E.O.13894
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria
·Donald Trump·84 FR 55851
E.O.13893
Increasing Government Accountability for Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative PAYGO
·Donald Trump·84 FR 55487
Establishes a policy requiring executive agencies to offset increases in mandatory federal spending caused by discretionary administrative actions, such as rules, demonstrations, program notices, or guidance not required by statute. Before undertaking such an action, an agency head must submit it to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with an estimate of its budgetary effects, and if the action would increase mandatory spending, propose other actions to comparably reduce it; submissions without offsets are to be returned for reconsideration. If an agency believes an action is legally required and therefore exempt, its general counsel must give OMB a written legal opinion and consult with OMB. Within 90 days, the Director must issue implementation guidance and revoke a 2005 OMB memorandum on the same topic. The Director may waive these requirements or pursue additional deficit reduction through agency actions. The order does not create enforceable legal rights and applies within existing law and available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13892
Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication
·Donald Trump·84 FR 55239
Directs federal agencies to increase transparency and fairness in civil administrative enforcement and adjudication. Bars agencies from using guidance documents to create binding new legal obligations, requiring that violations be based on actual statutes or regulations, and requires that legal standards, jurisdictional claims, and litigation-related documents used against regulated parties be publicly published, generally in the Federal Register or a searchable agency database, before being applied. Requires agencies to give affected persons a chance to respond before taking actions with legal consequences, except in emergencies or settlement contexts. Within 120 days, agencies conducting inspections must publish procedural rules governing them. Information collections tied to investigations must comply with Paperwork Reduction Act requirements. Within 270 days, agencies must propose procedures encouraging voluntary self-reporting, information sharing, and pre-enforcement rulings, or report why such steps are impractical. Within 180 days, agencies must report on compliance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act. Exempts actions involving foreign affairs, national security, criminal prosecutions, intellectual property seizures, and internal employee discipline.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13891
Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents
·Donald Trump·84 FR 55235
Sets policy that federal agency guidance documents must be treated as non-binding on the public, distinct from formally issued regulations. Directs agencies, after the Office of Management and Budget issues implementing guidance, to create searchable online databases of all guidance documents, review and rescind those no longer needed, and refrain from citing rescinded guidance. Requires agencies to finalize regulations within 300 days establishing procedures for issuing guidance, including public petition processes for withdrawal, and, for "significant" guidance documents affecting the economy or major policy issues, at least 30 days of public comment, approval by the agency head, and review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Applies existing regulatory review requirements from prior executive orders to guidance documents. Exempts foreign affairs, national security, criminal investigations, employee discipline matters, and certain other areas from these requirements, and does not apply to the Treasury Department's existing review relationship with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13890
Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation's Seniors
·Donald Trump·84 FR 53573
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pursue a series of regulatory and administrative changes to the Medicare program, framed as protecting the current system rather than replacing it with a single government-run plan. Within one year, the Secretary must propose rules to expand Medicare Advantage plan choices and benefit designs, adjust network adequacy requirements, reduce billing and licensure burdens so providers can spend more time with patients, streamline approval and coverage of new medical products, improve cost and quality data for patients, and remove barriers to private contracts between beneficiaries and providers. Within 180 days, the Secretary must report on aligning fee-for-service Medicare payments more closely with market-based pricing and study approaches like competitive bidding, and must also revise rules so seniors who decline Medicare Part A can keep Social Security retirement benefits. The Secretary must also propose annual anti-fraud measures starting January 1, 2021. The order applies to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Social Security Administration.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13889
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
·Donald Trump·84 FR 52743
Extends the operation of a number of federal advisory committees through September 30, 2021, including bodies such as the President's Export Council, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, several national monument advisory committees, and various presidential commissions on education, business, and civil rights topics, among others listed in the order. Assigns responsibility for each committee's functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the head of the department or agency named alongside it, following procedures set by the Administrator of General Services. Supersedes the corresponding continuation provisions of Executive Order 13811 of September 29, 2017. States that it takes effect on September 30, 2019.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13888
Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement
·Donald Trump·84 FR 52355
Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop, within 90 days, a process requiring both a state and a local government to give written consent before refugees are resettled there under the State Department's Reception and Placement Program, with consents to be publicly released. If a state or locality withholds consent, refugees generally should not be placed there unless the Secretary of State, after consulting the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security, determines that withholding placement would conflict with statutory refugee policy goals, in which case the President must be notified before proceeding. This consent requirement does not apply to spouses or children joining a refugee already resettled. The order cites Executive Order 13780's directive to explore greater state and local involvement in refugee placement decisions, and states it does not create enforceable legal rights and applies subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13887
Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote National Security and Public Health
·Donald Trump·84 FR 49935
Establishes a National Influenza Vaccine Task Force, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services, to identify ways to modernize domestic influenza vaccine production, reduce reliance on egg-based manufacturing, expand faster and more scalable technologies, advance broadly protective vaccines, and boost vaccination rates. The task force includes officials from agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Veterans Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and others, and must submit a five-year national plan to the President within 120 days, followed by annual updates for five years. It also directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Defense, and Veterans Affairs to take specific implementation steps, including estimating costs of expanding manufacturing capacity, conducting vaccine-effectiveness studies, researching new production technologies, and evaluating alternative vaccine procurement approaches. The task force will terminate upon presidential direction.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13886
Modernizing Sanctions To Combat Terrorism
·Donald Trump·84 FR 48041
Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12947 and revokes that order, as amended by Executive Order 13099, which had targeted people who threatened the Middle East peace process. Amends Executive Order 13224 to consolidate and broaden terrorism-related sanctions, blocking the property of people listed in an annex and expanding criteria the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury can use, in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security, to designate foreign persons for sanctions—including those who commit or attempt terrorism, lead or control sanctioned entities, provide material support, or participate in terrorism-related training. It also lets the Treasury Secretary restrict foreign financial institutions' U.S. correspondent or payable-through accounts if they knowingly facilitate transactions for blocked persons. People whose property was already blocked under the old order remain blocked. The order took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on September 10, 2019.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13885
Establishing the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee
·Donald Trump·84 FR 46873
Establishes the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, made up of the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (or a designee) and up to 22 members appointed by the Secretary of Energy from industry, universities, federal laboratories, and other government agencies. The Committee advises the Secretary and the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science on the National Quantum Initiative Program, meets at least twice a year, and gathers input from researchers, businesses, universities, national laboratories, state and local governments, and nonprofits. Agency heads must share relevant information with the Committee on request, the Department of Energy provides funding and support, and members may form subcommittees or working groups and can be granted security clearances. Members serve unpaid but may receive travel expenses. The order specifies how the Federal Advisory Committee Act applies and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13884
Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela
·Donald Trump·84 FR 38843
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other authorities, and building on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, the order blocks all property and interests in property of the Government of Venezuela located in the United States or controlled by U.S. persons. It also blocks property of anyone determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to have materially supported blocked persons or to be owned or controlled by them. It suspends entry into the United States of such designated persons, with exceptions the Secretary of State may grant. It prohibits contributions of funds, goods, or services to or from blocked persons, and bans transactions that evade these prohibitions, while exempting official U.S. government business and humanitarian goods like food and medicine. The Treasury Secretary is authorized to issue implementing rules, and the order defines terms including "Government of Venezuela," which covers state entities like the Central Bank of Venezuela and PdVSA. It took effect August 5, 2019.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13883
Administration of Proliferation Sanctions and Amendment of Executive Order 12851
·Donald Trump·84 FR 38113
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to implement proliferation-related sanctions against a country selected under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, including opposing loans or assistance to that country from international financial institutions and prohibiting U.S. banks from making loans or extending credit to its government, except for food or agricultural purchases. Prohibits transactions or conspiracies that evade or violate this loan ban. Amends Executive Order 12851 to delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to oppose multilateral development bank assistance and prohibit bank loans once the Secretary of State makes the relevant determination. Defines terms such as "entity," "government," and "United States bank," and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue rules and regulations and redelegate functions within the department. States it does not affect existing agency authorities or create enforceable rights, and applies subject to available appropriations and existing law. Relates to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12938.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13882
