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E.O.14400

Urgent National Action To Save College Sports

·Donald Trump·91 FR 18267

Addresses financial and competitive instability in college athletics, particularly football and basketball, that the order says threatens women's and Olympic sports programs and university finances. Effective August 1, 2026, it directs federal agencies that fund or contract with higher education institutions generating at least $20 million in annual athletics revenue to evaluate whether violations of intercollegiate athletic governing body rules on eligibility, transfers, revenue-sharing, and 'improper financial activities' affect a recipient's suitability for federal funding. It calls on the relevant interstate athletic governing body to adopt rules such as five-year eligibility limits, restrictions on transfers, medical care requirements, revenue-sharing safeguards for women's and Olympic sports, bans on using federal funds for pay-for-play, and an agent registry. It directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue compliance guidance, the General Services Administration to propose data collection, the Secretary of Education to consider reporting rules on roster spots and spending by sex, and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce laws against improper agent conduct. It also directs the Attorney General to pursue legal action against state laws conflicting with these governing body rules.Read the full summary
E.O.14399

Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

·Donald Trump·91 FR 17125

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Social Security Administration, to compile and give state election officials a list of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote, updated at least 60 days before federal elections, with procedures for individuals and states to correct or supplement it. Directs the Attorney General to prioritize investigating and prosecuting officials or others who issue federal ballots to ineligible individuals. Directs the Postmaster General to begin, within 60 days, a rulemaking requiring mail-in and absentee ballots to carry official markings and unique tracking barcodes, letting states opt in and submit lists of eligible mail voters, with a final rule due within 120 days. Directs coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and sets a 90-day deadline for Homeland Security to build the citizenship-list infrastructure. Directs agencies to enforce compliance, potentially withholding federal funds, and asks states to preserve election records, excluding cast ballots, for five years.Read the full summary
E.O.14398

Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors

·Donald Trump·91 FR 16147

Directs federal agencies, within 30 days, to insert a clause into contracts and subcontracts requiring contractors to avoid "racially discriminatory DEI activities," defined as disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in hiring, promotions, contracting, program participation, or resource allocation. Contractors must report violations, provide compliance information, and acknowledge that compliance is material for False Claims Act purposes. Noncompliant contracts may be canceled, terminated, or suspended, and contractors may be declared ineligible for future government work. The Office of Management and Budget must issue compliance guidance, and agencies must cancel or suspend noncompliant contracts and pursue debarment where warranted. The Attorney General is directed to consider False Claims Act enforcement and to promptly review related private civil suits. Within 120 days, agency heads must report on compliance to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council must amend federal acquisition rules to incorporate the clause and issue interim guidance within 60 days.Read the full summary
E.O.14397

Further Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council

·Donald Trump·91 FR 15509

Extends the life of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, originally established by Executive Order 14180 and previously continued by Executive Order 14378. The council will now continue operating until 10 days after the report required under Executive Order 14180 is submitted to the President, or until May 29, 2026, whichever comes first. Assigns the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out the President's responsibilities under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for this council, following procedures set by the Administrator of General Services. States that sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 14378 are replaced by the corresponding sections of this order. Clarifies that it does not alter existing agency authority or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, does not create enforceable legal rights, and directs the Department of Homeland Security to cover publication costs.Read the full summary
E.O.14396

Preserving America's Game

·Donald Trump·91 FR 14639

Declares it the policy of the United States that no college football game, particularly College Football Playoff or other postseason games, be broadcast in a way that conflicts with the annual Army-Navy Game, which is traditionally played on the second Saturday of December. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to coordinate with the College Football Playoff Committee, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, other organizations, government agencies, and broadcast and media rights partners to try to establish an exclusive broadcast window protecting the Army-Navy Game from competing coverage. Also directs the FCC Chairman to consider reviewing broadcast licensees' public interest obligations to determine whether they require treating the Army-Navy Game as a national service event. States it does not alter existing agency authority, does not create enforceable legal rights, and applies subject to available appropriations, with publication costs borne by the Department of War.Read the full summary
E.O.14395

