Democracy & Governance
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Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans
This executive order establishes a new federal "Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations" framework that reduces the recommended childhood vaccine schedule to align with peer developed nations, prioritizes single-dose vaccines over combination products (starting with separating MMR), mandates HHS to develop aluminum-alternative adjuvants and enhance safety monitoring, and directs federal agencies to legally challenge state vaccine mandates while maximizing parental choice and religious/medical exemptions.
Continuing To Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
This executive order narrows birthright citizenship by directing federal agencies to deny citizenship recognition to certain categories of children born in the U.S. when neither parent is a citizen, including children of designated terrorists, foreign government employees, those born via birth tourism or surrogacy arrangements, and those born in territories without statutory citizenship provisions. It cites a June 2026 Supreme Court decision (Trump v. Barbara) as legal foundation and requires agency heads to issue public implementation guidance within 30 days.
Ending Birth Tourism
This executive order directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to take actions to prevent "birth tourism" — the practice of foreign nationals entering the U.S. on nonimmigrant visas to give birth and secure citizenship for their children. The order delegates presidential authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar entry, revoke visas, remove aliens, and penalize facilitators, with humanitarian and national-interest exemptions.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Brazil
This notice continues for one year the national emergency with respect to Brazil originally declared by Executive Order 14323 on July 30, 2025, citing ongoing concerns about Brazilian government actions including censorship, political persecution, human rights violations, and interference with U.S. economic interests. The continuation is made under section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act and extends the emergency authority beyond its July 30, 2026 expiration date.
Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution
This executive order directs Interior, OMB, GSA, and the Domestic Policy Council to use available authorities to address alleged ideological bias at the Smithsonian Institution and its National Museum of American History, based on a prior administration report. It mandates temporary signage and exhibits on National Park Service property near the Museum to warn visitors of the report's findings and correct perceived inaccuracies.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Mali
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared by Executive Order 13882 on July 26, 2019, regarding the situation in Mali. The continuation maintains sanctions and emergency authorities related to instability, coups, terrorism, and foreign mercenary presence in Mali.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Hostage-Taking and the Wrongful Detention of United States Nationals Abroad
The President is continuing for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14078 (July 19, 2022) regarding hostage-taking and wrongful detention of U.S. nationals abroad, as required by the National Emergencies Act. This routine procedural extension maintains existing sanctions and authorities without creating new policy.
Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument
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.
Presidential Determination on Assistance to Venezuela Consistent With the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
This determination waives restrictions under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to allow U.S. assistance to Venezuela, finding such aid promotes the Act's purposes or serves U.S. national interest. It follows an earlier determination from November 2025 and directs the Secretary of State to submit the determination and supporting justification to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western Balkans
The President is extending for one year the national emergency first declared in 2001 regarding the Western Balkans, citing ongoing threats from extremist violence, obstruction of peace agreements, corruption, and challenges to sovereignty in the region. This continuation maintains existing sanctions authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Granting Pardon to Stephen E. Buyer
President Trump granted a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to Stephen E. Buyer, a former Army Judge Advocate General and U.S. Representative from Indiana, based on endorsements from 54 current and former members of Congress. The Attorney General is directed to administer and immediately issue a certificate of pardon.
Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service
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.
Realigning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations With Best Practices From Peer, Developed Countries
This executive order directs the CDC and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review a prior HHS scientific assessment comparing U.S. childhood vaccine schedules with peer developed nations, and to update recommendations to provide more flexibility in timing and sequencing while preserving insurance coverage. It also mandates that all federal agencies align their immunization-related actions, regulations, and funding with the ACIP/CDC schedule and protect parental authority, religious freedom, and disability accommodations.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Belarus
President continues for one year the national emergency regarding Belarus originally declared in 2006 and expanded in 2021, citing ongoing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy from the Belarusian regime's anti-democratic actions, human rights abuses, and endangerment of international civil air travel.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Central African Republic
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13667 regarding the Central African Republic, citing ongoing widespread violence, atrocities, and Kremlin-linked Wagner Group activities as threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy. The continuation extends sanctions authorities under IEEPA beyond the original May 12, 2026 expiration date.
Eligibility of the Board of Peace To Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act
This presidential determination finds that providing defense articles and services to the Board of Peace will strengthen U.S. security and promote world peace, authorizing the Secretary of State to transmit the determination and justification to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register. The document does not specify what the Board of Peace is or what defense articles/services are contemplated.
Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections
This executive order directs DHS to compile and share citizenship lists with states for federal election verification, requires USPS rulemaking to create tracked mail-in ballots with unique barcodes, and prioritizes prosecution of officials or entities that provide ballots to non-citizens. It mandates new federal infrastructure for voter eligibility verification and imposes compliance mechanisms including potential federal funding withholding.
Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors
This Executive Order mandates that all federal contracts include a clause prohibiting contractors and subcontractors from engaging in racially discriminatory DEI activities, defined as disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in employment, contracting, or resource allocation. It requires agencies to insert this clause within 30 days, empowers contract termination and debarment for noncompliance, invokes False Claims Act liability, and directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend regulations within 60 days.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared by Executive Order 13664 on April 3, 2014, regarding South Sudan. The continuation maintains sanctions and related authorities based on ongoing threats to peace, security, and stability in South Sudan and the region.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
This notice extends for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14024 regarding harmful Russian government activities, including election interference, cyberattacks, corruption, and violations of international law. The continuation keeps in force sanctions and related authorities that would otherwise expire on April 15, 2026.
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.
Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens
This executive order directs multiple Cabinet departments to combat transnational cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes targeting Americans—including scam centers, ransomware, sextortion, and financial fraud often backed by foreign regimes. It mandates reviews and action plans to create a new operational cell for interagency coordination, establishes a Victims Restoration Program, and authorizes diplomatic consequences including sanctions, visa restrictions, and trade penalties against nations that tolerate such criminal activity.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela
The President is continuing for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 regarding Venezuela, citing ongoing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy from the Venezuelan government's human rights abuses, political persecution, and corruption. This routine extension maintains existing sanctions and emergency authorities without adding new measures.
Protecting the National Security and Welfare of the United States and Its Citizens From Criminal Actors and Other Public Safety Threats
This executive order directs the Attorney General to provide DHS with access to federal criminal history record information (CHRI) for immigration screening and vetting purposes, and authorizes DHS to exchange felony conviction records reciprocally with Visa Waiver Program countries and other trusted allies for border security and immigration screening.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in and in Relation to Burma
President Biden extended for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14014 regarding Burma (Myanmar), originally declared on February 10, 2021. The notice continues sanctions authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act but does not impose new measures or modify existing ones.
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.
Addressing State and Local Failures To Rebuild Los Angeles After Wildfire Disasters
This executive order directs federal agencies to consider preempting California and Los Angeles permitting requirements that delay wildfire reconstruction, expedite environmental and historic preservation reviews for rebuilding projects, audit nearly $3 billion in unspent hazard mitigation funds, and propose legislation enabling federal override of state/local recovery obstruction. It blames state and local governments for enabling and mismanaging the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Canyon wildfires and for subsequent bureaucratic delays preventing rebuilding.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the International Criminal Court
President Trump continued for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14203 regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing ongoing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy from ICC efforts to investigate or prosecute U.S. and Israeli personnel. The notice extends emergency authorities beyond their February 6, 2026 expiration date under the National Emergencies Act.
Designating the Board of Peace as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities
This executive order designates the "Board of Peace" as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), granting it privileges, exemptions, and immunities. The order is purely administrative and procedural, with no substantive policy mandates or operational directives beyond the designation itself.
Withdrawing the United States From International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties That Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
This memorandum directs the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations—35 non-UN entities and 31 UN organizations—deemed contrary to U.S. interests, based on a review conducted under Executive Order 14199. All executive agencies must take immediate steps to cease participation, membership, and funding to these organizations as soon as possible, with the Secretary of State providing implementation guidance.
Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the Security of the United States
Proclamation 10998 expands and modifies travel restrictions on foreign nationals from countries deemed to have deficient screening and vetting capabilities. It continues full or partial entry suspensions for 19 countries from prior proclamations, adds 8 new countries to full suspension (including Syria and PA-document holders), imposes partial suspensions on 15 additional countries, and narrows family-based visa exceptions while adding new exceptions for athletes and DOJ witnesses. The proclamation takes effect January 1, 2026, with 180-day review cycles.
Designating Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
This executive order designates illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), directing the Attorney General, Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Homeland Security to take enforcement, financial sanctions, military-chemical response, and intelligence actions against fentanyl trafficking networks. The order reframes fentanyl from a drug enforcement issue to a national security and counterterrorism priority with potential military and WMD-intelligence tools.
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
This executive order establishes a federal framework to preempt state AI regulations deemed burdensome to innovation. It creates an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state laws, directs Commerce to identify conflicting state AI laws, conditions federal broadband and discretionary grants on state regulatory compliance, and tasks FCC and FTC with federal standard-setting proceedings. The order also mandates preparation of legislative recommendations for a uniform national AI policy while carving out exceptions for child safety, infrastructure, and state procurement.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corruption
This notice extends for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13818 regarding serious human rights abuse and corruption worldwide, maintaining sanctions and related authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The continuation prevents the emergency from expiring on December 20, 2025.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Global Illicit Drug Trade
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared by Executive Order 14059 on December 15, 2021, regarding global illicit drug trafficking. The continuation extends sanctions and emergency authorities under IEEPA beyond their December 15, 2025 expiration date, citing ongoing threats from fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and transnational criminal organizations.
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
This determination, issued under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, imposes foreign assistance restrictions on 17 governments for FY 2026 due to inadequate anti-trafficking efforts. It withholds nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance from countries including Afghanistan, Chad, Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela, with partial national-interest waivers for some countries and adds Sint Maarten to the restricted list.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13851 regarding Nicaragua, citing ongoing democratic erosion, violence against civilians, and economic destabilization by the Ortega-Murillo regime. The continuation extends sanctions authorities under IEEPA beyond their November 27, 2025 expiration date.
Fostering the Future for American Children and Families
This executive order directs HHS to modernize the U.S. foster care system through data transparency, AI-powered tools for caregiver matching, a new "Fostering the Future" initiative for youth transitioning out of care, and increased partnerships with faith-based organizations. It establishes a 180-day deadline for regulatory updates, platform development, and strategic planning across multiple agencies.
Granting Pardons for Certain Offenses Related to the 2020 Presidential Election
This proclamation grants a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to 78 named individuals for conduct related to alternate elector schemes and efforts to challenge the 2020 Presidential Election results, excluding President Trump himself. The Attorney General is directed to administer certificates of pardon through the Pardon Attorney.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This notice continues for one year a national emergency first declared in 2006 regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing ongoing violence and atrocities that threaten regional stability and U.S. foreign policy interests. The continuation is made under the National Emergencies Act and extends the emergency authority beyond its October 27, 2025 expiration date.
Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring
This executive order extends federal workforce reduction policies by requiring agency-level approval for nearly all new hires and vacancies, establishing Strategic Hiring Committees, and mandating Annual Staffing Plans aligned with administration priorities. It exempts national security, immigration enforcement, public safety, and political appointees from restrictions, while prohibiting contracting to circumvent hiring limits.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in and in Relation to Syria
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13894 (October 14, 2019) regarding the situation in Syria, as expanded by Executive Orders 14142 (January 15, 2025) and 14312 (June 30, 2025). The continuation extends sanctions and related authorities beyond their October 14, 2025 expiration date under the National Emergencies Act.
Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer With Artificial Intelligence
This executive order directs the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission and health agencies to leverage artificial intelligence to accelerate pediatric cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment. It builds on the existing Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) by mandating AI-driven improvements to data infrastructure, clinical trial design, and interoperability standards while prioritizing federal investment and private-sector engagement.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order continues 22 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2027, and assigns FACA compliance responsibilities to designated agency heads. It supersedes the prior continuance order (EO 14109) from 2023.
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
This National Security Presidential Memorandum directs federal law enforcement to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt domestic terrorist networks and organized political violence, with particular focus on "anti-fascist" movements. It mandates the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to coordinate a comprehensive strategy targeting funding sources, radicalization networks, and organizations behind politically motivated violence including doxing, swatting, rioting, and assaults on federal officers. The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security must designate domestic terrorism as a national priority area for grant funding, while the Treasury Secretary and IRS Commissioner are directed to trace and cut off financial flows to these activities.
Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security
This executive order determines that a proposed divestiture of TikTok's U.S. operations qualifies under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, creating a new U.S.-based joint venture with less than 20% foreign ownership. The order delays enforcement of the Act for 120 days to allow completion of the transaction, directs the Attorney General to issue protective guidance to providers, amends a 2020 divestment order related to ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly, and designates the Attorney General as the government's representative under the Framework Agreement.
Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization
This presidential order designates "Antifa" as a domestic terrorist organization, directing all relevant executive departments and agencies to use their authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle alleged illegal operations by Antifa or persons acting on its behalf, including prosecuting funders. The order characterizes Antifa as a militarist, anarchist enterprise using violence and terrorism to overthrow the U.S. government and suppress lawful political activity.
Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2026
This determination identifies 23 countries as major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries for FY2026, with five (Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Venezuela) designated as having 'failed demonstrably' to meet international counternarcotics obligations. It authorizes continued U.S. assistance to Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, and Venezuela as vital to national interests, cites existing tariffs and de minimis elimination on China for precursor chemical flows, and demands sustained Mexican cooperation against cartels while threatening 'serious consequences' for non-cooperation.
Strengthening Efforts To Protect U.S. Nationals From Wrongful Detention Abroad
This executive order creates a formal "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention" designation that the Secretary of State may apply to foreign countries that wrongfully detain U.S. nationals or support such detentions. Upon designation, the State Department must review and implement punitive responses including sanctions, visa inadmissibility, travel restrictions, foreign aid cuts, and export controls. The designation can be terminated if the country releases detainees, changes policies, and provides credible assurances, or at presidential discretion.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
The President is extending for one year the national emergency originally declared on September 14, 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, based on the continuing threat of terrorism. This routine continuation maintains existing emergency powers and authorities under the National Emergencies Act.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in United States Elections
President Trump extended for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13848 regarding foreign interference in U.S. elections, originally proclaimed by President Trump in 2018. The continuation maintains sanctions and authorities under IEEPA beyond September 12, 2025, citing ongoing threats from digital disinformation and election infrastructure targeting by foreign actors.
Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees
This memorandum directs the Attorney General to investigate whether federal grant funds are being illegally used for lobbying and partisan political activities by grantees, citing potential violations of 31 U.S.C. 1352. The Attorney General must report progress to the President within 180 days and coordinate with agency heads on enforcement actions.
Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor- Management Relations Program
This executive order excludes additional federal agencies and subdivisions from collective bargaining coverage under Chapter 71 of title 5, U.S. Code, citing national security concerns. It amends EO 12171 to add Bureau of Reclamation hydropower units, revises Commerce Department exclusions (International Trade Administration, Patent and Trademark Office, and NOAA's satellite and weather services), and newly excludes NASA and the U.S. Agency for Global Media from the federal labor-management relations program.
Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again
This executive order establishes classical and traditional architecture as the preferred and default style for new federal public buildings, particularly in Washington, D.C., and requires the General Services Administration to revise its design selection policies accordingly. It mandates that GSA staff involved in design review have classical/traditional architecture experience, creates a new senior advisor position, and requires presidential notification before approving modernist, brutalist, or deconstructivist designs. The order covers courthouses, agency headquarters, National Capital Region buildings, and other federal buildings costing over $50 million.
Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
This executive order expands federal intervention in Washington D.C. following a declared crime emergency two weeks prior. It directs multiple agencies to create specialized law enforcement units, hire additional personnel, establish a recruitment portal, ready National Guard forces for civil disturbance response, investigate HUD housing safety compliance, and review D.C. police procedures.
Measures To End Cashless Bail and Enforce the Law in the District of Columbia
This executive order directs federal law enforcement to hold D.C. arrestees in federal custody and pursue federal charges to circumvent the District's cashless bail policies, and tasks the Attorney General with reviewing MPD policies and determining whether D.C. maintains cashless bail. If the determination is affirmative, all agency heads must identify actions—including federal funding leverage—to pressure D.C. to change its pretrial release policies.
Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag
This executive order directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecution of American flag desecration under existing content-neutral laws (violent crimes, hate crimes, property crimes, disorderly conduct) and directs the Secretaries of State, Homeland Security, and the Attorney General to deny or revoke visas, immigration benefits, and pursue removal of foreign nationals who engage in flag desecration under circumstances permitted by federal immigration law. The order explicitly acknowledges First Amendment limits from Texas v. Johnson but seeks to maximize enforcement within those boundaries and pursue litigation to clarify First Amendment exceptions.
Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans
This executive order directs the Attorney General to identify state and local jurisdictions with cashless bail policies for certain crimes, and requires federal agencies to find federal funds flowing to those jurisdictions that may be suspended or terminated. It does not itself cut any funds but sets up a conditional funding review process targeting jurisdictions that have eliminated cash bail for public-safety-threatening offenses.
Improving Our Nation Through Better Design
Executive Order 14338 establishes "America by Design," a national initiative to improve federal digital and physical service design through a new National Design Studio and Chief Design Officer position. Agency heads must consult with the Chief Design Officer to redesign high-impact government websites and physical sites, with initial results due by July 4, 2026, and the temporary supporting organization automatically terminates three years from signing.
Revocation of Executive Order on Competition
This executive order revokes Executive Order 14036, the Biden administration's 2021 order on promoting competition in the American economy. The revocation eliminates the prior order's directives to federal agencies on antitrust enforcement, labor market competition, and consumer protection measures, without replacing them with new policy instructions.
Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
This executive order declares a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. and federalizes the Metropolitan Police Department by directing its services for federal purposes. The Attorney General is delegated authority to direct the Mayor of D.C. on police deployment for maintaining law and order, protecting federal property, and ensuring government operations.
Extension of Waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with Respect to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan
President Biden extends the annual waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act, allowing U.S. assistance to Azerbaijan to continue despite restrictions. The waiver is justified by counterterrorism cooperation, operational readiness support for U.S. and coalition forces, Azerbaijan's border security, and assurances it won't undermine Armenia-Azerbaijan peace negotiations or be used offensively against Armenia.
Establishing a Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity Working Group
This presidential determination directs the Secretary of State to establish within 180 days a working group to develop the 'Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity' (TRIPP), aimed at fostering economic connectivity in the South Caucasus region. The initiative is framed as both an economic corridor and a symbolic peace monument.
Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans
This executive order directs federal banking regulators to remove "reputation risk" concepts from supervisory guidance that could enable politically motivated debanking, requires SBA-guaranteed lenders to identify and reinstate wrongly debanked customers within 120 days, and mandates reviews and potential enforcement against financial institutions found to have engaged in politicized or unlawful debanking based on political or religious beliefs.
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
This executive order overhauls federal grantmaking by requiring senior political appointees to review all discretionary grants and funding announcements, bans funding for DEI initiatives, transgender education, illegal immigration support, and 'anti-American values,' mandates termination-for-convenience clauses in all grants, limits indirect costs at universities, and directs OMB to revise the Uniform Guidance to streamline applications and reduce administrative overhead.
Delegation of Authority Under Section 404 (c) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
This memorandum delegates presidential authority to the Secretary of State to grant waivers under the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA), allowing certain countries to receive U.S. military assistance despite using child soldiers, provided determinations and certifications are made. It also delegates notification to Congress and Federal Register publication of such waivers.
Presidential Determination and Certification with Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
President Trump waived a prohibition on U.S. security assistance to Turkey under the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, certifying that Turkey is taking effective steps to address child soldier use. The determination directs the Secretary of State to submit it to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Brazil
Executive Order 14323 declares a national emergency over actions by the Brazilian government, citing interference with U.S. companies, censorship demands on U.S. social media platforms, and political persecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The order imposes a 40 percent additional ad valorem tariff on Brazilian imports effective August 6, 2025, with certain exceptions and a transit grace period through October 5, 2025. The Secretary of State is delegated broad IEEPA authorities and directed to monitor the situation and coordinate with other senior officials on potential modifications or additional actions.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
This executive order redirects federal homelessness policy toward civil commitment, institutional treatment, and enforcement-based approaches. It directs multiple agencies to prioritize grants to jurisdictions that ban urban camping and drug use, reverses "housing first" and harm reduction policies, and seeks to roll back judicial precedents and consent decrees that limit civil commitment of mentally ill homeless individuals.
Saving College Sports
This executive order seeks to preserve college sports by directing federal agencies to curb third-party pay-for-play payments to athletes, protect non-revenue and women's sports through scholarship and roster requirements, and shield collegiate athletics from antitrust litigation. It mandates plans from the Education Secretary, Attorney General, and FTC within 30-60 days to advance these goals using regulatory, enforcement, and litigation mechanisms.
Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
This executive order directs federal agencies to procure large language models (LLMs) only from vendors that adhere to two "Unbiased AI Principles": truth-seeking and ideological neutrality, specifically prohibiting DEI-related content manipulation. The order requires OMB to issue implementation guidance within 120 days, after which agencies must revise procurement contracts and adopt compliance procedures within 90 days.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Mali
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13882 regarding the situation in Mali, citing ongoing threats including coups, terrorist expansion, drug and human trafficking, foreign mercenaries, and attacks on civilians and international forces. The continuation extends the emergency authority beyond its scheduled July 26, 2025 expiration date.
Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service
This executive order creates a new Schedule G in the federal excepted service for noncareer policy-making or policy-advocating positions that normally change with presidential transitions. It amends Civil Service Rule VI to add Schedule G alongside existing schedules (A, B, C, D, E, and Policy/Career), and specifically directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider whether appointees would be suitable exponents of the President's policies while prohibiting consideration of political affiliation.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Hostage-Taking and the Wrongful Detention of United States Nationals Abroad
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14078 regarding hostage-taking and wrongful detention of U.S. nationals abroad, extending authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act beyond their July 19, 2025 expiration date.
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.
Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks
This executive order directs the Interior Secretary to increase national park entrance fees for foreign tourists while improving affordability and access for U.S. residents, revokes a 2017 Obama-era diversity and inclusion memorandum for public lands, and mandates review of recreational access rules with preferential treatment for American residents. It also requires full implementation of the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and scrutiny of prior administration restrictions.
Reissuance of and Amendments to National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba
This memorandum reissues and amends Trump-era NSPM-5 to tighten U.S. policy toward Cuba, directing agencies to restrict financial transactions with Cuban military-controlled entities, enforce the tourism ban, expand internet access for Cubans, and oppose international efforts to lift the embargo. It sets multiple deadlines for regulatory adjustments and reports while explicitly maintaining the statutory embargo framework.
