Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Executive orders directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs · 16 in Trump 45 · 108 all terms.
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16 shown · Trump 45
Care of Veterans With Service in Uzbekistan
This executive order directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider designating veterans who served in Uzbekistan between 2001-2005 as having served in a theater of combat operations, and requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a rigorous study of toxic exposure at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base within 365 days.
Modernizing America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure
This executive order establishes a Water Subcabinet co-chaired by the Interior Secretary and EPA Administrator to coordinate federal water resource management across agencies. It mandates reports and recommendations to reduce duplication among hundreds of federal water working groups, improve water storage and quality, modernize infrastructure planning, and address workforce shortages in the water sector through fiscal year 2025 milestones.
Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental- and Behavioral-Health Needs
This executive order establishes a Coronavirus Mental Health Working Group to coordinate federal response to pandemic-exacerbated mental and behavioral health issues, including suicide prevention and substance abuse. It directs agencies to encourage grantees to adopt policies supporting safe in-person and telehealth mental health services, and requires a coordinated plan within 45 days.
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 Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize domestic procurement of essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and their critical ingredients to reduce dependence on foreign manufacturing. It mandates supply chain vulnerability assessments, streamlines regulatory approvals for domestic producers, and authorizes use of the Defense Production Act to prioritize these materials. The order includes exceptions for public health emergencies and when domestic procurement would increase costs by more than 25 percent.
Authorizing the Exercise of Authority Under Public Law 85-804
This memorandum authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to exercise emergency contracting authority under Public Law 85-804 for VA contracts directly supporting COVID-19 response efforts, treating the VA's pandemic activities as connected to national defense. The authorization expires on September 30, 2020.
Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote National Security and Public Health
This executive order establishes a National Influenza Vaccine Task Force co-chaired by Defense and HHS to modernize U.S. influenza vaccine production away from egg-based methods toward faster, scalable cell-based and recombinant technologies. It mandates a 5-year national plan and directs multiple agencies to estimate costs, expand manufacturing capacity, and accelerate development of broadly protective vaccines.
Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans
This memorandum directs the Secretaries of Education and Veterans Affairs to streamline the process for discharging federal student loan debt for totally and permanently disabled veterans. It addresses the problem that only about half of the roughly 50,000 eligible veterans had successfully navigated the burdensome application process, and instructs agencies to use VA disability determinations to minimize veteran burden.
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.
Federal Housing Finance Reform
This memorandum directs the Treasury Secretary to develop a plan for ending the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and reforming the housing finance system, and directs the HUD Secretary to develop a plan for modernizing FHA and GNMA programs. Both plans must distinguish legislative from administrative reforms and include implementation timelines for administrative actions, to be submitted to the President 'as soon as practicable.'
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 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.
Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud
This executive order establishes a Department of Justice Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud to coordinate investigation and prosecution of fraud against the government and public, replacing a similar Obama-era task force. It brings together senior DOJ officials and invites participation from numerous federal agencies to address financial crimes, cyber-fraud, and consumer protection.
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.
Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition From Uniformed Service to Civilian Life
This executive order directs the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security to develop a joint action plan within 60 days to improve mental healthcare and suicide prevention resources for veterans during their first year after leaving military service, when suicide rates are approximately double the overall veteran rate. A status report on implementation progress is due within 180 days.
Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs
This executive order directs the VA Secretary to create an Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection within 45 days, headed by a Special Assistant reporting directly to the Secretary. The office is tasked with advising on disciplinary actions against underperforming employees, identifying statutory barriers to firing employees who jeopardize veteran welfare, resolving whistleblower complaints, and protecting employees from retaliation.