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Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation
This executive order establishes a comprehensive national quantum strategy, directing multiple agencies to accelerate U.S. leadership in quantum information science and technology (QIST) through research investment, domestic supply chain development, workforce expansion, and international alliance-building. It creates the QC-ADDS program for quantum computing development, mandates security protections against adversarial threats, and requires numerous agency plans and reports with specific deadlines spanning 30 days to 5 years.
Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov
This executive order directs the Treasury Secretary to establish TrumpIRA.gov by January 1, 2027—a federal website promoting low-cost private-sector IRAs for workers without employer-sponsored retirement plans, particularly independent contractors, self-employed workers, and small-business employees. The platform will highlight qualifying IRAs with expense ratios capped at 0.15%, no minimum balances, and diversified investment options, while facilitating access to the up-to-$1,000 Federal Saver's Match created by the SECURE 2.0 Act.
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.
Protecting American Investors From Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors
This executive order directs the SEC, FTC, and Department of Labor to increase oversight of foreign-owned proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis, which control over 90% of the market. It mandates reviews and potential revisions of rules on proxy advisors and shareholder proposals, with particular focus on eliminating "diversity, equity, and inclusion" and "environmental, social, and governance" factors from investment advice, and requires antitrust and fiduciary investigations.
Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
This Proclamation imposes a $100,000 payment requirement on employers seeking H-1B visas for foreign specialty occupation workers, effectively restricting entry of most H-1B workers unless employers pay this substantial fee. The restriction takes effect September 21, 2025, expires after 12 months unless extended, and directs multiple agencies to implement compliance measures and consider rulemakings to revise prevailing wage levels and prioritize high-skilled, high-paid workers.
Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors
This executive order directs the Department of Labor to reexamine and likely rescind Biden-era guidance restricting alternative asset investments in 401(k) plans, and to develop new fiduciary safe harbors for including private equity, real estate, digital assets, commodities, and infrastructure in retirement plan options. The SEC is also directed to consider revising accredited investor and qualified purchaser rules to expand access.
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.
Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base
This executive order directs a comprehensive federal effort to rebuild the U.S. nuclear industrial base, including expanding domestic uranium conversion and enrichment capabilities, restarting closed nuclear plants, accelerating advanced reactor licensing, developing nuclear workforce training, and establishing spent fuel recycling and reprocessing programs. It sets specific capacity targets of 5 gigawatts in reactor uprates and 10 new large reactors under construction by 2030, while invoking Defense Production Act authorities to secure nuclear fuel supply chains.
Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth
This executive order establishes a White House Task Force on AI Education and directs multiple federal agencies to expand AI literacy and training across K-12 education, teacher professional development, and workforce apprenticeship programs. It creates a Presidential AI Challenge competition, mandates public-private partnerships for educational resources, and requires agency heads to prioritize AI in existing grant programs within 90-180 days.
Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future
This executive order directs a review and streamlining of federal workforce development programs to align with U.S. reindustrialization goals, with a focus on expanding Registered Apprenticeships to over 1 million active apprentices. It mandates reports within 90 and 120 days identifying program consolidations, alternative credentials to four-year degrees, and strategies to upskill workers including in AI-related roles.
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.
Restoring America's Maritime Dominance
This executive order directs a comprehensive, interagency effort to rebuild U.S. commercial and defense shipbuilding capacity, expand the maritime workforce, and counter China's dominance in global shipbuilding. It mandates numerous reports and legislative proposals within 30-210 days, including a Maritime Action Plan, tariffs on Chinese-origin ship-to-shore cranes and cargo handling equipment, enforcement of harbor maintenance fees, financial incentives for domestic shipbuilding, maritime prosperity zones, and modernization of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241
This executive order designates coal as a 'mineral' under EO 14241, directs federal agencies to identify and eliminate regulations that discourage coal production and use, prioritizes coal leasing on federal lands, promotes coal exports, accelerates coal technology development including for AI data centers and steel production, and requires multiple agency reports on coal resources and infrastructure within 30-90 days.
Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos
This executive order mandates federal agencies eliminate barriers to inter- and intra-agency sharing of unclassified data, with specific emphasis on detecting waste, fraud, and abuse. It requires agency heads to rescind restrictive guidance within 30 days, grants the Secretary of Labor unfettered access to unemployment data, and demands unfettered federal access to state program data receiving federal funding.
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.
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.
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.
Unleashing American Energy
This executive order revokes numerous Biden-era climate and environmental executive orders, pauses Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure spending, directs agencies to rescind regulations burdening domestic energy and mineral development, eliminates the social cost of carbon, expedites LNG export approvals and federal permitting, terminates the American Climate Corps, and mandates review of state EV emissions waivers and appliance efficiency standards.
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.
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.
Investing in America and Investing in American Workers
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize high labor standards—including prevailing wages, project labor agreements, union neutrality, and workforce development—when awarding federal financial assistance under the Investing in America agenda (infrastructure, CHIPS, and clean energy laws). It establishes an interagency task force to coordinate implementation and requires agencies to embed job quality criteria into grant-making processes.
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.
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.
Amending Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States
This executive order amends Coast Guard maritime security regulations (33 CFR Part 6) to explicitly include cybersecurity protections for ports, vessels, and waterfront facilities. It grants Captains of the Port authority to control access to digital infrastructure, establish cyber-focused security zones, inspect and remove unauthorized data or systems, and requires reporting of cyber incidents to CISA and the FBI. The order modernizes 1917-era authorities to address malicious cyber campaigns against U.S. maritime infrastructure.
