Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management
Signed April 15, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 16445
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Plain-language summary
Revokes Executive Order 12072, which had directed federal agencies to prioritize central business districts when siting facilities in urban areas, and Executive Order 13006, which encouraged agencies to locate facilities in historic properties and districts in central cities. Directs the Administrator of General Services to begin amending related federal regulations (title 41, parts 102-79 and 102-83) and to take other steps needed to align federal office space policy with the order. Requires agencies that acquire or use federally owned or leased space under authority other than the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to conform to the order's provisions where consistent with applicable law. States it does not alter existing agency authority or the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions, applies subject to available appropriations, and creates no enforceable legal rights.
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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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Disposition
Revokes: EO 12072, August 16, 1978; EO 13006, May 21, 1996
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The order, in full
Executive Order 14274 of April 15, 2025
Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space
Management
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. The American people are spread
across more than 3.8 million square miles in urban,
suburban, and rural areas. To provide the highest
quality services in an efficient and cost-effective
manner, executive departments and agencies (agencies)
must be where the people are.
President Carter signed Executive Order 12072 of August
16, 1978 (Federal Space Management), ordering the
Federal Government to prioritize central business
districts when siting Federal facilities in urban
areas. Intended to improve these districts, President
Carter's order has instead prevented agencies from
relocating to lower-cost facilities.
Building on Executive Order 12072, President Clinton
signed Executive Order 13006 of May 21, 1996 (Locating
Federal Facilities on Historic Properties in Our
Nation's Central Cities), to encourage agencies to
locate their facilities in historic properties and
districts, especially when located in central business
areas. Much like President Carter's order, President
Clinton's order failed to adequately prioritize
efficient and effective Government service.
Revoking these orders will restore common sense to
Federal office space management by freeing agencies to
select cost-effective facilities and focus on
successfully carrying out their missions for American
taxpayers.
Sec. 2. Revoking Executive Orders. (a) Executive Order
12072 is hereby revoked.
(b) Executive Order 13006 is hereby revoked.
(c) The Administrator of General Services is
directed to initiate the process to amend the
regulations at title 41, parts 102-79 and 102-83, Code
of Federal Regulations, and to take any other steps
necessary in accordance with applicable law to conform
Federal office space management policy with this order.
(d) Agencies that acquire or utilize federally
owned or leased space under authority other than the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (40 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), as amended, shall conform
to the provisions of this order to the extent
consistent with applicable law.
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 or 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,
April 15, 2025.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed April 15, 2025. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.