E.O.14114
Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation's Harmful Activities
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 89271
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
Directs multiple federal agencies to consider actions expanding access to affordable contraception and family planning services. The Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services are to consider guidance improving contraceptive coverage without out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act, including coverage of all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives and streamlined access to over-the-counter options. The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is to consider expanding contraceptive access in Medicaid and Medicare. The Secretaries of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and the Office of Personnel Management are to consider steps ensuring contraceptive coverage and education within federal programs. Health and Human Services is also to support access through Title X clinics, federally funded health centers, and the Indian Health Service, including technical assistance, training, and research on access gaps. The Secretary of Labor is to identify best practices for employer-sponsored coverage, and the Secretary of Education is to convene colleges to share strategies for improving contraceptive access. All actions are subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14100
Advancing Economic Security for Military and Veteran Spouses, Military Caregivers, and Survivors
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 39111
Directs multiple federal agencies to expand employment, hiring, and support programs for military and veteran spouses, military caregivers, and survivors. Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of Management and Budget, with several other agencies, to issue a Government-wide Military-Connected hiring and retention strategic plan within 180 days, and to update it at least every four years. Directs OPM to retitle and expand its annual veterans employment report starting in Fiscal Year 2025, require listing of the Military Spouse Noncompetitive Appointment Authority in job postings, and issue guidance on telework, administrative leave for relocations, and inter-agency placement support. Instructs the Secretaries of State and Defense to address remote-work and security issues for spouses working overseas under the Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas program, and directs the Small Business Administration to expand resources for military spouse entrepreneurs. Also directs the Secretary of Defense to establish flexible spending accounts for dependent care by January 1, 2024, and expand home-based child care options on military installations. Defines key terms such as military spouse, veteran spouse, caregiver, and survivor.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14099
Moving Beyond COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Federal Workers
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 30891
Revokes Executive Order 14043, which required federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and Executive Order 14042, which required federal contractors and subcontractors to maintain COVID-19 safety protocols. Directs that any agency policies adopted to implement those orders may no longer be enforced and must be rescinded consistent with applicable law. Cites declining COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations and progress in vaccination and treatment as reasons the government-wide requirements are no longer needed. The order took effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 12, 2023, and applies government-wide to executive departments and agencies and their federal contractors and subcontractors. It states it does not alter existing legal authorities of agencies or the Office of Management and Budget, and creates no enforceable rights against the United States.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14098
Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons Destabilizing Sudan and Undermining the Goal of a Democratic Transition
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 29529
Expands the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13067 and previously expanded by Executive Order 13400, citing the Sudanese military's 2021 seizure of power and 2023 fighting. Blocks all US property and interests of foreign persons the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the State Department, determines have threatened Sudan's stability, obstructed a civilian transitional government, undermined democratic processes, committed human rights abuses or violence against civilians, engaged in corruption, or obstructed UN or humanitarian missions, along with their family members, senior officials of implicated entities, and those providing them material support. Prohibits transactions and conspiracies that evade these sanctions, and bars donations that would otherwise be exempt. Suspends US entry for noncitizens meeting these criteria, with exceptions the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security may grant. Directs the National Security Council process to coordinate executive branch support for a civilian transitional government once the Secretary of State determines one has formed. Preserves prior Sudan-related actions under Executive Orders 13761 and 13804, and directs the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14097
Authority To Order the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty To Address International Drug Trafficking
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 26471
Invokes section 12302 of title 10 of the United States Code to give the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security additional authority to order units and individual members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to active duty. This is done to support the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14059 concerning international drug trafficking. Under the order, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, acting on direction from the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as part of the Navy, may call up Ready Reserve units or members they consider necessary. The order states it does not alter existing agency authorities or Office of Management and Budget functions, must be carried out consistent with applicable law and available funding, and does not create any enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14096
Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 25251
Directs federal agencies to make environmental justice part of their missions, requiring them to identify and address disproportionate health and environmental burdens on low-income, minority, Tribal, and other underserved communities, including from climate change, pollution, and Federal activities. Requires each agency to submit an Environmental Justice Strategic Plan to the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) within 18 months, followed by periodic assessments. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency and Attorney General to conduct related reviews and reporting. Establishes an Environmental Justice Subcommittee under the Office of Science and Technology Policy to identify data and research gaps. Sets rules for public notification within 72 hours and public meetings within 6 weeks after toxic chemical releases under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Amends Executive Order 12898 to expand membership and duties of the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council, and creates a White House Office of Environmental Justice within CEQ, led by a Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer. Directs CEQ to issue implementation guidance and report periodically to the President. Contains further provisions on definitions, agency cooperation, and public participation requirements.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14095
Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 24669