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.
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.
Advancing Economic Security for Military and Veteran Spouses, Military Caregivers, and Survivors
This executive order directs federal agencies to improve economic security for military-connected families through enhanced federal hiring and retention of military spouses, caregivers, and survivors; expanded telework and remote work options; support for military spouse entrepreneurs; and expanded child care access including flexible spending accounts by January 1, 2024. It requires development of a government-wide strategic plan within 180 days, updates to hiring authorities beginning in Fiscal Year 2025, and various policy changes to reduce employment barriers tied to military life.
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.
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.
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.
Implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022
This executive order establishes an interagency steering council to coordinate implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022, directing agencies to prioritize domestic semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain security, workforce development, and taxpayer accountability. It creates governance structures but does not itself allocate funds or establish new regulatory requirements.
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.
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.
Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency
This executive order directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to consider issuing proposed rules that would limit or prohibit federal contractors from using job applicants' salary history in employment decisions, aiming to promote pay equity and transparency in federal procurement. It parallels anticipated OPM rules for federal employees and requires consideration of accountability measures for contractors and subcontractors.
Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets
This executive order establishes the first comprehensive federal framework for U.S. digital asset policy, directing agencies to study and report on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), consumer protections, financial stability risks, illicit finance, energy impacts, and international competitiveness. It mandates numerous interagency reports with deadlines ranging from 90 days to over a year, but does not itself create new regulations or a CBDC.
Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
This executive order requires project labor agreements (PLAs)—pre-hire collective bargaining agreements with labor unions—for federal construction projects costing $35 million or more. It revokes a prior Obama-era EO on the same topic and mandates implementing regulations, contracting officer training, and public reporting on exceptions.
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.
The National Space Council
This executive order reconstitutes the National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President, with a broad membership of cabinet secretaries and senior officials. It establishes the Council's advisory and coordination functions for national space policy across civil, commercial, and national security sectors, creates a Users' Advisory Group of non-Federal industry representatives, and revokes two Trump-era executive orders on the same body.
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts
This executive order reinstates worker protections for federal service contract employees by requiring successor contractors to offer a right of first refusal to qualified workers from the predecessor contract. It also encourages continuity of work location and revokes a 2019 Trump-era order that had eliminated these protections.
Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
This executive order establishes an Infrastructure Implementation Task Force within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It directs agencies to prioritize efficient spending, domestic manufacturing, high labor standards, equitable investment through the Justice40 Initiative, climate resilience, and coordination with state/local/Tribal/territorial governments.
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.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity for Native American students and strengthen Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). It creates a new interagency structure co-chaired by the Secretaries of Education, Interior, and Labor, revokes a 2011 Obama-era order on the same topic, and mandates specific deliverables including memoranda of agreement and annual progress reports.
Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks
This executive order sets a national goal that 50 percent of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in 2030 be zero-emission vehicles. It directs EPA and the Department of Transportation to consider developing new emissions and fuel economy standards for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles beginning with model years 2027-2030, with specific target deadlines for proposed and final rules.
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
This executive order establishes a government-wide initiative to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the federal workforce. It mandates strategic planning, data collection, paid internships, partnerships with minority-serving institutions, and specific equity measures for employees with disabilities, LGBTQ+ employees, and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Climate-Related Financial Risk
This executive order directs federal agencies to assess and disclose climate-related financial risks across government programs, financial markets, and pensions. It mandates development of a government-wide climate risk strategy, requires financial regulators to evaluate systemic climate risks, and reinstates flood risk standards for federally funded projects.
Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
This executive order raises the minimum wage for workers on federal contracts to $15.00 per hour, effective January 30, 2022, with annual inflation adjustments beginning January 1, 2023. It also establishes a phased increase for tipped workers and revokes a 2018 exemption for recreational services on federal lands.
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.
Revoking Proclamation 10014
This proclamation revokes the Trump-era suspension of immigrant entry (Proclamation 10014 and related extensions) that had blocked certain family-based immigrants, employment-based immigrants, and diversity visa lottery winners during the COVID-19 economic recovery. It directs three Cabinet secretaries to review and revise agency guidance developed under the revoked proclamations.
Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
This executive order directs a comprehensive review of Trump-era immigration policies to remove barriers to legal immigration, naturalization, and public benefits access. It establishes interagency task forces to coordinate integration efforts and mandates specific plans and reports to streamline citizenship processes and reverse restrictive public charge and sponsor liability policies.
Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
This executive order directs federal agencies to review and potentially reverse Trump-era regulations that weakened the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid, establishes a special enrollment period for ACA marketplace coverage during COVID-19, and revokes two previous executive orders aimed at undermining the ACA. It mandates examination of policies affecting pre-existing condition protections, Medicaid waivers, marketplace barriers, and affordability of coverage.
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.
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.
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.
Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants Who Continue To Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
This proclamation extends through March 31, 2021 two prior COVID-19-related immigration suspensions: Proclamation 10014 (immigrant entry) and Proclamation 10052 (nonimmigrant worker entry). It requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Labor, to recommend modifications every 30 days.
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.
Protecting Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and National Security for All Americans by Ensuring Appropriate Support of Innovative Technologies for Using Our Domestic Natural Resources
This October 31, 2020 memorandum directs the Secretary of Energy to produce two reports within 70 days assessing the economic, trade, and national security impacts of banning or restricting hydraulic fracturing and related technologies. It also directs OMB to review agency compliance with Executive Order 13211 (energy effects statements for regulations) and identify priority agencies within 30 days.
Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council
This executive order creates the United States One Trillion Trees Interagency Council, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, to coordinate federal efforts supporting the World Economic Forum's global initiative to grow and conserve one trillion trees by 2030. The Council is tasked with developing tracking methodologies, identifying legal barriers, finding funding opportunities, and requiring member agencies to report regularly on tree-related activities.
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.
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.
Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
This executive order prohibits federal agencies, uniformed services, contractors, and grant recipients from conducting or funding workplace training that promotes certain "divisive concepts" related to race and sex stereotyping, including the ideas that the U.S. is fundamentally racist or sexist, that individuals are inherently oppressive based on race or sex, or that meritocracy is racist. It mandates contract clauses, establishes a hotline for complaints, requires agency reviews and reporting, and imposes potential debarment and adverse personnel actions for noncompliance.
Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices With the Interests of American Workers
This executive order directs federal agencies to review their 2018-2019 contracts for use of temporary foreign labor and offshoring, and requires the Labor and Homeland Security Departments to take action within 45 days to protect U.S. workers from adverse effects caused by H-1B visa holders at job sites. The order aims to prioritize American workers in federal contracting and hiring, particularly during COVID-19 economic disruption.
White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative
This executive order establishes the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative within the Department of Education and creates a 20-member presidential advisory commission to improve Hispanic Americans' access to educational and economic opportunities. The Initiative and Commission are tasked with promoting workforce development, strengthening Hispanic-Serving Institutions, fostering public-private partnerships, and advising the President on policies affecting Hispanic American prosperity.
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.
Establishment of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force Under Section 741 of the United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
This executive order establishes the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to monitor U.S. enforcement of the ban on importing goods made with forced labor under the Tariff Act of 1930. The Task Force includes representatives from State, Treasury, Justice, Labor, and USTR, and will make decisions by consensus or majority vote on actions under sections 742-744 of the USMCA Implementation Act.
Establishment of the Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 711 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
This executive order establishes the Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement, co-chaired by the USTR and Secretary of Labor, to coordinate U.S. efforts in monitoring labor obligations of Canada and Mexico under the USMCA trade agreement and Mexico's labor reform, and to recommend enforcement actions. The Committee includes representatives from seven agencies plus optional additional participants, operates by consensus, and requires each agency to fund its own participation with DOL specifically funding a required hotline.
Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
This proclamation suspends entry of most immigrants into the United States for 60 days, effective April 23, 2020, citing COVID-19's economic impact and high unemployment. It exempts lawful permanent residents, healthcare workers, EB-5 investors, spouses and children of U.S. citizens, military members, and others deemed in the national interest.
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.
Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods Under Section 202A of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement Implementation Act
This executive order establishes an Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods to advise on implementing USMCA automotive provisions, including rules of origin and an alternative staging regime. The Committee is chaired by USTR and includes Commerce, Labor, USITC, CBP, and Treasury, with authority to make recommendations by consensus or majority vote.
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.
Improving Federal Contractor Operations by Revoking Executive Order 13495
This executive order revokes Executive Order 13495 (2009), which had required successor federal contractors to offer existing service contract employees a right of first refusal for jobs. It directs immediate termination of related enforcement actions and rescission of implementing regulations.
Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
This executive order creates a White House Council chaired by HUD to identify and reduce federal, state, local, and tribal regulatory barriers to affordable housing development. The Council must report within 12 months on its findings and recommendations, and is scheduled to terminate on January 21, 2021 unless extended.
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.
America's Cybersecurity Workforce
This executive order establishes programs to grow and strengthen the federal and national cybersecurity workforce through rotational assignments, skills assessments, competitions, and education awards. It mandates adoption of the NICE Framework for cybersecurity skills standards across government contracts and encourages its voluntary use in private-sector and academic training. The order also creates reporting mechanisms and deadlines for multiple agencies to assess workforce gaps and implement workforce development initiatives.
Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline permitting and reduce regulatory barriers for energy infrastructure projects, particularly oil, gas, and LNG facilities. It mandates specific rulemakings and guidance updates regarding Clean Water Act Section 401 certifications, LNG safety regulations and rail transport, rights-of-way renewals on federal lands, and requires multiple reports on regional energy market barriers and investment trends.
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.
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.
Strengthening Retirement Security in America
This executive order directs federal agencies to reduce regulatory barriers that discourage employers—especially small businesses—from offering workplace retirement plans. It specifically tasks the Departments of Labor and Treasury with examining and potentially rulemaking on multiple employer plans (MEPs), simplifying required retirement plan disclosures, and updating required minimum distribution tables to reflect longer life expectancies.
Establishing the President's National Council for the American Worker
This executive order creates the President's National Council for the American Worker, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and an economic advisor, to develop a national workforce development strategy. It also establishes a 25-member private-sector American Workforce Policy Advisory Board to advise the Council, with both bodies tasked to address skills gaps, promote apprenticeships, and align education with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
Streamlining Regulations on Commercial Use of Space
This 2018 Space Policy Directive directs multiple Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to streamline federal regulations governing commercial space activities, including launch/re-entry licensing, remote sensing, spectrum policy, and export controls. It sets specific deadlines for regulatory reviews, legislative proposals, and reports to reduce burdens on the U.S. commercial space sector while protecting public safety and national security.
Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military Spouses
This executive order directs federal agencies to actively recruit and hire military spouses using existing noncompetitive appointment authority. It requires OPM to promote this hiring authority, provide training, and collect annual data on military spouse hiring, while also exploring telework options and license portability to address employment barriers caused by frequent relocations.
