants. The policy aims to make these life-saving medications available at the steep discounts FQHCs already receive through the 340B drug pricing program, plus a minimal administrative fee.
Increasing Drug Importation To Lower Prices for American Patients
This executive order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand safe importation of lower-cost prescription drugs, including facilitating waivers for individual drug importation, authorizing insulin re-importation for emergencies, and completing a rulemaking process to allow importation of certain drugs from Canada.
Lowering Prices for Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen
This executive order directs HHS to complete a rulemaking that would eliminate safe harbor protections under the anti-kickback statute for prescription drug rebates paid to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurers in Medicare Part D, instead requiring discounts to be applied at the point-of-sale to reduce patient out-of-pocket costs. The Secretary must first confirm that any action would not increase federal spending, Medicare premiums, or total patient out-of-pocket costs.
Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First
This executive order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a Medicare Part B payment model that would cap U.S. prices for certain high-cost prescription drugs and biological products at the "most-favored-nation price"—the lowest price adjusted for volume and GDP differences that manufacturers charge in comparable developed OECD countries. The order frames this as ending foreign free-riding on American-funded pharmaceutical innovation and addressing affordability for seniors, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America's Children
This executive order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen the child welfare system by improving data collection on foster care and adoption, expanding partnerships with faith-based and community organizations, enhancing support for caregivers and youth, ensuring non-discriminatory placement practices, and streamlining processes to achieve faster permanency for children in foster care.
Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
This proclamation extends and expands a prior COVID-19 immigration suspension, barring entry of certain immigrants and nonimmigrants (H-1B, H-2B, J, and L visa holders) through December 31, 2020, to protect U.S. workers during pandemic-related economic recovery. It amends Proclamation 10014 to extend its expiration date and adds new restrictions on temporary worker categories, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, certain family members of U.S. citizens, food supply workers, and those deemed in the national interest.
Safe Policing for Safe Communities
This executive order ties certain federal law enforcement grants to state and local agencies meeting credentialing standards on use-of-force policies, including a prohibition on chokeholds except where deadly force is legally permitted. It also directs creation of a national database tracking officer decertifications, convictions, and civil judgments for excessive force; and promotes co-responder programs and training for encounters involving mental health, homelessness, and addiction.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in Brazil during the 14 days before seeking entry, due to widespread COVID-19 transmission. It takes effect May 28, 2020, with exemptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and other specified categories.
Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act to the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation To Respond to the COVID-19 Outbreak
This executive order delegates Defense Production Act (DPA) authority to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) CEO to make loans and purchase commitments that expand domestic production of strategic resources and strengthen supply chains needed for the COVID-19 response. The delegation is limited to loans supporting pandemic response/recovery and supply chain resiliency, and expires when CARES Act DPA waiver provisions terminate.
Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth
This executive order directs federal agencies to reduce regulatory barriers for domestic fishing and aquaculture, combat illegal fishing, streamline permitting for offshore aquaculture projects, establish designated aquaculture zones, and develop a comprehensive seafood trade strategy. It creates multiple task forces and deadlines across Commerce, Agriculture, Army Corps of Engineers, and other agencies to expand U.S. seafood production and reduce reliance on imports.
Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
This executive order delegates broad authorities under the Defense Production Act to the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security to expand domestic production of health and medical resources for COVID-19 response. It includes loan guarantees, voluntary agreements with private companies, and prioritization and allocation powers, while waiving certain statutory requirements during the national emergency.
Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
This executive order delegates presidential authority under the Defense Production Act to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prevent hoarding of health and medical resources needed for the COVID-19 response, including the power to designate materials as scarce and prescribe accumulation limits. The Secretary must consult FEMA when exercising this authority and periodically review whether designations remain necessary.
Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
This executive order delegates presidential authority under the Defense Production Act to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prioritize and allocate health and medical resources—including personal protective equipment and ventilators—for responding to COVID-19. It overrides the usual delegation structure in Executive Order 13603 for these specific resources.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland during the 14 days before entry, effective March 16, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. It expands prior COVID-19 travel restrictions (Proclamations 9984, 9992, and 9993) to these two countries due to sustained person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and other categories.
Expanding State-Approved Diagnostic Tests
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to facilitate state requests for flexibility to authorize in-state laboratories to develop and perform COVID-19 diagnostic tests, building on an earlier FDA-State of New York coordination model. It establishes a policy of offering states regulatory flexibility in public health emergency response.
Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak
This proclamation declares a national emergency concerning the COVID-19 outbreak, effective March 1, 2020, authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive or modify certain Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements under section 1135 of the Social Security Act for the duration of the public health emergency. The declaration also requires congressional certification and advance notice when exercising this authority.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of all aliens physically present in the 26-country Schengen Area during the 14 days before attempted entry, effective March 13, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, due to COVID-19 transmission risks. It expands prior travel restrictions from China and Iran, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, certain visa holders, and others.
Making General Use Respirators Available
This March 11, 2020 memorandum directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take all appropriate steps to facilitate emergency use of general use respirators by healthcare personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, using authorities under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It also directs the Secretary of Labor to consider steps to increase respirator availability.
Delegation of Authority to Re-establish the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic- Resistant Bacteria
This memorandum delegates authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to re-establish the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Secretary may direct the Council's duties per Public Law 116-22 and determine its membership at their discretion.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in Iran during the 14 days before seeking entry to the United States, expanding similar restrictions previously applied to China. It takes effect March 2, 2020, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, certain visa categories, and others, and amends the earlier China-focused Proclamation 9984.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This Risk
This proclamation suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in mainland China during the 14 days before attempted U.S. entry, effective February 2, 2020, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and certain other categories. It directs agencies to implement visa restrictions, prevent boarding of covered travelers, and facilitate medical screening and quarantine.
Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States
This executive order establishes combating human trafficking and online child exploitation as an executive branch priority, creating a dedicated Domestic Policy Council position, directing improved prevalence estimates, enhancing interagency coordination for prosecution, and mandating proposals to overcome information-sharing barriers for detecting child sexual abuse material online. It also directs victim protection efforts including housing strategies and prevention education partnerships with schools.
Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2020
This determination sets the FY2020 refugee admissions cap at 18,000, the lowest level in modern U.S. history, with specific regional allocations and transfer authority. It also designates certain in-country populations (Cuba, Eurasia/Baltics, Iraq, Northern Triangle countries, and exceptional embassy-identified cases) as eligible for refugee processing without requiring flight to a third country.
Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System, in Order To Protect the Availability of Healthcare Benefits for Americans
This proclamation suspends entry of immigrants who cannot demonstrate they will be covered by approved health insurance within 30 days of entry or possess financial resources to pay for foreseeable medical costs. It applies to immigrant visa applicants with exceptions for certain visa categories, minors, and national-interest cases, and requires reports on healthcare financial burdens from immigrant admissions.
Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation's Seniors
This executive order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to expand Medicare Advantage (MA) plan choices, reduce regulatory burdens on providers, accelerate coverage of innovative medical technologies, and inject market-based pricing into Medicare. It explicitly opposes the Medicare for All Act of 2019 and frames its policies as protecting seniors' existing choices while improving program sustainability through competition and value-based payment.
Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement
This executive order requires both state and local governments to provide written consent before refugees can be resettled in their jurisdictions through the federal Reception and Placement Program. It directs the Secretaries of State and Health and Human Services to create implementation processes within 90 days, with limited exceptions where the Secretary of State can override non-consenting jurisdictions after consulting other agencies and notifying the President.
Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote National Security and Public Health
This executive order establishes a National Influenza Vaccine Task Force co-chaired by Defense and HHS to modernize U.S. influenza vaccine production away from egg-based methods toward faster, scalable cell-based and recombinant technologies. It mandates a 5-year national plan and directs multiple agencies to estimate costs, expand manufacturing capacity, and accelerate development of broadly protective vaccines.
Collecting Information About Citizenship Status in Connection With the Decennial Census
After the Supreme Court blocked a citizenship question on the 2020 census, this EO directs all federal agencies to share administrative records with the Commerce Department to compile citizenship data through alternative means. It establishes an interagency working group to maximize data sharing and tasks the Commerce Secretary with considering a citizenship question for the 2030 census.
Advancing American Kidney Health
This executive order directs HHS to launch multiple initiatives to transform kidney care in the U.S., including new Medicare payment models to incentivize early treatment and home dialysis, regulatory changes to increase organ donation and transplantation, support for living donors through expanded reimbursement, and accelerated development of artificial kidneys through FDA engagement and the KidneyX public-private partnership.
Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare To Put Patients First
This executive order directs federal agencies to increase healthcare price and quality transparency through new regulations requiring hospitals to post prices, expand patient access to cost estimates before care, develop common quality measures across government health programs, and increase access to de-identified health data. It also seeks to expand health savings account flexibility and address surprise medical billing.
