E.O.13954
Saving Lives Through Increased Support for Mental- and Behavioral-Health Needs
·Donald Trump·85 FR 63977
E.O.13953
Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain From Reliance on Critical Minerals From Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing Industries
·Donald Trump·85 FR 62539
Declares a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act over the country's dependence on critical minerals from foreign adversaries, particularly China. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, with other agencies, to investigate this reliance and report to the President within 60 days, recommending actions such as tariffs, quotas, or import restrictions, and to provide updates every 180 days starting January 1, 2021. Requires relevant agencies to report within 30 to 60 days on legal authorities, appropriations, and strategies for expanding domestic critical minerals mining and processing. Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the State Department to report on research needs and international cooperation options. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to review and potentially revise loan guarantee and manufacturing incentive program rules to support mineral supply chains, and directs several agencies to accelerate permitting and examine reuse of historic mining and coal waste sites for mineral recovery. Amends Executive Order 13817 to require periodic updates to the critical minerals list. Defines key terms and clarifies that implementation depends on existing legal authority and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13952
Protecting Vulnerable Newborn and Infant Children
·Donald Trump·85 FR 62187
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that hospitals and programs receiving federal funding understand their obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act to provide medical screening and stabilizing treatment to all infants born alive, including extremely premature infants or those with disabilities, and to not discourage parents from seeking such treatment. Instructs the Secretary to clarify how complaints of violations can be submitted, investigate such complaints, and take enforcement action, including terminating federal funding, against noncompliant individuals or organizations. Directs prioritization of Department of Health and Human Services discretionary grants and National Institutes of Health research funding toward improving survival treatments for such infants and toward training medical personnel in providing life-saving care. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations or guidance as needed to implement these directives, subject to existing law and available appropriations, and states that the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13951
An America-First Healthcare Plan
·Donald Trump·85 FR 62179
Sets out a general policy of expanding healthcare choice, lowering costs, and improving care while maintaining protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services to maintain and build on existing efforts to expand affordable coverage options, and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to continue expanding access to affordable medicines, including generic and biosimilar drug approvals and drug importation. On surprise medical billing, it directs Health and Human Services to seek a legislative solution with Congress by December 31, 2020, and, absent one, to take administrative action to shield patients from unforeseeable out-of-pocket bills. Within 180 days it requires updates to the Medicare.gov Hospital Compare website disclosing hospitals' price-transparency compliance, itemized discharge billing, and use of legal action against patients. It also directs continued efforts to reduce healthcare fraud, improve veterans' care, and promote medical research into COVID-19, Alzheimer's, sickle cell disease, and pediatric cancer.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13950
Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
·Donald Trump·85 FR 60683
Prohibits federal agencies, the Uniformed Services, federal contractors, and certain federal grant recipients from using workplace training that promotes what it labels "divisive concepts," including ideas that one race or sex is inherently superior, that the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist, or that individuals bear collective guilt or responsibility based on race or sex. Directs the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to add compliance clauses to federal contracts, run a complaint hotline, and investigate violations, and to request information from contractors about diversity training within 30 days. Requires agency heads to review grant programs and report to the Office of Management and Budget within 60 days, review federal training programs through the Office of Personnel Management, assign a senior official to ensure compliance, and report training-related spending within 90 days. Directs the Attorney General to assess potential liability under Title VII and, with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issue guidance if appropriate. Applies to new contracts entered 60 days after signing.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13949
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran
·Donald Trump·85 FR 60043
Blocks all U.S.-based property and interests of persons determined by the Secretary of State or Secretary of the Treasury to be involved in supplying, selling, or transferring arms or related materiel to or from Iran, providing related training or assistance, contributing to proliferation of military-use items by Iran's government, or supporting or being controlled by anyone already blocked under the order. It bars U.S. persons from transactions with these designated persons, including donations of relief supplies, and prohibits evasion or conspiracy to violate its terms. It suspends U.S. entry for aliens meeting these criteria, unless the Secretary of State determines entry serves U.S. interests or law enforcement objectives, coordinating with the Secretary of Homeland Security and Attorney General. The Treasury Secretary, consulting with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue implementing regulations. Exceptions apply for agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, and official U.S. or United Nations business. It states no advance notice is required before blocking property, citing the risk of asset flight, and cites the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13948
Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First
·Donald Trump·85 FR 59649