Establishing a White House Office for Special Peace Missions
This executive order creates a new White House Office for Special Peace Missions, headed by a presidentially appointed Special Envoy for Peace Missions, to coordinate U.S. efforts to end ongoing international conflicts in partnership with the State Department, Defense Department, and other agencies. The office is advisory and coordinative, with no independent budgetary authority, enforcement powers, or mandates that alter existing agency functions.
Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions
This executive order terminates the national emergency declared in 2004 and revokes six sanctions executive orders targeting Syria, effective July 1, 2025, while expanding a separate sanctions framework to hold the former Assad regime accountable. It directs waivers under the Syria Accountability Act, CBW Act, and Caesar Act to ease export controls and other restrictions, and mandates review of terrorism designations including for Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism status.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western Balkans
This notice extends for one year the national emergency declared in 2001 regarding the Western Balkans, citing ongoing threats from extremist violence, obstruction of post-war agreements, corruption, and challenges to sovereignty and territorial integrity in the region. The continuation maintains existing sanctions authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay
This executive order further extends the Department of Justice's delay in enforcing the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act against TikTok until September 17, 2025. It directs the Attorney General to issue guidance and letters to providers shielding them from liability for conduct during the delay period, and asserts exclusive federal executive authority over enforcement to preempt state or private action.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Belarus
This notice continues for one year the national emergency with respect to Belarus originally declared in 2006 under Executive Order 13405 and expanded in 2021 under Executive Order 14038, citing ongoing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy from the Belarusian regime's democratic suppression, human rights abuses, and public corruption.
Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty
This executive order establishes a federal task force and directs multiple agencies to strengthen U.S. airspace security against threats from unmanned aircraft systems (drones). It mandates new rulemaking for flight restrictions over critical infrastructure, expands law enforcement and homeland security capabilities for drone detection and countermeasures, and prioritizes counter-UAS training for major upcoming sporting events including the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
Sustaining Select Efforts To Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144
This executive order amends two prior cybersecurity orders: it narrows the scope of sanctions under EO 13694 to target only foreign persons, and substantially revises EO 14144 by removing several Biden-era provisions while adding new deadlines for NIST guidance, post-quantum cryptography transition, AI vulnerability management, and Federal Acquisition Regulation updates for IoT security labeling.
Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
Proclamation 10949 suspends or limits entry into the United States for nationals of 19 countries, effective June 9, 2025. Twelve countries face full suspension of both immigrant and nonimmigrant entry (Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen), while seven countries face partial suspension targeting immigrants and specific nonimmigrant visa categories (Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela). The restrictions are based on asserted deficiencies in screening, vetting, information-sharing, identity-management, and high visa overstay rates.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
This executive order mandates federal agencies adopt 'Gold Standard Science' principles—reproducibility, transparency, uncertainty acknowledgment, and unbiased peer review—in all scientific activities. It requires public data disclosure for influential scientific information, revokes Biden-era scientific integrity policies and organizational changes from January 2021, and installs senior appointees to enforce compliance, with broad exemptions for national security matters at agency discretion.
Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations
This executive order directs federal agencies to catalog all criminal regulatory offenses, establish default mental-state (mens rea) requirements for future criminal enforcement, and discourage prosecution of strict liability regulatory crimes where defendants lacked knowledge of the rule. It exempts immigration and national security enforcement from its scope.
Increasing Efficiency at the Office of the Federal Register
This executive order directs the Archivist of the United States to reduce delays in Federal Register publication and lower publication fees charged to agencies. It requires reports on current publication times, a fee review based on actual costs, and follow-up reporting on improved efficiency by August 2025.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Central African Republic
President Trump is continuing for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13667 regarding the Central African Republic, citing ongoing violence, atrocities, and threats from Kremlin-linked entities including the Wagner Group. This extends sanctions authorities and related measures originally established in 2014.
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media
This executive order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and all federal agencies to cease direct and indirect funding to NPR and PBS, citing concerns about biased and partisan news coverage. The CPB Board must revise grant criteria by June 30, 2025 to prohibit funding flows to NPR and PBS, while agency heads must identify and terminate existing funding streams and review compliance with grant terms and anti-discrimination statutes.
Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission
This executive order establishes a 14-member Religious Liberty Commission, supported by three advisory boards, to study and report on threats to religious liberty in the United States and recommend policy responses. The Commission is tasked with producing a comprehensive report on religious liberty foundations, current threats, and preservation strategies, with a termination date of July 4, 2026.
Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens
This executive order directs federal agencies to identify and penalize state and local "sanctuary jurisdictions" that obstruct federal immigration enforcement by suspending or terminating federal funding, pursuing legal remedies, restricting federal benefits access, and challenging state/local laws that favor aliens over American citizens.
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens
This executive order directs the Attorney General and other officials to expand legal protections and resources for state and local law enforcement, including creating an indemnification mechanism for officers, reviewing federal consent decrees within 60 days, increasing military asset transfers to local police within 90 days, and prioritizing prosecution of state/local officials who obstruct criminal law enforcement or implement DEI initiatives that restrict policing. It also mandates using Homeland Security Task Forces established under EO 14159 to advance these objectives.
Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service
This executive order overhauls federal employee probationary and trial periods by requiring agencies to affirmatively certify that new hires advance the public interest before their appointments become permanent. It replaces existing civil service regulations with a new Civil Service Rule XI that makes employment automatic termination the default if agencies fail to act, and mandates specific review timelines for current probationary employees.
Reinstating Commonsense School Discipline Policies
This executive order directs the Department of Education and other agencies to replace what it terms "discriminatory equity ideology" in school discipline with behavior-based policies. It requires new guidance to schools, coordination with states, revised discipline codes for military families' schools, and a report on Title VI discipline investigations and federal grant funding.
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
This executive order eliminates disparate-impact liability across federal civil rights enforcement, revoking presidential approvals of Title VI regulations dating to 1966 and 1973. It directs agencies to deprioritize enforcement of statutes and regulations incorporating disparate-impact theories, requires review of pending investigations and litigation, and mandates repeal or amendment of related regulations.
Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities
This executive order directs the Secretary of Education to robustly enforce Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires universities to report foreign funding. It mandates reversing prior administration policies that weakened enforcement, requiring more specific disclosure of funding sources and purposes, increasing public access to information, and making compliance a condition for receiving federal grants. The order also directs coordination with the Attorney General to hold non-compliant institutions accountable.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14024 regarding harmful Russian government activities, including election interference, cyberattacks, transnational corruption, and violations of international law. The continuation extends sanctions and related authorities beyond their April 15, 2025 expiration date under the National Emergencies Act.
Addressing Risks From Susman Godfrey
This executive order targets the law firm Susman Godfrey LLP by suspending security clearances for its personnel, restricting federal contracts with the firm and its business partners, limiting federal building access and official engagement with its employees, and barring their federal hiring without waivers. The order frames these measures as responses to alleged election-related litigation, DEI practices, and activities deemed contrary to national interests.
Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers
This executive order directs all federal agencies to review their regulations and identify those that are anti-competitive—such as rules creating monopolies, barriers to entry, or burdensome licensing requirements—with recommendations for rescission or modification. The FTC Chairman and Attorney General will consolidate these findings for OMB review, with the goal of incorporating changes into the Unified Regulatory Agenda.
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach
This executive order directs the Attorney General to identify and challenge state and local laws, regulations, and civil actions that burden domestic energy development—particularly those addressing climate change, ESG initiatives, carbon emissions, or environmental justice. It specifically targets laws in New York, Vermont, and California as examples of unconstitutional state overreach, and requires a report within 60 days on actions taken to stop enforcement of such laws.
Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market
This executive order directs the FTC, Attorney General, and Treasury Secretary to combat unfair practices in live entertainment ticketing, including bot-driven scalping, hidden fees, and secondary market price-gouging. It mandates enforcement of existing competition and consumer protection laws, potential new regulations on price transparency, and a joint report within 180 days on actions taken and any needed legislative recommendations.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan
The President is continuing for one year the national emergency declared in 2014 regarding South Sudan, citing ongoing threats to peace, security, and stability in the region including violence, human rights abuses, and obstruction of humanitarian operations. This routine extension under the National Emergencies Act maintains existing sanctions authorities without creating new restrictions.
Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
This executive order excludes numerous federal agencies and subdivisions from federal labor-management relations statutes, amending EO 12171 to remove collective bargaining coverage from major departments including State, Defense, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Justice, Homeland Security, and others. It also delegates authority to the Secretaries of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation to suspend labor relations coverage for their subdivisions, requires termination of grievance proceedings for affected employees, and mandates a 30-day agency review for additional exclusions.
Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful
This executive order establishes a federal interagency task force to combat crime in Washington, D.C. through enhanced immigration enforcement, police support, and prosecution policies, while directing the Interior Secretary to implement a beautification program including monument restoration, encampment removal, and graffiti cleanup. It reinstates enforcement priorities from a prior Trump-era monument protection order and explicitly targets the District's sanctuary-city policies.
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
This executive order directs the Vice President to use his role on the Smithsonian Board of Regents to remove what the administration characterizes as divisive ideological content from Smithsonian institutions. It mandates the Secretary of the Interior to review and restore monuments altered since 2020, and requires OMB and Interior to ensure future Smithsonian appropriations exclude exhibits deemed to degrade American values or divide by race. Independence National Historical Park is to receive infrastructure improvements by July 4, 2026.
Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
This executive order targets the law firm WilmerHale, directing federal agencies to suspend security clearances held by its personnel, cease provision of government facilities and services, require contractor disclosure of business with the firm, review and terminate contracts where legally permissible, limit official access to federal buildings, and restrict hiring of WilmerHale employees without waivers. The order cites the firm's pro bono work, its hiring of former Mueller investigation prosecutors, and alleged racial discrimination as justifications.
Addressing Risks From Jenner & Block
This executive order targets Jenner & Block LLP, a major law firm, by suspending security clearances for its personnel, restricting federal contracts with the firm and its business partners, limiting its employees' access to federal buildings and officials, and barring agency hiring of Jenner employees without waivers. The order cites the firm's alleged partisan "lawfare," pro bono activities, racial discrimination in hiring, and its employment of former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann as justifications.
Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account
This executive order mandates the federal government transition from paper checks to electronic payments by September 30, 2025, for all federal disbursements and receipts. It directs the Treasury Secretary and multiple agency heads to phase out paper-based transactions, expand digital payment options, and address access for unbanked populations, while explicitly disclaiming any intent to create a Central Bank Digital Currency.
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections
This executive order mandates documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration, requires federal agencies to share databases with states for voter list verification, bars counting mail ballots received after Election Day, directs the Election Assistance Commission to recertify voting systems with paper-record requirements, and conditions federal election funding on compliance with these standards. It also explicitly ceases implementation of Executive Order 14019 and directs DOJ to prioritize prosecution of non-citizen voting and foreign election interference.
Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
This executive order centralizes federal payment controls under the Department of the Treasury to combat fraud and improper payments estimated at $233–521 billion annually. It mandates pre-certification verification for all Treasury-disbursed payments, consolidates core financial systems across agencies, and phases out Non-Treasury Disbursing Offices (NTDOs) that currently handle about 22% of federal disbursements. Agencies must comply with new data-sharing requirements, system integrations, and delegated disbursing authority to Treasury within specified timeframes.
Addressing Remedial Action by Paul Weiss
This Executive Order revokes EO 14237, which had imposed restrictions on the law firm Paul Weiss, after the firm agreed to policy changes including political neutrality in client selection, merit-based hiring replacing DEI policies, and $40 million in pro bono legal services. The order frames these concessions as a 'remarkable change of course' by the firm.
Strengthening the Suitability and Fitness of the Federal Workforce
This memorandum delegates to the OPM Director authority to make final suitability determinations and take removal actions against executive branch employees based on post-appointment conduct, contingent on completion of rulemaking to amend 5 CFR Part 731. It also proposes requiring agency referrals to OPM and mandates 5-work-day compliance by agency heads with OPM separation instructions.
Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities
This executive order directs the Secretary of Education to take all legally permitted steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education authority to states and local communities, while ensuring uninterrupted delivery of services. It also mandates that federal education funds comply with administration policy, including terminating DEI and gender ideology programs. The order does not itself dissolve the department, acknowledging congressional action would be required for full closure.
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.
Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness
This executive order directs a comprehensive review and restructuring of federal preparedness and resilience policies, shifting from an all-hazards to a risk-informed approach while empowering state and local governments. It mandates new strategy documents, policy revisions, and a National Risk Register to quantify threats, explicitly excluding "misinformation" and "cognitive infrastructure" from critical infrastructure policy. Multiple existing executive orders, national security memoranda, and presidential policy directives are slated for review and potential rescission or replacement.
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua
President Trump invokes the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to declare members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) as 'Alien Enemies,' authorizing their immediate apprehension, detention, and removal without standard immigration proceedings. The proclamation directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to execute regulations for summary detention and removal of Venezuelan TdA members aged 14+ who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.
Addressing Risks From Paul Weiss
This executive order targets the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP by suspending security clearances for its personnel, restricting government contracts with the firm and entities doing business with it, limiting federal building access for its employees, and restricting federal hiring of its personnel. The order cites the firm's pro bono litigation related to January 6, 2021, its hiring of Mark Pomerantz, and alleged racial discrimination through DEI practices as justifications.
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
This executive order directs seven federal entities to eliminate non-statutory components and functions and reduce statutory operations to legal minimums, with heads required to submit compliance reports within 7 days. It also instructs OMB and other reviewers to reject funding requests inconsistent with these reductions.
Women's History Month, 2025
This proclamation designates March 2025 as Women's History Month, combining ceremonial commemoration with substantive policy messaging. It celebrates women's contributions while promoting the administration's actions on gender policy, including executive orders on biological sex markers in federal documents, women's sports protections, and broader agenda items including border security, school choice, and IVF access.
Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP
Executive Order 14230 targets the law firm Perkins Coie LLP with multiple punitive measures: suspending security clearances, ceasing government provision of goods and services, requiring contractor disclosure of business with the firm, reviewing and terminating contracts, investigating the firm and other large law firms for racial discrimination, and restricting federal employees from hiring or engaging with Perkins Coie personnel. The order frames these actions as responses to the firm's alleged role in producing the 2016 Steele dossier, election-related litigation, and DEI hiring practices.
Designating English as the Official Language of the United States
This executive order designates English as the official language of the United States and revokes Executive Order 13166 (2000), which required federal agencies to provide services to limited-English-proficiency individuals. However, the order explicitly does not require agencies to change their current multilingual services, leaving operational decisions to agency heads.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Ukraine
This notice continues for one year the national emergency with respect to Ukraine originally declared in Executive Order 13660 on March 6, 2014, and subsequently expanded by multiple executive orders through 2022. The continuation maintains existing sanctions and emergency authorities targeting Russian actions undermining Ukrainian sovereignty.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela
President Trump continued for one year the national emergency regarding Venezuela originally declared in Executive Order 13692 (March 8, 2015), citing ongoing human rights abuses, political persecution, corruption, and threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy. This routine continuation preserves existing sanctions and emergency authorities without imposing new measures.
Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative
This executive order directs federal agencies to implement cost-cutting measures through a "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) framework, requiring new technological systems for payment justifications, reviews of contracts and grants with priority on educational institutions and foreign entities, freezes on agency credit cards, and real property disposition planning. Agency heads must complete most reviews within 30 days and face new constraints on contracting, travel, and spending authority.
