E.O.14274
Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management
·Donald Trump·90 FR 16445
E.O.14273
Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First
·Donald Trump·90 FR 16441
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other officials to take a series of steps aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. Within 60 days, the Secretary must propose guidance improving transparency of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. Within 90 to 180 days, various officials must deliver recommendations on stabilizing Medicare Part D premiums, aligning treatment of small molecule and biological drugs, reforming Medicaid drug rebates, addressing the role of pharmacy benefit managers and other supply-chain intermediaries, and reducing anti-competitive practices by manufacturers, the last in coordination with the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Federal Trade Commission. Within 90 days, the Food and Drug Administration must streamline the drug importation program, and health centers receiving certain federal grants must be required to offer discounted insulin and epinephrine to qualifying low-income patients. Within a year, the Secretary must test a new Medicare payment model for high-cost drugs. It also calls for surveys of hospital drug acquisition costs, review of payment incentives affecting site of drug administration, and reports on accelerating approval of generics and biosimilars and expanding over-the-counter drug status.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14272
Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products
·Donald Trump·90 FR 16437
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to launch an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 into whether imports of processed critical minerals—such as rare earth oxides, salts, and metals—and derivative products like magnets, batteries, semiconductors, and electric vehicles threaten U.S. national security. The Secretary must examine import sources, foreign market manipulation, supply chain risks, U.S. processing capacity, and import values, and consider potential remedies such as tariffs, import restrictions, anti-circumvention safeguards, and incentives for domestic production and recycling. Within 90 days, a draft interim report must go to the Secretaries of Treasury and Defense, the U.S. Trade Representative, and two White House economic advisers for comment, due within 15 days; a final report and recommendations to the President are required within 180 days of the investigation's start. The order applies to federal agencies involved in trade and national security policy and does not create enforceable rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14271
Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts
·Donald Trump·90 FR 16433
Directs federal agencies to prioritize purchasing commercially available products and services, rather than custom or government-unique alternatives, to the maximum extent practicable under the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994. Within 60 days, each agency's senior procurement executive ("approval authority") must have contracting officers review open solicitations and notices for non-commercial products or services and compile applications justifying those purchases with market research and price analysis. Within 30 days of receiving those applications, approval authorities must assess compliance, address deficiencies, and recommend commercial alternatives where suitable. Within 120 days, and annually afterward, agencies must report compliance progress to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Going forward, contracting officers must submit proposed non-commercial procurements to the approval authority for written approval or denial, and approval authorities may consult the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on such proposals. The order states it does not alter existing legal authorities and creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14270
Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15643
Directs several federal agencies involved in energy regulation—including the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and specified subcomponents of the Interior Department and Army Corps of Engineers—to add automatic expiration dates to their regulations issued under listed energy and environmental statutes. By September 30, 2025, these agencies must issue rules giving existing covered regulations a one-year expiration date, and new regulations expiration dates of up to five years, unless extended after public comment. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers must first identify, within 30 days, which of their statutes will be covered. Expired regulations must not be enforced and should be removed from the Code of Federal Regulations. The order excludes statutory permitting regimes, says expirations won't count toward a prior deregulation order's requirements, and directs agencies to coordinate implementation with their Department of Government Efficiency team leads and the Office of Management and Budget.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14269
Restoring America's Maritime Dominance
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15635
Directs a broad set of federal agencies to develop a Maritime Action Plan, coordinated by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the Office of Management and Budget, aimed at rebuilding U.S. shipbuilding and maritime industries. Within 210 days, agencies must submit the plan, which is to incorporate numerous component actions: assessing investment options for the shipbuilding industrial base, supporting the U.S. Trade Representative's Section 301 investigation into China's targeting of maritime industries and possible tariffs, tightening Harbor Maintenance Fee collection to prevent circumvention via Canada or Mexico, engaging allied nations on aligned trade policies, proposing a Maritime Security Trust Fund and shipbuilding financial incentive programs, creating Maritime Prosperity Zones modeled on existing opportunity zones, reviewing federal maritime programs and cargo preference laws, expanding mariner training and merchant marine academies, modernizing the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's facilities, improving vessel procurement and acquisition processes, reviewing Defense and Homeland Security vessel procurement, growing the U.S.-flagged commercial fleet, securing Arctic waterways, and pursuing deregulation. Various agencies face deadlines ranging from 30 to 210 days for reports, reviews, and legislative proposals.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14268
Reforming Foreign Defense Sales To Improve Speed and Accountability
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15631