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Mali
·Donald Trump·84 FR 37055
Declares a national emergency over the situation in Mali, citing ceasefire violations, expanding terrorist activity, drug and human trafficking, human rights abuses, and attacks on civilians and peacekeepers. Blocks all U.S. property and interests of persons the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines are responsible for threatening Mali's peace or democratic institutions, violating the 2015 peace agreement, attacking security or peacekeeping forces, obstructing humanitarian aid, committing human rights abuses, recruiting child soldiers, trafficking drugs, people, or arms, or engaging in corruption, as well as those who support or are controlled by such persons. Suspends U.S. entry for individuals meeting these criteria, unless the Secretary of State determines entry serves the national interest. Prohibits related donations, transactions, and evasion schemes. Directs the Treasury and State Departments to implement the order, waives advance notice to affected persons, and requires periodic reports to Congress on the emergency.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13881
Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials
·Donald Trump·84 FR 34257
Directs enforcement of the Buy American Act to its fullest lawful extent and instructs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to consider, within 180 days, proposed rule changes tightening domestic-content standards for federal procurement. Specifically, the council is to consider defining iron and steel end products as foreign-origin if foreign content reaches 5 percent or more of cost, and other end products as foreign-origin at a 45 percent threshold, replacing the prior 50 percent standard. It also directs consideration of a new price-differential formula requiring foreign-origin bids to be assessed 20 percent higher (30 percent for small businesses) when agencies judge whether domestic bids are reasonable. Executive Order 10582 is superseded where inconsistent, with certain of its provisions to be revoked once a final rule issues. Within 180 days, the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, working with other officials, must report on further regulatory changes, including whether to lower the 45 percent threshold to as low as 25 percent. Agency heads must issue implementing regulations once final rules are adopted.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13880
Collecting Information About Citizenship Status in Connection With the Decennial Census
·Donald Trump·84 FR 33821
Directs all federal agencies to give the Department of Commerce maximum permissible assistance, including access to administrative records, so it can determine the number of citizens, non-citizens, and illegal aliens in the country after the Supreme Court's ruling blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census. Names specific agencies and records to be shared, including immigration, visa, passport, Social Security, and Medicaid data. Establishes an interagency working group, chaired by the Director of the Census Bureau, to coordinate efforts to obtain records covering the entire population. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to consider adding a citizenship question to the 2030 census, to consider expanding the American Community Survey's reach, and to seek additional state administrative records. States that data collected will be used only to produce statistics under Title 13 confidentiality protections and not for enforcement actions against individuals. Notes the policy is meant to inform immigration and public-benefits policymaking and potential state redistricting decisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13879
Advancing American Kidney Health
·Donald Trump·84 FR 33817
Sets federal policy on kidney disease prevention, treatment, and organ transplants, directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take a series of actions on specific timelines. Within 30 days, the Secretary must select Medicare payment models to encourage earlier treatment of at-risk patients and to increase home dialysis and kidney transplants. Within 90 days, the Secretary must propose regulations improving Organ Procurement Organization performance metrics and reducing financial barriers for living organ donors, including expanded reimbursement for travel, lost wages, and child- or elder-care costs. Within 120 days, the Secretary must launch a kidney disease awareness initiative, announce a process for reviewing wearable or implantable artificial kidney devices, and produce a strategy for the Kidney Innovation Accelerator, a partnership with the American Society of Nephrology. Within 180 days, the Secretary must streamline kidney matching and delivery to reduce organ discard rates. The order applies to the Department of Health and Human Services and Medicare beneficiaries with kidney disease.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13878
Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
·Donald Trump·84 FR 30853
Establishes a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing, chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with the Assistants to the President for Domestic Policy and Economic Policy as Vice Chairs, and including numerous other cabinet secretaries and agency heads. The Council is directed to work with federal, state, local, tribal, and private-sector stakeholders to identify laws, regulations, and administrative practices that raise housing development costs and limit housing supply, evaluate their economic effects, assess what agencies can do under existing authority to reduce such barriers, and recommend policy changes at all levels of government to streamline regulation and encourage affordable housing development. The Department of Housing and Urban Development provides funding and administrative support. The Council's Vice Chairs must report to the President on implementation within 12 months, plus further reports as requested. Agencies must assist the Council as needed. The Council terminates on January 21, 2021, unless the President extends it.Read the full summaryShow less
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