E.O.14300
Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
·Donald Trump·90 FR 22587
E.O.14299
Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security
·Donald Trump·90 FR 22581
Directs federal agencies to accelerate development and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies for national security and energy needs. Instructs the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, to establish a nuclear energy program and begin operating a reactor at a domestic military base by September 30, 2028. Directs the Secretary of Energy to designate Department of Energy sites for advanced reactors within 90 days, aim to operate a reactor at the first site within 30 months, identify reusable uranium and plutonium stocks, and release at least 20 metric tons of enriched uranium fuel for qualifying private projects. Calls for coordination between Defense and Energy on regulations, environmental review streamlining under NEPA, and prioritized security clearance processing. Directs the Secretary of State to pursue at least 20 new nuclear cooperation agreements with other countries and promote U.S. nuclear exports, with Treasury, Commerce, and other agencies developing financing and trade strategies. Contains further implementation, coordination, and compliance provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14298
Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Discussions With the People's Republic of China
·Donald Trump·90 FR 21831
Citing discussions with the People's Republic of China aimed at addressing non-reciprocal trade arrangements, this order modifies tariffs previously imposed under Executive Order 14257 and related orders. Effective May 14, 2025, it suspends for 90 days most of the additional reciprocal tariff rate on Chinese goods (including Hong Kong and Macau), leaving a 10 percent additional ad valorem duty in place, and reduces a separate tariff rate under heading 9903.01.63 from 125 percent to 34 percent (also suspended for 90 days). It also lowers the ad valorem duty on low-value postal imports from China from 120 percent to 54 percent, while keeping the $100 per-item postal duty in place and canceling a scheduled increase to $200. The Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security and the U.S. Trade Representative, in consultation with other named officials, are directed to take all necessary actions, including regulatory amendments, to implement these changes.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14297
Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients
·Donald Trump·90 FR 20749
Directs federal agencies to pursue "most-favored-nation" pricing so Americans pay no more for prescription drugs than other developed countries. Instructs the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative to address foreign practices seen as forcing American patients to subsidize global drug research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to facilitate direct-to-consumer sales at most-favored-nation prices and, within 30 days, to communicate target prices to drug manufacturers. If manufacturers do not make significant progress toward these prices, directs the Secretary to propose rulemaking, consider certifying drug importation under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and pursue related actions. Also directs the Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission to pursue antitrust enforcement against anti-competitive practices identified in an earlier report, the Commerce Department to review pharmaceutical exports, the Food and Drug Administration to review existing drug approvals, and other agencies to take further action against pricing practices described as disadvantaging American patients.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14296
Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence
·Donald Trump·90 FR 20369
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a National Center for Warrior Independence on the West Los Angeles VA campus to serve homeless veterans from the Los Angeles area and nationwide, coordinating with other agencies to redirect funds and provide housing, addiction treatment, and job-related services. Within 120 days, the Secretary must submit an action plan aiming to house up to 6,000 homeless veterans by January 1, 2028. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is directed to provide housing vouchers supporting this effort. The order also directs the Secretary to pursue accountability measures against employees found guilty of misconduct, review past rehiring decisions, and redirect any resulting savings to veteran services. Additional directives require reports within 60 days on reducing Veterans Health Administration wait times, a feasibility study and later action plan for expanding the Manchester VA Medical Center in New Hampshire, and a broader strategy to improve healthcare delivery, including shared use of military treatment facilities.<br>Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14295
Increasing Efficiency at the Office of the Federal Register
·Donald Trump·90 FR 20367
Directs the Archivist of the United States, acting through the Office of the Federal Register, to work with the Director of the Government Publishing Office to reduce delays in publishing regulatory documents, including through modernizing computer systems and cutting bureaucracy. Requires the Archivist to submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget within 15 days showing average publication times by document category. Within 45 days, the Archivist must review Federal Register publication fee schedules to ensure they reflect actual costs and any efficiency gains, and report on the percentage change from prior fees. By August 22, 2025, the Archivist must submit a further report on average publication times measured between July 15 and August 15, 2025, using the same categories. States it does not alter existing agency authority or OMB's budgetary functions, and that its costs are to be borne by the National Archives and Records Administration.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14294
Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations
·Donald Trump·90 FR 20363
Sets a policy disfavoring criminal enforcement of federal regulatory offenses, particularly strict-liability crimes that don't require proof of a guilty mental state. Directs agency heads, within 365 days and consulting the Attorney General, to compile and publicly post lists of all criminal regulatory offenses they or the Justice Department enforce, including penalties and applicable mental-state requirements, updated at least yearly. Discourages criminal referrals for offenses not included in these reports. Requires future proposed and final rules with criminal penalties to identify themselves as such, cite authorizing statutes, and state mens rea requirements, with strict-liability rules treated as significant regulatory actions subject to review. Directs agencies to study whether they can adopt a default mens rea standard and, within 30 days of their initial report, submit plans to OMB. Within 45 days, agencies must publish guidance on factors for deciding whether to refer violations for criminal prosecution, such as harm caused and the defendant's awareness of wrongdoing. Exempts immigration and national security enforcement from these requirements.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14293