Directs the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense to overhaul the foreign military sales system to speed up and streamline arms transfers to allies. They must promptly implement existing conventional arms transfer policy guidance, reconsider missile technology export restrictions in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, and propose to Congress updated thresholds for congressional notification of arms sales. Within 60 days they must identify priority partner countries and priority defense items for transfer, ensuring transfers don't harm U.S. military readiness and support allied burden-sharing. These priority lists must be reviewed annually, along with the list of items restricted to government-only sales channels. Within 90 days, the agencies must submit a plan to the President's national security adviser for improving transparency and building exportability into weapons design earlier. Within 120 days, the Defense Department must propose a single electronic system to track all arms export license requests and sales cases. The order defines key terms used throughout these processes.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14267
Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15629
Directs federal agency heads to review, in consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General, all regulations under their rulemaking authority to identify ones that create monopolies, unnecessary barriers to entry, unduly limit competition, restrict licensure or accreditation, burden procurement, or otherwise distort free-market competition. Agencies must submit lists of such regulations within 70 days, along with recommendations to rescind, modify, or justify them, prioritizing rules classified as significant under Executive Order 12866. Within 10 days, the Chairman must open a 40-day public request for information on these regulations. After receiving agency lists, the Chairman, with the Attorney General and other officials, must compile a consolidated list of recommended changes within 90 days for the Office of Management and Budget Director, who will decide whether to incorporate them into the Unified Regulatory Agenda established under Executive Order 14219. The order states it does not alter existing legal authorities and creates no enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14266
Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15625
Modifies the reciprocal tariff system established by Executive Order 14257 and later adjusted by an April 8, 2025 order. Citing China's announcement of an 84 percent retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods, it raises the additional tariff on Chinese imports from 84 to 125 percent, effective April 10, 2025. For more than 75 other trading partners listed in Annex I to Executive Order 14257 that have sought to address trade imbalances, it suspends their individual country-specific tariff rates for 90 days and instead applies a flat additional 10 percent duty. It also raises de minimis tariffs on low-value imports from China under Executive Order 14256: increasing the ad valorem rate from 90 to 120 percent, and increasing per-item postal duties from 75 to 100 dollars (effective May 2 to June 1, 2025) and from 150 to 200 dollars (effective after June 1, 2025). Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, Homeland Security, and the U.S. Trade Representative, in consultation with other officials, to implement these changes, including through Harmonized Tariff Schedule revisions and Federal Register actions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14265
Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15621
Directs the Secretary of Defense to overhaul the Department of Defense's acquisition system to speed up procurement and strengthen the defense industrial base. Within 60 days, the Secretary must submit a plan expanding use of expedited acquisition authorities, such as commercial solutions and Other Transactions Authority, and streamlining acquisition workforce roles. The Secretary must also review internal acquisition regulations for simplification, applying the ten-for-one rule from Executive Order 14192. Within 120 days, a plan to restructure and train the acquisition workforce is due, including new performance metrics and field training teams. Within 90 days, the Secretary must review major defense acquisition programs for cost overruns, schedule delays, or misalignment with priorities, flagging candidates for cancellation to the Office of Management and Budget, and later review other major systems. Within 180 days, the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System must be reviewed to accelerate requirements processes. The order defines key acquisition terms and states it does not create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14264
Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15619
Directs the Secretary of Energy to publish a Federal Register notice rescinding the 2021 regulation that defined "showerhead" under the Energy Conservation Program, including the definition codified at 10 C.F.R. 430.2. The order states that notice-and-comment procedures are unnecessary because the repeal is directly ordered, and specifies that the rescission takes effect 30 days after the notice is published. It criticizes the prior regulation as overly long and unnecessary, referencing the Oxford English Dictionary's brief definition of the term. The order also includes standard provisions clarifying that it does not affect the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding, and does not create any enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14263
Addressing Risks From Susman Godfrey
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15615
Directs federal agencies to suspend active security clearances held by individuals at the law firm Susman Godfrey LLP pending review, and instructs the Office of Management and Budget to identify and halt government resources, facilities, and services provided to the firm. Requires government contractors to disclose any business dealings with Susman Godfrey, directs agencies to review and, where legally permitted, terminate contracts involving the firm, and requires agencies to report their contract assessments to the Office of Management and Budget within 30 days. Instructs agencies to limit Susman Godfrey employees' access to federal buildings and restrict officials from engaging with the firm's staff when national security interests are implicated, and directs agencies to generally avoid hiring the firm's employees absent a waiver. The order cites concerns about the firm's litigation activities, funding of certain groups, and a diversity program it says constitutes unlawful racial discrimination. It states it does not limit actions under a related order concerning Perkins Coie LLP, and does not create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14262
Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15521
Directs the Secretary of Energy to strengthen electric grid reliability amid rising demand from data centers and manufacturing, citing the national energy emergency declared in Executive Order 14156. Instructs the Secretary to streamline the Department of Energy's process for issuing emergency orders under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act during periods when grid operators forecast supply interruptions that could cause grid failure. Within 30 days, the Secretary must develop a uniform methodology to analyze reserve margins across regions regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, identifying areas with insufficient margins; this methodology and its results must be published on the Department's website within 90 days. The Secretary must also set up a process to regularly assess this methodology and create a protocol identifying generation resources critical to reliability, using available legal mechanisms to retain them, and potentially preventing generation resources over 50 megawatts from leaving the system or switching fuel sources if doing so would reduce accredited capacity in an at-risk region.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14261
Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15517
Declares coal essential to national and economic security and directs federal agencies to remove barriers to coal production and use. Amends Executive Order 14241 to classify coal as a covered "mineral" and corrects a statutory citation in that order. Within 60 days, the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Energy must report on coal resources on federal lands and impediments to mining them, and the Interior and Agriculture Secretaries must prioritize and expedite coal leasing on identified lands, including ending the "Jewell Moratorium." Within 30 to 90 days, various agencies must identify and reconsider rules that discourage coal production or financing, promote coal exports, expand use of environmental categorical exclusions for coal projects, evaluate coal as a "critical material" for steelmaking, assess using coal power for artificial intelligence data centers, and develop a plan to accelerate coal technology deployment. States it does not create enforceable rights and must be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14260
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15513
Directs the Attorney General, working with relevant federal agencies, to identify state and local laws, regulations, policies, and legal actions that burden the identification, development, siting, production, or use of domestic energy resources and that may be unconstitutional, preempted by federal law, or otherwise unenforceable. Instructs the Attorney General to prioritize laws addressing climate change, environmental, social, and governance initiatives, environmental justice, greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon penalty or tax funds, citing examples such as New York and Vermont climate liability laws and California's carbon cap program. Orders the Attorney General to take prompt action to stop enforcement of any such laws or lawsuits determined to be illegal, and to submit a report to the President within 60 days describing actions taken and recommending further presidential or legislative steps. States it does not alter existing agency authorities or budget functions and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14259
Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's Republic of China
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15509
Responds to China's announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States by increasing duties imposed under Executive Order 14257. It raises the reciprocal tariff rate on Chinese goods listed under HTSUS heading 9903.01.63 from 34 percent to 84 percent, effective April 9, 2025. It also raises duties on low-value shipments established under Executive Order 14256: the ad valorem duty on de minimis imports rises from 30 to 90 percent, the per-item postal duty in effect from May 2 to June 1, 2025 rises from $25 to $75, and the per-item postal duty taking effect June 1, 2025 rises from $50 to $150. It directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security and the U.S. Trade Representative, in consultation with other officials, to take necessary actions—including regulatory amendments—to implement these changes, and instructs all executive agencies to take appropriate measures within their authority.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14258
Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15209
Extends until June 19, 2025, the enforcement delay set out in Executive Order 14166, directing the Department of Justice not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the law targeting TikTok) or penalize any entity for distributing, maintaining, or updating the app during this period. It also bars enforcement for any noncompliance occurring before the order's date, including from January 19, 2025 onward. The Attorney General must issue written guidance implementing this delay and send letters to affected providers confirming no violation or liability occurred. The order further directs the Attorney General to use all available authority to preserve the Executive Branch's exclusive enforcement power under the Act, treating attempted enforcement by states or private parties as an encroachment on that authority. It applies to companies and platforms covered by the Act, such as TikTok's providers.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14257
Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits
·Donald Trump·90 FR 15041
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other authorities, the order declares a national emergency over large and persistent U.S. goods trade deficits and imposes new tariffs on imports from nearly all trading partners. It sets a baseline additional 10 percent ad valorem duty on all imports starting April 5, 2025, with higher country-specific rates listed in an annex taking effect April 9, 2025 for enumerated trading partners. It exempts certain goods, including items already subject to steel, aluminum, and automobile tariffs, plus copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber, critical minerals, and energy products, and sets special rules for Canada and Mexico tied to existing border-related tariff orders and USMCA origin status. It directs the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative, with other officials, to recommend further action, allows the President to raise or lower tariffs based on retaliation, negotiation, or continued manufacturing decline, and authorizes agencies to implement and report on the order to Congress. It also modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and addresses de minimis treatment and transshipment through Hong Kong and Macau.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14256
Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports
·Donald Trump·90 FR 14899
Ends duty-free de minimis treatment for low-value imports from China and Hong Kong covered by Executive Order 14195, as amended, effective 12:01 am eastern time on May 2, 2025. Shipments valued at $800 or less that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption must be formally entered through Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial Environment and pay applicable duties. For international postal packages, carriers must collect either a 30 percent ad valorem duty or a flat per-item fee ($25 through May 31, 2025, rising to $50 afterward), instead of other duties, and must hold an international carrier bond and report shipment volumes and values to Customs and Border Protection. Customs and Border Protection may require formal entry for any postal package instead. The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to implement the order, and the Secretary of Commerce, with the Trade Representative, must report to the President within 90 days on the order's economic impact and whether to extend the restriction to Macau.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14255
Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator
·Donald Trump·90 FR 14701