Sets a policy that Medicare should not pay more for certain high-cost prescription drugs and biological products than a 'most-favored-nation price'—the lowest price, adjusted for volume and per-capita gross domestic product differences, that a manufacturer charges in a comparable-income member country of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately implement a rulemaking plan testing this pricing approach for certain high-cost drugs under Medicare Part B, and to develop and implement a similar payment model for Medicare Part D drugs facing insufficient competition and higher-than-foreign prices. States these models aim to test whether capping prices this way reduces poor clinical outcomes and excess spending. Revokes a prior executive order of the same title issued July 24, 2020. Specifies that agency legal authorities and Office of Management and Budget budgetary functions remain unaffected, and that the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13946
Targeting Opportunity Zones and Other Distressed Communities for Federal Site Locations
·Donald Trump·85 FR 52879
Amends Executive Order 12072 (Federal Space Management) to direct that, when selecting sites for federal space needs, preference be given to qualified opportunity zones, other distressed areas, and centralized community business areas, except where cost or security concerns take precedence. It also updates the General Services Administration Administrator's duties for acquiring, managing, and disposing of federal space, and makes minor gender-neutral wording changes. Separately, it amends Executive Order 13006 on locating federal facilities on historic properties, replacing references to "central cities" with "distressed communities," reaffirming the goal of placing federal facilities in qualified opportunity zones and other distressed areas, adjusting how alternative historic sites are considered when no suitable property exists, and updating references to "States, local governments, Indian tribes" to "State, local, and tribal governments." The order states it does not alter existing agency legal authority or budget functions, and creates no enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13945
Fighting the Spread of COVID-19 by Providing Assistance to Renters and Homeowners
·Donald Trump·85 FR 49935
Sets a policy to minimize residential evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 national emergency and directs several federal agencies to act. The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are told to consider whether temporary measures halting evictions for nonpayment of rent are necessary to prevent COVID-19's spread between states. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development are directed to identify available federal funds for temporary financial assistance to struggling renters and homeowners. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is directed to take appropriate action, such as assisting public housing authorities, landlords, and federal grant recipients, to help avoid evictions and foreclosures. The Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, in consultation with the Treasury Secretary, is directed to review existing authorities and resources for preventing evictions and foreclosures. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and applies subject to existing law and available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13944
Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States
·Donald Trump·85 FR 49929
Directs federal agencies to increase domestic procurement of Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and their Critical Inputs, using authorities to limit competition to U.S. producers and split contracts among multiple domestic manufacturers, subject to exceptions for public interest, unavailability, excessive cost increases, or declared emergencies. Requires the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner to identify, within 90 days, a list of such essential products and to examine supply-chain vulnerabilities and regulatory barriers to domestic production. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to review limiting online purchases to e-commerce platforms meeting anti-counterfeiting standards, the U.S. Trade Representative to modify trade-agreement procurement coverage to exclude these products, the Secretary of Defense to restrict procurement of defense-related items to domestic sources, and the Environmental Protection Agency to streamline permitting for advanced manufacturing facilities. Authorizes use of Defense Production Act authority to prioritize and allocate these goods. Requires agencies to submit annual reports on procurement sources and spending, and the Secretary of Commerce to report on the health industrial base. Applies to executive departments and agencies involved in procuring these products, without limiting emergency response or veterans' drug access.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13943
Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
·Donald Trump·85 FR 48641
Acting under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, and citing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13873, this order addresses risks posed by the WeChat messaging and payment application owned by Chinese company Tencent Holdings Ltd. It prohibits, beginning 45 days after the order's signing, any transactions related to WeChat by persons or property under U.S. jurisdiction with Tencent Holdings or its subsidiaries, as identified by the Secretary of Commerce. It also bans transactions that evade or attempt to violate this prohibition, and any conspiracy to do so. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to identify covered transactions within 45 days, without prior notice to affected parties, and is authorized to issue rules and regulations to implement the order. All federal departments and agencies are directed to take appropriate measures to carry it out, consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13942
Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
·Donald Trump·85 FR 48637
Citing the national emergency over information and communications technology supply chains declared in Executive Order 13873, the order finds that TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by China's ByteDance Ltd., poses risks including data collection on U.S. users, censorship of politically sensitive content, and potential disinformation campaigns. Beginning 45 days after the order, it prohibits transactions by any person or property subject to U.S. jurisdiction with ByteDance Ltd. or its subsidiaries, as identified by the Secretary of Commerce within that 45-day period. It also bans transactions or conspiracies intended to evade these prohibitions. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to issue rules and regulations to implement the order, and other federal agencies must take appropriate measures to support it. The order states it does not create enforceable legal rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13941
Improving Rural Health and Telehealth Access
·Donald Trump·85 FR 47881
