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Executive orders directing the Secretary of the Navy · 18 in Search.
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Unleashing American Drone Dominance
This executive order accelerates U.S. drone industry growth by mandating FAA rulemaking for beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial operations, establishing an eVTOL pilot program, prioritizing domestic drone procurement across federal agencies and the military, restricting foreign supply chain risks, and expanding export financing for American-made unmanned aircraft systems.
Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base
This executive order mandates sweeping reforms to Pentagon procurement and the defense acquisition workforce to speed weapons development and cut bureaucratic redundancy. It requires plans within 60-180 days to streamline contracting, review major programs for potential cancellation if over cost or behind schedule, and retrain acquisition personnel. The order also imposes a ten-for-one deregulation rule on new defense acquisition regulations and targets the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System for overhaul.
Authority To Order the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty To Address International Drug Trafficking
This executive order invokes 10 U.S.C. § 12302 to authorize the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to order Ready Reserve units and members to active duty to combat international drug trafficking, building on the national emergency declared in EO 14059. It does not order any immediate mobilization but makes the legal authority available for potential use.
Expanding Eligibility for Certain Military Decorations and Awards
This executive order updates multiple military decoration and award programs to include the newly established Space Force, replace gendered language with gender-neutral terms, and modernize statutory references. It amends six prior executive orders covering the Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, unit citations, Bronze Star Medal, and delegation authorities for military decorations.
National Emergency Authority To Order the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
This executive order invokes emergency authorities to allow the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to call up to 1 million members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve to active duty for up to 24 consecutive months in response to the COVID-19 national emergency. It activates reserve forces to support the nation's healthcare systems and pandemic response without creating enforceable legal rights for any party.
Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border under the National Emergencies Act, invoking military construction authority (10 U.S.C. § 2808) and Ready Reserve activation authority (10 U.S.C. § 12302) to enable Department of Defense support for border security, including potential border wall construction and troop deployment.
Delegation of Authority To Approve Certain Military Decorations
This executive order delegates presidential authority to award certain high-level military decorations to the Secretaries of military departments and the Secretary of Homeland Security. It updates and consolidates rules for decorations including the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, and Distinguished Flying Cross, superseding executive orders from 1927 and 1942.
Amending Executive Order 13223
This executive order amends a post-9/11 emergency order to expand the Secretary of Defense's authority to activate military reservists during the ongoing national emergency. It specifically invokes sections 688 and 690 of title 10, U.S. Code, allowing the service secretaries to recall retired officers and enlist retired members with needed skills, subject to Defense Secretary direction.
Establishment of the Reconstruction Era National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Reconstruction Era National Monument in Beaufort County, South Carolina, protecting approximately 15.56 acres of historic sites including Darrah Hall, Brick Baptist Church, Camp Saxton, and the Old Beaufort Firehouse. The monument, managed by the National Park Service with a required management plan within 3 years, commemorates the first experiments in African American freedom, education, and political participation during and after the Civil War.
Reserving Certain Submerged Lands in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
President Obama issued a proclamation on January 15, 2014, excepting certain submerged lands around five islands in the Northern Mariana Islands from transfer to the Commonwealth government under Public Law 93-435. The proclamation permanently protects marine national monument lands around three islands and preserves military training areas near two leased islands, with provisions for future conveyance if management agreements are reached.
Long-Term Gulf Coast Restoration Support Plan
This memorandum assigns the Secretary of the Navy to lead development of a long-term plan for federal support of Gulf Coast economic and environmental recovery following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The plan must assess post-spill needs, coordinate with multiple stakeholders, and set measurable objectives for restoration, though it explicitly operates subject to available appropriations and existing legal authorities.
Original Classification Authority
This presidential order designates specific Executive Office and agency officials with authority to originally classify information as 'Top Secret' or 'Secret' under Executive Order 13526 on classified national security information. It revokes prior classification designations while preserving certain delegations made under the previous executive order regime.
Establishing the Global War on Terrorism Medals
This executive order establishes two new U.S. military decorations—the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal—for Armed Forces members who served in counterterrorism operations on or after September 11, 2001. The Secretaries of military departments and Secretary of Homeland Security (for Coast Guard) are directed to prescribe uniform regulations for awarding these medals, with terminal dates to be set by the Secretary of Defense.
Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation
This executive order, issued three days after 9/11, invokes presidential authorities to activate Ready Reserve military units for up to 24 months and delegates significant personnel management powers to the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation, including suspending normal officer promotion, retirement, and separation rules.
Administration of the Midway Islands
This executive order transfers administration of the Midway Islands from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Interior, dissolves the naval defensive sea area and airspace reservation, and establishes the islands as the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Pending legal cases remain with the Navy while new civil and criminal matters become Interior's responsibility.
Regulatory ReformWaiver of Penalties and Reduction of Reports
This April 21, 1995 presidential memorandum directs federal agencies to implement two regulatory reform policies: (1) exercising enforcement discretion to waive penalties for small businesses that correct violations in good faith, and (2) reducing by half the frequency of public reporting requirements, with both policies requiring implementation plans to OMB by June 15, 1995 and policy implementation by July 14, 1995. The memorandum excludes law enforcement, national security, foreign affairs, trade restrictions, tax/revenue matters, and statistical agencies from its scope.
Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Officer Promotions
This executive order delegates presidential authority to approve, modify, or disapprove Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve officer promotion selection board reports from the President to the Secretary of Defense, with authority to further redelegate. It explicitly preserves presidential authority to remove names from selection board reports and ratifies prior actions taken under this delegated framework.
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
This executive order establishes a unified Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program jointly managed by the Department of Energy and Department of the Navy under a single director. It preserves the program's existing structure while formalizing the director's dual reporting role, eight-year term, and comprehensive authority over naval reactor safety, research, development, and personnel training.