On this day

Executive orders signed on May 23

Dates here are signing dates — the day the order was signed. An order is printed in the Federal Register some days afterwards, and that later date is not what this page is organised by.

2025

5 orders

E.O.14303

Restoring Gold Standard Science

Signed May 23, 2025·Donald Trump (47th)·90 FR 22601

E.O.14302

Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base

Signed May 23, 2025·Donald Trump (47th)·90 FR 22595

E.O.14301

Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy

Signed May 23, 2025·Donald Trump (47th)·90 FR 22591

E.O.14300

Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Signed May 23, 2025·Donald Trump (47th)·90 FR 22587

E.O.14299

Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security

Signed May 23, 2025·Donald Trump (47th)·90 FR 22581

2011

1 order

E.O.13574

Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as Amended

Signed May 23, 2011·Barack Obama (44th)·76 FR 30505

2000

1 order

E.O.13157

Increasing Opportunities for Women-Owned Small Businesses

Signed May 23, 2000·William J. Clinton (42nd)·65 FR 34035

What this record covers

Executive orders only — 1,531 of them, the earliest signed December 30, 1993 and the most recent signed August 10, 2026. Presidential proclamations, memoranda, notices and other presidential documents are not part of it, and neither is anything signed outside those dates.