E.O.14020
Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 13797
E.O.14019
Promoting Access to Voting
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 13623
Directs federal agencies to review and expand ways to promote voter registration and participation, including sharing voting information, linking to state registration systems, and offering registration assistance, with strategic plans due to the Domestic Policy Council within 200 days. Requires agencies to consider designation as voter registration agencies under the National Voter Registration Act and supersedes part of Executive Order 12926. Directs the General Services Administration to modernize Vote.gov for accessibility and language access, and the Office of Personnel Management to recommend ways to give federal employees time off to vote or serve as poll workers. Orders the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study voting accessibility for people with disabilities, and the Secretary of Defense to improve voter registration and ballot tracking for military and overseas voters. Directs the Attorney General to facilitate voter registration and education for people in federal custody or under supervision. Establishes an Interagency Steering Group on Native American Voting Rights to report within one year on protecting Native voting access.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14018
Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 11855
Revokes seven prior presidential actions: Executive Order 13772 on core principles for regulating the financial system, Executive Order 13828 on reducing poverty through economic mobility, a January 2020 memorandum delegating certain authority under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, Executive Order 13924 on regulatory relief for economic recovery, a September 2020 memorandum on reviewing federal funding to state and local governments over permitting unrest, Executive Order 13967 on promoting federal civic architecture, and Executive Order 13979 on agency rulemaking accountability. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and heads of executive departments and agencies to promptly consider rescinding any rules, guidelines, or policies implementing these revoked actions, consistent with applicable law including the Administrative Procedure Act, and to abolish any positions, committees, or task forces created under them. States it does not alter existing legal authority of agencies or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, and creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14017
America's Supply Chains
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 11849
Directs a government-wide review of vulnerabilities in United States supply chains for critical goods. Within 100 days, the Secretaries of Commerce, Energy, Defense, and Health and Human Services must each submit reports identifying risks in, respectively, semiconductor manufacturing, high-capacity batteries, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals, with policy recommendations. Within one year, additional reports covering the defense industrial base, public health, information and communications technology, energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors are required from the relevant agency heads. These reports must assess manufacturing gaps, single points of failure, workforce needs, climate risks, and reliance on other nations, and propose ways to strengthen resilience. The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy will coordinate this process and later submit recommendations on longer-term reforms, including a possible quadrennial supply chain review, trade policy changes, and measures supporting small businesses and disadvantaged communities. Agencies are also encouraged to consult outside stakeholders throughout the process.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14016
Revocation of Executive Order 13801
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 11089
Revokes Executive Order 13801, titled Expanding Apprenticeships in America, which had been signed June 15, 2017. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the heads of executive departments and agencies to promptly consider rescinding any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies that implemented or enforced the revoked order, to the extent consistent with applicable law, including the Administrative Procedure Act. Also requires that any personnel positions, committees, task forces, or other entities created under the revoked order be abolished where appropriate and legally permissible. States that it does not alter existing legal authority of agencies or the budgetary and legislative functions of the Office of Management and Budget, must be carried out consistent with applicable law and available funding, and does not create any enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14015
Establishment of the White House Office of Faith- Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 10007
Establishes the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships within the Executive Office of the President, supported by the Domestic Policy Council and the Office of Public Engagement, to lead federal efforts to work with faith-based and secular community organizations serving people in need. The office, to begin operations within 30 days and led by an Executive Director and Deputy Director, will set policy, coordinate with agency liaisons, and may consult the Attorney General on legal questions involving grants or contracts to faith-based groups. All federal agencies must cooperate and provide requested support. The order amends several prior executive orders (13198, 13279, 13280, 13342, and 13397) to replace references to earlier faith-based initiative offices and centers with the new office's name, and it revokes Executive Order 13831, which had established the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative. It states it creates no enforceable legal rights and does not affect existing agency authority or budget functions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14014
Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 9429
Declares a national emergency in response to Burma's February 2021 military coup, in which the armed forces overthrew the elected government and detained officials and civil society leaders. Blocks all US-based property and interests of foreign persons the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the State Department, determines to be operating in Burma's defense or other sectors, undermining democracy, threatening peace or stability, restricting free expression, committing human rights abuses, serving as military or government leaders, or providing material support to such persons; also covers their spouses, adult children, and entities they control. Prohibits contributions of funds, goods, or services to or from blocked persons, as well as transactions evading these rules. Suspends US entry for noncitizens meeting these criteria, with exceptions determined by the State or Homeland Security Secretaries. Directs Treasury to issue implementing regulations and authorizes reports to Congress. States it does not affect actions under Executive Order 13742.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14013
