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EO 144182026-08-06Trump

Continuing To Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship

This executive order narrows birthright citizenship by directing federal agencies to deny citizenship recognition to certain categories of children born in the U.S. when neither parent is a citizen, including children of designated terrorists, foreign government employees, those born via birth tourism or surrogacy arrangements, and those born in territories without statutory citizenship provisions. It cites a June 2026 Supreme Court decision (Trump v. Barbara) as legal foundation and requires agency heads to issue public implementation guidance within 30 days.

EO 144172026-08-03Trump

Establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission

This executive order establishes a 2-year advisory commission of senior military leaders' spouses to advise the President on policies affecting military spouses and families, focused on housing, employment, healthcare, education, and deployment support. The Department of War provides administrative support and funding, with annual reports required.

Proc 110512026-07-31Trump

To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Quartz Surface Products

This proclamation imposes a four-year safeguard tariff-rate quota on imports of quartz surface products (QSP) under Section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, effective August 15, 2026. The measure excludes imports from numerous free trade agreement partners including Canada, Mexico, Australia, Korea, and others, while applying to imports from China and other non-exempt countries, with provisions for monitoring import surges and circumvention.

Proc 110482026-07-20Trump

Imposing Additional Duties To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Motor Vehicles

This proclamation imposes an additional 50 percent ad valorem duty on certain Canadian products, effective August 19, 2026, to offset Canada's discriminatory tariff scheme against U.S. motor vehicles. The action uses Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to retaliate against Canadian tariffs and tariff-rate quotas that apply only to U.S. auto exports, which have allegedly caused a 22 percent drop in U.S. vehicle exports to Canada.

EO 144102026-06-03Trump

Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service

This executive order implements Schedule Policy/Career in the excepted service by transferring specified senior policy-influencing positions from the competitive service, exempting them from standard adverse-action procedures while retaining merit-based hiring. It amends Civil Service Rules and prior executive orders to effectuate these transfers, directs agencies to notify affected employees within 7 days, and establishes performance award mechanisms for Schedule Policy/Career employees.

EO 144042026-05-01Trump

Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy

This executive order expands sanctions against Cuba by blocking property of foreign persons operating in key Cuban sectors (energy, defense, metals/mining, financial services, security), Cuban government officials, and their adult family members. It also suspends U.S. entry for designated persons and authorizes secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions that facilitate transactions for blocked parties, building upon the national emergency declared in EO 14380.

EO 143982026-03-26Trump

Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors

This Executive Order mandates that all federal contracts include a clause prohibiting contractors and subcontractors from engaging in racially discriminatory DEI activities, defined as disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in employment, contracting, or resource allocation. It requires agencies to insert this clause within 30 days, empowers contract termination and debarment for noncompliance, invokes False Claims Act liability, and directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend regulations within 60 days.

EO 143892026-02-20Trump

Ending Certain Tariff Actions

This executive order terminates the additional ad valorem duties imposed under IEEPA across nine prior executive orders targeting Canada, Mexico, China, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Cuba, and Iran. The national emergencies underlying those orders remain in effect, and other duties (Section 232, Section 301) are unaffected. Agency heads must stop collecting these duties as soon as practicable.

EO 143802026-01-29Trump

Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba

This executive order declares a national emergency regarding Cuba's alignment with U.S. adversaries and establishes a tariff mechanism allowing additional ad valorem duties on imports from any foreign country that directly or indirectly sells or provides oil to Cuba. The order tasks the Secretaries of Commerce and State with determining which countries trigger the tariff and recommending duty rates to the President.

EO 143732026-01-09Trump

Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People

This executive order declares a national emergency under IEEPA to block judicial attachment or other legal process against Venezuelan government oil revenue held in U.S. Treasury accounts. It designates these funds as sovereign property held in U.S. custody for diplomatic and governmental purposes, shielding them from creditor claims while giving the Secretary of State control over their ultimate disposition.

