E.O.13918
Establishment of the Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 711 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
·Donald Trump·85 FR 26315
E.O.13917
Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Food Supply Chain Resources During the National Emergency Caused by the Outbreak of COVID- 19
·Donald Trump·85 FR 26313
Invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, the order finds that meat and poultry processors are critical to the food supply chain during the COVID-19 national emergency and delegates authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to keep them operating. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use powers under the Act—normally reserved to the President—to require performance of contracts, allocate materials and services, and set nationwide priorities to ensure continued meat and poultry production, consistent with joint guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on safe facility operations. The Secretary may identify additional food supply resources covered by this authority and is directed to issue orders and rules needed to carry out the order. It notes the delegation applies notwithstanding a prior executive order on national defense resource preparedness, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13916
National Emergency Authority To Temporarily Extend Deadlines for Certain Estimated Payments
·Donald Trump·85 FR 22951
Invoking the National Emergencies Act and the national emergency declared over the COVID-19 outbreak, the order gives the Secretary of the Treasury authority under section 1318(a) of title 19 of the U.S. Code to extend deadlines for certain estimated payments during the emergency. It directs the Secretary to consider temporarily extending payment deadlines for importers facing significant financial hardship due to COVID-19, excluding payments assessed under specific antidumping, countervailing duty, and related trade law provisions. The Secretary must consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security or a designee before using this authority. The order states it does not alter existing agency authority or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available funding, and does not create any enforceable legal rights or benefits for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13915
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Interior
·Donald Trump·85 FR 21733
Establishes an order of succession within the Department of the Interior, specifying who acts as Secretary if both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary die, resign, or become unable to serve. The sequence runs from the Solicitor of the Interior Department through several Assistant Secretaries, covering Policy, Management, and Budget; Land and Minerals Management; Water and Science; Fish and Wildlife; Indian Affairs; and Insular and International Affairs. It states that anyone already serving in one of these listed offices in an acting capacity cannot become acting Secretary through this order, and that the President retains discretion under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to name a different acting Secretary. The order revokes the prior succession order, Executive Order 13244 of December 18, 2001, which had covered the same subject for the Department of the Interior.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13914
Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources
·Donald Trump·85 FR 20381
Sets U.S. policy to support American commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources such as water and minerals found in outer space, including on the Moon and Mars, consistent with applicable law, and states that the United States does not view outer space as a global commons. Declares that the U.S. is not a party to the 1979 Moon Agreement and does not consider it binding customary international law, and directs the Secretary of State to object to any attempt by other states or international organizations to treat it as such. Directs the Secretary of State, working with the Secretaries of Commerce and Transportation, the NASA Administrator, and other relevant agencies, to seek international agreements and joint statements supporting safe recovery and use of space resources. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the President within 180 days on these efforts, through the Chair of the National Space Council and the National Security Advisor.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13913
Establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector
·Donald Trump·85 FR 19643
Establishes the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector to help the Federal Communications Commission review national security and law enforcement risks posed by foreign involvement in telecommunications licenses and applications. The Committee, chaired by the Attorney General and including the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security, along with other agency heads the President designates, can recommend that the FCC deny, condition, modify, or revoke licenses based on risk assessments. It sets procedures and timelines for initial reviews, secondary assessments, and license reviews, requires the Director of National Intelligence to provide threat analyses, and allows the Committee to negotiate mitigation measures with applicants or licensees and monitor compliance. Advisory agencies, including the State, Treasury, and Commerce Departments, may weigh in on certain recommendations. The Department of Justice must fund and support the Committee, and members must sign a Memorandum of Understanding within 90 days outlining implementation procedures. The Chair must report annually to the President on the order's implementation.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13912
National Emergency Authority To Order the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
·Donald Trump·85 FR 18407
Invoking the National Emergencies Act in support of the national emergency declared over the COVID-19 outbreak, the order authorizes the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to call up units and individual members of the Ready Reserve to active duty for up to 24 consecutive months, capped at 1,000,000 members on active duty at any one time. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force may do so at the Defense Secretary's direction, as can the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding the Coast Guard when it is not operating as part of the Navy. The relevant secretary must consult with appropriate state officials before activating National Guard Reserve Component units under this authority. The order states it does not alter existing agency authority or Office of Management and Budget functions, must be carried out consistent with applicable law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13911
Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act With Respect to Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
