E.O.14120
Advancing Women's Health Research and Innovation
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·89 FR 20095
E.O.14119
Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·89 FR 17265
Establishes a Registered Apprenticeship Interagency Working Group within the Executive Office of the President, co-chaired by the Office of Management and Budget director, the National Economic Council director, and the Domestic Policy Council director, to coordinate federal use of Registered Apprenticeships. The Working Group must report to the President within 180 days on opportunities to expand apprenticeships across agencies. Directs listed agencies to review grant and procurement programs for ways to require or incentivize use of apprentices, to expand apprenticeship programs for hiring and training federal workers, and to report annually on progress. Revokes Executive Order 13812 and supersedes Executive Order 13522, reinstating and expanding Labor-Management Forums across the executive branch. Requires agencies with union representation to submit implementation plans for these forums to the Office of Personnel Management within 180 days, with a certification and revision process. States the order does not alter existing collective bargaining agreements, agency legal authority, or create enforceable rights, and applies subject to available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14118
Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Zimbabwe
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·89 FR 15945
Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 of 2003 regarding actions by certain members of Zimbabwe's government and others to undermine the country's democratic processes, and revokes that order along with Executive Order 13391 and Executive Order 13469, which had relied on and expanded it. The order states continued concern about violence, human rights abuses against political opponents, and public corruption in Zimbabwe, but finds the emergency declaration no longer necessary. It specifies that ending the emergency does not affect pending legal actions, actions based on acts committed before the order, or rights and duties already established. It also clarifies that the order does not alter existing agency authority or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, and creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14117
Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·89 FR 15421
Expands the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13873 to address foreign countries' access to Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and government-related data. Directs the Attorney General, coordinating with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to issue regulations within 180 days identifying prohibited and restricted data transactions, designating countries of concern and covered persons, and setting security requirements based on National Institute of Standards and Technology frameworks. Directs the Committee on Foreign Investment-related telecommunications body to review submarine cable licenses tied to countries of concern. Directs the Secretaries of Defense, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and the National Science Foundation to consider restricting federal assistance that enables such data access and to report progress within a year. Directs officials to assess risks from past data transfers, study regulation of human 'omic data types beyond genomic data, and report to the President on the order's effectiveness and economic impact. States the order does not require data localization or broadly restrict commercial or scientific data exchanges. Defines key terms including sensitive personal data, covered persons, and countries of concern.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14116
Amending Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·89 FR 13971
Amends federal regulations governing the safeguarding of vessels, harbors, ports, and waterfront facilities to address cybersecurity threats. Citing risks from malicious cyber campaigns, it updates Coast Guard regulations in Part 6 of Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations to expand definitions and authorities so they explicitly cover digital systems, not just physical spaces. It defines terms like "cyber incident" and "damage" to digital infrastructure, and authorizes the Coast Guard's Captain of the Port to restrict access, inspect, search, and take control of vessels or facilities to prevent or respond to cyber incidents, in addition to physical threats. It also updates rules on identification credentials, safety measures, and mooring restrictions to include cyber-related dangers, and requires that suspected sabotage or cyber incidents be reported to the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The Commandant of the Coast Guard must coordinate enforcement with the Department of Justice and other relevant agencies.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14115
Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·89 FR 7605
Declares a national emergency over violence, forced displacement, and property destruction in the West Bank, finding these threaten regional stability and U.S. foreign policy interests. Blocks all U.S.-based property and interests of foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State or Secretary of the Treasury to be responsible for such violence, threats against civilians, property destruction, or seizure of property, as well as leaders of entities involved in these acts, those providing material support, or those linked to terrorism affecting the West Bank. Prohibits donations, transactions, and conspiracies that would violate or evade these sanctions. Suspends U.S. entry for noncitizens meeting these criteria, with exceptions determined by the Secretary of State or Secretary of Homeland Security. Directs the Treasury Department, in consultation with the State Department, to issue implementing regulations and report to Congress, and states that affected persons need not receive prior notice before being sanctioned.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14114
Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation's Harmful Activities
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 89271
Amends prior executive orders addressing Russia's actions to expand U.S. sanctions authority. It adds a new provision to Executive Order 14024 authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and Commerce, to sanction foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions supporting Russia's military-industrial base, including restricting their U.S. correspondent accounts or blocking their U.S. assets. It also removes a prior-notice requirement for such sanctions. Separately, it amends Executive Order 14068 to broaden import bans on Russian-origin goods, including fish, seafood, alcoholic beverages, and diamonds, plus products made in part from these items or transiting through Russia, and directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue rules for enforcing these import restrictions. It authorizes the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security Secretaries to issue regulations needed to carry out these changes and directs federal agencies to take appropriate implementing measures, while stating the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14113