Memo2026-01-07Trump

Withdrawing the United States From International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties That Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

This memorandum directs the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations—35 non-UN entities and 31 UN organizations—deemed contrary to U.S. interests, based on a review conducted under Executive Order 14199. All executive agencies must take immediate steps to cease participation, membership, and funding to these organizations as soon as possible, with the Secretary of State providing implementation guidance.

EO 143712025-12-18Trump

Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025

This executive order closes all federal executive departments and agencies on December 24 and December 26, 2025, excusing employees from duty on those days, while allowing agency heads to keep certain offices open for national security, defense, or other public need. It treats those dates as holidays for pay and leave purposes under existing statutes and delegates implementation to the OPM Director.

EO 143562025-10-15Trump

Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring

This executive order extends federal workforce reduction policies by requiring agency-level approval for nearly all new hires and vacancies, establishing Strategic Hiring Committees, and mandating Annual Staffing Plans aligned with administration priorities. It exempts national security, immigration enforcement, public safety, and political appointees from restrictions, while prohibiting contracting to circumvent hiring limits.

EO 143402025-08-25Trump

Measures To End Cashless Bail and Enforce the Law in the District of Columbia

This executive order directs federal law enforcement to hold D.C. arrestees in federal custody and pursue federal charges to circumvent the District's cashless bail policies, and tasks the Attorney General with reviewing MPD policies and determining whether D.C. maintains cashless bail. If the determination is affirmative, all agency heads must identify actions—including federal funding leverage—to pressure D.C. to change its pretrial release policies.

EO 143422025-08-25Trump

Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans

This executive order directs the Attorney General to identify state and local jurisdictions with cashless bail policies for certain crimes, and requires federal agencies to find federal funds flowing to those jurisdictions that may be suspended or terminated. It does not itself cut any funds but sets up a conditional funding review process targeting jurisdictions that have eliminated cash bail for public-safety-threatening offenses.

EO 143382025-08-21Trump

Improving Our Nation Through Better Design

Executive Order 14338 establishes "America by Design," a national initiative to improve federal digital and physical service design through a new National Design Studio and Chief Design Officer position. Agency heads must consult with the Chief Design Officer to redesign high-impact government websites and physical sites, with initial results due by July 4, 2026, and the temporary supporting organization automatically terminates three years from signing.

EO 142902025-05-01Trump

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media

This executive order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and all federal agencies to cease direct and indirect funding to NPR and PBS, citing concerns about biased and partisan news coverage. The CPB Board must revise grant criteria by June 30, 2025 to prohibit funding flows to NPR and PBS, while agency heads must identify and terminate existing funding streams and review compliance with grant terms and anti-discrimination statutes.

EO 142872025-04-28Trump

Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens

This executive order directs federal agencies to identify and penalize state and local "sanctuary jurisdictions" that obstruct federal immigration enforcement by suspending or terminating federal funding, pursuing legal remedies, restricting federal benefits access, and challenging state/local laws that favor aliens over American citizens.

EO 142492025-03-25Trump

Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

This executive order centralizes federal payment controls under the Department of the Treasury to combat fraud and improper payments estimated at $233–521 billion annually. It mandates pre-certification verification for all Treasury-disbursed payments, consolidates core financial systems across agencies, and phases out Non-Treasury Disbursing Offices (NTDOs) that currently handle about 22% of federal disbursements. Agencies must comply with new data-sharing requirements, system integrations, and delegated disbursing authority to Treasury within specified timeframes.

EO 142302025-03-06Trump

Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP

Executive Order 14230 targets the law firm Perkins Coie LLP with multiple punitive measures: suspending security clearances, ceasing government provision of goods and services, requiring contractor disclosure of business with the firm, reviewing and terminating contracts, investigating the firm and other large law firms for racial discrimination, and restricting federal employees from hiring or engaging with Perkins Coie personnel. The order frames these actions as responses to the firm's alleged role in producing the 2016 Steele dossier, election-related litigation, and DEI hiring practices.