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, 2019
This proclamation declares May 2019 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, encouraging Americans to prioritize physical activity. It also directs the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to develop a national strategy with HHS to increase youth sports participation, with focus on inclusive access for underserved groups.
Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities
This executive order directs federal agencies to tie higher education grant funding to campus free speech protections and mandates new transparency tools for student borrowers. It requires the Education Department to launch a loan information website by January 1, 2020, expand the College Scorecard with program-level earnings and debt data, and report on risk-sharing options for student loans.
National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Suicide
This executive order establishes a presidential task force to create a comprehensive national roadmap (PREVENTS) aimed at ending veteran suicide through improved coordination between federal, state, local, tribal, and private-sector partners. It mandates development of a community integration proposal, a national research strategy, and an implementation plan within one year, with the task force continuing for two years afterward to monitor progress.
Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
This executive order establishes the American AI Initiative, a coordinated federal strategy to maintain U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence through increased R&D investment, expanded access to federal data and computing resources, workforce development, and protection of AI technologies from foreign acquisition. It directs agencies to prioritize AI in budgeting, issues multiple deadlines for reports and guidance on data access, regulation, standards, and security, and creates governance structures through the National Science and Technology Council Select Committee on AI.
Establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council
This executive order establishes the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, chaired by the Secretary of HUD, to coordinate across federal agencies to promote investment in economically distressed communities and qualified opportunity zones created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Council is tasked with assessing agency actions, streamlining regulations, and producing multiple reports with recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes.
Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud
This executive order establishes a Department of Justice Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud to coordinate investigation and prosecution of fraud against the government and public, replacing a similar Obama-era task force. It brings together senior DOJ officials and invites participation from numerous federal agencies to address financial crimes, cyber-fraud, and consumer protection.
Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility
This executive order directs federal agencies to review welfare programs and regulations to promote work requirements, reduce bureaucracy, and increase state flexibility in administering public assistance. It establishes nine 'Principles of Economic Mobility' and mandates specific agency reviews and reports within 90 days.
Ending "Catch and Release" at the Border of the United States and Directing Other Enhancements to Immigration Enforcement
This memorandum directs multiple cabinet secretaries to report on efforts to end 'catch and release' immigration practices at the border. It requires reports on detention capacity, asylum processing, sanctions against non-cooperative countries, and additional resources needed to expedite immigration enforcement.
Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry
This executive order establishes a Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry, co-chaired by the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and a White House innovation advisor. The Council is tasked with developing evidence-based recommendations to reduce crime, lower recidivism, and improve reentry outcomes through coordination across 11 federal agencies, with initial and full reports due within 90 days and one year respectively. The order revokes a 2016 Obama memorandum on reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals and automatically terminates after three years.
President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
This executive order revokes a 2010 Obama-era council and reestablishes the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy to expand youth sports participation, encourage physical activity, and promote nutrition—particularly in underserved communities.
Combatting the National Drug Demand and Opioid Crisis
This memorandum declares combating the opioid crisis as U.S. policy and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider declaring a public health emergency under the Public Health Service Act. It also instructs agency heads to use emergency and other authorities to reduce opioid-related deaths and community devastation.
Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States
This executive order directs federal agencies to consider regulatory changes expanding access to association health plans, short-term limited-duration insurance, and health reimbursement arrangements as alternatives to ACA-compliant coverage. It also requires biennial reports on barriers to healthcare competition and choice.
Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States
This executive order directs a comprehensive assessment of U.S. manufacturing capacity, defense industrial base, and supply chain resiliency to identify vulnerabilities and recommend policy changes. The Secretary of Defense must deliver a report within 270 days evaluating critical materials, manufacturing gaps, workforce skills, foreign supply dependencies, and contingency risks.
Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty
This executive order establishes religious freedom as a priority across the executive branch, directs Treasury to avoid penalizing religious organizations for political speech, and orders three Cabinet secretaries to consider amending regulations for conscience objections to the ACA preventive-care mandate. It also tasks the Attorney General with issuing guidance on religious liberty protections in federal law.
Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture with 21+ agency heads as members. The Task Force must identify and recommend legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to promote agriculture, economic development, and quality of life in rural America, submitting a report within 180 days. It also revokes the Obama-era White House Rural Council (EO 13575).
