E.O.14194
Imposing Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border
·Donald Trump·90 FR 9117
E.O.14193
Imposing Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border
·Donald Trump·90 FR 9113
Expands the national emergency declared at the southern border to also cover Canada's role in fentanyl and drug trafficking and related border security failures, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Imposes an additional 25 percent tariff on goods imported from Canada, and a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy or energy resources, effective February 4, 2025, with exceptions for goods already in transit before February 1, 2025 if certified to Customs and Border Protection. Eliminates duty-free de minimis treatment and drawback for these goods. Allows the President to increase tariffs if Canada retaliates. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement the tariffs through Federal Register notice, consult regularly with other officials on Canada's enforcement efforts, and recommend removing tariffs if Canada takes adequate action, or recommend further measures if it does not. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue regulations and report to Congress on the emergency.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14192
Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
·Donald Trump·90 FR 9065
Directs federal agencies to identify at least 10 existing regulations for elimination whenever they propose a new regulation. For the remainder of fiscal year 2025, agency heads must ensure the total incremental cost of all new and repealed regulations combined is significantly less than zero, unless required by law or otherwise directed by the Office of Management and Budget's Director. Starting with fiscal year 2026, agencies must report cost and savings data tied to new and repealed rules, and the Director will set a total allowable incremental cost per agency, with limits on adding regulations outside the Unified Regulatory Agenda without approval. Excludes regulations tied to military, national security, foreign affairs, immigration, or agency personnel matters, with additional exemptions possible. Revokes the 2023 version of OMB Circular A-4 on regulatory analysis, reinstating the 2003 version, and directs the Treasury Secretary and the Director to reinstate a 2018 agreement on review of tax regulations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14191
Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8859
Sets a policy of supporting parental choice in children's education and directs several federal agencies to take steps expanding K-12 educational alternatives such as private, faith-based, and charter schools. Within 60 days, the Secretary of Education must issue guidance on how states can use federal formula funds for K-12 educational choice initiatives, and must prioritize education freedom in discretionary grant programs. Within 90 days, the Secretaries of Labor and Education must each submit plans on using discretionary grants to expand education freedom; the Secretary of Health and Human Services must issue guidance on using family and childcare block grants, including the Child Care and Development Block Grant, to support educational choice; the Secretary of Defense must report on mechanisms for military families to use department funds for school choice; and the Secretary of the Interior must review options for Bureau of Indian Education-eligible students and report on BIE school performance, with implementation plans targeted for the 2025-26 school year.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14190
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8853
Directs federal agencies to enforce anti-discrimination and parental-rights laws, including Title VI, Title IX, FERPA, and the PPRA, against K-12 schools receiving federal funds. Within 90 days, the Secretaries of Education, Defense, and Health and Human Services, consulting with the Attorney General, must deliver an 'Ending Indoctrination Strategy' identifying federal funding tied to 'gender ideology' or 'discriminatory equity ideology' in curricula or teacher training, and recommending ways to withhold such funding and protect parental access to school records. The Attorney General is directed to coordinate with state and local prosecutors on cases involving sexual exploitation of minors, unlicensed medical practice, or unlawfully facilitating a minor's social transition. The order also reestablishes the President's Advisory 1776 Commission within the Department of Education to promote 'patriotic education,' create a student recognition award, coordinate lectures for the 250th anniversary of American independence, and support related federal programs, with the commission set to terminate after two years unless extended.」Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14189
Celebrating America's 250th Birthday
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8849
Establishes the White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday (Task Force 250), chaired by the President with the Vice President as Vice Chair, to plan and coordinate national celebrations of the 250th anniversary of American independence on July 4, 2026. The task force includes numerous cabinet secretaries and agency heads, will be administratively housed and funded by the Department of Defense, and requires agencies to report their related plans to its Executive Director by March 1, 2025; it terminates December 31, 2026 unless extended. Reinstates two earlier orders on building the National Garden of American Heroes and protecting monuments from vandalism, both of which had been rescinded by Executive Order 14029, and directs recommendations for additional honorees to bring the garden's total to 250. Amends a deadline provision in Executive Order 13934 to require action "as expeditiously as possible" rather than by a fixed date. Cites recent incidents of vandalism and assaults on federal officers as justification for reinstating the monument protection order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14188
Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8847
Reaffirms Executive Order 13899 on combating anti-Semitism and directs additional measures following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, citing a rise in anti-Semitic incidents on U.S. campuses. States it is U.S. policy to vigorously combat anti-Semitism using available legal tools. Within 60 days, requires the head of every federal agency to report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, on civil and criminal authorities that could be used against anti-Semitism, plus an inventory of pending complaints against colleges and universities involving post-October 7 civil-rights allegations. The Attorney General's report must also cover related court cases and possible Justice Department action, and is encouraged to use civil-rights enforcement laws such as 18 U.S.C. 241. The Secretary of Education's report must cover Title VI complaints, including in K-12 schools. The Secretaries of State, Education, and Homeland Security must jointly recommend ways for universities to identify and report foreign students or staff whose activities could make them inadmissible or removable under immigration law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14187
Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8771
Declares it federal policy not to fund, sponsor, or support medical transition procedures for people under 19, defined as puberty blockers, sex hormones, and surgeries intended to align appearance with an identity different from one's sex. Directs agencies to rescind policies relying on WPATH guidance, with HHS to review relevant medical literature within 90 days. Requires agencies providing research or education grants to ensure recipient institutions end these practices, and directs HHS to pursue regulatory actions across Medicare, Medicaid, and related programs, and withdraw a 2022 HHS guidance document. Directs the Defense Department to exclude such care from TRICARE coverage for minors, and the Office of Personnel Management to exclude it from federal employee health plans starting 2026. Directs the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement against female genital mutilation, investigate potential consumer fraud related to these treatments, draft legislation creating a private right of action for affected children and parents, and scrutinize states that remove custody from parents opposing such treatment for their children. Requires agencies to report progress within 60 days.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14186
The Iron Dome for America
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8767
Directs the Secretary of Defense to develop a next-generation missile defense shield for the United States, aimed at countering ballistic, hypersonic, and advanced cruise missile threats. Within 60 days, the Secretary must submit to the President a reference architecture, requirements, and implementation plan covering space-based sensors and interceptors, boost-phase and terminal-phase intercept systems, pre-launch defeat capabilities, secure supply chains, and non-kinetic defense technologies. The Secretary must also review Defense Department authorities and organization, work with the Office of Management and Budget on a funding plan ahead of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, and coordinate with U.S. Strategic Command and Northern Command on an updated missile threat assessment and priority defense locations. After the reference architecture is submitted, the Secretary must also review theater missile defense cooperation with allies, covering technology sharing, protection of forward-deployed troops and allied territory, and expanded provision of U.S. missile defense capabilities to partners. The order states it does not alter existing legal authorities and creates no enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14185
Restoring America's Fighting Force
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8763
Sets a policy that the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, with regard to the Coast Guard, operate free of race- or sex-based preferences. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to abolish all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices and related programs within their departments. Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct an internal review documenting DEI-related actions and discrimination, due within 90 days. Prohibits the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces, including their educational institutions, from teaching or promoting "divisive concepts," claims that founding documents are racist or sexist, or "gender ideology," and bars hiring anyone to teach such theories. Orders review of leadership, curriculum, and instructors at military service academies to ensure alignment, and requires teaching that America's founding documents are a positive force in history. Requires implementation guidance within 30 days and a progress report, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, within 180 days.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14184
Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military's COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8761
Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to offer reinstatement to active and reserve service members who were discharged solely for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to return. Reinstated members are to regain their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, and bonus payments. Service members who voluntarily left or let their service lapse to avoid the vaccine mandate may also return with no impact on status, rank, or pay if they submit a sworn written attestation. The order does not prevent disciplinary or administrative action for conduct otherwise prohibited under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Within 60 days, both secretaries must report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on their progress implementing these directives. It states it creates no enforceable legal rights and is subject to available appropriations and existing law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14183
Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8757
Sets a policy that military service standards must reflect readiness, lethality, and cohesion, stating this is incompatible with gender dysphoria and with using pronouns that do not match a person's sex. Directs the Secretary of Defense, within 60 days, to revise Department of Defense medical standards instructions covering enlistment and retention accordingly, and to promptly issue directives ending identification-based pronoun usage. Requires the Secretary, within 30 days, to identify further implementation steps and report to the President through the National Security Affairs Assistant. Bars, absent extraordinary operational necessity, males and females from sharing sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for the other sex. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue matching guidance for the Coast Guard within 30 days of the Defense Department's updates. Also implements the earlier revocation of Executive Order 14004, directing rescission of inconsistent policies and full compliance by military departments and services. Includes standard severability and general provisions clauses.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14182
Enforcing the Hyde Amendment
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8751