EO 142332025-03-06Trump

Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile

This executive order establishes a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a United States Digital Asset Stockpile, capitalized with existing government-held cryptocurrency from forfeiture proceedings. The order directs agencies to inventory and transfer their Bitcoin and other digital assets to Treasury-controlled custodial accounts, prohibits sale of Bitcoin holdings, and tasks Treasury and Commerce with developing budget-neutral strategies to acquire additional Bitcoin.

EO 142182025-02-19Trump

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders

This executive order directs federal agencies to identify and eliminate taxpayer-funded benefits going to illegal aliens, consistent with the 1996 PRWORA law. It requires agencies to review programs, enhance eligibility verification, and ensure federal payments to states do not subsidize illegal immigration or sanctuary policies.

EO 142042025-02-07Trump

Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa

This executive order halts U.S. foreign aid to South Africa and prioritizes refugee resettlement for Afrikaners, citing South Africa's Expropriation Act of 2024 and its foreign policy positions on Israel and Iran. The order directs all agencies to stop aid flows and requires State and DHS to develop a resettlement plan for Afrikaner refugees.

EO 141922025-01-31Trump

Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation

This executive order establishes a 'ten-for-one' regulatory cap for fiscal year 2025, requiring agencies to identify at least 10 existing regulations for elimination for every new regulation proposed. It mandates that total incremental regulatory costs be 'significantly less than zero' through FY2025, with OMB setting annual cost allowances thereafter. The order revokes the 2023 OMB Circular A-4 and reinstates the 2003 version, and reinstates a 2018 Treasury-OMB agreement on tax regulation review.

EO 141882025-01-29Trump

Additional Measures To Combat Anti-Semitism

This executive order reaffirms EO 13899 on combating anti-Semitism and directs federal agencies to report within 60 days on additional legal authorities to address post-October 7, 2023 campus anti-Semitism. It specifically requires agencies to inventory civil rights complaints and cases against higher education institutions, encourages use of civil-rights enforcement tools including 18 U.S.C. 241, and directs State, Education, and Homeland Security to recommend ways to monitor and report foreign students and staff for potential immigration inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3).

EO 141772025-01-23Trump

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

This executive order establishes a new President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) with up to 24 members, co-chaired by the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Special Advisor for AI & Crypto. It revokes the Biden administration's prior PCAST order (EO 14007) and tasks the council with advising the President on science, technology, and innovation policy, including AI, quantum computing, and biotechnology, while explicitly framing the mission around achieving "unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance" and countering perceived ideological influences in science.

EO 141732025-01-21Trump

Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity

This executive order revokes multiple prior executive actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal employment and contracting, terminates affirmative action requirements for federal contractors, mandates removal of DEI principles from federal procurement and grant processes, and directs agencies to develop enforcement plans targeting private-sector DEI programs that the administration deems illegal discrimination.

Memo2025-01-20Trump

Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis

This January 20, 2025 memorandum directs all executive department and agency heads to deliver emergency price relief to American families by lowering housing costs, reducing healthcare administrative expenses, eliminating appliance regulations, creating jobs, and rolling back climate policies affecting food and fuel prices. The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy must report on implementation status every 30 days starting 30 days from signing.

Memo2025-01-20Trump

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

This memorandum freezes new federal rulemaking and withdraws pending rules until political appointees appointed after January 20, 2025 review and approve them. It also postpones effective dates of recently published rules for 60 days to allow review, with OMB oversight and emergency exceptions.

EO 141532025-01-20Trump

Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential

This executive order directs federal agencies to aggressively reverse Biden-era restrictions on Alaska resource development, including oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the National Petroleum Reserve, and Tongass National Forest protections. It mandates expedited permitting for LNG infrastructure, reinstates Trump-era environmental reviews and land management plans, and prioritizes Alaska's energy exports to domestic and Pacific allied markets.

EO 141602025-01-20Trump

Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship

This executive order directs federal agencies to deny recognition of birthright U.S. citizenship to certain children born on U.S. soil: those whose mothers were unlawfully present or temporarily visiting (e.g., on visas) and whose fathers were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents at birth. The policy takes effect for births occurring more than 30 days after January 20, 2025.