Task Force on the United States Postal System
This executive order establishes a Task Force on the United States Postal Service, chaired by the Treasury Secretary, to evaluate USPS operations and finances and recommend reforms. The Task Force must submit a report within 120 days addressing USPS financial sustainability, competitive position in package delivery, and potential restructuring to avoid a taxpayer bailout.
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.
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.
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.
Expanding Apprenticeships in America
This executive order promotes apprenticeships as an alternative to traditional higher education by establishing industry-recognized apprenticeship programs, creating a federal task force, and requiring agencies to evaluate and potentially eliminate ineffective workforce development programs. It directs multiple cabinet departments to expand apprenticeship access for students, veterans, formerly incarcerated individuals, and workers in critical sectors like manufacturing and cybersecurity.
Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure
This executive order mandates federal agencies to adopt the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and modernize IT infrastructure, while directing multiple cabinet departments to assess and report on cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure, deterrence strategies, international cooperation, and workforce development. It establishes accountability for agency heads in managing cybersecurity risk and requires extensive reports on federal IT modernization, botnet resilience, electricity grid vulnerabilities, and defense industrial base 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).
Buy American and Hire American
This executive order establishes a dual policy to maximize domestic procurement preferences under existing Buy American laws and to rigorously enforce immigration laws governing foreign workers, particularly the H-1B visa program. It mandates multiple agency assessments and reports on procurement practices and trade agreement impacts, while directing immigration agencies to propose new rules protecting U.S. workers and reforming H-1B visa allocation toward higher-skilled or higher-paid beneficiaries.
Fiduciary Duty Rule
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Labor to review the Obama-era Fiduciary Duty Rule, which expanded the definition of 'fiduciary' for retirement investment advice. The Secretary must examine whether the rule harms investors by reducing access to retirement advice and services, and if so, propose rescinding or revising it.
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.
Supporting New American Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families
This memorandum establishes an interagency working group to improve coordination among federal agencies in providing immigration, veterans, and military benefits to foreign-born and naturalized service members, veterans, and their families. The group must convene within 10 days, produce a 3-year strategic plan within 30 days, and a detailed implementation plan within 120 days.
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.
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.
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.
Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
This executive order requires federal contractors and subcontractors to provide employees with paid sick leave, accruing at 1 hour per 30 hours worked with a minimum annual cap of 56 hours (7 days). The leave covers personal illness, medical care, family care, and domestic violence-related absences, applying to new contracts solicited or awarded on or after January 1, 2017.
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.
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.
Establishing the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
This executive order establishes a 15-member advisory board within the Department of Labor to advise on toxic substance exposure and worker health claims, particularly under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. The board is tasked with improving site exposure matrices, medical guidance for claims examiners, evidentiary requirements for lung disease claims, and quality control of industrial hygienist and physician reports.
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.
Expanding Federal Support for Predevelopment Activities for Nonfederal Domestic Infrastructure Assets
This memorandum directs federal agencies to expand support for predevelopment activities—such as planning, feasibility studies, and environmental review—for nonfederal domestic infrastructure projects. It requires specific departments to clarify funding eligibility, develop guidance, and submit implementation plans within 60 days to encourage public-private partnerships and innovative infrastructure investment.
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.
Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System for the 21st Century
This November 2014 presidential memorandum directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to develop, within 120 days, recommendations for modernizing and streamlining the U.S. legal immigration and visa system. The recommendations must address reducing government costs, improving applicant services, reducing employer burdens, ensuring full use of congressionally authorized visa numbers, and modernizing IT infrastructure, with input from diverse stakeholders.
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.
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
This executive order requires federal contractors and subcontractors with contracts over $500,000 to disclose labor law violations from the past three years during bidding and every six months during performance. It mandates paycheck transparency for workers and restricts mandatory pre-dispute arbitration for certain discrimination and sexual assault/harassment claims on contracts over $1 million. The order creates Labor Compliance Advisor positions at each agency and directs regulatory amendments to implement these requirements.
Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity
This executive order amends existing federal anti-discrimination rules to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity alongside sexual orientation in federal employment and by federal contractors. It requires the Department of Labor to issue implementing regulations within 90 days.
Advancing Pay Equality Through Compensation Data Collection
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Labor to propose a rule within 120 days requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to submit summary compensation data broken down by sex and race to the Department of Labor. The goal is to improve enforcement of equal pay laws by identifying potential pay disparities and directing enforcement resources more efficiently.
Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information
This executive order amends Executive Order 11246 to prohibit federal contractors from retaliating against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose compensation information. The order aims to help detect and remediate compensation discrimination while promoting efficiency in federal contracting. The Department of Labor must propose implementing regulations within 160 days.
Updating and Modernizing Overtime Regulations
President Obama directed the Secretary of Labor to propose revisions to modernize overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, focusing on updating 'white collar' exemptions that had not kept pace with the modern economy. The directive aimed to expand overtime protections to millions of workers by reconsidering eligibility thresholds and simplifying rules.
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 Minimum Wage for Contractors
This executive order establishes a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour for workers on new federal contracts and subcontracts, effective January 1, 2015, with annual inflation adjustments beginning January 1, 2016. It also sets a phased minimum cash wage for tipped workers reaching 70% of the standard minimum wage. The order requires implementing regulations by October 1, 2014, and applies to contracts solicited on or after January 1, 2015.
