E.O.13874
Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products
·Donald Trump·84 FR 27899
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
Blocks the U.S. property and assets of any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to operate in Iran's iron, steel, aluminum, or copper sectors, or to engage in significant transactions involving goods, services, or products tied to those sectors, or to support or be controlled by such persons. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to sanction foreign financial institutions that knowingly conduct related significant transactions, including restricting their U.S. correspondent accounts. Prohibits donations, contributions, and transactions that evade these restrictions, and bars U.S. entry for individuals meeting the order's criteria, treating them under an existing travel-ban proclamation. Exempts official U.S. government and United Nations business. Directs the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing rules and states that affected persons need not receive prior notice before being listed. Builds on the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 and cites the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, framing the measures as a response to Iranian government actions occurring after the 1981 Algiers Accords.Read 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
Establishes the American AI Initiative, a coordinated federal strategy to sustain U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, guided by principles of technological investment, technical standards, workforce training, public trust, and international engagement while protecting American technology from foreign competitors. Directs the National Science and Technology Council's Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence to coordinate implementation across agencies. Requires agency heads conducting research and development to prioritize AI funding and report plans to the Office of Management and Budget. Directs agencies to review federal data and computing resources to expand access for AI research while protecting privacy and security. Orders the Office of Management and Budget to issue regulatory guidance for AI applications within 180 days, and directs the Commerce Department, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to issue a plan for AI technical standards. Calls for prioritizing AI within federal education and fellowship programs, and directs national security officials to develop a classified or unclassified action plan protecting U.S. AI advantages against foreign adversaries, due to the President within 120 days.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13858
Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects
·Donald Trump·84 FR 2039
Directs federal agencies administering programs that fund infrastructure projects with federal financial assistance to encourage recipients of new awards to use iron, aluminum, steel, cement, and other manufactured products produced in the United States to the greatest extent practicable. Defines key terms including 'produced in the United States,' 'infrastructure project,' and 'covered program,' the latter excluding programs where a domestic preference would conflict with law or where comparable preferences already apply. Requires each agency head to report within 90 days on strategies to meet this goal, and within 120 days to report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy, on tools and options for maximizing use of domestically produced materials in such awards. Also amends Executive Order 13788 by replacing the term 'Federal grants' with 'Federal financial assistance.' States it does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights, and applies only consistent with law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13857
Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela
·Donald Trump·84 FR 509
Amends earlier executive orders addressing the national emergency with respect to Venezuela (Executive Orders 13692, 13808, 13827, 13835, and 13850) by revising the definition of "Government of Venezuela" in each. The updated definition covers the Venezuelan state and government, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, explicitly including the Central Bank of Venezuela and the state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), along with any entity owned or controlled by them and anyone acting on their behalf, including members of what the order calls the Maduro regime. The order cites ongoing human rights violations, arrests of protesters, press freedom restrictions, and efforts to undermine Venezuela's Interim President and National Assembly as context. It states it does not alter existing agency authorities or create new legal rights, and is to be implemented consistent with applicable law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13856
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
·Donald Trump·84 FR 65
Sets updated federal pay rates for the coming year across multiple pay systems, attaching detailed schedules covering the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President and Congress, federal judges, uniformed services members and cadets or midshipmen, locality-based comparability payments, and administrative law judges. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement the locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Most schedules take effect on the first day of the first pay period on or after January 1, 2019, while the uniformed services pay schedule takes effect January 1, 2019. Supersedes the prior pay-rate order, Executive Order 13819 of December 22, 2017, as of these effective dates. Applies broadly to federal civilian employees, senior executives, judges, elected officials, and military personnel whose pay is governed by these statutory schedules.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13855
Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands To Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk
·Donald Trump·84 FR 45