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Return to In-Person Work
This memorandum directs all executive branch department and agency heads to terminate remote work arrangements and require full-time in-person work at employees' duty stations, while allowing agency heads discretion to make exemptions they deem necessary. Implementation must be consistent with applicable law.
Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
President Biden issued the final required certification under the 1992 JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, authorizing continued withholding of a small number of redacted records where release would harm military defense, intelligence, law enforcement, or foreign relations. All other previously withheld information not covered by this certification must be released by June 30, 2023, and the National Declassification Center must continue using agency Transparency Plans for future phased disclosures as harms dissipate.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
This executive order establishes climate action and environmental justice as core federal priorities, directing agencies to review and reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks from 2017-2021. It revokes the Keystone XL pipeline permit, restores Arctic drilling protections, initiates national monument boundary reviews, creates an Interagency Working Group to establish social costs of greenhouse gases, and suspends or revokes numerous prior executive orders on energy infrastructure and environmental regulation.
Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities
This executive order directs federal agencies to use emergency authorities to expedite infrastructure projects and environmental permitting in response to COVID-19 economic damage. It mandates reporting on expedited transportation, Army Corps, and federal lands projects, and encourages use of emergency procedures under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Water Act to accelerate approvals.
Restoring State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement's Access to Life-Saving Equipment and Resources
This executive order revokes Obama-era Executive Order 13688, which had restricted the transfer of military-style equipment to state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies. It directs all federal agencies to immediately stop implementing recommendations from the prior order and rescind any related rules or policies.
Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure
This executive order mandates federal agencies to adopt the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and modernize IT infrastructure, while directing multiple cabinet departments to assess and report on cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure, deterrence strategies, international cooperation, and workforce development. It establishes accountability for agency heads in managing cybersecurity risk and requires extensive reports on federal IT modernization, botnet resilience, electricity grid vulnerabilities, and defense industrial base risks.
Promoting Economic Competitiveness While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
This 2015 memorandum establishes privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections for federal use of drones (UAS) in U.S. airspace, requires agencies to review policies every 3 years, limits retention of personally identifiable information to 180 days, mandates transparency reports, and directs Commerce to launch a multi-stakeholder process for commercial drone privacy best practices.
Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This executive order expands U.S. sanctions authority against individuals and entities fueling conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It amends Executive Order 13413 to block property of additional categories of actors, including armed group leaders, human rights abusers, child soldier recruiters, obstructors of humanitarian aid, attackers of peacekeepers, and those involved in illicit natural resource trading.
Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates That Are Set by Administrative Discretion
This memorandum extends through December 31, 2013, the existing freeze on federal employee pay increases that would otherwise result from administrative discretion, continuing policies established in 2010 and 2012. The action responds to congressional denial of statutory pay adjustments in the 2013 appropriations act.
Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen
This executive order declares a national emergency and blocks U.S.-based assets of individuals and entities determined to threaten Yemen's peace, security, or stability, particularly those obstructing the November 23, 2011 political transition agreement. It authorizes the Treasury and State Departments to designate targets and implement sanctions without prior notice.
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
This executive order establishes a seven-member presidential commission to investigate the causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and recommend reforms to prevent future offshore drilling disasters. The commission must submit a final public report within six months of its first meeting and terminates 60 days after doing so.
President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
This executive order creates a nine-member presidential advisory panel tasked with developing revenue-neutral federal tax reform options for submission to the Treasury Secretary by July 31, 2005. The panel is designed to expire 30 days after submitting its report, making it a temporary, time-bound advisory body focused on simplifying the tax code while maintaining progressivity and promoting economic growth.
Creation of the President's Council on Bioethics
This executive order creates the President's Council on Bioethics, an advisory body of up to 18 non-governmental experts to counsel the President on ethical issues arising from biomedical and technological advances. The Council is explicitly designed to explore multiple viewpoints rather than seek consensus, and is prohibited from reviewing specific projects or overseeing agency regulations.
President's Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans
This executive order creates a 15-member presidential task force to study and recommend improvements in health care delivery for veterans, focusing on better coordination between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense. The task force is required to produce an interim report within 9 months of its first meeting and a final report before the end of its second year of operation, after which it terminates.
Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees
This executive order requires federal contractors to post notices informing employees of their rights regarding union dues and fees, including the right to object to paying for non-collective-bargaining activities. It revokes a prior Clinton-era order and empowers the Secretary of Labor to enforce compliance through contract cancellations, debarment, and public naming of noncomplying contractors.
President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health
This executive order creates a 10-member presidential commission to study economic challenges facing tobacco-dependent communities and recommend solutions that also protect public health, particularly youth. The commission must submit a preliminary report by December 31, 2000, and a final report six months after its first meeting, with automatic termination 30 days after the final report or within two years.
White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
This executive order establishes a 15-member White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy within the Department of Health and Human Services. The Commission is tasked with providing recommendations to the President on how public policy can maximize benefits of complementary and alternative medicine through education, research, information dissemination, and access. The Commission will automatically terminate two years from the signing date unless extended by the President.
President's Advisory Board on Race
This executive order establishes a 7-member President's Advisory Board on Race to advise the President on racial reconciliation, national dialogue on race, and solutions to race-related problems in areas including education, economic opportunity, housing, health care, and criminal justice. The board is administratively supported by the Department of Justice and is set to terminate on September 30, 1998 unless extended by the President.
Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States
This executive order mandates that federal employees wear seat belts during official travel and requires seat belt use in national parks and on Defense Department installations. It also encourages tribal governments and federal contractors to adopt seat belt policies, directs agencies to conduct education programs, and requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit annual reports on compliance and crash statistics.
Federal Employee Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign
This memorandum directs all executive departments and agencies to implement employee awareness campaigns on domestic violence within 6 months. It references the Violence Against Women Act and supports Justice Department plans for a resource manual, poster, and information fair on October 30, 1995.
Superfund Implementation
This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Superfund law (CERCLA and SARA) to specific federal agencies, establishing the National Response Team structure with EPA and Coast Guard leadership, and assigning responsibilities for hazardous waste cleanup, enforcement, liability, litigation, and Superfund budget management across the executive branch.
Drug-Free Federal Workplace
This executive order mandates a drug-free workplace across the Executive Branch by prohibiting illegal drug use by federal employees on or off duty, requiring agencies to develop testing programs for sensitive positions, establishing voluntary testing, and creating Employee Assistance Programs for rehabilitation. It sets procedures for testing, confidentiality protections, and personnel actions ranging from mandatory counseling to removal for employees who use illegal drugs.
Arctic Research
This executive order establishes the Arctic Research Commission and the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee to develop and coordinate a national Arctic research policy. It defines membership, functions, and reporting requirements for both bodies, with the National Science Foundation serving as lead agency.
President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
This executive order establishes the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, a 30-member industry advisory body providing the President with advice on national security telecommunications policy, particularly regarding implementation of Presidential Directive 53. The Committee is housed administratively under the Secretary of Defense and was initially set to terminate on December 31, 1982, though later extended by a subsequent executive order.