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Executive Order 13983

Revocation of Executive Order 13770

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In simple terms

This executive order revokes EO 13770, which had imposed ethics commitments on executive branch appointees including lobbying restrictions and gift bans. The revocation takes effect at noon on January 20, 2021, immediately releasing current and former employees from those obligations.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 6835

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 86 FR 6835

    Federal Register PDF

  3. EO 13770 revocation takes effect; appointees no longer subject to ethics commitments

Key directives

  • Revoke Executive Order 13770 effective at noon January 20, 2021
  • Release employees and former employees from commitments in EO 13770 after effective time

Prior policyRollback

  • revokeExecutive Order 13770 of January 28, 2017, 'Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees'

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

  • EO 13770 revoked
  • ethics commitments no longer binding on appointees and former appointees

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Removes 5-year lobbying ban and gift restrictions for appointees leaving government
  • Creates asymmetry: appointees who left under Trump administration now freed from commitments while earlier/later appointees may face different rules
  • Timing on last full day of Trump presidency suggests procedural rather than substantive policy origin; Biden administration subsequently issued its own ethics EO
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