E.O.14034
Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data From Foreign Adversaries
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 31423
E.O.14033
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Certain Persons Contributing to the Destabilizing Situation in the Western Balkans
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 31079
Expands the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13219 regarding the Western Balkans by broadening the criteria for sanctions. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to block all U.S.-based property and interests of persons determined to threaten peace or stability, undermine democratic institutions, violate regional peace agreements, commit serious human rights abuses, engage in corruption, or support such persons in the Western Balkans. It bans transactions and donations benefiting blocked persons and prohibits attempts to evade these restrictions. It also suspends U.S. entry for noncitizens meeting these criteria, with exceptions the Secretary of State or Homeland Security may grant, and directs those officials to establish implementing procedures. It states no advance notice is required before blocking assets, authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations, and clarifies that it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14032
Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 30145
Expands the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13959 to cover threats from Chinese surveillance technology used to facilitate repression or human rights abuses, in addition to the existing focus on China's military-industrial complex. Replaces and supersedes sections 1 through 5 of Executive Order 13959 to prohibit U.S. persons from purchasing or selling publicly traded securities of companies listed in an annex, or of companies the Treasury Secretary determines operate in China's defense or surveillance technology sectors. Sets the prohibition's effective date as August 2, 2021 for listed companies, with a divestment window until June 3, 2022, and different timelines for companies added later. Revokes Executive Order 13974 and directs the Treasury Secretary and agency heads to rescind related prior orders. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary, consulting with the Secretary of State and, as appropriate, the Secretary of Defense, to issue regulations, make determinations, and report to Congress on the emergency.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14031
Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 29675
Establishes the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders within the Department of Health and Human Services, made up of 25 presidentially appointed members co-chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and another agency head, to advise on closing disparities and combating anti-Asian bias; the Commission terminates after two years unless renewed. Also creates the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, an interagency working group spanning dozens of federal agencies and offices, tasked with coordinating policy on health, education, economic opportunity, language access, data collection, civic engagement, and hate-crime tracking for these communities. Agencies in the Initiative must prepare and report plans of measurable actions, with an annual government-wide report submitted to the President. The order supersedes four earlier executive orders on Asian American and Pacific Islander participation dating from 1999 to 2019, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14030
Climate-Related Financial Risk
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 27967
Directs multiple federal agencies to assess and address financial risks linked to climate change. The National Economic Council and National Climate Advisor, with the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget, must develop a government-wide climate-related financial risk strategy within 120 days. The Treasury Secretary, as chair of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, is to pursue risk assessments and reporting on climate-related financial threats to the financial system, with a report due within 180 days. The Labor Secretary must review rules affecting retirement plan investments and proxy voting, and report within 180 days. Agencies overseeing federal lending, procurement, and insurance—including Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council—are directed to consider incorporating climate risk into their standards and contracts. It reinstates the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard from Executive Order 13690, previously revoked by Executive Order 13807. It also directs the Office of Management and Budget to incorporate climate risk into long-term federal budget projections and publish annual assessments of federal climate risk exposure.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14029
Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 27025
Revokes six prior executive orders: Executive Order 13925 (Preventing Online Censorship), Executive Order 13933 and 13934 (relating to monuments, memorials, and statues), Executive Order 13964 (on rebranding U.S. foreign assistance), Executive Order 13978 (Building the National Garden of American Heroes), and Executive Order 13980 (Protecting Americans From Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform). Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and heads of executive departments and agencies to consider rescinding rules, guidelines, or policies implementing those orders, and to abolish any related positions, committees, or task forces, consistent with applicable law. Also makes a technical amendment to Civil Service Rule VI, updating regulations at 5 CFR 6.2 and 6.4 to reflect the earlier elimination of Schedule F in the excepted service under Executive Order 14003, restoring listings for Schedules A, B, C, D, and E and clarifying which removal procedures apply to each. States that it does not limit existing agency authority or create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14028
Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 26633
Directs a broad set of federal agencies to overhaul the government's cybersecurity practices. It requires removing contractual barriers so IT and cloud service providers share cyber threat and incident information with agencies like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI, and sets deadlines for updating federal contracting rules accordingly. It orders federal agencies to adopt cloud technology, multi-factor authentication, data encryption, and Zero Trust Architecture security models. It directs the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop software supply-chain security standards, including a Software Bill of Materials requirement and consumer labeling pilot programs for internet-connected devices. It establishes a Cyber Safety Review Board, led by the Department of Homeland Security, to review major cyber incidents and recommend improvements. It also directs creation of a standardized federal incident-response playbook, deployment of endpoint detection tools across civilian agencies, new log-retention requirements, and equivalent cybersecurity standards for national security systems. Numerous agencies face specific reporting and implementation deadlines ranging from 14 to 360 days, and the order contains additional detailed provisions beyond those summarized here.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14027
Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 25947
Establishes a temporary Climate Change Support Office within the Department of State, to be headed by a Director chosen by the Secretary of State and staffed as needed. The office is meant to support the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and other State Department efforts to engage diplomatically on climate change, working with other federal agencies to raise international climate ambition and integrate climate concerns into U.S. foreign policy. Its work is to extend beyond existing State Department climate activities into areas such as clean energy, aviation, shipping, the Arctic, oceans, sustainable development, and migration, along with other tasks the Secretary assigns. The office will end after the maximum period allowed under federal law for such temporary organizations, unless the Secretary closes it sooner. The order states it does not alter existing agency authorities or budget functions, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14026
Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 22835
Directs federal agencies to require that contracts and contract-like instruments include a clause guaranteeing workers on federal contracts a minimum wage of $15.00 per hour beginning January 30, 2022, with annual increases starting January 1, 2023 tied to the Consumer Price Index, as determined by the Secretary of Labor. Sets a lower tipped-worker cash wage that rises over time until it matches the standard minimum wage by 2024. Requires the Secretary of Labor to issue implementing regulations by November 24, 2021, and directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend procurement rules accordingly within 60 days afterward. Applies to procurement, service, concession, and certain federal-property-related contracts covered by specific wage laws, with exclusions for grants and tribal agreements. Revokes Executive Order 13838 and supersedes inconsistent parts of Executive Order 13658, both effective January 30, 2022. Gives the Secretary of Labor enforcement authority over compliance with the order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14025
Worker Organizing and Empowerment
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 22829
Establishes a Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Vice President with the Secretary of Labor as Vice Chair, and including numerous cabinet secretaries and agency heads. The Task Force is directed to identify federal policies, practices, and programs that could be used to promote worker organizing and collective bargaining, including for marginalized workers and hard-to-organize industries, and to recommend statutory, regulatory, or other changes. It may consult with agencies like the National Labor Relations Board and gather information from labor organizations and experts. Within 180 days, it must submit recommendations to the President, with agencies expected to implement any approved changes and report progress. The order also revokes Executive Order 13845 and Executive Order 13931, which had established the President's National Council for the American Worker, and directs agencies to consider rescinding related rules and abolishing related entities.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14024
Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 20249
Declares a national emergency over harmful activities by the Government of the Russian Federation, including election interference, malicious cyber activity, transnational corruption, targeting of dissidents and journalists, and threats to regional security. Blocks all U.S. property and interests of persons the Secretary of the Treasury or Secretary of State determine to be involved in these activities, to be Russian government officials or entities, to be family members of blocked persons, or to have materially supported such activities, as well as certain Russian citizens or entities that support sanctioned governments or disrupt energy supplies to Europe, the Caucasus, or Asia. Prohibits U.S. persons from making contributions to or receiving them from blocked persons, and bans transactions that evade these restrictions. Suspends U.S. entry for noncitizens meeting these criteria, with exceptions determined by the Secretary of State or Homeland Security. Authorizes the Treasury Department, in consultation with the State Department, to issue implementing regulations and report to Congress on the emergency.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14023
Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 19569
Creates the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, made up of up to 36 members appointed by the President, including constitutional scholars, retired federal judges, and other experts on the judiciary and the Supreme Court, with two members designated as Co-Chairs. Directs the Commission to produce a report examining current debate over the Supreme Court's role and the nomination process, the historical background of past reform debates, and an analysis of arguments for and against various reform proposals, including their merits and legality. Requires the Commission to solicit public comment and submit its report to the President within 180 days of its first public meeting. The Office of Administration and the General Services Administration are to provide funding, staff, and administrative support as permitted by law. Members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses. The Commission terminates 30 days after submitting its report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14022
Termination of Emergency With Respect to the International Criminal Court
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 17895
Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13928 and revokes that order, which had blocked property of persons associated with the International Criminal Court (ICC). States that sanctions against the Court, its personnel, and those assisting it are not an effective strategy for addressing U.S. concerns about the ICC's jurisdiction over personnel from non-member countries like the United States. As a result, the entry suspension for immigrants and nonimmigrants meeting the prior order's criteria no longer applies, and those individuals are no longer covered by a related 2011 presidential proclamation on travel bans. Clarifies that ending the emergency does not affect pending legal actions, proceedings, or matured rights and duties from before this order, and does not create new enforceable rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14021
Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free From Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 13803
Establishes that it is administration policy for students to have an educational environment free from sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence, and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, as covered under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Directs the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General, to review within 100 days all existing federal regulations, guidance, and policies that may conflict with this policy, and to report findings to the Office of Management and Budget. Specifically requires review of a 2020 Department of Education rule on Title IX enforcement, with consideration of revising, suspending, or rescinding inconsistent provisions. Also directs the Secretary to consider new guidance and additional enforcement actions addressing sexual harassment, intersecting discrimination based on race, disability, or national origin, and disproportionate harassment faced by LGBTQ+ students, and to ensure fair school procedures. 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.14020
Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council
·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·86 FR 13797
Establishes the White House Gender Policy Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal efforts on gender equity and equality, covering areas such as workplace discrimination, economic security, caregiving, education, health care, gender-based violence, and global diplomacy. The Council is led by two co-chairs and includes the heads of numerous federal agencies and White House offices. Agency members must designate a senior coordinating official within 30 days, and the Director of National Intelligence must name a National Intelligence Officer for Gender Equality. Within 200 days, the Council must submit a government-wide strategy on gender equity to the President, coordinating with existing equity and COVID-19 response efforts. After the strategy is submitted, agencies must review and revise policies for consistency with it, and the Council must create a National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and update a related global strategy. Agencies must report progress semi-annually, with an annual public report. The order also terminates an existing working group under a 2019 presidential memorandum, transferring its functions to the new Council.Read the full summaryShow less
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