Defending American Companies and Innovators From Overseas Extortion and Unfair Fines and Penalties
This memorandum directs multiple agencies to investigate and counter foreign tax and regulatory practices—particularly digital services taxes (DSTs) and content moderation requirements—that the administration views as discriminatory against U.S. companies. It mandates renewed Section 301 investigations into DSTs of six countries, potential new investigations including Canada's DST, and reviews of EU/UK practices affecting free speech and data flows, with responsive tariffs and other actions threatened.
Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
This executive order directs the elimination or reduction of several federal entities and programs deemed unnecessary, including the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, US African Development Foundation, and US Institute of Peace. It also terminates multiple federal advisory committees, revokes a 1961 presidential memorandum to eliminate Federal Executive Boards, ends the Presidential Management Fellows Program, and requires White House policy aides to identify additional entities for termination within 30 days.
Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative
This executive order directs all federal agencies to review existing regulations within 60 days and identify rules that are unconstitutional, exceed statutory authority, impose undue costs, or impede economic and technological progress. It also instructs agencies to de-prioritize enforcement of regulations that go beyond the "best reading" of their underlying statutes and to develop a Unified Regulatory Agenda to rescind or modify targeted rules. The order integrates DOGE Team Leads into the regulatory review process and exempts military, national security, immigration, and federal workforce management actions.
Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies
This executive order subjects all independent regulatory agencies to presidential supervision and OIRA review of significant regulations, establishes White House liaisons in those agencies, gives OMB authority to adjust their budget apportionments, and declares that the President and Attorney General's legal interpretations are binding on all executive branch employees.
Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
This executive order prohibits federal discretionary funds from supporting schools or universities that require COVID-19 vaccination for in-person attendance. It directs the Secretary of Education to issue guidelines on parental authority and religious freedom related to such mandates, and to submit a 90-day plan for ending coercive COVID-19 school mandates, including identifying non-compliant institutions and processes to rescind their federal funding.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
This executive order establishes the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission, chaired by the HHS Secretary, to combat rising chronic disease rates in America with an initial focus on childhood chronic disease. The Commission must produce an assessment within 100 days and a strategy within 180 days on causes including diet, environmental factors, medical treatments, and corporate influence, while directing multiple agencies to prioritize disease prevention, research integrity, and healthy food production.
One Voice for America's Foreign Relations
This executive order asserts presidential authority over U.S. foreign policy implementation and directs the Secretary of State to reform Foreign Service personnel procedures. It establishes that failure to faithfully implement the President's foreign policy is grounds for discipline including separation, and grants the Secretary sole discretion over personnel actions and Foreign Service reforms including revising or replacing the Foreign Affairs Manual.
Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative
This executive order implements a major federal workforce reduction initiative through the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE). It establishes a 4-to-1 hiring ratio (one hire for every four departures), mandates large-scale reductions in force prioritizing non-statutorily required offices including DEI initiatives, requires DOGE Team Lead approval for career hires, and directs rulemaking to tighten federal employee suitability criteria.
Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement To Further American Economic and National Security
This executive order pauses new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and enforcement actions for 180 days while the Attorney General reviews existing guidelines and policies. The order directs the Attorney General to cease new FCPA cases, review ongoing ones, and issue updated guidelines prioritizing American economic competitiveness and presidential foreign affairs authority.
Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa
This executive order halts U.S. foreign aid to South Africa and prioritizes refugee resettlement for Afrikaners, citing South Africa's Expropriation Act of 2024 and its foreign policy positions on Israel and Iran. The order directs all agencies to stop aid flows and requires State and DHS to develop a resettlement plan for Afrikaner refugees.
Establishment of the White House Faith Office
This executive order establishes the White House Faith Office within the Executive Office of the President, replacing prior faith-based initiative offices. It amends several Bush-era executive orders to rename existing centers and creates a new coordinating structure to advance faith-based partnerships in federal programs, religious liberty enforcement, and grant access for religious organizations.
Protecting Second Amendment Rights
This executive order directs the Attorney General to review all federal actions from January 2021 through January 2025 that may have infringed on Second Amendment rights, including ATF rules, the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention's work, and litigation positions. Within 30 days, the Attorney General must submit a proposed plan of action to protect Second Amendment rights, after which implementation will be finalized with the Domestic Policy Advisor.
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.
Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
This executive order declares a national emergency and imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), blocking property of ICC officials and those who assist ICC investigations of U.S. or allied personnel, and suspending their entry into the United States. The order responds to ICC arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and preliminary investigations involving U.S. personnel.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in and in Relation to Burma
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14014 regarding the military coup in Burma (Myanmar), maintaining sanctions and economic restrictions first imposed in February 2021. The continuation extends the emergency authority beyond its statutory expiration date of February 10, 2025, under the National Emergencies Act.
Withdrawing the United States From and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations
This executive order withdraws U.S. participation from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), ends all funding to UNRWA (the Palestinian refugee agency), and withholds U.S. proportionate funding for UNHRC from the UN Regular Budget. It also mandates two reviews: a 90-day review of UNESCO membership led by the Secretary of State, and a broader 180-day review of all international organizations, conventions, and treaties to identify those contrary to U.S. interests and recommend potential withdrawals.
Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt To Constrain the New President
This memorandum blocks federal agencies from approving collective bargaining agreements executed in the 30 days before a presidential transition that create new obligations, make substantive changes, or extend existing agreements. It specifically targets a Department of Education CBA from January 17, 2025, and directs agency heads to disapprove any such pending agreements, with an exemption for law enforcement officer CBAs.
Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
This executive order establishes a 'ten-for-one' regulatory cap for fiscal year 2025, requiring agencies to identify at least 10 existing regulations for elimination for every new regulation proposed. It mandates that total incremental regulatory costs be 'significantly less than zero' through FY2025, with OMB setting annual cost allowances thereafter. The order revokes the 2023 OMB Circular A-4 and reinstates the 2003 version, and reinstates a 2018 Treasury-OMB agreement on tax regulation review.
Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism
This executive order reaffirms EO 13899 on combating anti-Semitism and directs federal agencies to report within 60 days on additional legal authorities to address post-October 7, 2023 campus anti-Semitism. It specifically requires agencies to inventory civil rights complaints and cases against higher education institutions, encourages use of civil-rights enforcement tools including 18 U.S.C. 241, and directs State, Education, and Homeland Security to recommend ways to monitor and report foreign students and staff for potential immigration inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3).
Celebrating America's 250th Birthday
This executive order establishes a White House task force to plan the 250th anniversary celebration of American Independence on July 4, 2026, housed in the Department of Defense. It also reinstates prior Trump-era executive orders creating the National Garden of American Heroes and protecting monuments from vandalism, reversing their revocation by EO 14029 from the Biden administration.
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
This executive order directs federal agencies to develop a strategy within 90 days to cut funding to K-12 schools that promote "gender ideology" or "discriminatory equity ideology," mandates parental notification policies, reestablishes the President's Advisory 1776 Commission to promote patriotic education, and requires agencies to prioritize federal resources for patriotic education programs. It also directs the Attorney General to coordinate prosecution of teachers and school officials for certain activities related to social transition of minors.
The Mexico City Policy
This memorandum revokes the Biden administration's 2021 policy rescinding the Mexico City Policy and reinstates the Trump-era 2017 version, which prohibits U.S. foreign aid funding for organizations that provide, counsel on, or refer for abortions. It directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with HHS, to expand these restrictions across all departments and agencies providing global health assistance, and to ensure no U.S. funds support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.
Council To Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency
This executive order establishes a 20-member council co-chaired by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense to review FEMA's disaster response performance, staffing, political impartiality, and structural role in federal-state disaster relief. The council must hold its first public meeting within 90 days and submit recommendations to the President within 180 days after that meeting, with the council terminating after one year unless extended.