States that it is the policy of the United States, consistent with the Hyde Amendment, to end the use of federal taxpayer funds to fund or promote elective abortion. Revokes Executive Order 14076 and Executive Order 14079, both issued in 2022. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to executive department and agency heads on implementing this policy and the revocations. Clarifies that the order does not alter existing legal authorities of agencies or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, must be carried out consistent with applicable law and available funding, and does not create any new legal rights enforceable against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14181
Emergency Measures To Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8747
Directs multiple federal agencies to increase water availability in Southern California and address disaster response following Los Angeles wildfires. The Secretaries of Defense, Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the Attorney General must report within 15 days on authorities available to secure water infrastructure for firefighting. The Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, is directed to maximize water deliveries from the Central Valley Project despite contrary state laws, expedite Endangered Species Act exemptions, and review regulations that unduly burden water projects. The Office of Management and Budget must review federal programs affecting water and land management, and report on California policies inconsistent with disaster prevention. Other sections direct agencies to develop housing plans for wildfire survivors, expedite debris removal in Los Angeles, review the city's use of federal preparedness grants (barring use for undocumented immigrants and directing investigation of misuse), and assist North Carolina with road clearance and housing following Hurricane Helene.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14180
Council To Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8743
Establishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council to evaluate FEMA's disaster response performance and recommend improvements or structural changes. The Council, made up of up to 20 members co-chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense, will include other agency heads and outside experts in disaster relief, emergency preparedness, and budget management. It is directed to assess FEMA's response to disasters over the past four years, compare FEMA's performance with state, local, and private-sector responses, review historical approaches to disaster relief, evaluate whether FEMA should primarily support rather than replace state-led response efforts, and analyze reform proposals. The Council must hold its first public meeting within 90 days of the order and submit a report to the President within 180 days of that meeting. The Department of Homeland Security will provide administrative support, and members serve without pay. The Council terminates one year from the order's date unless extended.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14179
Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8741
Revokes Executive Order 14110 on the safe, secure, and trustworthy development of artificial intelligence and directs a government-wide effort to remove policies seen as barriers to American AI innovation. States that it is now the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance the country's global dominance in artificial intelligence. Directs the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, working with other White House policy advisors and agency heads, to develop and submit to the President an AI action plan within 180 days. Directs those same officials to review and identify actions taken under the revoked order that conflict with the new policy and to suspend, revise, or rescind them. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, within 60 days, to revise two related OMB memoranda to align with the new policy.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14178
Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8647
Sets a policy of supporting growth of digital assets, blockchain technology, and dollar-backed stablecoins, while protecting access to public blockchain networks, self-custody of digital assets, and banking access, and prohibiting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the United States. Revokes Executive Order 14067 and directs the Treasury Secretary to rescind the 2022 Treasury framework on international digital asset engagement. Establishes a President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets within the National Economic Council, chaired by the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto and including the Treasury, Justice, Commerce, and Homeland Security Secretaries and other officials. Within 30 days, relevant agencies must identify regulations affecting digital assets; within 60 days, recommend changes; and within 180 days, the Working Group must report proposed regulatory and legislative frameworks, including possible creation of a national digital asset stockpile from seized cryptocurrency. Orders agencies to halt any CBDC-related plans or initiatives immediately, except where required by law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14177
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8643
Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), made up of up to 24 members, including the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto as Co-Chairs, along with outside experts in science, technology, education, and innovation appointed by the President. The council will advise the President on science, technology, and innovation policy, gather input from research institutions, businesses, and governments, and also serve as the advisory bodies required under the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 and the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act. Federal agencies must share relevant information with the council when requested, and the Department of Energy will provide funding and administrative support. Members serve unpaid but may receive travel expenses. The council terminates after two years unless extended. The order revokes Executive Order 14007, as amended by Executive Order 14109, which had previously established a similar council.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14176
Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8641
Directs the release of federal records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The order states that continued withholding of these records is not in the public interest and calls for their full disclosure. It requires the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, working with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Counsel to the President, to present the President with a plan within 15 days for releasing all records tied to President Kennedy's assassination, and within 45 days a plan for releasing records related to the assassinations of Senator Kennedy and Dr. King. It notes that implementation must be consistent with existing law and available funding, and does not create any enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14175
Designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8639