E.O.14180

Council To Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency

January 24, 2025·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

January 23, 2025·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

January 23, 2025·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

January 23, 2025·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.

January 23, 2025·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

January 22, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8639

Directs the Secretary of State to begin the process of considering Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, for designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under the Immigration and Nationality Act. States it is U.S. policy to work with regional partners to eliminate the group's capabilities and end its attacks on U.S. personnel, partners, and Red Sea shipping. Requires the Secretary of State, after consulting the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of the Treasury, to submit a report to the President within 30 days, and to act on any designation within 15 days after that. If a designation is made, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development must jointly review USAID's partners and contractors in Yemen for ties to Ansar Allah or insufficient documentation of its abuses, and terminate any projects or contracts identified as appropriate.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14174

Revocation of Certain Executive Orders

January 21, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8637

Revokes two prior executive orders related to COVID-19: Executive Order 14042, which required federal contractors to follow specific COVID-19 safety protocols, and Executive Order 14043, which required federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The order states that it does not affect existing legal authority of federal agencies or their heads, nor the budgetary and administrative functions of the Office of Management and Budget. It also specifies that it must be carried out consistent with applicable law and subject to available funding, and that it does not create any new legal rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its officers and employees.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14173

Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity

January 21, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8633

Directs all federal executive agencies to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and DEIA-related policies, programs, and preferences, and to enforce existing civil-rights laws instead. Revokes several prior executive orders and a 2016 presidential memorandum promoting diversity initiatives, including Executive Order 11246 on equal employment opportunity, with a 90-day transition period for federal contractors. Directs the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to stop promoting diversity, affirmative action, and workforce balancing based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. Requires agencies to add anti-discrimination compliance terms to contracts and grants, and directs the Office of Management and Budget to remove DEI-related language from federal procurement and grant procedures. Requires the Attorney General, within 120 days, to submit a report recommending enforcement strategies against illegal private-sector DEI practices, including potential investigations of corporations, nonprofits, and universities. Also requires the Attorney General and Secretary of Education to jointly issue guidance on complying with the Supreme Court's Students for Fair Admissions ruling. Exempts veterans' preferences and protected First Amendment speech.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14172

Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8629

Directs federal agencies to review and consider replacing their appointees to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names within seven days, and instructs the reconstituted Board to advance a policy of naming federal sites to honor "visionary and patriotic Americans." Orders the Secretary of the Interior, within 30 days, to reinstate the name "Mount McKinley" for North America's highest peak (while the surrounding Denali National Park and Preserve keeps its name) and to work with Alaska Native and local groups on names for other landmarks. Also directs the Secretary, within 30 days, to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" in official federal records, maps, and documents, updating the Geographic Names Information System accordingly. Allows the Secretary to seek public input on further name changes ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary and to recommend them to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. States it does not alter existing agency authority or create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14171

Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8625

Reinstates Executive Order 13957 from October 2020, which created an excepted-service employment category for federal employees in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions, and renames that category from Schedule F to Schedule Policy/Career. It amends that prior order's procedures for identifying and moving employees into this schedule, and adds language clarifying that such employees need not personally or politically support the president but must faithfully implement administration policies or face dismissal. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to amend Civil Service Regulations to rescind a 2024 rule that would impede this schedule's implementation, and to issue guidance within 30 days on additional position categories agencies should consider for the schedule. Revokes Executive Order 14003, which had protected the federal workforce, and directs agency heads to review and rescind related actions on discipline and performance policies.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14170

Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8621

Directs the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, working with the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Department of Government Efficiency, to develop within 120 days a Federal Hiring Plan for federal agencies. The plan must prioritize candidates committed to constitutional principles and government efficiency, bar hiring decisions based on race, sex, or religion, apply technical and alternative assessments required by the Chance to Compete Act of 2024, cut government-wide time-to-hire to under 80 days, improve communication with applicants, use data analytics and digital tools in recruitment, and involve agency leadership throughout hiring. It also requires agency-specific plans for allocating Senior Executive Service positions at listed agencies, including Cabinet departments, the Environmental Protection Agency, and others, and directs the Office of Personnel Management to set performance metrics and consult with agencies, labor organizations, and stakeholders to monitor implementation. States it does not alter existing legal authorities and creates no enforceable rights.'Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14169

Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8619

Declares that U.S. foreign assistance must align with the President's foreign policy and directs an immediate 90-day pause on new obligations and disbursements of foreign development assistance to foreign countries, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and contractors. Requires department and agency heads responsible for such programs to review them for efficiency and consistency with foreign policy, under guidelines set by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget's Director, and to decide within 90 days whether to continue, modify, or end each program, with the Secretary of State's concurrence. The Office of Management and Budget is to enforce the pause through its apportionment authority. Funding may resume early if a review concludes a program should continue, and the Secretary of State may waive the pause for specific programs. New foreign assistance programs must also be approved by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14168

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8615

Establishes federal policy recognizing only two sexes, male and female, defined as fixed biological categories determined at conception, and directs that federal law, agency documents, and communications use these definitions rather than concepts of gender identity. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on these definitions within 30 days, and directs agencies to remove materials promoting gender identity concepts, stop related federal funding, and ensure identification documents and personnel records reflect biological sex. Directs the Attorney General and Homeland Security Secretary to prevent housing of males in women's prisons or detention centers, directs HUD to revise a 2016 rule on gender identity in housing programs, and bars federal funds for gender-transition medical care in federal custody. Directs the Attorney General to issue guidance on single-sex spaces and workplace rights under civil rights law, and directs preparation of legislation codifying these definitions. Rescinds several prior executive orders and dissolves the White House Gender Policy Council, and requires agencies to rescind conflicting guidance documents and report on implementation within 120 days.'Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14167

Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8613

Directs the Secretary of Defense to prioritize the Armed Forces' role in securing the southern border, citing an existing national emergency over unlawful migration and drug trafficking. Within 10 days, the Secretary must deliver a revised Unified Command Plan assigning United States Northern Command the mission to seal the borders and repel invasion, including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, and human smuggling. It also adds new requirements to military planning guidance: a Level 3 planning requirement with a commander's estimate due within 30 days, a campaign planning requirement for ongoing southern border security, and continuous assessments of options to prevent unlawful mass entry and threats from foreign nations or transnational criminal organizations. The order states it does not alter existing agency authorities or budget functions, must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14166

Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8611

Directs the Attorney General not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act against TikTok or its parent company ByteDance for 75 days from the order's signing, covering prohibitions on distributing, hosting, or updating the application that took effect January 19, 2025. Instructs the Department of Justice to take no enforcement action or impose penalties for any noncompliance during that period or for conduct occurring before the order, including between the law's effective date and the order's signing. Requires the Attorney General to issue written guidance implementing this pause and to send letters to service providers stating they face no violation or liability for that period. Also directs the Attorney General to assert that enforcement authority under the Act rests exclusively with the federal government, resisting enforcement attempts by states or private parties. States the aim is to allow time to evaluate national security concerns and negotiate a resolution regarding the platform's continued operation for its users.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14165

Securing Our Borders

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8467

Directs multiple federal agencies to secure the southern border of the United States. The Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security must construct physical barriers and deploy sufficient personnel to gain operational control of the border, while the Attorney General and Homeland Security add personnel using specified immigration-law authorities. The Secretary of Homeland Security must expand detention of apprehended aliens, end "catch-and-release" practices, resume the Migrant Protection Protocols in coordination with the State Department and Justice Department, stop using the "CBP One" app for parole, and terminate categorical parole programs including one for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants. The State Department must pursue international cooperation agreements. The Attorney General and Homeland Security must fulfill DNA identification requirements for detained aliens, verify claimed family relationships, and prioritize prosecuting border-related crimes such as human and child trafficking. Within 14 days, the State, Justice, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security Departments must recommend further actions to the President to protect against foreign threats and secure the border.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14164

Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8463

Directs the Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for the most serious federal crimes, and specifically to seek capital charges regardless of other factors in cases involving the murder of a law-enforcement officer or capital crimes committed by an alien illegally present in the country. Instructs the Attorney General to encourage state attorneys general and district attorneys to bring corresponding state capital charges, to update the Justice Manual accordingly, and to review the confinement conditions of the 37 federal death-row inmates whose sentences were commuted by President Biden, including evaluating whether they can face state capital charges. Directs the Attorney General to ensure states have adequate lethal-injection drug supplies, to act on pending state certification requests under a federal statute, and to seek the overruling of Supreme Court precedents limiting capital punishment. Also directs prioritization of violent-crime prosecution and coordination with state and local law enforcement against transnational criminal activity.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14163

Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8459

Suspends entry of refugees into the United States under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), effective January 27, 2025, finding such entry detrimental to U.S. interests. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend decisions on refugee status applications until further notice. Allows the Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly admit refugees case-by-case if deemed in the national interest and not a security threat. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the Attorney General, to study how state and local governments could gain greater input into refugee placement decisions, while ensuring existing consultation requirements are followed. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the Secretary of State, to report within 90 days, and every 90 days afterward, on whether resuming the USRAP would serve U.S. interests, until the President determines resumption is warranted. Revokes Executive Order 14013 of February 4, 2021, concerning refugee resettlement and climate-related migration planning.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14162

Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8455

Directs the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to immediately submit formal notice withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, effective upon submission, and from any other agreements made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Orders the Ambassador, with the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury, to halt or revoke any U.S. financial commitments made under that framework and to report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs on further steps needed. Revokes the U.S. International Climate Finance Plan and directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance within 10 days for rescinding related frozen funds. Within 30 days, numerous agencies including the State, Treasury, Commerce, Energy, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services departments, along with USAID, the Development Finance Corporation, and other bodies, must report on actions taken to unwind Climate Finance Plan policies. Directs relevant agencies to prioritize economic efficiency and American interests in future international energy agreements.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.14161

Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats

January 20, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 8451

Directs federal agencies to strengthen vetting and screening of aliens entering or already present in the United States. Instructs the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence to identify resources for maximum vetting, restore screening standards used before January 20, 2021, and, within 60 days, jointly report to the President on countries with inadequate vetting information that may warrant partial or full entry suspensions, along with data on nationals from those countries admitted since January 2021. Directs the Department of Homeland Security to move to exclude or remove flagged aliens unless doing so would hinder a serious investigation or harm national security. Within 30 days, the same officials must review inadmissibility grounds, refugee screening safeguards, visa programs' vulnerability to hostile actors, denaturalization enforcement resources, and immigrant assimilation programs, and recommend further protective actions. States it does not alter existing agency legal authority or create enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less