Implementing Immediate Heightened Screening and Vetting of Applications for Visas and Other Immigration Benefits, Ensuring Enforcement of All Laws for Entry Into the United States, and Increasing Transparency Among Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government and for the American People
This memorandum directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, to immediately implement enhanced screening and vetting protocols for visa and immigration benefit applications. It mandates rigorous enforcement of all existing grounds of inadmissibility, requires new rules to supersede conflicting prior rules, and establishes detailed public reporting requirements on visa issuance, immigration status adjustments, and refugee program costs.
Organization of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council
This National Security Presidential Memorandum reorganizes the National Security Council (NSC) and Homeland Security Council (HSC), establishing their membership rosters, the Principals Committee, Deputies Committee, and Policy Coordination Committees. It elevates the White House Chief Strategist to regular attendance at NSC/PC meetings, merges NSC and HSC staff under a single Executive Office of the President structure, and replaces the Obama-era Presidential Policy Directives and Presidential Study Directives system with National Security Presidential Memoranda.
The Mexico City Policy
This memorandum revokes the 2009 Obama-era memorandum that had rescinded the Mexico City Policy, and reinstates the 2001 Bush-era version. It directs the Secretary of State to expand the policy's restrictions to all global health assistance across departments and agencies, and to ensure no U.S. funds support organizations involved in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.
Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal
This executive order directs federal agencies to use all available legal authority to waive, delay, or exempt parties from provisions of the Affordable Care Act that impose fiscal or regulatory burdens, while also encouraging state flexibility and interstate healthcare markets. It was issued on President Trump's first day in office with the stated goal of minimizing economic burdens pending congressional repeal of the ACA.
Continuing To Expand Opportunity for All Young People
This memorandum amends a 2014 Obama-era initiative by renaming the 'My Brother's Keeper' program to the 'Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and Young Men of Color and Underserved Youth,' expanding its membership to include 23 specified agency heads and officials, adding reporting requirements including annual status reports and biennial reviews, and broadening the scope to explicitly include 'underserved youth' alongside boys and young men of color.
Relating to the Implementation of the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
This executive order designates the Department of Health and Human Services as the U.S. Central Authority for implementing a Hague Convention on international child support recovery, effective when the treaty enters force on January 1, 2017. It authorizes HHS to delegate certain functions to state IV-D child support agencies.
Safeguarding the Nation From the Impacts of Invasive Species
This executive order updates and strengthens federal coordination on invasive species by amending Executive Order 13112. It maintains the National Invasive Species Council with expanded membership, adds new priorities including climate change and public health impacts, and mandates a new management plan with specific reporting requirements.
Establishing a Community Solutions Council
This executive order establishes a new Community Solutions Council to coordinate federal community investment programs across agencies, replacing two prior Obama-era councils. The Council is led by two Co-Chairs (one from the White House/OMB, one rotating among eight major agencies every four years) and includes 34+ members spanning nearly the entire Cabinet and key White House offices. It builds on existing place-based initiatives like Promise Zones and StrikeForce, with a mandate to foster interagency collaboration, scale evidence-based practices, and center locally led visions in federal policymaking.
Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda To Achieve a World Safe and Secure From Infectious Disease Threats
This executive order institutionalizes U.S. participation in the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), a multinational initiative to strengthen countries' abilities to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. It creates a new interagency council chaired by National Security Council staff, assigns specific roles to 13 agencies, and mandates reporting and external evaluation requirements through 2019.
Promoting Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
This memorandum establishes a Federal Interagency Reentry Council co-chaired by the Attorney General and the White House Domestic Policy Council Director to coordinate federal efforts reducing recidivism and removing barriers to employment, housing, and reintegration for formerly incarcerated individuals. It directs agencies to review hiring and occupational licensing procedures to avoid automatic disqualification based on criminal records, and requires a federal strategic plan within 100 days.
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force
This memorandum establishes an interagency Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force to coordinate implementation of federal parity protections ensuring mental health and substance use disorder coverage is comparable to medical/surgical care. The Task Force, chaired by the Domestic Policy Council Director and comprising nine agency heads, is charged with identifying best practices, addressing guidance gaps, and submitting a public report by October 31, 2016.
White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force
This memorandum establishes the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, chaired by the Vice President, to coordinate federal efforts to accelerate cancer research, treatment, and prevention. The Task Force includes heads of 14 executive departments and agencies and is directed to produce findings and recommendations on accelerating research, improving patient care, reducing regulatory barriers, and developing public-private partnerships, with a report due to the President by December 31, 2016.