Regulatory Relief To Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines
·Donald Trump·90 FR 19615
Directs federal agencies to streamline regulations that slow domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing. Within 180 days, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, must review regulations and guidance on domestic drug manufacturing to eliminate duplicative requirements, speed up agency reviews, improve risk-based inspection approaches, expand early technical-advice programs, strengthen enforcement of manufacturing data reporting, and clarify rules for site changes. Within 90 days, the FDA Commissioner must improve risk-based inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities, fund this through increased fees on foreign facilities where legally permitted, and publicly disclose inspection counts by country and manufacturer. Within 180 days, the Environmental Protection Agency must streamline its own review process for pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and will serve as lead agency for coordinating environmental permitting requiring an Environmental Impact Statement, with the Office of Management and Budget assisting coordination. Also within 180 days, the Army Corps of Engineers must review existing nationwide permits under the Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act to determine if pharmaceutical-specific permits are needed.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14292
Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research
·Donald Trump·90 FR 19611
Directs federal agencies to end funding of dangerous gain-of-function research on pathogens conducted by foreign entities in countries of concern, such as China, or in other countries lacking adequate biosafety oversight, and to suspend federally funded gain-of-function research pending new policy. Orders the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, working with other officials, to revise federal oversight policy for dual-use research and pathogens with pandemic potential within 120 days, and to update the framework for screening synthetic nucleic acid procurement within 90 days. Requires a strategy, within 180 days, to track and limit similar research that lacks federal funding, along with a legislative proposal to close any authority gaps. Calls for public reporting on covered research programs and requires life-science research contracts and grants to include compliance certifications, with penalties including funding revocation and up to five years of ineligibility for violations. Defines "dangerous gain-of-function research" and applies to federal agencies, research institutions, and grant recipients.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14291
Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission
·Donald Trump·90 FR 19417
Establishes the Religious Liberty Commission, made up of up to 14 presidentially appointed members plus the Attorney General, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy as ex officio members. The Commission is to produce a report covering the history and current state of religious liberty in America, including topics such as First Amendment protections for clergy and worship, attacks on houses of worship, debanking of religious entities, conscience protections in health care, parental rights over children's education, prayer in public schools, and government religious displays. It will advise the White House Faith Office and the Domestic Policy Council and may coordinate with the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. It creates three advisory subgroups on religious leaders, lay leaders, and legal experts. Members serve without pay, and the Department of Justice provides administrative support. The Commission terminates July 4, 2026, unless the President extends it, and members' terms may then be renewed for two years.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14290
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media
·Donald Trump·90 FR 19415
Directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Board of Directors to stop all direct and indirect federal funding to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), citing concerns about biased and partisan coverage. The CPB Board must cancel existing funding where legally possible, decline future funding, and revise 2025 grant provisions by June 30, 2025 to bar recipients from passing federal funds to NPR or PBS. Heads of all federal agencies are told to identify and terminate any of their own funding connections to NPR and PBS, then review remaining contracts or grants for compliance with their terms, taking corrective action if violations are found. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must assess whether NPR and PBS comply with statutory nondiscrimination requirements regarding race, color, religion, national origin, and sex, and take corrective action if they do not. The order states it does not create enforceable legal rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14289
Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles
·Donald Trump·90 FR 18907
Addresses the overlap of multiple sets of tariffs by setting rules on which duties apply when an imported article is subject to more than one tariff action. It covers tariffs from the automobile and auto-parts proclamation, the border-related duties on Canada and Mexico, and the aluminum and steel tariff proclamations. Generally, an article subject to auto tariffs is exempt from the other listed tariffs, and an article subject to the border-related tariffs is exempt from the aluminum and steel tariffs, while aluminum and steel tariffs can still stack with each other. It clarifies that these rules do not affect other duties, such as antidumping, countervailing, or Section 301 duties, or tariffs on Chinese-origin synthetic opioid-related goods. It directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce, and U.S. Trade Representative, to update systems and guidance, revise the Harmonized Tariff Schedule by May 16, 2025, and apply the changes retroactively to entries made on or after March 4, 2025, with refunds processed under standard procedures.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14288
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens
·Donald Trump·90 FR 18765
Directs federal agencies to expand support for state and local police, including new best practices, training, pay and benefits, legal protections, and enhanced sentences for crimes against officers. Instructs the Attorney General to create a mechanism, including private pro bono assistance, to provide legal defense and indemnification for officers facing liability from official duties. Requires the Attorney General, within 60 days, to review federal consent decrees and related agreements involving state or local police and modify or end those seen as impeding law enforcement functions. Within 90 days, the Attorney General and Secretary of Defense must expand provision of surplus military and national security assets to local police and determine how military resources and training can be used to prevent crime. Directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecution of state or local officials who obstruct law enforcement or who restrict policing through diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Also directs use of existing Homeland Security Task Forces, created under a prior order, to coordinate these efforts.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14287
Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens
·Donald Trump·90 FR 18761
Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish, within 30 days, a list of states and local jurisdictions deemed to obstruct enforcement of federal immigration laws, called sanctuary jurisdictions, and to notify those jurisdictions of their status and possible violations of federal criminal law. Directs federal agencies, working with the Office of Management and Budget, to identify federal grants and contracts to sanctuary jurisdictions for suspension or termination, and directs the Attorney General and Homeland Security Secretary to pursue legal remedies against jurisdictions that remain in defiance after notice. Directs the Homeland Security Secretary to develop guidance ensuring eligibility verification for federal public benefits provided by private entities in sanctuary jurisdictions. Directs the Attorney General to identify and act against state or local laws or practices that favor noncitizens over American citizens, including certain in-state tuition or sentencing policies, where such laws are unlawful or preempted by federal law. Implementation is subject to existing law, agency authority, and available appropriations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14286
Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers
·Donald Trump·90 FR 18759
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, to rescind a 2016 guidance document on English-language proficiency enforcement for commercial truck drivers and, within 60 days, issue new guidance ensuring compliance with existing federal rules requiring drivers to read and speak English. It also directs revision of out-of-service criteria so that violating the English proficiency requirement results in a driver being taken out of service. Separately, it orders the agency to review non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses issued by states for irregularities and to improve verification of domestic and international driving credentials. Within 60 days, the Secretary must also identify and begin additional actions to improve truck drivers' working conditions. The order applies to commercial motor vehicle drivers, state licensing agencies, and federal transportation officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14285
Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources
·Donald Trump·90 FR 17735
Directs federal agencies to accelerate development of seabed mineral resources, including polymetallic nodules and deposits containing nickel, cobalt, copper, manganese, titanium, and rare earth elements. Within 60 days, the Secretary of Commerce must expedite seabed mineral exploration licenses and recovery permits under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, and report on private-sector interest in mineral exploration, mining, and processing, as well as a plan for mapping priority seabed areas. The Secretary of the Interior must establish an expedited leasing and permitting process under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and identify critical minerals derivable from seabed resources. The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy must assess using the National Defense Stockpile for seabed-derived materials and review regulations to support domestic processing. Other officials, including the heads of the Development Finance Corporation, Export-Import Bank, and Trade and Development Agency, must jointly report on tools to support domestic and international seabed mineral development. The order also directs engagement with allied nations on seabed mineral partnerships and defines key terms used throughout.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14284
Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service
·Donald Trump·90 FR 17729
Repeals a section of Civil Service Rule II and creates a new Civil Service Rule XI governing probationary and trial periods for federal employees, superseding existing regulations on probation for initial competitive-service appointments. Under the new rule, a probationary or trial employee's appointment automatically terminates at the end of the probationary period unless the agency affirmatively certifies in writing that continued employment serves the public interest, considering factors like performance, agency needs, and organizational goals. It sets rules for crediting prior service, defines how probation applies to promotions, transfers, and supervisory roles, and limits appeals to procedures set by the Office of Personnel Management. Within 15 days, agencies must identify employees nearing the end of probation and designate officials to evaluate them, holding review meetings at least 60 days before probation ends. The Director of OPM must publish a rescinding rule within 30 days. Most provisions take effect immediately, but the review and certification requirements take effect 90 days after signing.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14283
White House Initiative To Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
·Donald Trump·90 FR 17543
Establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), housed in the Executive Office of the President and led by an appointed Executive Director, to work with federal agencies, private employers, and philanthropic groups to strengthen HBCUs' finances, infrastructure, research funding, and student outcomes, and to hold an annual White House Summit on HBCUs. Creates a President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs within the Department of Education, drawing members from business, philanthropy, and academia, to advise the President on related priorities under the HBCU PARTNERS Act. Requires the Initiative's Executive Director to submit an annual progress report to the President. Revokes Executive Order 14041 from 2021 and directs the Environmental Protection Agency to terminate its Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council within 14 days. Defines HBCUs by reference to federal regulations and states the order does not create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14282
Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities
·Donald Trump·90 FR 17541
Directs the Secretary of Education to strengthen enforcement of Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which requires colleges and universities to report significant foreign funding. The Secretary is instructed to reverse prior administration actions that allowed institutions to keep foreign funding secret, require more specific disclosure of the true source and purpose of foreign funds, increase public access to this information, and work with the Attorney General and other agency heads to audit, investigate, and enforce compliance. It also directs the Secretary of Education and other relevant agencies to ensure that institutions' certification of compliance with foreign funding disclosure laws is treated as material for purposes of federal false claims liability and eligibility for federal grants, with funds withheld from noncompliant institutions. The order states it does not alter existing agency legal authority or create enforceable rights against the government, and applies only as consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14281
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
·Donald Trump·90 FR 17537