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take several actions to expand rural healthcare and telehealth access. Within 30 days, the Secretary must announce a new Medicare payment model to test flexibilities and value-based care options for rural providers, and must work with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Federal Communications Commission to develop a strategy for improving rural physical and communications healthcare infrastructure. Also within 30 days, the Secretary must report to the President on policy initiatives to reduce regulatory burdens on rural clinicians, address rural disease prevention, reduce maternal mortality, and improve rural mental health. Within 60 days, the Secretary must review temporary telehealth and staffing flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency and propose regulations to extend appropriate measures beyond the emergency period. The order applies to federal health agencies and Medicare programs serving rural communities, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13940
Aligning Federal Contracting and Hiring Practices With the Interests of American Workers
·Donald Trump·85 FR 47879
Directs the head of each federal contracting agency to review contracts from fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to determine whether contractors and subcontractors used temporary foreign labor or moved work previously done in the United States to other countries, and to assess the effects of such practices on American workers, procurement efficiency, and national security. Agencies must also review their employment policies for compliance with Executive Order 11935 and a related federal appropriations provision on citizenship requirements. Within 120 days, agency heads must report findings, proposed corrective actions, and possible presidential actions to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Separately, within 45 days, the Secretaries of Labor and Homeland Security must take steps to protect American workers from wage or working-condition harms linked to employers of H-1B visa holders, including ensuring compliance with existing immigration law requirements. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and must be carried out consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13947
Lowering Drug Prices by Putting America First
·Donald Trump·85 FR 59171
Declares it the policy of the United States that Medicare should not pay more for costly Part B prescription drugs and biological products than a "most-favored-nation price," defined as the lowest price, adjusted for volume and per-capita GDP differences, that a manufacturer charges in a comparable-income member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately move forward with a rulemaking plan to test a Medicare payment model under which certain high-cost Part B drugs would be reimbursed at no more than this most-favored-nation price, in order to examine whether doing so reduces poor clinical outcomes and excess spending linked to high drug costs. States that implementation must be consistent with existing law and subject to available funding, and that the order does not create any legally enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13939
Lowering Prices for Patients by Eliminating Kickbacks to Middlemen
·Donald Trump·85 FR 45759
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to complete a rulemaking process addressing drug rebates in the Medicare Part D program. The rulemaking would remove anti-kickback safe harbor protections for certain retrospective price reductions and other payments that drug manufacturers give to health plan sponsors, pharmacies, or pharmacy benefit managers when not applied at the point of sale, while creating new safe harbors allowing discounts to be applied directly at the patient's point of sale to lower out-of-pocket costs, and permitting certain legitimate service fees for pharmacy benefit managers. Before taking this action, the Secretary must publicly confirm that it is not expected to increase federal spending, Medicare beneficiary premiums, or patients' total out-of-pocket costs. The order states that discounts on prescription drugs should benefit patients directly, and clarifies it does not create enforceable legal rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13938
Increasing Drug Importation To Lower Prices for American Patients
·Donald Trump·85 FR 45757
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take steps expanding access to lower-cost imported prescription drugs. This includes facilitating waivers that let individuals import prescription drugs when doing so poses no added safety risk and lowers costs, under a provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; authorizing re-importation of insulin products when the Secretary finds it necessary for emergency medical care; and completing a pending rulemaking process to allow importation of certain prescription drugs from Canada. The order states its purpose as addressing higher U.S. drug prices compared to other developed countries, citing the European Union's experience with parallel drug trade. It specifies that implementation must be consistent with existing law and subject to available funding, and that it creates no enforceable legal rights for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13937
Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications
·Donald Trump·85 FR 45755
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action, to the extent permitted by law, ensuring that future grants under section 330(e) of the Public Health Service Act are conditioned on Federally Qualified Health Centers having practices in place to make insulin and injectable epinephrine available at the discounted price the health center paid under the 340B Prescription Drug Program, plus a minimal administration fee. This benefit is meant for low-income individuals, as determined by the Secretary, who face high cost-sharing requirements, have a high unmet deductible, or lack health insurance. The order 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.13936
The President's Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization
·Donald Trump·85 FR 43413
Declares a national emergency after determining that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous from China to justify its previous special treatment under U.S. law. Suspends preferential treatment for Hong Kong under several statutes covering immigration quotas, arms exports, defense production, and export controls, treating it the same as mainland China. Directs agency heads to act within 15 days to amend related regulations, end police training programs, suspend extradition and prisoner-transfer agreements, halt certain scientific cooperation, end Fulbright exchanges with China and Hong Kong, and pursue other steps ending special conditions. Blocks the U.S. property of foreign persons involved in enforcing China's national security law in Hong Kong or undermining its autonomy, democratic institutions, or human rights, and bars transactions with them. Suspends U.S. entry for such persons and their immediate family. Authorizes the Treasury and State Departments to implement and enforce these measures, and allows the President to reconsider the order if Hong Kong's autonomy is restored. Contains additional definitions and procedural provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13935
White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative
·Donald Trump·85 FR 42683