·Donald Trump·85 FR 18403
Invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, the order delegates additional presidential authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Homeland Security to respond to the spread of COVID-19. It grants them authority under Title III of the Act to guarantee and make loans, arrange purchases, and take steps to expand domestic production of health and medical resources such as personal protective equipment and ventilators. It also delegates authority under Title VII to approve voluntary agreements among private businesses to coordinate production and distribution, subject to consultation with the Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission in most cases. The Secretary of Homeland Security also receives authority to set nationwide priorities and allocation of medical resources, in consultation with Health and Human Services. Both secretaries must issue implementing rules, and the Assistant to the President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy is named National Defense Production Act Policy Coordinator. The order builds on and supplements Executive Orders 13909 and 13910.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13910
Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
·Donald Trump·85 FR 17001
Invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, the order delegates to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the President's authority under section 102 of that Act to prevent hoarding of health and medical resources, such as personal protective equipment and sanitizing products, needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19. It also delegates authority to designate materials as scarce, to set conditions on accumulation of such resources, and to gather information on how supplies are distributed nationally. The Secretary must consult the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency when exercising this authority and must issue rules to implement the order. The Secretary is directed to periodically review whether hoarding designations remain necessary and to publish notice in the Federal Register when a designation is withdrawn. The order states it does not limit existing agency authority or create enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13909
Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19
·Donald Trump·85 FR 16227
Invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, the order finds that health and medical resources needed to respond to COVID-19, including personal protective equipment and ventilators, meet the criteria for priority allocation under the Act. It delegates to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the President's authority under the Act to require priority performance of contracts and to allocate materials, services, and facilities related to such resources, notwithstanding a prior executive order on national defense resource preparedness. The Secretary, consulting with the Secretary of Commerce and other agency heads as needed, may set nationwide priorities and control distribution of these resources in the civilian market, and may identify additional resources covered by this authority. The Secretary is directed to issue orders and adopt or revise rules and regulations necessary to carry out the order. The order states it does not alter existing agency authority or create enforceable legal rights, and applies subject to available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13908
Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods Under Section 202A of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement Implementation Act
·Donald Trump·85 FR 12983
Establishes the Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods to advise on implementing, enforcing, and modifying provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement related to automotive goods, including automotive rules of origin and the alternative staging regime, and to review the agreement's economic effects on the United States economy, workers, and consumers. The committee includes the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Trade Representative (who chairs it), the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission, and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with authority for the Trade Representative to invite other agencies. Decisions are to be made by consensus where possible, or by majority vote if consensus cannot be reached without undue delay. Directs the Treasury Secretary, Labor Secretary, and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner to issue regulations needed to implement the relevant statutory section, in consultation with the Trade Representative. Each agency bears its own costs, and the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13907
Establishment of the Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 811 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
·Donald Trump·85 FR 12977
Establishes the Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement to coordinate U.S. efforts under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, including assessing Mexico's and Canada's environmental laws and policies, monitoring their environmental obligations, and requesting enforcement actions. The Committee is chaired by the United States Trade Representative and includes representatives from the Departments of State, Treasury, Justice, the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, Agriculture's Forest Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, plus other agencies as appropriate. Decisions are to be made by consensus where possible, or by majority vote if consensus cannot be reached without undue delay. Agency heads may issue regulations to carry out their authorities under the Act, and each agency covers its own costs. The order does not create enforceable rights and applies subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13906
Amending Executive Order 13803Reviving the National Space Council
·Donald Trump·85 FR 10031
Amends Executive Order 13803, which established the National Space Council, by revising the list of members who make up the Council. The updated membership includes the Vice President as chair, the Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, several White House policy advisers, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other agency heads or senior officials chosen by the chair. The order also eliminates a prior requirement in Executive Order 13803 that the Council submit quarterly reports. It states that it does not alter existing legal authorities of agencies, affect the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, or create enforceable rights for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13905
Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services
·Donald Trump·85 FR 9359