Job-Driven Training for Workers
This memorandum directs the Secretaries of Labor, Commerce, and Education to develop within 180 days an action plan to reform federal workforce and training programs to be more "job-driven," emphasizing employer engagement, skills matching, accountability for employment outcomes, and better alignment across education and training systems. The Vice President is tasked with leading a government-wide review of relevant federal programs.
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.
Continuance Of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order extends 26 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2015, and makes technical amendments to several prior executive orders governing the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, President's Management Advisory Board, President's Global Development Council, and President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. It also delegates presidential functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to designated agency heads.
Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
This executive order establishes an interagency working group to improve coordination among federal agencies, state/local/tribal partners, and private industry on chemical facility safety and security. It mandates multiple assessments, pilot programs, and regulatory reviews to modernize risk management practices, enhance information sharing, and reduce duplicative reporting requirements following chemical facility tragedies.
Expanding National Service Through Partnerships to Advance Government Priorities
This memorandum establishes an interagency Task Force on Expanding National Service, co-chaired by the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council. It directs federal agencies to develop partnerships with CNCS to expand national service and volunteer opportunities aligned with the six focus areas of the Serve America Act, and requires specific reports and guidance within set timeframes.
Accelerating Improvements in HIV Prevention and Care in the United States Through the HIV Care Continuum Initiative
This executive order establishes the HIV Care Continuum Initiative and a supporting interagency Working Group to coordinate federal efforts to improve HIV testing, linkage to care, treatment, and viral suppression. It directs agencies to prioritize addressing gaps along the HIV care continuum and requires recommendations within 180 days, with annual progress reports thereafter.
Establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs
This executive order creates the White House Council on Native American Affairs, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, to coordinate federal policy across 30+ agencies to support tribal self-governance and improve quality of life for Native Americans. It establishes a formal structure for interagency coordination on economic development, healthcare, education, justice, and environmental protection while mandating three annual meetings.
Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force
This executive order establishes a cabinet-level task force chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate long-term rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Sandy. The task force is required to produce a comprehensive rebuilding strategy within 180 days of its first meeting, after which it will terminate 60 days later.
Establishing the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council
This executive order creates the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council and its Steering Committee to institutionalize collaboration between federal field offices and local partners—including state/local/tribal governments, private sector, and nonprofits—to address homeland security challenges ranging from disaster response to terrorism prevention. The Council advises on priorities, promotes best practices, and convenes annually, while the Steering Committee sets its scope, selects members, and reports to the President yearly.
Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts
This executive order strengthens anti-trafficking rules for federal contractors and subcontractors by amending procurement regulations. It prohibits specific trafficking-related activities like fraudulent recruitment, charging recruitment fees, and confiscating identity documents; requires compliance plans for large overseas contracts; and mandates training and interagency coordination to enforce zero-tolerance policies.
Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally
This executive order establishes a multi-year U.S. government strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally, creating an Interagency Working Group co-chaired by the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator. It mandates coordination across multiple federal agencies, integration of anti-violence programming into existing foreign policy and assistance efforts, improved data collection and research, and periodic reporting with benchmarks, progress reports, and eventual strategy revision.
Ensuring the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Protections
This memorandum directs federal agencies to strengthen compliance with USERRA, which protects service members from employment discrimination and ensures their reemployment rights. It establishes an interagency working group, mandates new guidance on data collection and best practices, and sets specific deadlines for reporting and implementation.
Establishing Policies for Addressing Domestic Violence in the Federal Workforce
This memorandum directs federal agencies to develop policies addressing domestic violence in the federal workforce. It requires OPM to issue government-wide guidance within 240 days, and agencies to create or update their own policies within specific timelines after that guidance is issued.
National Defense Resources Preparedness
This executive order delegates authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to various cabinet secretaries for prioritizing and allocating resources (food, energy, health, transportation, water, and other materials) in support of national defense. It establishes frameworks for loan guarantees, industrial base expansion, voluntary agreements, a National Defense Executive Reserve, and labor coordination during emergencies, while revoking and replacing Executive Order 12919 from 1994.
Establishing a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities
This executive order establishes a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) within HUD to coordinate federal technical assistance to local communities, helping them compete for federal resources and develop economic strategies. The Council is co-chaired by the HUD Secretary and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with broad membership across federal agencies.
Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force On Travel and Competitiveness
This executive order establishes visa processing targets to boost U.S. travel and tourism, including a 40% capacity increase in China and Brazil and 80% of applicants interviewed within 3 weeks. It also creates a Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness to develop a National Travel and Tourism Strategy within 90 days.
Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Education and Interior, to improve educational outcomes for AI/AN students across all educational settings. It mandates interagency coordination, requires a Memorandum of Understanding between Education and Interior within 120 days, and directs federal agencies to develop four-year implementation plans with annual performance reporting.
Coordinating Policies on Automotive Communities and Workers
This executive order establishes a coordinated federal response to support automotive communities and workers recovering from the 2008-2009 industry collapse. It assigns the Secretary of Labor responsibility for coordinating interagency policies, advising the President on legislation, and conducting outreach to stakeholders. The order revokes the prior 2009 auto communities EO (13509), reflecting the shift from crisis response to sustained recovery coordination.
Establishment of the SelectUSA Initiative
This executive order establishes SelectUSA, a Department of Commerce-based initiative to coordinate federal efforts to attract and retain domestic and foreign business investment in the United States. It creates a Federal Interagency Investment Working Group spanning nearly every cabinet department and major economic agency to promote the U.S. as a business location, serve as an investment ombudsman, and provide information to investors.
