Rollback report

WEEK OF AUG 17 — AUG 23, 2026

Orders That Reversed Prior Policy

12 recent rollbacks (none signed this week)

BEFORE

Executive Order 13637 — Administration of Reformed Export Controls

Obama · Mar 2013 · Impact: 6

This executive order delegates specific functions under the Arms Export Control Act to the Secretaries of State and Defense, revokes the previous 1977 executive order on export controls, and amends Executive Order 13222 to establish congressional notification procedures for certain firearms and Major Defense Equipment exports under Commerce jurisdiction, while also authorizing the Secretary of State to license Commerce-controlled exports when agreed with the Secretary of Commerce.

AFTER

Proclamation 11043 — Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument

Trump · Jul 2026 · Impact: 8

This proclamation drastically reduces the Bears Ears National Monument from approximately 1.36 million acres to about 121,096 acres (two units: Shash Jáa and Indian Creek), excluding roughly 1.24 million acres. The excluded lands open to mineral leasing, mining, and other disposition 60 days after signing. It disbands the Bears Ears Commission, restructures the advisory committee with state and local stakeholder representation, and directs Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to prioritize grazing, recreation, access, and vegetation management in the remaining monument.

AFTER

Proclamation 11044 — Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Trump · Jul 2026 · Impact: 8

President Trump issued a proclamation drastically reducing the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from approximately 1.87 million acres to about 181,541 acres, removing roughly 1.69 million acres from monument protection. The excluded lands will open to mining, mineral leasing, and other disposition 60 days after the proclamation date. The action reverses President Biden's 2021 expansion (Proclamation 10286) and reinstates a much smaller version closer to Trump's 2017 reduction, citing the Antiquities Act's "smallest area compatible" requirement and national security needs for domestic critical minerals production.

BEFORE

EO 42932

HON Rule (89 FR 42932) section 112 requirements for Annex I sources

AFTER

Proclamation 11041 — Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources To Promote American Chemical Manufacturing Security

Trump · Jul 2026 · Impact: 7

This proclamation grants a 2-year exemption from certain EPA emissions-control requirements (the HON Rule) for specific chemical manufacturing facilities, extending compliance deadlines by 2 years from their original dates. The action is justified under Clean Air Act section 112(i)(4) based on determinations that required technology is not commercially available and that national security interests support maintaining domestic chemical production capacity.

AFTER

Proclamation 11035 — Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific

Trump · Jun 2026 · Impact: 7

This proclamation modifies four prior presidential proclamations to remove monument-based prohibitions on commercial fishing in three Pacific marine national monuments: the Mariana Trench, Papahānaumokuākea, and Rose Atoll. It restricts commercial fishing to U.S.-flagged vessels (with limited exceptions for foreign-flagged transport vessels) and directs the Secretary of Commerce to amend or repeal inconsistent regulations.

BEFORE

Executive Order 13957 — Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service

Trump · Oct 2020 · Impact: 8

EO 13957 created a new 'Schedule F' classification for federal career employees in policy-making or confidential roles, moving them from competitive service to excepted service. This allowed agencies to hire and fire these employees more easily without competitive civil service procedures or chapter 75 adverse action protections. The order required agencies to review and petition to reclassify eligible positions within 90 days (preliminary) and 210 days (complete).

AFTER

Executive Order 14410 — Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service

Trump · Jun 2026 · Impact: 7

This executive order implements Schedule Policy/Career in the excepted service by transferring specified senior policy-influencing positions from the competitive service, exempting them from standard adverse-action procedures while retaining merit-based hiring. It amends Civil Service Rules and prior executive orders to effectuate these transfers, directs agencies to notify affected employees within 7 days, and establishes performance award mechanisms for Schedule Policy/Career employees.

AFTER

Proclamation 11032 — Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States

Trump · Jun 2026 · Impact: 8

This proclamation modifies existing Section 232 tariffs on aluminum, steel, and copper by expanding the 15% reduced tariff rate to agricultural equipment and certain residential HVAC systems, temporarily modifying tariffs on mobile industrial equipment and machinery, adding aluminum lithographic plates and steel racks to tariff coverage, and lowering the domestic content threshold for preferential treatment from 95% to 85%. The changes take effect June 8, 2026, with a temporary rate structure lasting through December 31, 2027, before reverting to Proclamation 11021 rates on January 1, 2028.

BEFORE

EO 1996

Presidential permit dated April 8, 1996

AFTER

Other — Authorizing Bakken Pipeline Company LP To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Burke County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

Trump · Apr 2026 · Impact: 4

This presidential permit authorizes Bakken Pipeline Company LP, a subsidiary of Canadian Enbridge Inc., to operate and maintain existing 12-inch pipeline border facilities near Portal, North Dakota for transporting crude oil and petroleum products across the U.S.-Canada border. It supersedes and revokes the 1996 permit while imposing conditions on operations, inspections, national security provisions, and liability.

BEFORE

EO 2017

Presidential Permit dated October 13, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 53553)

AFTER

Other — Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

Trump · Apr 2026 · Impact: 5

This Presidential Permit authorizes Enbridge Energy to continue operating and maintaining existing pipeline border facilities in Pembina County, North Dakota, for transporting crude oil and petroleum products between the U.S. and Canada. It supersedes and revokes the 2017 permit issued during the prior administration, while maintaining standard regulatory conditions including inspection access, compliance with pipeline safety laws, and presidential authority to take possession for national security purposes.

BEFORE

EO 2008

Presidential Permit dated June 10, 2008

AFTER

Other — Authorizing Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

Trump · Apr 2026 · Impact: 4

This Presidential Permit authorizes Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. to continue operating and maintaining existing cross-border pipeline facilities in Pembina County, North Dakota, for transporting crude oil and petroleum products between the U.S. and Canada. It supersedes and revokes the 2008 permit while imposing standard conditions regarding inspection access, regulatory compliance, national security takings, and liability indemnification.

AFTER

Proclamation 11021 — Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States

Trump · Apr 2026 · Impact: 9

This proclamation significantly strengthens existing Section 232 tariffs on aluminum, steel, and copper imports by raising rates to 50% ad valorem on most metal articles and certain derivatives (25% for other derivatives), applying duties to full customs value regardless of metal content, eliminating prior inclusion processes, and creating a new joint authority for the Secretary of Commerce and USTR to add derivative articles on a rolling basis. It also establishes a temporary graduated tariff structure for certain Annex III products through 2027 before full rates apply in 2028, with special provisions for UK products and US-origin metals.

BEFORE

Executive Order 14110 — Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

Biden · Oct 2023 · Impact: 9

This executive order establishes a comprehensive, government-wide framework for governing AI development and use, directing federal agencies to develop safety standards, require reporting from companies building large AI models, protect against AI-enabled cyber and biological threats, safeguard civil rights and privacy, and build federal AI workforce capacity. It invokes the Defense Production Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose reporting obligations on AI developers and cloud infrastructure providers regarding dual-use foundation models and foreign user transactions.

Rollback Report — Orders That Reversed Prior Policy · Executive Orders