Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor- Management Relations Program
Signed August 28, 2025·Donald Trump·90 FR 42683
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Plain-language summary
Determines that certain federal agencies and subdivisions primarily perform intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work, making it inconsistent with national security to apply federal labor-management relations law (Chapter 71 of title 5) to them. Amends Executive Order 12171 to add several units to the list of excluded agencies, including Bureau of Reclamation units that operate or maintain hydropower facilities, several Commerce Department components (the International Trade Administration, the Patent and Trademark Office's Commissioner's office, and two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration services), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Agency for Global Media. Also extends the deadline for the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to issue orders under a prior directive, Executive Order 14251, allowing such orders to take effect if issued within 15 days of this order despite an earlier deadline provision. Includes standard severability and general-provisions clauses stating it does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable 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, including section 7103(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, to enhance the national security of the United States, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Amends: EO 12171, November 19, 1979 See: EO 14251, March 27, 2025
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The order, in full
Executive Order 14343 of August 28, 2025
Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-
Management Relations Program
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 7103(b)(1) of title 5,
United States Code, to enhance the national security of
the United States, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Determinations. The agencies and agency
subdivisions set forth in section 2 of this order are
hereby determined to have as a primary function
intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or
national security work. It is also hereby determined
that Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, cannot
be applied to these agencies and agency subdivisions in
a manner consistent with national security requirements
and considerations.
Sec. 2. National Security Exclusions. Executive Order
12171 of November 19, 1979, as amended, is further
amended by:
(a) In section 1-408, adding at the end:
“(e) Units in the Bureau of Reclamation with primary
responsibility for operating, managing, or maintaining
hydropower facilities.”;
(b) Revising section 1-411 to read:
“1-411. Agencies or subdivisions of the Department of
Commerce:
(a) The International Trade Administration.
(b) Office of the Commissioner for Patents and
subordinate units, Patent and Trademark Office.
(c) The following subdivisions of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration:
(1) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service.
(2) National Weather Service.”; and
(c) Adding the following after section 1-419:
“1-420. The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
1-421. The United States Agency for Global Media.”.
Sec. 3. Extension of Deadline. Any order published by
the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs
pursuant to section 4 of Executive Order 14251 of March
27, 2025 (Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management
Relations Programs), shall have full force and effect
if it is issued prior to the date that is 15 days from
the date of this order, notwithstanding section
4(b)(ii) of Executive Order 14251.
Sec. 4. Severability. If any provision of this order,
or the application of any provision to any person or
circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of
this order and the application of its provisions to any
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
Sec. 5. 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,
August 28, 2025.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed August 28, 2025. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.