E.O.13844
Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud
·Donald Trump·83 FR 33115
E.O.13843
Excepting Administrative Law Judges From the Competitive Service
·Donald Trump·83 FR 32755
Moves the position of administrative law judge (ALJ) out of the competitive civil service and into a new excepted-service category called Schedule E, ending the requirement that ALJs be hired through competitive examination and rating procedures. Citing the Supreme Court's Lucia v. SEC decision, the order states this change aims to reduce doubts about whether the prior hiring method was compatible with the Constitution's Appointments Clause and to give agency heads more discretion in selecting ALJs. It amends Civil Service Rule VI to add Schedule E, requires new ALJ appointees (other than current incumbents) to hold an active law license, and states agencies should still follow veteran preference where feasible. ALJs currently in the competitive service remain there as long as they stay in their present positions. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations implementing the order and guidance for transitioning to the new appointment process. Applies to executive agencies employing ALJs under section 3105 of title 5.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13842
Establishing an Exception to Competitive Examining Rules for Appointment to Certain Positions in the United States Marshals Service, Department of Justice
·Donald Trump·83 FR 32753
Places Deputy U.S. Marshals and Criminal Investigators positions within the U.S. Marshals Service, a Department of Justice component, into Schedule B of the excepted federal service, exempting them from standard competitive hiring examinations because such procedures are deemed impractical for these law enforcement roles. Appointments under this authority cannot be used for confidential, policy-determining, or Senior Executive Service positions, and must follow qualification standards set by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Employees hired this way may be converted non-competitively to permanent career appointments after three years of substantially continuous, satisfactory service, provided they meet the Director's requirements. The Director is directed to issue regulations needed to carry out the order. The order states it does not alter existing agency authority or budget functions, must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available funding, and does not create any legally enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13841
Affording Congress an Opportunity To Address Family Separation
·Donald Trump·83 FR 29435
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to maintain custody of families who enter the United States illegally together during criminal or immigration proceedings, rather than separating parents from children, except where keeping a child with a parent would risk the child's welfare. Instructs the Secretary of Defense and other agency heads to make existing facilities available, and to construct new ones if needed, to house these families, with the Department of Homeland Security responsible for reimbursement. Directs the Attorney General to ask the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to modify the settlement agreement in Flores v. Sessions so that families can be detained together for the duration of proceedings, and to prioritize adjudication of cases involving detained families. States that enforcement of immigration laws, including criminal prosecution for illegal entry, will continue. Applies to alien families and alien children as defined in the order, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13840
Ocean Policy To Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States
·Donald Trump·83 FR 29431
Sets national ocean policy focused on coordinating federal agencies on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes matters, promoting economic growth in ocean industries, ensuring lawful and efficient use of ocean resources, and modernizing the use of ocean-related science and data. Establishes an interagency Ocean Policy Committee, co-chaired by the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with membership drawn from numerous cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and White House officials. The Committee is tasked with advising the President and agencies, coordinating release of ocean-related data, identifying research priorities, supporting the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, and consulting with state, tribal, local, and private stakeholders, including regional ocean partnerships. Disputes within the Committee that cannot be resolved by consensus go to the President via the National Security Affairs Assistant. Agencies must review their regulations and policies for consistency with the order within 90 days. Revokes Executive Order 13547 of 2010 on ocean stewardship.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13839
Promoting Accountability and Streamlining Removal Procedures Consistent With Merit System Principles
·Donald Trump·83 FR 25343
Sets policies for disciplining and removing federal civilian employees for misconduct or poor performance, aiming to align procedures with merit system principles. Directs agencies to limit performance-improvement opportunity periods, avoid requiring progressive discipline or suspension before removal, issue removal decisions promptly, and prioritize performance over seniority in reductions in force. Instructs agency heads to seek to exclude removal disputes from negotiated grievance procedures and to renegotiate conflicting collective bargaining terms. Bars agencies from erasing or withholding employee conduct records as part of settling complaints. Requires each agency to report annual data on removals, reprimands, opportunity periods, and adverse actions to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), who must publish aggregated results. Directs the OPM Director to review and, if needed, propose new regulations within 45 days, and requires agencies to revise their internal policies accordingly. Also calls for a later report evaluating the rules' effects and a government-wide training initiative for supervisors. States it does not create enforceable legal rights and does not override existing collective bargaining agreements.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13838
Exemption From Executive Order 13658 for Recreational Services on Federal Lands
·Donald Trump·83 FR 25341
Amends Executive Order 13658, which set a minimum wage for federal contractors, to exempt contracts for seasonal recreational services and equipment rental on federal lands, such as river running, hunting, fishing, horseback riding, camping, mountaineering, recreational ski services, and youth camps. Lodging and food services associated with these seasonal recreational activities remain subject to the minimum wage requirement. Directs federal executive departments and agencies to promptly implement the exemption, update regulations and guidance accordingly, and modify existing contracts and solicitations to remove clauses requiring compliance with Executive Order 13658 for the exempted services, while ensuring the change does not disrupt authorized recreational activities. States it does not alter existing legal authorities of agencies or the Office of Management and Budget, applies only to the extent consistent with law and available funding, and creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13837
Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and Efficiency in Taxpayer-Funded Union Time Use
·Donald Trump·83 FR 25335
Directs executive branch agencies to limit and monitor taxpayer-funded "official time" that federal employees use for union representational work instead of agency duties. Sets a standard that union time rates exceeding one hour per bargaining-unit employee per year are generally not reasonable, requiring agency heads to report such agreements to the President through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director within 15 days. Requires employees to spend at least three-quarters of paid time on agency business, bars free or discounted use of government property and reimbursement of expenses for union activities, and restricts use of official time for grievances except in specified cases. Requires advance written authorization for using taxpayer-funded union time, treats unauthorized use as absence without leave, and directs agencies to create monitoring and authorization procedures within 180 days. Requires annual agency reporting to OPM and public disclosure reports by OPM starting with fiscal year 2019 data published by June 30, 2020. Directs agencies to renegotiate conflicting collective bargaining provisions where legally permitted.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13836
Developing Efficient, Effective, and Cost- Reducing Approaches To Federal Sector Collective Bargaining
·Donald Trump·83 FR 25329
Directs federal agencies engaged in collective bargaining under Chapter 71 of title 5 to pursue contracts that promote efficiency, cost-reduction, management flexibility, and employee accountability, and sets a goal of completing contract renegotiations within a year. Establishes an Interagency Labor Relations Working Group, chaired by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, to gather bargaining data, develop model negotiating ground rules, and analyze contract provisions across agencies, with a report due to the President within 18 months of its first meeting. Requires agencies to prepare reports on expiring contracts at least a year in advance, follow specified timelines for negotiations and mediation through the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Federal Service Impasses Panel, notify the President of prolonged negotiations, and consider unfair labor practice complaints for bad-faith bargaining. Limits bargaining over certain permissive and procedural subjects, requires review of agreements for legal compliance within 30 days, and directs agencies to submit current and new contracts and arbitration awards to the OPM Director for public posting online.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13835
Prohibiting Certain Additional Transactions With Respect to Venezuela
·Donald Trump·83 FR 24001
Acting under the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13692 and expanded by Executive Orders 13808 and 13827, this order prohibits U.S. persons and transactions within the United States from purchasing debt owed to the Venezuelan government, accepting such debt as collateral after the order's effective date, or dealing in the sale, transfer, assignment, or pledging as collateral of equity interests of 50 percent or greater held by the Venezuelan government in any entity. It also bars transactions that evade or attempt to evade these prohibitions, and conspiracies to violate them. 'Government of Venezuela' is defined broadly to include its agencies, the Central Bank of Venezuela, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., and any person acting on its behalf. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue rules and regulations to implement the order and may delegate these functions to other agencies. The order took effect at 12:30 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 21, 2018.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13834
Efficient Federal Operations
·Donald Trump·83 FR 23771
Directs federal agencies to meet statutory energy, water, building, waste, and procurement requirements in a cost-effective way that reduces waste and enhances efficiency, rather than through specific numeric targets. Sets goals for agencies covering building energy use, renewable energy and water consumption, performance contracting, construction standards, recycling, and sustainable procurement, and requires tracking and reporting of progress. Assigns implementation roles to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) chairman and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director, who must develop metrics and guidance, and sets deadlines of 90, 120, and 150 days for agencies including Agriculture, Energy, General Services Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency to review and update related guidance and fleet requirements. Requires each agency head to designate a Chief Sustainability Officer within 45 days and continues a Federal Chief Sustainability Officer and interagency Steering Committee within CEQ. Revokes Executive Order 13693. Limits application to domestic agency activities unless extended, and allows exemptions for intelligence, law enforcement, military, and national security activities.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13833
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Agency Chief Information Officers
·Donald Trump·83 FR 23345
Directs heads of covered federal agencies (excluding the Department of Defense and independent regulatory agencies) to strengthen the role of agency Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in managing information technology. Requires that CIOs report directly to agency heads, serve as primary strategic advisors on IT, play a significant role in IT budgeting and planning, and approve appointments of component CIOs. Directs agencies to consolidate IT functions, eliminate redundant IT management roles, prioritize shared and cloud-based IT services, and ensure CIOs help set knowledge and skill standards for IT staff, which must be reflected in performance evaluations. Requires CIOs to sit on, and where appropriate chair, agency IT governance boards. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to propose, within 30 days, a rule allowing agencies to obtain direct hiring authority for IT positions facing severe candidate shortages, with hired employees limited to term appointments. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to update related guidance.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13832
Enhancing Noncompetitive Civil Service Appointments of Military Spouses
·Donald Trump·83 FR 22343
Directs federal agencies to promote the noncompetitive hiring authority that allows military spouses to be appointed to civil service jobs without going through the standard competitive process. Agencies must indicate in job postings that they will consider candidates under this military spouse hiring authority, actively advertise it, and solicit applications from eligible spouses. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must, within 180 days, review potential regulatory changes, notify agency human resources officials about the authority, educate agencies on using it effectively, and clarify telework guidance under the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010. Starting in fiscal year 2019, agencies must report annually to OPM and the Department of Labor on positions offered, applications received, and spouses hired under this authority. OPM's Director, with the Secretary of Labor, must give the President annual reports on implementation, including recommendations developed with the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security on improving license portability and removing employment barriers for military spouses.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13831
Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative
·Donald Trump·83 FR 20715
Establishes the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative within the Executive Office of the President, replacing the former White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, to help faith-based and community organizations compete for federal grants, contracts, and funding opportunities. Amends several prior executive orders to rename related offices and centers as "Faith and Opportunity Initiatives." The Initiative will be led by an Advisor housed in the Office of Public Liaison, working with the Domestic Policy Council and agency-level centers or liaisons. It is directed to consult outside experts and faith leaders, recommend policy changes to the President, showcase organizational initiatives, and flag religious-liberty compliance concerns to the Attorney General under Executive Order 13798 and a related 2017 Attorney General memorandum. Federal agencies must designate liaisons and provide requested support. The order revokes Executive Order 13199 and Executive Order 13498, which had created earlier faith-based initiative structures, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13830
Delegation of Authority To Approve Certain Military Decorations
·Donald Trump·83 FR 18191
Delegates presidential authority to approve certain military decorations to the secretaries of the military departments, and to the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard when it is not operating under the Navy. Covers awards including the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Coast Guard Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldier's Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, Airman's Medal, and Coast Guard Medal, setting eligibility criteria for each, such as heroism in combat, meritorious service, or aerial achievement. Allows the Secretary of Defense, with State Department concurrence, to award the Legion of Merit to foreign military members, while requiring presidential approval for the highest degree. Sets time limits for awarding the Distinguished Flying Cross based on when the qualifying act occurred. Authorizes the relevant secretaries to issue implementing regulations, and supersedes two prior executive orders from 1927 and 1942 while preserving existing regulations issued under them until replaced. Does not affect awards already made or create new enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13829
Task Force on the United States Postal System
·Donald Trump·83 FR 17281
Establishes a Task Force on the United States Postal Service, chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, to evaluate the finances and operations of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), which the order says faces an unsustainable financial path. The Task Force also includes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and other agency heads the Chair may designate, and it is directed to consult the Postmaster General, the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and state, local, and tribal officials as needed. It must examine package delivery competition, declining mail volume, the universal service obligation, USPS's role in the economy and rural areas, and its business model and workforce, then develop administrative and legislative reform recommendations consistent with Executive Order 13781. A report summarizing findings and recommendations is due to the President within 120 days. The Federal Financing Bank will provide administrative support and funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13828
Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility
·Donald Trump·83 FR 15941
Sets federal policy on reforming welfare and public assistance programs around a set of 'Principles of Economic Mobility,' emphasizing work requirements, self-sufficiency, reduced dependence, and accountability for outcomes. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education to review their agencies' regulations and guidance on eligibility waivers and work requirements for consistency with these principles, and within 90 days to submit recommended regulatory and policy changes to the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, then implement them within another 90 days. Also requires these Secretaries to report within 90 days on their agencies' compliance with federal law restricting public benefits for non-qualified aliens, including lists of restricted and unrestricted benefit programs. Defines key terms like 'work,' 'welfare,' and covered 'individuals.' States it creates no enforceable legal rights and applies only as consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13827
Taking Additional Steps to Address the Situation in Venezuela
·Donald Trump·83 FR 12469
Acting under the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13692 and continued in Executive Order 13808, this order prohibits U.S. persons and transactions within the United States from dealing in any digital currency, coin, or token issued by or on behalf of the Venezuelan government on or after January 9, 2018, citing the Maduro government's use of a digital currency to circumvent U.S. sanctions. It also bars transactions that evade, avoid, or conspire to violate these prohibitions. It defines "Government of Venezuela" to include the Central Bank of Venezuela, the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., and entities acting on the government's behalf. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue regulations and take other actions to implement the order and may delegate these functions. It states that affected persons will not receive prior notice, since advance warning could allow assets to be moved beyond reach. The order took effect at 12:15 p.m. Eastern time on March 19, 2018.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13826
Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry
·Donald Trump·83 FR 10771
Establishes the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry, co-chaired by the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the Senior Advisor overseeing the White House Office of American Innovation, with members from numerous federal departments and offices including Treasury, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Veterans Affairs, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The Council is directed to engage state, local, and tribal officials and outside stakeholders, meet quarterly, and develop recommendations on crime prevention, reducing recidivism, inmate education and job training, mental health and substance abuse treatment, victim services, and interagency coordination. It must submit an initial implementation report within 90 days and a full report within one year, with periodic updates. The order revokes a 2016 presidential memorandum on rehabilitation and reintegration, designates the Attorney General to appoint an Executive Director, and provides that the Council and most of the order terminate three years after signing.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13825
2018 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
·Donald Trump·83 FR 9889