Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
Signed March 14, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 13043
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Directs the elimination of non-statutory components and functions, to the maximum extent allowed by law, at seven federal entities: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the United States Agency for Global Media, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and the Minority Business Development Agency. Requires these entities to reduce statutory functions and staffing to the minimum required by law. Gives the head of each entity 7 days to report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget confirming compliance and detailing any statutorily required functions. Instructs the Office of Management and Budget and agencies reviewing grant requests to reject funding for these entities that conflicts with the order, unless needed to complete an expected termination. States it does not alter existing legal authorities, must be implemented consistent with law and available funding, and creates no enforceable rights against the government.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 14238 of March 14, 2025
Continuing 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. This order continues the reduction
in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the
President has determined are unnecessary.
Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal Bureaucracy.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
section, 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 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service;
(ii) the United States Agency for Global Media;
(iii) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the
Smithsonian Institution;
(iv) the Institute of Museum and Library Services;
(v) the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness;
(vi) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and
(vii) the Minority Business Development Agency.
(b) Within 7 days of the date of this order, the
head of each governmental entity listed in subsection
(a) of this section shall submit a report to the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
confirming full compliance with this order and
explaining which components or functions of the
governmental entity, if any, 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 Director of the Office of Management and
Budget 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.
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,
March 14, 2025.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 14, 2025. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.