E.O.13878
Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
·Donald Trump·84 FR 30853
E.O.13877
Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare To Put Patients First
·Donald Trump·84 FR 30849
Directs several federal agencies to expand price and quality transparency in healthcare. Within 60 days, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must propose a rule requiring hospitals to publicly post standard charges, including negotiated rates, in a consumer-friendly, machine-readable format. Within 90 days, the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor must seek public comment on requiring insurers and providers to disclose expected out-of-pocket costs before care. Within 180 days, agencies must report on barriers to price transparency, develop a Health Quality Roadmap aligning quality measures across Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and military and veterans' health systems, and expand researcher access to de-identified claims data. It also directs the Treasury Department to ease rules on health savings accounts, expand eligible medical expenses, and increase flexible spending account carryover limits, and directs a report on implementing prior principles addressing surprise medical billing.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13876
Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Iran
·Donald Trump·84 FR 30573
Acting under the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 regarding Iran, this order blocks all U.S. property and interests of Iran's Supreme Leader and the Supreme Leader's Office, and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate other officials tied to the Supreme Leader for the same sanctions. It authorizes Treasury to penalize foreign financial institutions that knowingly conduct significant transactions for sanctioned persons by restricting their U.S. correspondent accounts. It bans donations and contributions to or from blocked persons, and suspends U.S. entry, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, for anyone meeting the order's designation criteria, treating them as covered by a 2011 proclamation on sanctions-related travel bans. It prohibits transactions or conspiracies that evade these measures, waives advance notice requirements for blocked designations, directs agencies to implement the order, and states the measures respond to Iranian government actions occurring after the 1981 Algiers Accords.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13875
Evaluating and Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees
·Donald Trump·84 FR 28711
Directs federal agencies to review their advisory committees created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and, by September 30, 2019, terminate at least one-third of those established under section 9(a)(2) whose objectives are met, work is obsolete, functions have shifted elsewhere, or costs outweigh benefits. Agencies with fewer than three such committees are exempt, and agencies may request waivers from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Caps the government-wide total of eligible advisory committees at 350, limiting creation of new ones unless a waiver is granted. Requires agency heads to submit recommendations and termination plans to the Director by August 1, 2019, and requires the General Services Administration Administrator to submit similar information for presidential advisory committees. Directs the Director to recommend committee terminations to the President by September 1, 2019, and to include a termination plan in the fiscal year 2021 budget. Exempts merit review panels providing scientific safety or efficacy expertise, such as those at the National Institutes of Health, and does not apply to independent regulatory agencies.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13874
Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products
·Donald Trump·84 FR 27899
Directs federal agencies to modernize regulation of agricultural biotechnology products, defined as plants, animals, or their products developed through genetic engineering, excluding those made for pharmaceutical or industrial purposes. Sets policy that regulation be science-based, proportionate to risk, transparent, and consistent across similar products. Within 180 days, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs must identify regulations to streamline and use existing authority to exempt low-risk products from undue oversight. The three agencies must also design a web-based platform for developers to get coordinated regulatory guidance. Agencies must review rules affecting genome-edited specialty crops and report progress every 90 days for two years. The Secretary of Agriculture must develop a domestic consumer-engagement plan within 180 days, and the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of State must develop international outreach and trade strategies within 120 days to build acceptance and remove trade barriers for these products.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13873
Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
·Donald Trump·84 FR 22689
Declares a national emergency over threats to information and communications technology and services supply chains posed by foreign adversaries. Prohibits transactions—such as acquiring, importing, transferring, installing, or using such technology or services—that involve property in which a foreign country or national has an interest, if the Secretary of Commerce determines the technology is designed or supplied by persons controlled by a foreign adversary and poses undue security risks. Lets the Secretary negotiate mitigation measures or license otherwise-prohibited transactions. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with numerous other agency heads, to issue implementing rules within 150 days. Requires the Director of National Intelligence to produce an initial threat assessment within 40 days and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess vulnerable technologies within 80 days and annually thereafter, and the Secretary of Commerce to report annually, starting within one year, on whether actions taken remain necessary. Applies to any person or property subject to U.S. jurisdiction.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13872
Economic Empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
·Donald Trump·84 FR 22321
Establishes the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders within the Department of Commerce, and creates a companion White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a federal interagency working group. Both bodies are co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Transportation and are directed to advise on broadening access by Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) individuals, communities, and businesses to economic resources, including federal procurement, entrepreneurship support, workforce diversity efforts, and trade opportunities, and to compile related research and data. The Commission's members are appointed by the President and it terminates two years after the order unless renewed. The Initiative includes senior representatives from numerous federal departments, agencies, and White House offices. The order supersedes a section of Executive Order 13811 and all of Executive Order 13515, defines the terms 'Asian American' and 'Pacific Islander,' and states it creates no enforceable legal rights. Implementation is subject to existing law and available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13871