Directs federal agencies to promote responsible use of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services—such as GPS—by critical infrastructure owners and operators, given the risk that disruption or manipulation of these services could harm national and economic security. Within one year, the Secretary of Commerce, with sector-specific agencies, must develop "PNT profiles" identifying dependent systems and risks, to be reviewed every two years. The Secretary of Homeland Security must develop a plan to test infrastructure vulnerabilities to PNT disruption. Agencies must later develop contract language requiring consideration of PNT profiles in federal procurement, and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council must incorporate these requirements. The Secretaries of Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security must run pilot programs evaluating PNT use with infrastructure operators. The Office of Science and Technology Policy must coordinate a national research plan for PNT services independent of satellite navigation systems, and the Secretary of Commerce must provide a GNSS-independent time source within 180 days.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13904
Ensuring Safe and Lawful E-Commerce for United States Consumers, Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and Intellectual Property Rights Holders
·Donald Trump·85 FR 6725
Directs federal agencies to combat counterfeit goods, narcotics, and other contraband entering the United States through e-commerce and international mail. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to propose rules setting eligibility criteria for obtaining an importer of record number, barring persons debarred or suspended by Customs and Border Protection for import-related violations. Requires express consignment operators, carriers, hub facilities, and customs brokers to report attempts by such persons to re-establish business under different names, and directs Homeland Security to consider penalties against noncompliant firms. Instructs the Postal Service and Homeland Security to notify international postal partners of these policies and to develop a compliance scoring system for foreign posts, with escalating inspection and restriction measures for consistently noncompliant posts. Directs periodic publication of seizure data, prioritized prosecution of import violations by the Attorney General, and a report within 210 days evaluating whether CBP's fees adequately cover enforcement costs. Includes definitions of key terms and standard provisions preserving existing agency authority.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13903
Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States
·Donald Trump·85 FR 6721
Sets executive branch policy to prioritize prosecuting human traffickers and online child exploitation offenders, assisting victims, and providing prevention education. Directs the Domestic Policy Council to dedicate a staff position to trafficking issues, and has the Secretary of State publish online a list of federal anti-trafficking resources. Directs the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security to improve methods for estimating trafficking prevalence. Instructs the Attorney General, working with the Secretaries of Labor and Homeland Security, to improve interagency coordination on trafficking enforcement and coordinate with the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, and within 180 days to propose legislative and executive actions to detect online sharing of child sexual abuse material. Directs agencies to work with social media and technology companies, child welfare agencies, and law enforcement to locate missing and vulnerable children, to develop housing strategies for trafficking victims, and to partner with schools on prevention programs, subject to available funding and applicable law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13902
Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran
·Donald Trump·85 FR 2003
Acting under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, and citing Iran's support for terrorism and regional destabilization, the order expands the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957. It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to block the U.S. property of persons operating in Iran's construction, mining, manufacturing, or textiles sectors, or other sectors later specified, and of those who engage in significant transactions with those sectors or support blocked persons. It allows sanctions against foreign financial institutions that knowingly facilitate such transactions, including restrictions on U.S. correspondent accounts. It suspends U.S. entry for foreign nationals meeting these criteria, with exceptions the Secretary of State may grant. It bars charitable donations and other transactions with blocked persons, prohibits evasion or conspiracy to violate its terms, and exempts transactions involving agricultural goods, food, medicine, medical devices, and official United Nations business. It states no prior notice is required before blocking assets.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13901
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Donald Trump·84 FR 72213
Sets updated rates of basic pay and salaries for various federal pay systems, attached as schedules, including the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay scales, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal justices and judges, uniformed services members and cadets or midshipmen, and administrative law judges. Also directs that locality-based comparability payments be made according to an attached schedule, and instructs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement these payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Most schedules take effect at the start of the first pay period on or after January 1, 2020, while the uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2020. Supersedes Executive Order 13866 of March 28, 2019, as of these effective dates. Applies to federal employees, military personnel, and officials covered by these statutory pay systems.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13900
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2019
·Donald Trump·84 FR 69983
Closes all federal executive departments and agencies on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, excusing employees from duty that day. Allows agency heads to keep certain offices, installations, or personnel operating if needed for national security, defense, or other public needs. Specifies that December 24, 2019 is treated as falling under Executive Order 11582 and related federal pay and leave statutes. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take steps needed to carry out the order. States that implementation is subject to applicable law and available funding, does not affect existing agency authorities or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, and does not create any legally enforceable rights or benefits.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13899
Combating Anti-Semitism
·Donald Trump·84 FR 68779