Establishing the Task Force To Eliminate Fraud

·Donald Trump·91 FR 13485

Establishes a Task Force to Eliminate Fraud within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Vice President with the Federal Trade Commission chairman as Vice Chairman, to coordinate a national strategy against fraud, waste, and abuse in federally funded benefit programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, and housing aid. The task force includes representatives from agencies including the Departments of the Treasury, Justice, Agriculture, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security, plus the Small Business Administration and Office of Management and Budget. It is directed to improve eligibility verification, develop pre-payment fraud controls, promote data sharing with state and local governments, and investigate fraud networks. Within 30 days, agencies must identify fraud-prone processes; within 60 days, the task force must coordinate minimum anti-fraud standards, including possible penalties for noncompliant jurisdictions; within 90 days, agencies must submit implementation plans. The Attorney General is directed to promote private civil fraud lawsuits under federal law and ensure prompt review of such cases.Read the full summary
E.O.14394

Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction

·Donald Trump·91 FR 13207

Directs multiple federal agencies to reduce regulatory barriers that increase housing construction costs and limit affordability. The Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency must review stormwater, wetlands, and Clean Water Act permitting rules. The Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation Departments, along with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are told to consider eliminating rules that constrain residential development, including programs affecting density, manufactured housing lending, and mortgage guidelines. Agencies are also directed to reform energy-efficiency and water-use mandates for housing. The Council on Environmental Quality and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation must issue guidance easing environmental and historic-preservation review burdens on housing projects. Within 60 days, the Housing and Urban Development Secretary must issue best practices for state and local governments on permitting, building codes, manufactured housing, and growth restrictions, which other agencies must incorporate into their own programs. The Treasury and Housing and Urban Development Secretaries must evaluate ways to align Opportunity Zone and New Markets Tax Credit incentives to boost single-family home construction.Read the full summary
E.O.14393

Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit

·Donald Trump·91 FR 13203

Directs multiple federal financial regulators, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Reserve, National Credit Union Administration, FDIC, Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Housing Finance Agency, HUD, VA, and Department of Agriculture, to consider a range of regulatory changes aimed at easing mortgage lending burdens, particularly for community and smaller banks with under $100 billion in assets. Proposed actions include revising ability-to-repay and qualified-mortgage rules, updating disclosure and appraisal requirements, modernizing capital and liquidity rules tied to mortgage assets, expanding digital signatures and electronic notarization, easing licensing requirements for loan officers, and adopting enforcement policies that favor correction over penalties for good-faith compliance errors. It also directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency to submit a report within 120 days on housing finance market efficiency and regulatory gaps. The order states these actions are to be taken as appropriate and consistent with existing law, and does not create enforceable rights against the government. It contains further provisions detailing agency-specific responsibilities across sections on origination, servicing, and construction lending.Read the full summary
E.O.14392

Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products Claiming To Be Made in America

·Donald Trump·91 FR 13201

Directs the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to prioritize enforcement against sellers or manufacturers whose "Made in America," "Made in the U.S.A.," or similar American-origin claims are false or deceptive, consulting other agencies with relevant expertise as needed. Instructs the FTC to consider proposed regulations treating an online marketplace's failure to verify country-of-origin claims as an unfair or deceptive practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Directs agencies overseeing country-of-origin labeling to consider rules promoting voluntary American-origin labeling, coordinating for consistency. Requires agencies managing government-wide acquisition contracts to periodically review and verify contractors' Buy American Act or country-of-origin claims, remove products from procurement if claims are false, and refer offending contractors or vendors to the Department of Justice for possible action under the False Claims Act. States it does not alter existing agency authority, create enforceable rights, or override budget constraints, and assigns publication costs to the FTC.Read the full summary
E.O.14391

Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act

·Donald Trump·91 FR 13199

Amends Executive Order 13603 (National Defense Resources Preparedness) so that a Defense Production Act authority previously delegated solely to the Secretary of Commerce under section 203 is now delegated jointly to the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy, with each able to exercise it independently of the other. Also clarifies section 2(a) of Executive Order 14156 (Declaring a National Energy Emergency), stating that agency heads must recommend action to the President only when the authority to act rests with the President alone and has not been delegated; no recommendation is required when the agency head already holds delegated authority under Executive Order 13603 or another presidential delegation. States it does not affect existing statutory authority of agencies, does not alter the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available funds, creates no enforceable rights, and assigns publication costs to the Department of Energy.Read the full summary
E.O.14390

Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens

·Donald Trump·91 FR 12051

Directs several federal agencies, including the Departments of State, Treasury, War, Justice, and Homeland Security, to coordinate efforts against transnational criminal organizations engaged in cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes such as ransomware, phishing, sextortion, and scam centers targeting Americans. Within 60 days, these agencies must review existing frameworks for combating such crime, and within 120 days submit an action plan to the President that includes creating an operational cell within the National Coordination Center established under a prior executive order to coordinate detection and disruption of these networks. The Attorney General must continue prioritizing prosecution of cyber-enabled fraud cases and, within 90 days, recommend establishing a Victim Restoration Program to return seized or forfeited funds to victims. The Department of Homeland Security is directed to help state, local, tribal, and territorial partners build cyber defenses. The Secretary of State is directed to pressure foreign governments that tolerate such activity through sanctions, visa restrictions, trade penalties, or expulsion of complicit officials, and to coordinate these measures with allied nations.Read the full summary
E.O.14389

Ending Certain Tariff Actions

·Donald Trump·91 FR 9437

Ends the additional ad valorem duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by several prior executive orders addressing illicit drugs from Canada, the southern border, synthetic opioids from China, Venezuelan oil imports, reciprocal tariffs tied to trade deficits, and threats attributed to Brazil, Russia, Cuba, and Iran. Directs the head of each federal agency to immediately take steps to stop collecting these duties as soon as practicable. Instructs the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the United States Trade Representative to determine whether the Harmonized Tariff Schedule needs updating and to make such changes through Federal Register notices. Clarifies that the underlying national emergencies remain in effect, that other non-tariff actions under those orders are unaffected, and that duties under separate trade laws, a related de minimis suspension order, and an import surcharge proclamation issued the same day are not changed by this order.Read the full summary
E.O.14388

Continuing the Suspension of Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries

·Donald Trump·91 FR 9433

Continues the suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C) for shipments to the United States, revising Executive Order 14324. It confirms that duty-free treatment remains suspended for all shipments regardless of value, origin, or transport method, except that international postal shipments are exempt from formal entry filing but must pay duties based on the rate set in a companion Proclamation of February 20, 2026 imposing a temporary import surcharge, until that surcharge expires or a new postal entry process takes effect. Postal carriers or approved parties must collect and remit these duties to Customs and Border Protection, and declare country of origin and value for each shipment. Shipments subject to antidumping, countervailing duties, or quotas must still use standard entry procedures. The changes take effect for goods entered on or after February 24, 2026, and the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to implement the order, including through regulations or Federal Register notices.Read the full summary
E.O.14387

Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate- Based Herbicides

·Donald Trump·91 FR 8703

Finds, under the Defense Production Act of 1950, that domestic elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides are scarce materials critical to national defense, citing their role in defense manufacturing, agriculture, and food supply security, and noting the United States has only one domestic producer that cannot meet annual needs. Delegates to the Secretary of Agriculture the President's Defense Production Act authority to prioritize contracts and allocate materials, services, and facilities needed to maintain an adequate supply of these products, to be exercised in consultation with the Secretary of War. Directs the Secretary to issue orders and regulations to implement this priority and allocation system while ensuring such actions do not threaten the financial viability of domestic producers. Grants producers immunity as provided under the Act and requires their compliance under existing agriculture regulations. States it does not alter other agencies' legal authority and does not create enforceable rights, with publication costs borne by the Department of Agriculture.Read the full summary
E.O.14386

Strengthening United States National Defense With America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet

·Donald Trump·91 FR 7393

Directs the Secretary of War, working with the Secretary of Energy, to seek long-term power purchase agreements or similar contracts with coal-fired power plants to supply Department of War installations and other mission-critical facilities. Priority is to go to projects that improve grid reliability and blackout prevention, on-site fuel security, and mission assurance for defense and intelligence operations. The order states that coal-based generation is important to national security and grid resilience, citing prior orders on coal industry support, electric grid reliability, and the declared national energy emergency. It notes the policy is meant to reduce reliance on intermittent power sources for military and defense-industrial needs. The order does not alter existing agency legal authorities or Office of Management and Budget budgetary functions, must be carried out consistent with existing law and available funding, creates no enforceable legal rights, and assigns publication costs to the Department of War.Read the full summary
E.O.14385

