Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

Executive Order 14217 of February 19, 2025

Commencing the Reduction of the Federal
Bureaucracy

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. It is the policy of my
Administration to dramatically reduce the size of the
Federal Government, while increasing its accountability
to the American people. This order commences a
reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy
that the President has determined are unnecessary.
Reducing the size of the Federal Government will
minimize Government waste and abuse, reduce inflation,
and promote American freedom and innovation.

Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal Bureaucracy.
(a) The non-statutory components and functions of the
following governmental entities shall be eliminated to
the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and
such entities shall reduce the performance of their
statutory functions and associated personnel to the
minimum presence and function required by law:

(i) the Presidio Trust;

(ii) the Inter-American Foundation;

(iii) the United States African Development Foundation; and

(iv) the United States Institute of Peace.

    (b) Within 14 days of the date of this order, the
head of each unnecessary governmental entity listed in
subsection (a) of this section shall submit a report to
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB Director) confirming compliance with this order
and stating whether the governmental entity, or any
components or functions thereof, are statutorily
required and to what extent.
    (c) In reviewing budget requests submitted by the
governmental entities listed in subsection (a) of this
section, the OMB Director or the head of any executive
department or agency charged with reviewing grant
requests by such entities shall, to the extent
consistent with applicable law and except insofar as
necessary to effectuate an expected termination, reject
funding requests for such governmental entities to the
extent they are inconsistent with this order.
    (d) The Presidential Memorandum of November 13,
1961 (Need for Greater Coordination of Regional and
Field Activities of the Government), is hereby revoked.
The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM
Director) is directed to initiate the process to
withdraw the regulations at title 5, part 960, Code of
Federal Regulations, thereby eliminating the Federal
Executive Boards.
    (e) The OPM Director is directed to initiate the
process to withdraw the regulations at title 5, part
362, subpart D, Code of Federal Regulations, and to
take any other steps necessary to promptly terminate
the Presidential Management Fellows Program. On the
effective date of the final regulations promulgated by
the OPM Director, Executive Order 13318 of November 21,
2003, is revoked and Executive Order 13562 of December
27, 2010, is amended by:

(i) striking from section 2 the words “along with the Presidential
Management Fellows Program, as modified herein,”;

(ii) striking section 5;

(iii) striking from section 6(b) the words “or PMF Programs” and
inserting in their place “program”;

(iv) striking from section 7(b)(iii) the words “the competitive service of
Interns, Recent Graduates, or PMFs (or a Government-wide combined
conversion cap applicable to all three categories together)” and inserting
in their place “the competitive service of Interns or Recent Graduates (or
a Government-wide combined conversion cap applicable to both categories
together)”; and

(v) redesignating sections 6, 7, 8, and 9 as sections 5, 6, 7, and 8
respectively.

    (f) Within 14 days of the date of this order, the
following heads of executive departments and agencies
(agencies) shall take the following actions with
respect to the following Federal Advisory Committees
within their respective agencies:

(i) the Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development shall terminate the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign
Aid;

(ii) the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall
terminate the Academic Research Council and the Credit Union Advisory
Council;

(iii) the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
shall terminate the Community Bank Advisory Council;

(iv) the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall terminate the
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Long COVID; and

(v) the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
shall terminate the Health Equity Advisory Committee.

    (g) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the
Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy shall identify and submit to the President
additional unnecessary governmental entities and
Federal Advisory Committees that should be terminated
on grounds that they are unnecessary.

Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the
head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.

    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    February 19, 2025.