E.O.14100
Advancing Economic Security for Military and Veteran Spouses, Military Caregivers, and Survivors
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 39111
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 Directs that any agency policies adopted to implement those orders may no longer be enforced and must be rescinded consistent with applicable law.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
Directs numerous federal agencies to take actions, within existing authority, to expand access to child care and long-term care and to support family caregivers and the care workforce. The Department of Health and Human Services is directed to pursue guidance and possible rulemaking to raise pay and benefits for home care and Head Start workers, improve nursing home staffing, and expand mental health support for care workers, while the Departments of Labor and Education are told to expand training pathways such as apprenticeships. Other provisions address family caregivers of veterans and Medicare beneficiaries, guidance on using federal infrastructure and other program funds to support child care for workers on federally funded projects, review of federal employee child care subsidies, expansion of veteran home-care programs, and steps to build community and Tribal care capacity. Many directives instruct agencies to "consider" or "are encouraged to consider" specific actions rather than requiring them outright, and the order contains further detailed provisions beyond what is summarized here.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14094
Modernizing Regulatory Review
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 21879
Updates the federal rulemaking review process by amending Executive Order 12866 and building on Executive Order 13563 and a 2021 presidential memorandum. Raises the economic-impact threshold that triggers centralized White House review of a proposed rule to $200 million (adjusted every three years for economic growth) by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Directs agencies to expand public participation in rulemaking, including outreach to underserved communities, clearer petition processes, and modernized comment-handling tools to address mass or computer-generated comments. Instructs OIRA to make its process for meetings with outside parties about pending rules more transparent and accessible, including publishing meeting records and reducing duplicate requests. Directs the Office of Management and Budget, within one year, to revise its Circular A-4 guidance on regulatory analysis to account for distributive and equity impacts. States it does not alter agencies' existing legal authority or create enforceable rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14093
Prohibition on Use by the United States Government of Commercial Spyware That Poses Risks to National Security
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 18957
Establishes government-wide policy that federal agencies must not operationally use commercial spyware that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks, or that carries significant risk of being misused by foreign governments or persons to target activists, journalists, dissidents, or Americans without proper legal authority. Directs the Director of National Intelligence to issue a classified intelligence assessment on foreign spyware risks within 90 days and every six months after, and requires agencies to share relevant information with that office. Requires agencies to review existing spyware use, discontinue prohibited use, develop internal controls within 180 days, notify the President's national security adviser before new use, and report periodically on procurement and use. Sets procedures for certifying that spyware does not pose banned risks, allows time-limited waivers under extraordinary circumstances, and exempts uses such as testing, cybersecurity research, or criminal investigations into spyware misuse. Applies to executive agencies, excluding independent regulatory agencies, and defines terms includingRead the full summaryShow less
E.O.14092
Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 16527
Directs multiple federal agencies to take further steps aimed at reducing gun violence, building on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Requires the Attorney General, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Education, and Secretary of Homeland Security to report to the President within 60 days on implementation of that Act. Directs the Attorney General to develop a plan addressing who must be licensed as a firearms dealer, revoked dealer licenses, public release of dealer inspection reports, and support for the Undetectable Firearms Act. Instructs several agencies to expand safe-storage campaigns and promote use of extreme risk protection orders, and to develop, by September 15, 2023, a proposal supporting survivors and communities affected by gun violence. Directs the Defense Department to develop firearm-safety acquisition principles, federal law enforcement agencies to strengthen ballistics data-sharing policies within 180 days, the Transportation Secretary to address firearm theft during shipping, and encourages the Federal Trade Commission to study firearm marketing to minors.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14091
Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 10825
Builds on Executive Order 13985 by directing named agency heads to establish Agency Equity Teams within 30 days, led by a senior official, to coordinate equity initiatives. Creates a White House Steering Committee on Equity, chaired by the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, to coordinate government-wide equity efforts. Requires agencies to submit annual public Equity Action Plans starting September 2023, addressing barriers underserved communities face and strategies to improve access, procurement, and engagement. Directs agencies to embed equity into budgeting, regulation, AI use, and civil rights enforcement, and to increase contracting for socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, targeting 15 percent by Fiscal Year 2025. Addresses rural economic opportunity and urban equitable development, and revokes Executive Orders 13946 and 13853, reinstating prior versions of Executive Orders 12072 and 13006. Defines terms including equity, underserved communities, and algorithmic discrimination, and directs an OSTP subcommittee to report on equitable data progress twice yearly. Contains additional implementation provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14090
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 79985
Sets updated rates of basic pay and salary schedules for federal employees and officials, covering the General Schedule, Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay schedules, Senior Executive Service pay ranges, the Executive Schedule, pay for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, uniformed services pay, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judges' pay. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments and publish notice in the Federal Register. The uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2023, while the other schedules take effect at the start of the first pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 14061 of December 22, 2021, as of these effective dates. Applies to employees and officials under the named statutory pay systems, including civilian federal workers, foreign service officers, veterans health personnel, senior executives, top executive and judicial officials, members of Congress, the Vice President, military service members, and administrative law judges.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14089
Establishing the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 77459
Directs the Secretary of State to establish, within 180 days, the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States, housed at the Department of State. The council will have up to 12 unpaid members, appointed by the Secretary of State without regard to political affiliation, serving two-year terms, with a Secretary-designated Chair and Executive Director. It will advise the President, through the Secretary of State and then the national security and domestic policy advisers, on strengthening ties between the U.S. government and African Diaspora communities, covering topics such as racial equity efforts under Executive Order 13985, support for the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, cultural and educational exchange programs like the Young African Leaders Initiative and International Visitor Leadership Program, public-private collaboration, and trade and investment initiatives such as Prosper Africa. The State Department will fund and support the council, which must meet quarterly, and it will operate under Federal Advisory Committee Act rules administered by the Secretary of State.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14088
Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 64685
Amends Executive Order 13851, which addressed the national emergency over the situation in Nicaragua, to expand its scope and authorities. It adds arrest or prosecution of individuals or media outlets for exercising free expression or assembly as a basis for blocking property, and expands the criteria for blocking persons who operate in Nicaragua's gold sector or other sectors designated by the Secretary of the Treasury. It adds new prohibitions covering imports of Nicaraguan-origin products, exports of certain items to persons in Nicaragua, and new investment in Nicaragua's economy by U.S. persons, as determined by the Secretaries of the Treasury, State, and Commerce. It also updates provisions authorizing the Treasury and Commerce Secretaries to issue implementing regulations and report to Congress on the emergency, and clarifies that exceptions may apply through licenses, regulations, or export control authorities.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14087
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 63399
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider testing new health care payment and delivery models, through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, aimed at lowering prescription drug costs and improving access to drug therapies for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, including models that could reduce cost-sharing for commonly used drugs and support value-based payment. The Secretary must submit a report to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy within 90 days describing any models selected, along with a plan and timeline for testing them, and must then take appropriate action to test those models. The order describes this as building on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and Executive Order 14036, which addressed drug pricing and competition policy, but it does not itself change existing drug pricing rules beyond directing this review and reporting process.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14086
Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 62283
Establishes safeguards for how U.S. intelligence agencies conduct signals intelligence (electronic surveillance) collection, applying protections to all individuals regardless of nationality. Requires that such collection pursue only specified legitimate national security objectives, be necessary and proportionate, and prioritize targeted over bulk collection, limiting bulk collection's use to defined purposes like counterterrorism and counterespionage. Directs intelligence agencies to update policies within one year, maintain oversight officials, and report significant compliance failures. Creates a redress mechanism allowing individuals in designated 'qualifying states' to file complaints about violations: the Civil Liberties Protection Officer within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence must investigate within set procedures, with decisions appealable to a newly created Data Protection Review Court staffed by independent judges appointed by the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to establish this court and complaint process within 60 days, and to designate which countries qualify for the mechanism. Also directs the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to review these processes periodically. Includes detailed definitions and general provisions clarifying the order does not create judicially enforceable rights beyond the redress mechanism itself.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14085
Expanding Eligibility for Certain Military Decorations and Awards
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 60541
Amends several earlier executive orders governing military decorations and awards to extend eligibility to the Space Force and update outdated language. It revises Executive Order 9158 (Air Medal) and Executive Order 11046 (Bronze Star Medal) to use gender-neutral wording and include the Space Force among eligible service branches, and updates the Secretary of Homeland Security's role regarding the Coast Guard. It amends Executive Order 8809 (Good Conduct Medal) and Executive Order 10694 (unit citations) to recognize Space Force service dating from December 20, 2019. It updates Executive Order 13830 (delegation of authority to approve certain decorations) with revised legal citations and gender-neutral language, and makes similar wording changes to Executive Order 11545 (Defense Distinguished Service Medal). The order states it does not affect existing agency authority or budget functions, must be implemented consistent with law and available funding, and creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14084
Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 60535
Sets policy to promote the arts, humanities, and museum and library services, with a focus on underserved communities, education, public health, climate resilience, and civic engagement. Establishes the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities within the Institute of Museum and Library Services, made up of the heads of the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services, plus up to 25 presidentially appointed non-federal members, with several other officials invited as non-voting members. The Committee will advise the President and agency heads on advancing these goals, meet twice yearly, and report annually; it terminates after two years unless extended. Directs numerous federal departments and White House policy councils to coordinate with the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Institute of Museum and Library Services on related initiatives. States it does not alter existing agency authority or create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14083
Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National Security Risks by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 57369
Directs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to expand and elaborate on the statutory factors it considers when reviewing foreign investment transactions for national security risks. It instructs the Committee to weigh effects on supply chain resilience in areas like microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum computing, clean energy, and critical materials; risks to United States technological leadership; the cumulative impact of multiple related transactions or acquisitions in one sector; cybersecurity risks, including threats to elections and critical infrastructure; and risks tied to access to Americans' sensitive data, including health and biological data. It has the Office of Science and Technology Policy periodically publish a list of technology sectors fundamental to national security for the Committee's use, and permits the Committee to request industry analysis from the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration. The Committee must regularly review its own processes and periodically report findings and policy recommendations to the President's national security adviser. It applies to executive branch agencies involved in CFIUS reviews and does not alter existing legal authorities or CFIUS's jurisdiction.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14082
Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 56861
Directs federal agencies to prioritize implementation of the energy and infrastructure provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, focusing on efficient use of public funds, meeting national greenhouse gas reduction goals, advancing environmental and climate justice through the Justice40 Initiative, promoting clean energy construction, strengthening domestic manufacturing and supply chains, ensuring prevailing wages and apprenticeship opportunities, lowering energy costs, spurring innovation, and coordinating with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. Establishes a White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, led by a Senior Advisor, to coordinate policymaking on the Act. Amends Executive Order 14008 to make the Senior Advisor chair of the National Climate Task Force and co-chair of the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities, updates the Task Force's membership and mission to include Inflation Reduction Act implementation, amends Executive Order 12898's environmental justice council membership, and amends Executive Order 14052 to add the Senior Advisor to its infrastructure implementation body. States it does not alter existing agency legal authority or create enforceable rights, and is subject to available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14081
Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 56849