E.O.14094
Modernizing Regulatory Review
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·88 FR 21879
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 a policy barring federal agencies from operationally using commercial spyware that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the government, or significant risk of improper use by a foreign government or person, such as spying on activists, journalists, or dissidents. Agencies must weigh specific risk factors before procuring or using such spyware, and the Director of National Intelligence must issue a classified assessment on foreign spyware risks within 90 days and every six months afterward. Agencies must review existing spyware use within 90 days of that assessment, discontinue risky uses, develop internal controls within 180 days, and report to the President's national security adviser on procurement, use, and terminations, with further reporting at six months and annually thereafter. Certain officials, including the Secretary of Defense and Attorney General, may certify spyware as safe or grant temporary waivers under extraordinary circumstances. Exceptions apply for testing, cybersecurity research, and criminal investigations into spyware misuse. The order also directs the Federal Acquisition Security Council to weigh this intelligence in supply-chain risk decisions and defines key terms such as "commercial spyware" and "operational use."Read 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
Launches a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative directing a whole-of-government effort to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing for health, climate, energy, food security, supply chains, and national security. Coordinated by the National Security Council process, it requires numerous federal reports and plans, including agency reports within 180 days on using biotechnology for health, climate, agriculture, and supply-chain resilience, followed by an OSTP implementation plan and an OMB budget review. It creates a Data for the Bioeconomy Initiative to manage biological data securely, directs strategies to expand domestic biomanufacturing capacity, strengthen biomass supply chains, and boost biobased product procurement by federal agencies. It calls for expanded workforce training programs, clearer biotechnology regulations from USDA, EPA, and FDA, and a Biosafety and Biosecurity Innovation Initiative led by Health and Human Services. It also directs the Director of National Intelligence to assess foreign threats to the U.S. bioeconomy, orders new economic measurement standards for the bioeconomy, and directs the State Department to pursue international cooperation on biotechnology research and biosecurity standards. The order contains further definitions and administrative provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14080
Implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 52847
Directs federal agencies to implement the CHIPS Act of 2022, which funds semiconductor research, development, and manufacturing, by prioritizing goals such as protecting taxpayer resources, reducing reliance on foreign chip production, sustaining U.S. leadership in microelectronics, attracting private investment, generating benefits for workers and disadvantaged communities, and strengthening regional manufacturing ecosystems. Establishes a CHIPS Implementation Steering Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate policy across agencies, co-chaired by the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with members including the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Labor, and Energy, and other officials. The Council may consult outside experts and coordinate subgroups. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to oversee effective and efficient use of taxpayer funds under the Act, working with the Council and relevant agencies, and states the order does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14079
Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 49505
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider further actions to protect access to reproductive healthcare services, building on Executive Order 14076 issued after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade. Defines reproductive healthcare services broadly to include medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services related to pregnancy or its termination. Instructs the Secretary to consider ways to advance access to such services, including through Medicaid for patients traveling across state lines for care. Directs the Secretary to consider actions promoting healthcare providers' compliance with federal non-discrimination laws, such as technical assistance, convening providers, and issuing guidance in response to complaints. Also requires the Secretary to evaluate whether research and data collection at agencies like the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adequately measure how access to reproductive healthcare affects maternal and other health outcomes, and to improve those efforts as needed. States it creates no enforceable legal rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14078
Bolstering Efforts To Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 43389
Declares a national emergency over the hostage-taking and wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad. Keeps in place Executive Order 13698 and Presidential Policy Directive 30, preserving the roles of the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, Hostage Response Group, and Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, and directs these bodies to coordinate strategy, share information, and support detainees' families. Directs the Secretary of State to identify officials of foreign governments involved in wrongful detentions and, with the Treasury Secretary and Attorney General, to determine which foreign persons are responsible for or complicit in hostage-taking or wrongful detention. Blocks all property and interests in property of those designated persons within U.S. jurisdiction, bars transactions or donations benefiting them, and prohibits attempts or conspiracies to evade these measures. Suspends U.S. entry for noncitizens meeting the same criteria, with exceptions determined by the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations and report to Congress, and defines key terms used throughout the order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14077
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 43203
Establishes a three-member Emergency Board, effective July 18, 2022, to investigate unresolved labor disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and their employees represented by certain labor organizations, following notification from the National Mediation Board that the disputes threaten to substantially interrupt interstate commerce. Board members, appointed by the President, must have no financial or other interest in any railroad or railroad labor organization. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation. Under the Railway Labor Act, neither party may change the conditions underlying the disputes from the Board's creation until 30 days after it submits its report, except by mutual agreement. The Board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the Board terminates, which occurs upon submission of its report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14076
Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 42053
Directs federal agencies to take steps aimed at protecting and expanding access to reproductive healthcare services, including abortion, following changes in legal protections previously provided under Roe v. Wade. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit a report within 30 days identifying ways to protect and expand access to abortion care and other reproductive services, increase public outreach and education, and ensure patients receive required emergency medical care. Directs the Attorney General and White House Counsel to convene attorneys and organizations to support pro bono legal assistance for patients and providers. Calls on the Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, Federal Trade Commission Chair, and Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider actions to protect patient safety, privacy, and data security, and to address fraudulent practices related to reproductive healthcare. Establishes an Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access, co-chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Gender Policy Council, to coordinate federal efforts, and directs the Attorney General to provide technical assistance to states protecting out-of-state patients and providers.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14075
Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·87 FR 37189