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 89259
Sets updated federal pay rates for 2024 across multiple government pay systems, including the General Schedule for federal employees, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration schedules, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, salaries for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, uniformed services pay, locality-based pay adjustments, and administrative law judges' pay. The specific rates appear in attached schedules. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Most schedules take effect on the first pay period on or after January 1, 2024, while military pay rates (Schedule 8) take effect January 1, 2024. Supersedes the prior year's pay order, Executive Order 14090, as of these effective dates. Applies broadly to federal civilian employees, military service members, and certain elected and judicial officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14112
Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations To Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 86021
Directs federal agencies to work with the White House Council on Native American Affairs to make federal funding and support programs for Tribal Nations more accessible, flexible, and easier to navigate, in support of Tribal sovereignty and self-determination. Requires the Office of Management and Budget and the Domestic Policy Advisor, within 240 days, to develop guidance for assessing funding shortfalls in Tribal programs; agencies must then report, within 540 days, on funding needed to meet trust obligations, leading to recommendations for the President that will inform future budgets. Directs agencies to promote co-management agreements with Tribes, consider Tribal set-asides, reduce administrative and reporting burdens, increase spending flexibility, respect Tribal data sovereignty, allow applications through inter-Tribal consortia, and provide technical assistance. Also directs tracking of Tribal Nations' success in competitive grant programs and creation of a single resource listing all federal funding sources for Tribes. States it creates no enforceable legal rights and applies subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14111
Interagency Security Committee
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 83809
Establishes the Interagency Security Committee, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, with representatives from numerous federal departments and agencies including State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, and others, plus officials such as the directors of the U.S. Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, CIA, Office of Personnel Management, and FBI. The Committee is tasked with setting policies and standards for security of federal facilities, evaluating existing standards, sharing security intelligence, assessing technology, developing construction standards, and maintaining a centralized security database. It may form working groups and consult outside entities like the federal courts and Postal Service. Agencies must designate senior officials to ensure compliance, and the Secretary must monitor compliance and report to the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council within a year and every two years after. Revokes Executive Order 12977, though its prior standards remain in effect until replaced.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14110
Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 75191
Directs a coordinated federal approach to artificial intelligence safety, security, innovation, and equity. Requires developers of powerful "dual-use foundation" AI models and large computing clusters to report safety testing and security measures to the Commerce Department, and directs Commerce and NIST to create safety, security, and red-teaming standards. Orders agencies including Homeland Security, Energy, Defense, and HHS to assess AI risks to critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, biosecurity, and healthcare, and to develop safeguards, testbeds, and reporting frameworks. Directs actions to attract AI talent through visa and hiring changes, promote competition and small-business participation, support workers displaced by AI, and address discrimination in criminal justice, housing, benefits, and hiring uses of AI. Directs OMB to issue governance guidance for federal agencies' AI use, including designating Chief AI Officers, and creates a White House AI Council chaired by the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy to coordinate implementation. Also directs efforts on privacy-enhancing technologies, labeling of AI-generated content, and international engagement on AI standards. Sets numerous agency deadlines ranging from 30 to 540 days and contains additional provisions beyond what is summarized here.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14109
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive Orders
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 68447
Continues dozens of federal advisory committees through September 30, 2025, including bodies such as the President's Export Council, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, several national monument advisory committees, and various commissions on educational and health equity. Assigns responsibility for these committees' functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the head of each committee's designated department or agency, following guidelines set by the Administrator of General Services, and supersedes the corresponding provisions of Executive Order 14048. Amends Executive Order 14031 to expand the duties of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, including new liaison responsibilities and coordination with a regional network of federal officials. Amends Executive Order 14084 to increase the membership limit of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities from 25 to 30 members and to add liaison and outreach functions for the Executive Director and committee members. Takes effect September 30, 2023.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14108
Ensuring the People of East Palestine Are Protected Now and in the Future
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 66265