Imposing Sanctions With Respect to the Iron, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Sectors of Iran
·Donald Trump·84 FR 20761
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other authorities, and building on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957, this order blocks the U.S. property and interests of anyone the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines operates in Iran's iron, steel, aluminum, or copper sectors, or engages in significant transactions involving goods, services, or products tied to those sectors. It authorizes the Treasury Secretary to restrict foreign financial institutions from accessing U.S. correspondent accounts if they knowingly facilitate such transactions. It bars charitable donations to blocked persons, prohibits contributions or services to or from them, and suspends U.S. entry for individuals meeting the order's criteria, treating them under a prior 2011 proclamation on sanctions-related travel bans. It prohibits evasion or conspiracy to violate its terms, exempts official U.S. government and United Nations business, defines key terms likeRead the full summaryShow less
E.O.13870
America's Cybersecurity Workforce
·Donald Trump·84 FR 20523
Directs several federal agencies to strengthen the government's cybersecurity workforce and support development of cybersecurity skills nationally. The Secretary of Homeland Security, with the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management, must establish a rotational assignment program for federal cybersecurity employees and report on it within 90 days. The General Services Administration must incorporate a standard skills framework into IT contracts, and the Office of Personnel Management must identify aptitude assessments for reskilling employees. Agencies must create or expand awards recognizing cybersecurity achievement, and the Department of Homeland Security must plan an annual President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition for federal and military personnel, with cash awards of at least $25,000, to begin by December 31, 2019. The Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security must implement recommendations from an earlier workforce report, and the Secretary of Education must create an annual award recognizing K-12 educators who teach cybersecurity. It also directs a report identifying cybersecurity workforce skills gaps in critical infrastructure sectors.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13869
Transferring Responsibility for Background Investigations to the Department of Defense
·Donald Trump·84 FR 18125
Directs the transfer of primary responsibility for federal background investigations from the Office of Personnel Management to the Department of Defense, amending Executive Order 13467. It renames the Defense Security Service as the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), which becomes the main entity conducting investigations for security clearances, suitability, fitness, and credentialing government-wide. The Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management must execute a transfer agreement by June 24, 2019, covering personnel, funding, technology, and facilities, with the transition to be completed by September 30, 2019. It also establishes a Personnel Vetting Transformation Office within Defense, requires periodic progress reports to the President, amends Executive Order 12171 to exclude the DCSA from certain labor-management provisions for national security reasons, updates references to the former Defense Security Service and National Background Investigations Bureau across prior presidential documents, and directs a review of vetting-related laws and policies due by July 24, 2019.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13868
Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth
·Donald Trump·84 FR 15495
Directs federal agencies to promote energy infrastructure development by streamlining permitting and reducing regulatory uncertainty. Instructs the Environmental Protection Agency to review and update guidance and regulations under Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certifications, with agencies required to align their own rules accordingly on set timelines. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to update safety rules for liquefied natural gas facilities and propose allowing LNG transport by rail tank car. Directs the Secretary of Labor to review retirement plan investment trends in the energy sector and reassess proxy-voting fiduciary guidance. Instructs the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce to create a master agreement for renewing energy infrastructure rights-of-way and to begin renewal processes for expired ones within a year. Calls for reports, within set deadlines, on barriers to a national energy market, intergovernmental assistance for energy infrastructure, and economic growth opportunities in the Appalachian region. States it does not alter existing agency legal authority or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13867
Issuance of Permits With Respect to Facilities and Land Transportation Crossings at the International Boundaries of the United States
·Donald Trump·84 FR 15491
Revises the process for approving Presidential permits for cross-border infrastructure, such as pipelines, conveyor belts, water and sewage facilities, bridges, and land border crossings for vehicles and rail. Designates the Secretary of State to receive applications for these permits and directs the Secretary to adopt procedures so that the review process, including requests for additional information and consultation with other agency heads and with state, tribal, local, or foreign officials, can be completed within 60 days. Agencies asked for input must respond within 30 days unless the President specifies otherwise. The Secretary of State must advise the President on whether a permit would serve U.S. foreign policy interests, but the final decision to issue, deny, or amend any permit rests solely with the President. Requires the State Department to update its regulations to match this order by May 29, 2020. Revokes Executive Orders 13337 and 11423, while permits already issued under those orders remain valid until changed by proper authority.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13866
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Donald Trump·84 FR 12853
Sets updated pay rates for federal employees and officials under various statutory pay systems, based on schedules attached to the order. This covers the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay, the Senior Executive Service, 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 of them in the Federal Register. Uniformed services pay rates take effect January 1, 2019, while the other schedules take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13856 of December 28, 2018, as of these effective dates.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13865
Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses
·Donald Trump·84 FR 12041
Directs federal agencies to coordinate efforts to prepare the United States for the effects of electromagnetic pulses (EMPs), which can be caused by nuclear detonations at high altitude or by natural geomagnetic disturbances and can damage technology and critical infrastructure. Assigns roles to multiple officials: the Secretary of State on diplomacy and nonproliferation, the Secretary of Defense on detection, research, and military system protection, the Secretaries of Commerce, Energy, and the Interior on forecasting and research, and the Director of National Intelligence on threat assessments. Gives the Secretary of Homeland Security lead responsibility for identifying critical infrastructure most at risk, assessing vulnerabilities, developing mitigation plans, coordinating response and recovery, and producing recurring risk assessments, many with specific deadlines ranging from 90 days to four years. Requires the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to coordinate implementation and report annually to the President. States it creates no enforceable legal rights and does not alter existing agency authorities. Contains further implementation details and reporting requirements.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13864
Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities
·Donald Trump·84 FR 11401
Directs federal agencies to promote free inquiry on college and university campuses and to increase transparency around the cost and outcomes of higher education. Instructs the heads of specified agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Transportation, Energy, and Education, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to ensure institutions receiving federal research or education grants support free speech consistent with applicable law. Orders the Secretary of Education to launch, by January 1, 2020, an online tool for student loan borrowers showing repayment details, and to expand the College Scorecard annually with program- and institution-level data on earnings, loan debt, and default and repayment rates. Requires the Secretary, with other officials, to submit reports by January 1, 2020 on risk-sharing options for student loan debt and on reforming loan-default collections, to update the National Council for the American Worker annually starting July 2019, and to compile research within one year on strategies for improving degree completion.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13863
Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Transnational Criminal Organizations
·Donald Trump·84 FR 10255
Amends Executive Order 13581, which declared a national emergency over transnational criminal organizations, by revising the definition of "significant transnational criminal organization." Under the updated definition, the term covers any group that includes one or more foreign persons, that engages in or facilitates an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity spanning at least two foreign countries or one foreign country and the United States, and that threatens the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. The order states it does not alter existing legal authorities of federal agencies or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, must be carried out consistent with applicable law and available funding, and does not create any new legal rights or benefits enforceable against the United States.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13862
Revocation of Reporting Requirement
·Donald Trump·84 FR 8789
Revokes Section 3 of Executive Order 13732, which had required the Director of National Intelligence, or another designated official, to publicly release an annual unclassified summary of strikes conducted outside areas of active hostilities and estimates of resulting combatant and non-combatant deaths. The order notes that separate reporting requirements remain in place under federal law: Section 1057 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual civilian casualty report to congressional defense committees, and Section 1062 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 expanded that report's scope and requires it to be made public unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that publication would threaten national security. The order states it does not alter existing agency authorities or budget functions, and creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13861
National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Suicide
·Donald Trump·84 FR 8585
Establishes the Veteran Wellness, Empowerment, and Suicide Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with membership including the Secretaries of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, Education, and Homeland Security, plus other senior officials. Directs the Task Force, within 365 days, to develop and submit to the President a national plan called PREVENTS (President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide), covering community integration and collaboration proposals, a national research strategy on veteran suicide, and an implementation strategy identifying needed policy changes and resources. Also requires a legislative proposal, submitted through the Office of Management and Budget, for grants helping local communities coordinate veteran services. The Department of Veterans Affairs must fund and support the Task Force and designate an Executive Director. The Task Force will monitor implementation of the roadmap and terminate two years after its submission.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13860
Supporting the Transition of Active Duty Service Members and Military Veterans Into the Merchant Marine
·Donald Trump·84 FR 8407
Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to support active duty service members and veterans in obtaining merchant mariner credentials. Within one year, they must identify military training and experience that could qualify for such credentialing and submit it to the Coast Guard's National Maritime Center for review. The order also directs officials to seek fee waivers or department payment for license evaluation and examination fees for active duty members, have the applicable military services pay for Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards for those pursuing mariner credentials, provide sea service certification within one month of discharge or release, and maintain an online resource for separating service members on credentialing. The United States Committee on the Marine Transportation System is directed to pursue further initiatives, including continuing the Military to Mariner Initiative, and to submit yearly status reports to the President through the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Implementation depends on available funding and existing law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13859
Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
·Donald Trump·84 FR 3967