Establishment of the White House Rural Council
This executive order creates the White House Rural Council, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture and comprising 25 federal agencies, to coordinate federal policy and investment in rural communities. The Council is tasked with streamlining federal spending, improving economic opportunities, and enhancing quality of life in rural America through better interagency collaboration.
Fundamental Principles and Policymaking Criteria for Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Neighborhood Organizations
This executive order amends Executive Order 13279 to establish constitutional and operational principles for federal partnerships with faith-based and neighborhood organizations. It mandates equal treatment of faith-based providers in federal social service funding while prohibiting religious discrimination against beneficiaries and requiring separation of explicitly religious activities from federally funded programs. The order creates an Interagency Working Group to ensure uniform implementation across agencies and requires a report within 120 days on model regulations and guidance.
Establishing a Task Force on Skills for America's Future
This memorandum establishes an interagency Task Force on Skills for America's Future, co-chaired by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and two White House policy assistants, to develop recommendations for improving workforce training partnerships between community colleges, businesses, labor unions, and other stakeholders. The Task Force is charged with identifying scalable approaches to career training, stackable credentials, and public-private partnerships, but has no dedicated funding or enforcement authority beyond voluntary agency coordination.
Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals With Disabilities
This executive order directs federal agencies to increase recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities, with specific numerical goals and mandatory training programs. It revives implementation of a 2000 Clinton-era hiring target of 100,000 additional workers with disabilities over 5 years, requires agency-specific plans with performance targets, and mandates improvements to return-to-work programs for injured federal employees.
The Presidential POWER Initiative: Protecting Our Workers and Ensuring Reemployment
This memorandum establishes the 4-year POWER Initiative (fiscal years 2011-2014) to improve federal workplace safety and health by setting aggressive performance targets for reducing injuries and illnesses, speeding workers' compensation claims, and accelerating return-to-work for injured federal civilian employees. The Secretary of Labor is directed to lead the initiative, measure government-wide and agency-level performance, and report annually to the President.
Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes
This executive order establishes a National Ocean Council to coordinate federal stewardship of oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes, implementing recommendations from the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. It creates a framework for coastal and marine spatial planning to manage competing uses of marine environments while promoting ecosystem-based conservation. The order directs executive agencies to align their decisions with national ocean policy priorities and to participate in regional planning processes.
Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States
This executive order directs a risk-based overhaul of how the U.S. regulates dangerous biological agents and toxins (BSAT). It mandates creating a highest-risk "Tier 1" subset of pathogens, revising security regulations, coordinating federal oversight across multiple agencies, and establishing an advisory panel to guide implementation.
Establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council
This executive order establishes the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council within HHS, chaired by the Surgeon General, to coordinate federal prevention and wellness efforts. It mandates development of a national health strategy and requires annual reports to Congress through 2015 on progress toward disease prevention goals.
Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development
President Obama established an interagency task force co-chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and NASA Administrator to develop an economic development action plan for Florida's Space Coast and other aerospace communities affected by the end of the Space Shuttle program. The task force must submit a comprehensive plan by August 15, 2010, recommending how to invest $40 million in transition assistance funding, and will terminate after 3 years unless extended.
Establishing an Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses
This memorandum creates an Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses, co-chaired by the Secretary of Commerce, OMB Director, and SBA Administrator. The Task Force must deliver proposals within 120 days to increase small business contracting, and a website for transparency must be developed within 90 days to track small business participation in federal procurement.
Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development within the Small Business Administration to coordinate federal efforts to improve capital access, contracting opportunities, and business development support for small businesses owned by veterans and service-disabled veterans. The Task Force includes representatives from seven federal agencies and four veterans' organizations, and must report annually to the President on its activities and proposals.
A 21st Century Strategy for America's Great Outdoors
This memorandum establishes the America's Great Outdoors Initiative, led by Interior, Agriculture, EPA, and CEQ, to reconnect Americans—especially children—with nature through community-based conservation, public-private partnerships, and interagency coordination. It mandates listening sessions across the country and requires three reports: an initial strategy report by November 15, 2010, and annual progress reports by September 30, 2011 and 2012.
National Export Initiative
This executive order creates the National Export Initiative (NEI) to double U.S. exports over five years and establishes an Export Promotion Cabinet of cabinet-level officials and agency heads to coordinate federal export promotion efforts. The order directs the Cabinet to develop programs supporting small and medium-sized business exports, increase export credit, reduce trade barriers, and produce a comprehensive implementation plan within 180 days.
A Comprehensive Federal Strategy on Carbon Capture and Storage
This memorandum establishes an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage co-chaired by DOE and EPA to develop a plan within 180 days to overcome barriers to deploying CCS technology. It aims to bring 5-10 commercial demonstration projects online by 2016, with the goal of widespread cost-effective CCS deployment within 10 years.
Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government
This executive order establishes a government-wide initiative to increase veteran hiring in the federal workforce by creating an interagency Council on Veterans Employment, requiring agencies to develop operational plans and designate veterans employment offices, and mandating training for HR personnel and hiring managers on veterans' preferences and special hiring authorities.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order continues 15 federal advisory committees for two years until September 30, 2011, superseding a prior Bush administration order. It also delegates presidential functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the heads of designated departments and agencies.
Imports of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China
President Obama imposed additional tariffs on Chinese passenger vehicle and light truck tires for three years (35%, 30%, 25% ad valorem) following a USITC finding of market disruption under Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974. The determination also directs Commerce and Labor to expedite Trade Adjustment Assistance for affected domestic workers and firms.