Directs several federal agencies to coordinate ongoing response and recovery efforts following the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which released hazardous chemicals. Instructs the Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Railroad Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use their authorities to support affected communities and hold Norfolk Southern accountable. Requires FEMA, within 5 days, to designate a Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator to assess unmet community needs. Directs Ohio's pending major disaster declaration request be held in abeyance pending further information. Requires EPA to continue cleanup and submit a report within 30 days, then every 60 days. Requires HHS to report within 60 days on public health findings and consider declaring a public health emergency. Requires DOT to report within 60 days on its actions, with an update following the National Transportation Safety Board's final investigation.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14107
Exemption of Paul H. Maurer From Mandatory Separation
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 62441
Exempts Paul H. Maurer, the Special Agent in Charge of the George W. Bush Protective Detail in Dallas, Texas, from mandatory retirement under federal law governing automatic separation of law enforcement officers at a certain age, citing the public interest under section 8425(e) of title 5 of the United States Code. The Director of the United States Secret Service keeps full supervisory authority over Maurer, including standard personnel authorities. The order also states it does not alter existing agency authorities or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, applies only within the limits of available appropriations and existing law, and does not create any new legal rights or benefits for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14106
United States Coast Guard Officer Personnel Management
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 55905
Delegates to the Secretary of Homeland Security a range of presidential authorities over Coast Guard commissioned officers, allowing the Secretary to act without further presidential approval. This includes approving or modifying selection board reports, removing officers' names from selection lists, appointing officers to certain junior grades, making temporary appointments up to lieutenant, approving continuation-on-active-duty boards for captains, and commissioning regular and reserve chief warrant officers. During a declared war or national emergency, the Secretary may also suspend certain laws governing officer selection, promotion, or separation and make temporary promotions, though this emergency authority cannot be used during a presidentially declared national emergency unless specifically directed by the President, and actions taken under it must be reported as required by the National Emergencies Act. If the Coast Guard operates as part of the Navy, these authorities shift to the Secretary of Defense. Prior related actions and regulations remain in effect unless changed under this order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14105
Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 54867
Declares a national emergency over certain U.S. investments in technologies that could bolster the military, intelligence, surveillance, or cyber capabilities of countries of concern. Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, it directs the Secretary of the Treasury, working with the Secretary of Commerce and other relevant agencies, to issue regulations requiring U.S. persons to notify Treasury of certain outbound investment transactions involving covered foreign persons in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence, and to prohibit other such transactions deemed especially threatening. It sets duties for the Secretary, including congressional and public communication, coordination with other departments, and enforcement of violations. It requires an assessment of the regulations within one year of their effective date and periodic reviews afterward, along with annual reports to the President on the program's effectiveness and recommendations for changes. It authorizes exemptions in the national interest, criminal referrals, and rulemaking, and defines key terms including 'country of concern,' 'covered foreign person,' and 'covered national security technologies and products.'Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14104
Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 51203
Sets a policy that technologies and products developed with federal research and development support should be manufactured in the United States whenever feasible. Directs the Secretaries of Defense, Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, along with the National Science Foundation and NASA, to consider domestic manufacturing in R&D funding decisions. Requires agencies to strengthen reporting on where federally funded inventions are manufactured, with the Commerce Department developing standardized reporting terms, a possible transition to the iEdison tracking system by 2025, and common invention-utilization questions by May 2024. Directs agencies to evaluate whether stricter domestic-manufacturing requirements should apply to certain critical technologies like semiconductors and artificial intelligence, and to improve the process for waiving domestic manufacturing requirements under the Bayh-Dole Act, including developing common waiver application questions, guidance on commercial feasibility, and public reporting on waiver decisions. Requires periodic implementation reports to the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy over several years.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14103
2023 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 50535
Amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, which sets rules and procedures for military justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It makes three sets of changes, attached as annexes, to various parts of the manual covering pretrial, trial, and sentencing procedures. Amendments in Annex 1 take effect immediately. Amendments in Annex 2 take effect on the date set by section 539C of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Annex 3 adds new appendices and takes effect December 27, 2023, under section 539E(f) of the same law. The order specifies that none of these changes can be used to punish conduct that was not already punishable when it occurred, and that ongoing military justice proceedings begun before the relevant effective dates may continue as if the changes had not been made. It applies to military personnel and officials involved in courts-martial and related proceedings.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14102
Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 45807
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating under the Navy, to order to active duty units and individual members of the Selected Reserve, as well as certain members of the Individual Ready Reserve designated as essential, to support Operation Atlantic Resolve within the United States European Command's area of responsibility. Limits activation to no more than 3,000 total members at any one time, of whom no more than 450 may come from the Individual Ready Reserve. Allows the relevant secretaries to end the active duty service of those called up when no longer needed. States that it creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14101
Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 41815