EO 141702025-01-20Trump

Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service

This executive order directs a comprehensive reform of federal hiring practices to prioritize merit, efficiency, and ideological alignment with administration goals. It mandates development of a Federal Hiring Plan within 120 days that emphasizes skills-based assessments, reduces time-to-hire, and explicitly prohibits consideration of DEI-related factors while requiring loyalty to the Constitution and Executive Branch.

Memo 131752022-11-30Biden

Uniform Standards for Tribal Consultation

This memorandum establishes uniform minimum standards for how federal agencies conduct Tribal consultation, building on Executive Order 13175. It mandates designated agency points of contact, 30-day notice requirements, annual training, and record-keeping for consultations with Tribal Nations. The Director of OPM must report within 180 days on progress toward developing Tribal consultation training modules.

EO 140712022-04-06Biden

Prohibiting New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued Russian Federation Aggression

This executive order prohibits new U.S. investment in Russia and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to ban categories of services exports to Russia, building on prior sanctions. It also bars U.S. persons from facilitating foreign transactions that would be prohibited if done directly.

Memo 131752021-01-26Biden

Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to- Nation Relationships

This memorandum directs all federal agencies to develop detailed tribal consultation plans within 90 days and submit annual progress reports, reaffirming Executive Order 13175 and the 2009 Presidential Memorandum on tribal consultation. It establishes a reporting structure through OMB and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to strengthen nation-to-nation relationships with Tribal Nations.

EO 140022021-01-22Biden

Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

This executive order directs all federal agencies to promptly identify actions within their existing authorities to provide economic relief from the COVID-19 pandemic, with emphasis on improving access to relief programs and prioritizing aid to individuals, families, small businesses, and state/local/tribal/territorial governments. The order is hortatory rather than creating new programs, relying on existing statutory authorities and appropriations.

EO 140032021-01-22Biden

Protecting the Federal Workforce

This executive order revokes Trump-era policies that weakened federal employee protections, including Schedule F (which would have made career civil servants easier to fire) and three 2018 executive orders restricting union activities. It also requires agencies to bargain over certain labor matters and directs OPM to recommend a $15/hour minimum wage for federal workers.

EO 139772021-01-18Trump

Protecting Law Enforcement Officers, Judges, Prosecutors, and Their Families

This executive order directs federal agencies to remove obstacles for federal law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms under existing law, authorizes special deputation with firearm privileges for federal prosecutors facing threats, prioritizes protection of judges and prosecutors by the Marshals Service, and requires development of legislation to extend firearm carry rights to federal judges and enhance penalties for violence against these officials and their families.

EO 139812021-01-18Trump

Protecting the United States From Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems

This executive order restricts federal procurement and use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) manufactured by or containing components from foreign adversaries, particularly China. It mandates security reviews of the federal drone fleet, requires agencies to assess their authority to stop buying covered drones, and directs the FAA to propose regulations restricting drone use near critical infrastructure.

EO 139662020-12-14Trump

Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility

This executive order directs federal agencies to review their occupational licensing regulations and policies to reduce barriers to worker mobility, particularly for military spouses and individuals with criminal records. It establishes six principles for state-level occupational licensing reform and creates a reporting system to identify and reward states that adopt less restrictive licensing requirements.

EO 139332020-06-26Trump

Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence

This executive order directs federal prosecution of individuals who damage monuments, memorials, statues, or religious property, and authorizes withholding federal grants from state/local governments and law enforcement agencies that fail to protect such structures. It also allows deployment of federal personnel to protect federal monuments upon request, with this authority terminating after 6 months unless extended.

EO 138092017-08-28Trump

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.

EO 137822017-03-27Trump

Revocation of Federal Contracting Executive Orders

This executive order revokes three Obama-era orders that imposed labor and employment requirements on federal contractors, including rules on disclosure of labor law violations, paid sick leave, and anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It directs agencies to consider rescinding implementing regulations.