Establishing a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers
This executive order creates a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers to coordinate federal assistance for areas hit hard by auto industry job losses. The council includes cabinet secretaries and senior officials across multiple agencies, and is tasked with aligning federal programs to support automotive workers and communities. It automatically terminates after two years unless extended by the President.
Establishing a White House Council on Women And Girls
This executive order creates a White House Council on Women and Girls to coordinate federal policy across agencies on issues affecting women and girls, including pay equity, healthcare access, educational opportunity, and workforce participation. The Council is advisory, composed of Cabinet secretaries and senior officials, and must submit an interagency plan within 150 days.
Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs
This executive order creates the White House Office of Urban Affairs within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal urban policy across departments and agencies. The Office is tasked with developing a comprehensive urban policy agenda, ensuring federal spending in urban areas is effective, and engaging with state/local officials and private stakeholders.
Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects
This executive order encourages federal agencies to consider requiring Project Labor Agreements (PLAs)—pre-hire collective bargaining agreements with labor unions—for large-scale federal construction projects costing $25 million or more. It revokes two Bush-era executive orders that had restricted PLA requirements, and mandates regulatory implementation within 120 days and a broader policy review within 180 days.
White House Task Force on Middle-Class Working Families
President Obama established a White House Task Force on Middle-Class Working Families, chaired by Vice President Biden, to recommend policies on education, work-family balance, labor standards, income protection, and retirement security. The Task Force includes cabinet secretaries and senior White House economic advisors, with annual public reports required starting one year from signing.
Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts
This executive order requires federal service contractors and their subcontractors to offer a right of first refusal of employment to qualified non-managerial employees from predecessor contracts when a successor contract is awarded for the same or similar services at the same location. The order aims to reduce service disruption and maintain an experienced workforce by preventing displacement of qualified workers during contract transitions.
Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws
This executive order requires federal contractors and subcontractors to post notices informing employees of their rights under federal labor laws, including the National Labor Relations Act. It revokes the prior Bush administration's Executive Order 13201 and delegates rulemaking authority to the Secretary of Labor to prescribe the specific notice requirements.
To Modify Duty-free Treatment Under The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and for Other Purposes
This proclamation certifies that Haiti and the Dominican Republic have developed anti-transshipment procedures, thereby activating preferential tariff treatment for certain apparel and other articles under the HOPE II Act. It modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to implement these trade benefits, authorizes specific functions to the USTR and Secretary of Labor, and makes a technical correction to a prior proclamation regarding Turkey.
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences, Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, and for Other Purposes
This proclamation modifies U.S. trade preferences under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). It terminates duty-free treatment for certain articles from specific countries, grants and revokes competitive need limitation waivers, terminates Trinidad and Tobago's GSP beneficiary status effective January 1, 2010, designates Serbia and Montenegro as separate GSP beneficiaries, designates Comoros as an AGOA beneficiary, and makes technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
Amending Executive Order 12989, as Amended
This executive order amends a 1996 order to require federal contractors to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system (E-Verify) to confirm workers are legally authorized to work in the U.S. It mandates that contracting agencies include this requirement as a condition of federal contracts, with the Secretary of Homeland Security designated to administer the verification system.
Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs
This executive order creates an Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs within HHS to coordinate federal youth programs, mandates development of a new federal youth website within 10 months, and requires annual reporting to the President. It continues the "Helping America's Youth" initiative through structured interagency collaboration without creating new legal rights or spending authority.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
This executive order continues 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2009, revokes the tax reform advisory panel (EO 13369), supersedes parts of EO 13385, and substantially amends EO 12994 to expand and rename the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities with new membership requirements and advisory functions.
Strengthening Adult Education
This executive order creates an Interagency Adult Education Working Group led by the Secretary of Education to coordinate federal adult education programs, identify gaps and duplications, and recommend improvements to help adults transition to postsecondary education and employment. The Working Group includes multiple cabinet secretaries and must submit its first report within 9 months.
National Security Professional Development
This executive order establishes a framework to improve national security workforce capabilities by requiring a National Strategy for professional development, creating an interagency Steering Committee chaired by OPM, and directing agency heads to enhance education, training, and cross-government assignment opportunities for security professionals. It specifically assigns implementation roles to Defense, State, Intelligence, and Homeland Security for their respective personnel systems.
Establishing a Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors and a Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes
This executive order establishes a presidential commission and an interagency task force to review and improve care for wounded service members returning from the Global War on Terror. The Commission has a mandate to examine transitions, health care, benefits, and services, with a final report due by June 30, 2007. The Task Force, led by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, must submit a government-wide action plan within 45 days.
Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims
This executive order establishes an interagency Task Force on Disaster Assistance Coordination to develop a plan streamlining federal disaster assistance delivery. The plan must include a centralized application process, a clearinghouse for assistance information, reduced duplication, and fraud controls, with phased implementation by December 31, 2008. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit the plan to the President by March 1, 2007, with quarterly progress reports thereafter until implementation is complete.
Task Force on New Americans
This executive order establishes a Task Force on New Americans within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate federal efforts helping legal immigrants learn English, civics, and history to integrate into American society. The Task Force includes cabinet-level officials from multiple departments and is directed to promote public-private partnerships, expand instruction through community groups, and make recommendations on policy and legislative changes.
Assignment of Certain Reporting Function
This memorandum delegates to the Secretary of Labor the President's statutory reporting function under the National Emergencies Act, requiring a final report to Congress regarding Proclamation 7959 (November 3, 2005). The function may be further delegated to the Deputy Secretary of Labor.