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 8839
Sets policy to rebuild and expand the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), directing that it operate efficiently, fairly, and without improper discrimination, with attention to vulnerable applicants such as women, children, and those at risk due to gender or sexual orientation. Revokes Executive Orders 13815 and 13888 and a 2017 presidential memorandum on visa vetting, and requires the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to report within 90 days on actions taken under those revoked directives. Orders reviews and reports, generally within 120 to 180 days, on Special Immigrant Visa programs for Iraqi and Afghan allies, refugee vetting and fraud-detection processes, processing backlogs, hiring capacity, community sponsorship models, and public access to policies. Directs designation of senior officials to coordinate refugee processing and assigns a technology team to improve application systems. Also requires the National Security Council, within 180 days, to produce a public report on climate change's impact on migration and displacement, and on possible responses. Contains additional implementation and reporting provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14012
Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 8277
Directs federal agencies to review and reduce barriers in the legal immigration system, aiming to promote integration, inclusion, and naturalization of immigrants and refugees. Has the White House Domestic Policy Council convene a Task Force on New Americans to coordinate efforts across agencies. Instructs the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Secretary of Homeland Security to review immigration-related rules and policies, including the 2020 USCIS fee schedule rule, and submit plans and progress reports to the President on specified timelines. Requires a review of public charge inadmissibility policies affecting immigration benefits, with reports due within 60 days. Calls for a plan to improve the naturalization process, including reducing processing times, fees, and reviewing denaturalization practices, and creates an Interagency Working Group on Promoting Naturalization, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to develop a national strategy within 90 days. Revokes a 2019 Presidential Memorandum on enforcing sponsor obligations for immigrants and directs agencies to review related investigations and guidance for consistency with the order's policy goals.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14011
Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 8273
Establishes an Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families to identify children separated from their families at the United States-Mexico border between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021, under the Zero-Tolerance Policy, and to facilitate reunifying them. The task force is chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Health and Human Services as vice chairs, and includes the Attorney General and other designated officials. It is directed to recommend agency and presidential actions to reunite children with families, including parole, visas, and support services, and to consult with affected families and stakeholders. It must give the President an initial progress report within 120 days, further reports every 60 days, recommendations within one year to prevent future separations, and a final report before terminating 30 days later. The order also revokes Executive Order 13841 and directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide administrative support.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14010
Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 8267
Directs federal agencies to develop a regional strategy on migration from Central America. The National Security Advisor, with the Secretaries of State, Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, must prepare a Root Causes Strategy addressing corruption, violence, and economic conditions in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and a Collaborative Management Strategy for asylum and resettlement cooperation with regional governments, including Mexico. Orders reviews of refugee processing, family reunification parole, and visa access for Northern Triangle nationals. Directs Homeland Security, State, and Justice officials to reconsider or rescind Trump-era border measures, including the Migrant Protection Protocols, asylum cooperative agreements with Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, the Prompt Asylum Case Review program, and related rules. Revokes Executive Order 13767 and several proclamations and memoranda on border security. Requires reports and reviews of expedited removal procedures within 120 days and asylum eligibility standards, including new joint regulations on 'particular social group' membership, within 270 days.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14009
Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7793
Sets a policy of protecting and strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider establishing a Special Enrollment Period allowing uninsured and under-insured Americans to obtain coverage through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Directs the Secretaries of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services, along with other agency heads with authority over Medicaid and the ACA, to review existing regulations, guidance, and policies for consistency with this policy, examining issues such as protections for people with pre-existing conditions, Medicaid waivers, marketplace stability, enrollment barriers, and affordability of coverage. Instructs agencies to consider suspending, revising, or rescinding inconsistent actions. Revokes Executive Order 13765 (Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal) and Executive Order 13813 (Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States), and directs agencies to review and reconsider related actions arising from those orders.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14008
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7619
Places climate change at the center of United States foreign policy and national security, and directs a range of executive branch actions to address it domestically and internationally. Creates a White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, a National Climate Task Force chaired by a National Climate Advisor, an Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities, and a White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council and Advisory Council. Directs agencies including State, Treasury, Defense, Interior, and Energy to develop climate finance plans, security risk analyses, and clean energy procurement strategies, with many reports due within 60 to 120 days. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to pause new oil and gas leasing on public lands and offshore waters pending review, sets a goal of conserving 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030, calls for a Civilian Climate Corps proposal, and establishes a Justice40 Initiative aiming for 40 percent of certain federal investment benefits to reach disadvantaged communities. Also directs preparation of a Senate ratification package for the Kigali Amendment. Contains further provisions on procurement standards, fossil fuel subsidies, and infrastructure permitting.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14007