Strengthening the Senior Executive Service
This executive order reforms the Senior Executive Service (SES) by creating a PMC Subcommittee to oversee changes including: capping performance award spending at 7.5%, streamlining hiring processes, requiring SES pay to exceed subordinate GS employees, establishing a 15% rotation goal for SES members, and phasing in talent management and succession planning across all agencies by FY 2018.
Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order continues or reestablishes 40 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2017, transferring FACA compliance responsibilities to designated agency heads and updating administrative oversight for the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee.
Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States for 2015-2020
This executive order implements the updated 2015-2020 National HIV/AIDS Strategy, directing federal agencies to develop action plans, coordinate efforts, and report progress on reducing HIV infections, improving care access, and addressing disparities. It establishes a Federal Interagency Working Group and assigns specific responsibilities to lead agencies including HHS, Defense, Justice, and others.
Creating a National Strategic Computing Initiative
This executive order establishes the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI), a coordinated federal strategy to advance U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (HPC) through 2030. It designates lead agencies (DOE, DOD, NSF), foundational R&D agencies (IARPA, NIST), and deployment agencies to pursue exascale computing, post-semiconductor technologies, and public-private collaboration in HPC research and deployment.
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
This executive order delegates presidential authorities and assigns functions under the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) law to specific officials, primarily the U.S. Trade Representative, while reserving certain authorities to the President. It establishes interagency processes for environmental reviews, employment impact assessments, labor rights reports, and implementation planning for trade agreements.
Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic
This executive order establishes an Arctic Executive Steering Committee to coordinate federal Arctic policy across agencies during the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It mandates improved interagency coordination, tribal consultation with Alaska Native governments, and a report identifying overlaps and gaps in Arctic policy implementation.
Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and Refugees
This memorandum establishes the White House Task Force on New Americans, co-chaired by the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to develop a coordinated federal strategy for integrating immigrants and refugees into American communities. The Task Force must submit an Integration Plan within 120 days and a status report within one year, with responsibilities including reviewing agency policies, disseminating best practices, and measuring equitable access to services.
Deepening U.S. Government Efforts To Collaborate With and Strengthen Civil Society
This 2014 presidential memorandum directs federal agencies engaged in foreign policy to strengthen collaboration with civil society organizations worldwide, oppose undue restrictions on civic freedoms, and integrate civil society consultation into U.S. diplomatic engagement. It requires annual reporting to the President on implementation progress.
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
This executive order establishes a government-wide framework to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria by creating an interagency task force, a presidential advisory council, and mandating specific actions including antibiotic stewardship programs in healthcare facilities, strengthened surveillance systems, promotion of new drug development, and international cooperation. It sets concrete deadlines for a national action plan and regulatory reviews to address what the CDC identified as at least 23,000 annual U.S. deaths from resistant infections.
Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases
This executive order amends the list of quarantinable communicable diseases to include severe acute respiratory syndromes (SARS-like diseases) that pose pandemic potential or high mortality/morbidity risk, explicitly excluding influenza. The update expands federal quarantine authority under Section 264(b) of Title 42 to cover emerging respiratory threats beyond the original 2003 list.
Creating and Expanding Ladders of Opportunity for Boys and Young Men of Color
President Obama established the My Brother's Keeper Task Force, an interagency initiative chaired by the Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary with the Deputy Secretary of Education as Executive Director, to improve life outcomes for boys and young men of color through better coordination of federal programs, data sharing, and public-private partnerships. The Task Force is directed to create assessment tools, evaluate federal policy impacts, and report back with recommendations within 90 days and a status report within one year.
Establishing a White House Task Force To Protect Students From Sexual Assault
President Obama established a White House Task Force co-chaired by the Office of the Vice President and the White House Council on Women and Girls to coordinate federal efforts addressing campus sexual assault. The Task Force must develop recommendations within 90 days and provide annual implementation reports, focusing on improving institutional compliance, transparency, and evidence-based prevention practices at colleges and universities receiving federal financial aid.
Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review
This memorandum establishes a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force co-chaired by the OSTP and Domestic Policy Council directors to produce a comprehensive energy policy review every four years, with the first report due January 31, 2015 focusing on U.S. energy infrastructure challenges. The Task Force includes representatives from 23 agencies and is directed to engage stakeholders and recommend executive and legislative actions.
Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change
This executive order directs federal agencies to integrate climate change preparedness and resilience into their operations, programs, and investments. It establishes a new interagency Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, creates a State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force, mandates updated Agency Adaptation Plans, and requires modernization of federal programs to remove barriers to climate-resilient investment.