Emergency Measures To Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
This executive order directs federal agencies to override California state water policies to maximize water deliveries to Southern California for wildfire response, while also expediting disaster relief for Los Angeles wildfire survivors and North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims. It mandates reviews of federal funding to California, fast-tracks environmental compliance for water projects, and requires housing and debris removal plans for affected communities.
Enforcing the Hyde Amendment
This executive order revokes two Biden-era executive orders (14076 and 14079) that had expanded federal funding and support for abortion access. It reinstates Hyde Amendment principles by directing OMB to issue guidance preventing federal taxpayer dollars from funding or promoting elective abortion across federal programs.
Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
This memorandum directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop within 90 days a plan to achieve full federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, including access to federal benefits currently denied under the 1956 Lumbee Act. The plan must examine legislative, judicial, and administrative pathways to recognition.
Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This executive order directs the declassification and public release of all federal records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General must submit plans for releasing the JFK records within 15 days and for the RFK and MLK records within 45 days, reversing prior administrations' continued withholdings and certifications.
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
This executive order establishes a new President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) with up to 24 members, co-chaired by the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Special Advisor for AI & Crypto. It revokes the Biden administration's prior PCAST order (EO 14007) and tasks the council with advising the President on science, technology, and innovation policy, including AI, quantum computing, and biotechnology, while explicitly framing the mission around achieving "unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance" and countering perceived ideological influences in science.
Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
This executive order revokes the Biden administration's digital asset framework (EO 14067) and establishes a new pro-crypto policy direction, creating a presidential working group to develop regulatory frameworks for stablecoins and a potential national digital asset stockpile. It also prohibits federal agencies from establishing or promoting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and directs banking access protections for law-abiding crypto participants.
Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
This executive order revokes Biden-era AI safety policies, particularly EO 14110, and directs development of a new AI action plan within 180 days. It mandates review and suspension of agency actions deemed inconsistent with promoting American AI dominance, and requires OMB to revise two memoranda within 60 days.
Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
This executive order revokes multiple prior executive actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal employment and contracting, terminates affirmative action requirements for federal contractors, mandates removal of DEI principles from federal procurement and grant processes, and directs agencies to develop enforcement plans targeting private-sector DEI programs that the administration deems illegal discrimination.
Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
This proclamation declares a national emergency at the southern border, invoking military construction authority and deploying Armed Forces to support DHS in achieving 'complete operational control.' It mandates additional physical barrier construction, potential regulatory waivers for counter-drone operations, and revocation of Biden's 2021 border emergency termination. The order includes 30- and 90-day reporting requirements and raises the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act.
Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021
This proclamation grants full, unconditional pardons to all individuals convicted of offenses related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol events except 14 named individuals whose sentences are commuted to time served. It directs the Attorney General to issue pardon certificates, ensure immediate release of imprisoned individuals, and seek dismissal with prejudice of all pending indictments related to January 6.
Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion
This proclamation declares that an "invasion" is ongoing at the southern border and invokes Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution and sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the INA to suspend and restrict entry of aliens crossing the southern border. It directs the Secretaries of Homeland Security and State and the Attorney General to repel, repatriate, or remove such aliens and bars them from accessing asylum and other INA provisions permitting continued presence until the President determines the invasion has ceased.
Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture
This memorandum directs the GSA Administrator to submit within 60 days recommendations for revising federal architecture policy to favor traditional and classical styles that make civic buildings visually identifiable. It also requires advance presidential notification if the Administrator proposes approving a non-conforming design before those recommendations are submitted.
Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern California
This presidential memorandum directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to immediately restart water rerouting efforts from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Central and Southern California, overriding environmental protections for species like the Delta smelt. The action frames recent Southern California wildfires as underscoring urgent water supply needs and treats prior state litigation blocking such infrastructure as "radical environmentalism." A 90-day progress report is required.
Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives
This memorandum directs federal agencies to strengthen presidential accountability over career Senior Executive Service (SES) officials by requiring new performance plans, reinvigorating performance evaluation systems, reassigning SES members to align with the President's agenda, and empowering agency heads to remove underperforming SES officials. It restructures Executive Resources Boards and Performance Review Boards to give noncareer political appointees majority control.
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)
This memorandum declares that the OECD Global Tax Deal has no force or effect in the United States without congressional adoption, directs Treasury and the U.S. OECD representative to formally notify the OECD of this position, and orders Treasury and USTR to investigate foreign extraterritorial or discriminatory tax measures affecting American companies and recommend protective U.S. responses within 60 days.
Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
This executive order directs the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence to review federal law enforcement and intelligence activities over the past four years for alleged political weaponization, with reports to the President on remedial actions. It frames the review as correcting misconduct by the prior administration against perceived political opponents.
Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
This executive order prohibits federal agencies from using resources to censor constitutionally protected speech or pressure third parties to suppress speech. It directs the Attorney General to investigate federal government censorship activities over the prior four years and submit a report with remedial recommendations.
America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State
This executive order directs the Secretary of State to align all Department of State policies, programs, personnel, and operations with an "America First" foreign policy framework. It establishes a broad policy mandate without specifying particular programs, countries, or policy changes to be implemented.
Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
This executive order terminates all federal DEI and DEIA programs, offices, and mandates across government agencies, revoking Biden-era equity initiatives. Agency heads must dismantle these programs within 60 days and report on their prior scope, while federal employment practices are barred from considering DEI factors in performance reviews.
Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information
This executive order immediately revokes security clearances for 50 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter about Hunter Biden's laptop and for former National Security Advisor John Bolton, citing election interference and improper disclosure of classified information. It also mandates a 90-day report on additional inappropriate intelligence community activity related to the letter and recommendations to prevent future election influence.
Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization
This executive order withdraws the United States from the World Health Organization, revoking the 2021 retraction of the prior withdrawal notice and ending U.S. participation in WHO funding, personnel assignments, and pandemic treaty negotiations. It also revokes Biden-era COVID-19 response coordination structures and mandates development of alternative global health partnerships.
Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
This executive order declares a national emergency and creates a process to designate certain international drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations (including Tren de Aragua and MS-13) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under immigration law or Specially Designated Global Terrorists under economic sanctions law. It requires recommendations within 14 days and prepares for potential use of the Alien Enemies Act to expedite removals.
Establishing and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"
This Executive Order renames the U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS), places it in the Executive Office of the President, and creates a temporary organization to advance an 18-month efficiency agenda. It mandates that every federal agency establish a four-person "DOGE Team" within 30 days and grants USDS broad access to agency records and IT systems, displacing prior orders that might block such access.
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
This executive order directs federal agencies to deny recognition of birthright U.S. citizenship to certain children born on U.S. soil: those whose mothers were unlawfully present or temporarily visiting (e.g., on visas) and whose fathers were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents at birth. The policy takes effect for births occurring more than 30 days after January 20, 2025.
Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
This executive order mandates enhanced vetting and screening of all aliens seeking admission or already present in the U.S., requiring agencies to identify deficient countries for potential admission suspensions within 60 days and to evaluate visa programs, inadmissibility grounds, and assimilation policies within 30 days. It re-establishes pre-January 20, 2021 screening baselines and directs removal of aliens found to threaten national security or public safety.
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
This executive order suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) effective January 27, 2025, halting refugee entry and application decisions until a future presidential determination that resumption aligns with U.S. interests. It requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report every 90 days on whether to resume the program, allows case-by-case exceptions for national interest, directs exploration of expanded state/local role in refugee placement, and revokes Biden-era EO 14013.
Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety
This executive order directs the Attorney General to vigorously pursue capital punishment at the federal level and support state-level executions, including by seeking death penalties for all qualifying federal crimes (with special emphasis on murders of law enforcement officers and crimes by undocumented aliens), evaluating the 37 Biden-commuted death row inmates for harsher confinement and possible state charges, ensuring states have lethal injection drugs, and seeking to overturn Supreme Court precedents limiting capital punishment.
Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok
This executive order directs the Attorney General to suspend enforcement of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days regarding TikTok and related ByteDance applications. The order aims to give the new administration time to assess national security concerns and negotiate a resolution while protecting service providers from liability for continuing to host or distribute TikTok during the enforcement pause.
Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
This executive order directs the Department of Defense to prioritize military border security, assigning U.S. Northern Command a formal mission to seal U.S. borders against unlawful migration, narcotics trafficking, and transnational crime. It requires a revised Unified Command Plan within 10 days and new contingency planning guidance effective immediately, with a commander's estimate due within 30 days.
Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
This executive order establishes a federal policy recognizing only two immutable sexes (male and female), explicitly rejecting gender identity as a basis for federal policy. It mandates that all federal agencies use sex-based definitions in all documents and communications, rescinds multiple Biden-era executive orders and guidance documents on transgender rights, prohibits federal funding for gender-affirming medical care for inmates, directs changes to government IDs to reflect biological sex, and requires agencies to remove all materials promoting gender ideology.
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
This executive order imposes an immediate 90-day pause on all new U.S. foreign development assistance obligations and disbursements pending program-by-program reviews for alignment with presidential foreign policy. The Secretary of State, in consultation with OMB, must conduct reviews and make continue/modify/cease determinations within 90 days, with authority to waive the pause for specific programs.
Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service
This executive order directs a comprehensive reform of federal hiring practices to prioritize merit, efficiency, and ideological alignment with administration goals. It mandates development of a Federal Hiring Plan within 120 days that emphasizes skills-based assessments, reduces time-to-hire, and explicitly prohibits consideration of DEI-related factors while requiring loyalty to the Constitution and Executive Branch.
Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
This executive order reinstates and renames the controversial "Schedule F" excepted-service classification created by the Trump administration in 2020 (now called "Schedule Policy/Career"), revokes Biden-era workforce protections from EO 14003, and directs the OPM Director to rescind a 2024 civil-service protection rule. It makes policy-influencing federal employees easier to remove by exempting them from standard competitive-service adverse-action procedures, while stating they need not personally support the President but must faithfully implement administration policies.
Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
This executive order reinstates the name "Mount McKinley" for North America's highest peak (reversing its 2015 renaming to "Denali") and renames the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." It also directs agency heads to review and potentially replace their appointees to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names within seven days, and instructs the Board to advance a policy of honoring "visionary and patriotic Americans" in federal naming decisions.
Partial Revocation of Executive Order 13961
This executive order partially revokes Executive Order 13961 from December 2020, eliminating five of its eight sections and renumbering the remainder. It replaces references to an 'Executive Committee' with a 'Restricted Principals Committee' established under a new National Security Memorandum also issued January 19, 2025, effectively restructuring federal continuity-of-government governance.
Establishment of the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument
President Biden designated approximately 224,676 acres in northern California as the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument under the Antiquities Act, protecting lands sacred to multiple Tribal Nations including the Pit River and Modoc Peoples. The proclamation withdraws federal lands from entry, sale, mining, and mineral/geothermal leasing, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture through the Forest Service to develop a management plan within 3 years with extensive Tribal consultation and co-stewardship opportunities.
Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Situation in the Western Balkans
This executive order amends Executive Order 14033 to expand sanctions authorities targeting individuals and entities threatening stability in the Western Balkans. It broadens criteria for blocking property and suspending entry to include undermining democratic institutions, obstructing regional peace agreements like the Prespa and Ohrid agreements, serious human rights abuse, and corruption involving government officials. The order also adds new categories of covered persons including spouses, adult children, and those who materially assist sanctioned individuals.
Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for Global Media To Act as Chief Executive Officer
This memorandum establishes an order of succession for the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), specifying that the Director of Voice of America, General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Management Officer shall act as CEO in that order during vacancies or incapacity, subject to Federal Vacancies Reform Act limitations and presidential discretion to depart from the list.
Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for International Development To Act as Administrator
This memorandum establishes a new order of succession for who may serve as acting Administrator of USAID when the Administrator is unavailable, listing the Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources first, followed by the Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming, then Assistant Administrators by seniority and alphabetical order. It revokes a 2008 Bush-era memorandum on the same topic and preserves presidential discretion to depart from this succession order.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice
This executive order establishes a new line of succession for acting Attorney General, prioritizing four U.S. Attorneys (Southern District of New York, Arizona, Northern District of Illinois, and Hawaii) after the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, and any 28 U.S.C. 508 designees become unavailable. It revokes the 2017 Trump-era succession order (EO 13787) which had listed different officials.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget
This executive order establishes a formal line of succession for the Office of Management and Budget Director position, listing 12 specific OMB officials who would assume acting duties if both the Director and Deputy Director become unavailable. It revokes the previous succession order from 2012 and adds several new positions, including climate and electronic government administrators, that did not exist in the prior order.
2024 Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial, United States
This executive order amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, updating military justice procedures across Parts II-V. It also implements randomized selection of court-martial members as required by a 2023 defense authorization law, with most changes taking effect immediately and specific provisions phased in on December 22 and 23, 2024.
Establishment of the Frances Perkins National Monument
President Biden used the Antiquities Act to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine, protecting approximately 2.3 acres of the Perkins Homestead. The National Park Service will manage the site and develop a management plan to preserve historic objects and interpret Frances Perkins' legacy as the first woman Cabinet Secretary and architect of New Deal labor and social programs. The Frances Perkins Center retains reserved occupancy and use rights for up to 25 years.
Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group
This memorandum establishes the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, an interagency task force led by the National Security Advisor and National Economic Council Director to monitor and counter PRC censorship or intimidation of U.S. persons exercising free speech. The task force must produce an integrated federal strategy and annual reports on these efforts, with membership spanning 12+ agencies including State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Commerce, DHS, and intelligence agencies.
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.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corruption
The President is extending for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13818 on December 20, 2017, which addresses serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world. This continuation, made under the National Emergencies Act, keeps in effect sanctions and related authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Establishment of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
This proclamation designates approximately 24.5 acres at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania as the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument under the Antiquities Act. It transfers administrative jurisdiction of the School Road Gateposts to the National Park Service while the Army retains control of remaining lands, mandates a management plan within 3 years with Tribal co-stewardship, and permanently withdraws monument lands from development or disposition.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13851 regarding the situation in Nicaragua, citing ongoing threats from the Ortega-Murillo regime's repression, dismantling of democratic institutions, and economic destabilization. The continuation extends the emergency authority beyond its November 27, 2024 expiration date.
Delegation of Authorities Under Sections 507(d) and 508(a) of the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
This memorandum delegates specific authorities under sections 507(d) and 508(a) of the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 to the Secretary of State. It is a routine internal administrative delegation of congressionally granted powers related to Ukraine security assistance.
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
This annual determination under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act imposes FY 2025 restrictions on nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related U.S. assistance and multilateral development bank lending for countries failing to meet minimum anti-trafficking standards. It also grants partial waivers and full national-interest determinations for select countries, and adds Sint Maarten to the restricted list with tailored conditions.
Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills
This executive order establishes an interagency task force to develop strategies against emerging firearms threats, specifically machinegun conversion devices and 3D printed ghost guns, requiring reports within 90 days. It also directs the Departments of Education and Homeland Security to publish guidance on improving school-based active-shooter drills within 110 days, with attention to trauma reduction and civil rights compliance.
Delegation of Authority Under Section 7019(e) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024
This memorandum delegates presidential authority to the Secretary of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator, to develop and implement a comprehensive, multi-year strategy for promoting democracy abroad under Section 7019(e) of a 2024 appropriations act. The delegation automatically applies to future substantially similar provisions.