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7615
Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), made up of up to 26 members including the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and non-federal experts appointed by the President, to advise the President on science, technology, and innovation policy affecting areas such as the economy, education, energy, environment, public health, and national security. The council will meet regularly, respond to presidential requests, gather input from research institutions and other stakeholders, and also serve as the advisory committee required under the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 and the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act. Federal agencies must share relevant scientific information with the council when requested, and the Department of Energy will provide funding and administrative support. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The council will terminate after two years unless extended. The order revokes Executive Order 13895, which had previously established a similar council.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14006
Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7483
Directs the Attorney General not to renew Department of Justice contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities, as consistent with applicable law. The order states a policy goal of reducing reliance on private prisons in the federal criminal justice system, citing concerns about safety, security, and rehabilitation programming at such facilities compared to federally run ones. It applies specifically to Department of Justice contracts, not to other agencies such as those handling immigration detention. The order notes it must be implemented consistent with existing law and subject to available funding, and it does not create any new legal rights or benefits enforceable against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14005
Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7475
Sets a policy of maximizing federal purchases of goods, products, materials, and services produced in the United States, and directs agencies to review and consider revising actions inconsistent with that policy. Creates a Made in America Office within the Office of Management and Budget, headed by a Made in America Director, to centralize review of agency waivers from Buy American laws, including publishing waiver-submission requirements and review deadlines. Requires agencies to assess whether foreign cost advantages stem from dumped or subsidized materials before granting waivers, and directs the General Services Administration to build a public website tracking proposed and granted waivers. Directs agencies to use the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership for supplier scouting, and instructs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to consider revising domestic-content rules and thresholds. Requires agencies to submit initial and biannual reports on compliance with Made in America laws. Revokes Executive Orders 13788, 13975, and part of 13858, and supersedes portions of Executive Orders 10582 and 13881 that conflict with this order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14004
Enabling All Qualified Americans To Serve Their Country in Uniform
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7471
Sets a policy that transgender individuals who meet military standards may serve openly in the Armed Forces, including the Coast Guard, without discrimination based on gender identity. Revokes the March 2018 presidential memorandum on military service by transgender individuals and confirms the earlier August 2017 memorandum remains revoked. Directs the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard, to align department policies with this order, establish a process allowing service members to transition gender while serving, and immediately stop involuntary separations, discharges, or denial of reenlistment based on gender identity. Requires review of records of those previously separated on that basis, guidance for correcting military records, and instructions to record-correction boards, including offering affected individuals a chance to rejoin if they meet current entry standards. Requires both Secretaries to report to the President within 60 days on implementation progress, and states the order does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14003
Protecting the Federal Workforce
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7231
Sets a policy of protecting and strengthening the career federal workforce and encouraging union organizing and collective bargaining. Revokes Executive Order 13957, which had created a Schedule F excepted service category, and directs agency heads to immediately suspend or rescind related actions, with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told to stop processing Schedule F conversions. Also revokes Executive Orders 13836, 13837, and 13839, along with a related 2019 presidential memorandum, all concerning federal labor relations and union time; disbands the Interagency Labor Relations Working Group; and directs affected agencies to review and unwind actions taken under those revoked orders. Requires agencies covered by federal labor-management law to negotiate over certain subjects listed in 5 U.S.C. 7106(b)(1). Directs the OPM Director to report to the President with recommendations for moving federal employees toward a $15-per-hour minimum wage. Includes standard severability and implementation clauses.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14002
Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7229
Directs all federal executive departments and agencies to promptly identify actions they can take under their existing legal authority to address the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including improved use of data and better coordination among federally funded programs. Agencies are told to prioritize actions that provide the greatest relief to individuals, families, and small businesses, as well as to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, doing so consistent with applicable law. Independent agencies are encouraged, though not required, to comply. The order notes that the pandemic has caused business closures, job losses, food and housing insecurity, and revenue shortfalls for state and local governments, with particularly severe effects on communities of color. It states that it does not alter existing legal authorities or Office of Management and Budget functions, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14001
A Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 7219