Presidential Determination on Imports of Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China
President Bush declined to impose import relief on Chinese steel pipe under Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974, finding it would harm the U.S. economy more than help domestic producers due to third-country substitution and disproportionate consumer costs. He directed Commerce and Labor to expedite Trade Adjustment Assistance applications for affected workers.
Creation of the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council
This executive order establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal support for recovery and rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Council, chaired by the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and comprising 23 cabinet-level officials and senior advisors, is tasked with reviewing issues, providing guidance, and making recommendations to the President on Gulf Coast recovery efforts. The Council automatically terminates three years after signing unless extended.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
This executive order continues 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2007, revokes two executive orders for completed commissions, amends several other executive orders to update committee structures and functions—most notably expanding the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology from 25 to 45 members and redesignating it as the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee—and revises the National Infrastructure Advisory Council's charter.
Amendments to Executive Order 12788 Relating to the Defense Economic Adjustment Program
This executive order updates the Defense Economic Adjustment Program by expanding its scope to explicitly include business assistance alongside communities and workers affected by defense base closures. It also streamlines the Economic Adjustment Committee by removing two obsolete agency positions (Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and FEMA Director), clarifies leadership roles with Defense as chair and Labor/Commerce as vice chairs, and adds a new objective to resolve regulatory issues hindering encroachment prevention and local economic adjustment.
Committee on Ocean Policy
This executive order establishes the Committee on Ocean Policy within the Council on Environmental Quality to coordinate federal agency activities on ocean-related matters, advance environmental/economic/security interests, and facilitate consultation with state, tribal, local, and international stakeholders. The Committee comprises cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and presidential assistants but functions solely in an advisory capacity without regulatory authority.
Amendment to Executive Order 13173, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order makes minor amendments to Executive Order 13173, updating the membership of the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley by adding the Secretary of Defense and Director of National Drug Control Policy, making the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the chair, requiring designated staff for 2004-2006, and adding 'regulations' to the Task Force's analytical duties. It also adds standard language disclaiming judicial enforceability.
Providing Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran Businesses To Increase Their Federal Contracting and Subcontracting
This executive order directs federal agencies to increase contracting opportunities for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans by meeting a 3% participation goal, designating senior officials, developing public strategies, and creating reserved contracts. It also assigns specific duties to the Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Labor departments to support these businesses through training, assistance, and outreach programs.
American Indian and Alaska Native Education
This executive order establishes an interagency working group to improve American Indian and Alaska Native student achievement under the No Child Left Behind Act while respecting tribal cultures and sovereignty. It mandates a multi-year study of Native education, requires a federal interagency plan within 90 days, and convenes a forum on education strategies, with the working group terminating after 5 years unless extended.
Human Service Transportation Coordination
This executive order establishes an Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility to improve coordination of federal transportation services for people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and older adults. The Council, chaired by the Secretary of Transportation and comprising nine cabinet-level officials, is tasked with reducing duplication, improving access, and reporting on progress within one year.
To Provide for the Termination of Action Taken With Regard to Imports of Certain Steel Products
President George W. Bush terminated safeguard tariffs on certain steel products that had been imposed in March 2002 under Proclamation 7529, citing changed economic circumstances and an ITC report. The import licensing system established to monitor steel imports remains in effect until March 21, 2005, or until a replacement program is established.
Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects
This executive order amends EO 13212 to expand its scope beyond energy production to include pipeline safety projects. It establishes an interagency task force within the Department of Energy to monitor and expedite permitting for energy-related and pipeline safety projects, coordinate federal-state-tribal-local permitting, and perform functions under section 60133 of title 49 regarding pipeline repair.
Presidential Determination on Wire Hanger Imports from the People's Republic of China
President Bush declined to impose import relief under Section 421 on Chinese steel wire garment hangers, finding tariffs would harm the national economic interest by disrupting domestic producers' adjustment strategies, shifting production to third countries, and raising costs for small dry-cleaning businesses. Instead, he directed Commerce and Labor to expedite Trade Adjustment Assistance applications from affected hanger producers and workers.
Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security
This executive order makes extensive technical amendments to 80 prior executive orders to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and transfer functions from agencies like the Attorney General's office, Department of Transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and others to the new Secretary of Homeland Security. It also fully rewrites Executive Order 13231 on critical infrastructure protection, establishing the National Infrastructure Advisory Council under DHS and clarifying cybersecurity responsibilities across government.
Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations
This executive order establishes principles for federal agencies to ensure faith-based and community organizations can compete equally for federal social service funding without religious discrimination, while protecting beneficiaries from religious coercion. It requires specified agencies to review and amend policies within 90 days, and amends Executive Order 11246 to exempt religious contractors from certain employment nondiscrimination requirements when hiring co-religionists.
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Act of 2002
This executive order delegates most presidential authorities under Divisions B (Trade Promotion) and C (Andean Trade) of the Trade Act of 2002 to the U.S. Trade Representative, while reserving specific authorities to the President. It also assigns particular consultative and reporting functions to the Secretaries of State, Labor, Treasury, and other agencies, and amends Executive Order 11846 to include the new trade act divisions.
Activities To Promote Personal Fitness
This executive order directs eight federal departments and the Office of National Drug Policy to review their policies and programs related to public personal fitness, and to propose modifications or new initiatives within 90 days. It establishes an interagency working group chaired by HHS to coordinate federal fitness promotion activities and eliminate overlap, while explicitly limiting the order to internal executive branch management without creating enforceable rights.