Protecting the National Security and Welfare of the United States and Its Citizens From Criminal Actors and Other Public Safety Threats

·Donald Trump·91 FR 6505

Directs federal agencies to increase sharing of criminal history records to support the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to screen and vet foreign nationals, particularly those with criminal histories who have entered or remained in the country in violation of immigration law. Instructs the Attorney General to give Homeland Security access to criminal history record information held by the Department of Justice, to the maximum extent permitted by law, for screening and vetting purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to exchange felony conviction records with Visa Waiver Program countries, nations with serious-crime information-sharing agreements, and other trusted allies, on a reciprocal basis and under agreements containing privacy safeguards, solely for screening travelers and immigrants. States that implementation must follow existing law and depends on available funding, and that it creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties. Assigns publication costs to the Department of Homeland Security.Read the full summary
E.O.14384

Modifying Duties To Address Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation

·Donald Trump·91 FR 6501

Eliminates the additional 25 percent ad valorem tariff that Executive Order 14329 had imposed on imports from India for its purchases of Russian Federation oil, citing India's commitment to stop importing Russian oil, buy U.S. energy products, and expand defense cooperation with the United States. Effective February 7, 2026, it terminates the relevant tariff schedule headings and directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to process any required duty refunds under standard procedures. Directs the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the U.S. Trade Representative, and other officials, to implement the order, and authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule as needed. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to monitor whether India resumes importing Russian oil; if so, the Secretary of State and other officials must recommend whether to take further action, including reimposing the tariff. Includes standard provisions preserving existing agency authority and creating no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summary
E.O.14383

Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy

·Donald Trump·91 FR 6497

Directs the executive branch to develop and implement an America First Arms Transfer Strategy that uses foreign arms sales to expand domestic defense production capacity and prioritize allies who invest in their own defense. The Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Commerce must jointly produce, within 60 to 120 days, a sales catalog of prioritized weapons systems, advocacy recommendations for foreign procurement, an industry engagement plan, and identification of Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales opportunities. It also orders reforms to end-use monitoring criteria, third-party transfer review, and advance notice to allies of contracting deadlines, and amends Executive Order 13637 to adjust congressional notification responsibilities between the Secretary of War and Secretary of State. Within 30 days, it establishes a Promoting American Military Sales Task Force, chaired by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to coordinate implementation and meet quarterly. Agencies must also begin publishing quarterly performance metrics on sales case processing and export license adjudication within 120 days.Read the full summary
E.O.14382

Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Iran

·Donald Trump·91 FR 6493

Builds on the national emergency regarding Iran first declared in Executive Order 12957 and continued in later orders, finding that the threat from Iran's government persists. Establishes a process for imposing an additional import tariff on goods from any foreign country that directly or indirectly buys, imports, or otherwise acquires goods or services from Iran. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to determine whether a country is doing so, and directs the Secretary of State, consulting with other agencies, to recommend whether and how much extra tariff to apply; the President will then decide. Allows the President to modify the order based on new information, foreign retaliation, or steps by Iran or affected countries to align with U.S. policy. Directs ongoing monitoring by the Secretary of State and Secretary of Commerce, delegates implementation authority to relevant agency heads, defines key terms including 'Iran' and 'Government of Iran,' and sets the order effective February 7, 2026.Read the full summary
E.O.14381

Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing

·Donald Trump·91 FR 5211

Announces a planned INDYCAR street race, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, to be held in Washington, D.C. near the National Mall as part of celebrations for America's 250th anniversary. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Transportation, within 14 days, to designate a suitable race route through the city. Instructs those officials to expedite all permits and approvals needed to plan and conduct the race, allowing the Interior Secretary to treat it as a "special event" under federal regulations if appropriate. Directs the Transportation Secretary, working with the Federal Aviation Administration, to help enable use of drones and aerial photography during the event without compromising nearby government facilities, and to use available funds to support the race. Requires the two secretaries, coordinating with the Mayor of Washington, D.C. as needed, to ensure roads, trails, or bridges used in the race course are properly maintained. States implementation depends on existing law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summary