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Executive Order 14029

Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment

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In simple terms

This executive order revokes six Trump-era executive orders concerning online censorship, monument protection, foreign aid branding, and regulatory reform. It also formally codifies the elimination of Schedule F in the federal civil service through a technical amendment to Civil Service Rule VI, updating 5 CFR 6.2 and 6.4 to remove Schedule F from the excepted service schedules.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 27025

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 86 FR 27025

    Federal Register PDF

  3. OMB and agency heads to promptly consider rescinding implementing rules and abolishing entities

Key directives

  • Revoke Executive Orders 13925, 13933, 13934, 13964, 13978, and 13980
  • OMB and agency heads shall promptly consider rescinding implementing orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies
  • Abolish personnel positions, committees, task forces, or entities established under revoked orders
  • Amend 5 CFR 6.2 to list Schedules A, B, C, D, and E (removing Schedule F)
  • Amend 5 CFR 6.4 to specify removal protections for Schedule B competitive status employees

Who is ordered

Prior policyRollback

  • revokeExecutive Order 13925 of May 28, 2020 (Preventing Online Censorship)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13933 of June 26, 2020 (Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13934 of July 3, 2020 (Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13964 of December 10, 2020 (Rebranding United States Foreign Assistance To Advance American Influence)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13978 of January 18, 2021 (Building the National Garden of American Heroes)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13980 of January 18, 2021 (Protecting Americans From Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform)
  • revokeExecutive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020 (Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service)
  • rescindorders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies implementing or enforcing the revoked Presidential actions
  • otherpersonnel positions, committees, task forces, or other entities established pursuant to the revoked Presidential actions
  • amend5 CFR 6.2
  • amend5 CFR 6.4

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

  • Revocation of six prior executive orders takes effect
  • Schedule F formally eliminated from civil service rules

Near term (90d)

  • OMB and agency heads to review and rescind implementing rules/regulations for revoked orders
  • Abolition of personnel positions, committees, and task forces established under revoked orders

Long term

  • Structural reversion to pre-2020 civil service framework for excepted service positions
  • Potential litigation or administrative challenges from rescinded rules

Risks & tensions

  • Vague 'promptly consider' language in Section 2 creates uncertainty about enforcement timeline and agency compliance
  • Rescission of rules must comply with Administrative Procedure Act, potentially slowing implementation and inviting legal challenges
  • Revocation of monument protection orders may renew cultural/political conflicts over Confederate and other controversial statues
  • Elimination of Schedule F reverses a significant civil service restructuring but leaves underlying political tensions over federal workforce accountability
Executive Order 14029: Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment · Executive Orders