EO 137782017-02-28Trump

Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule

This executive order directs the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to review and propose rescinding or revising the 2015 Clean Water Rule ("Waters of the United States"), which had expanded federal jurisdiction over waterways. It instructs agencies to consider Justice Scalia's narrower interpretation of "navigable waters" from Rapanos v. United States in future rulemaking, and to review all related implementing policies for consistency with the order's policy goals.

EO 137672017-01-25Trump

Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements

This executive order directs the Department of Homeland Security to plan and construct a physical wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, expand detention facilities and immigration enforcement capacity, end the "catch and release" practice for apprehended immigrants, authorize state and local law enforcement to perform immigration officer functions, and tighten asylum and parole standards. It mandates hiring 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents and requires multiple reports on border security progress and foreign aid to Mexico.

EO 137282016-05-18Obama

Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk Mitigation

This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen wildfire resilience for federal buildings located in the wildland-urban interface at moderate or greater wildfire risk. It mandates compliance with the 2015 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code for new and altered buildings above 5,000 square feet, with implementing guidelines due within 240 days.

Memo2014-01-31Obama

Enhancing Safeguards To Prevent the Undue Denial of Federal Employment Opportunities to the Unemployed and Those Facing Financial Difficulty Through No Fault of Their Own

This memorandum prohibits federal agencies from denying employment or taking adverse action against current employees solely because they are unemployed or facing financial difficulty through no fault of their own, provided they make good-faith efforts to meet obligations. It requires agencies to review hiring practices for such biases and report findings to OPM within 90 days.

Memo2013-05-10Obama

Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government and Learning From Successful Practices

This memorandum directs the Office of Personnel Management to develop a government-wide strategy within 180 days to address gender pay gaps in the federal workforce, and requires all agencies to submit within 90 days detailed analyses of their pay-setting, promotion, and caregiver-related compensation policies. It focuses on transparency, merit system principles, and identifying best practices rather than mandating immediate pay changes.

Memo2012-03-22Obama

Expediting Review of Pipeline Projects From Cushing, Oklahoma, to Port Arthur, Texas, and Other Domestic Pipeline Infrastructure Projects

This memorandum directs federal agencies to expedite permitting and environmental reviews for domestic oil pipeline projects, particularly a pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to Port Arthur, Texas, to alleviate bottlenecks in crude oil transport. It requires agencies to coordinate reviews, avoid duplicative environmental studies by using prior work, and track projects on the Federal Infrastructure Projects Dashboard.

Memo2010-04-06Obama

Combating Noncompliance With Recovery Act Reporting Requirements

This memorandum directs federal agencies to intensify enforcement of Recovery Act reporting requirements by prime recipients, including terminating awards, suspending and debarring noncompliant recipients, reclaiming funds, and taking punitive actions. It requires agencies to report noncompliance details to OMB and directs the OMB Director to review and update guidance within 30 days.

Memo 131752009-11-05Obama

Tribal Consultation

This memorandum directs all federal agency heads to develop detailed plans for implementing Executive Order 13175 on tribal consultation, with progress reports due thereafter. It mandates OMB review and a presidential report within one year to strengthen government-to-government relationships with Indian tribes.

Memo 131322009-05-20Obama

Preemption

This memorandum establishes a policy restricting executive agencies from preempting state law through regulations unless there is explicit congressional authorization or sufficient legal basis. It directs agency heads to review regulations from the past 10 years containing preemption provisions and amend those that cannot be legally justified.

Memo2009-03-03Obama

The Endangered Species Act

President Obama directs the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce to review a December 2008 Bush administration regulation that relaxed Endangered Species Act consultation requirements, and requests all agency heads to voluntarily continue pre-2008 consultation practices with FWS and NMFS pending that review. The memorandum does not itself revoke the regulation but uses discretionary language to encourage maintaining stricter interagency consultation.

Memo2009-01-21Obama

Transparency and Open Government

This memorandum establishes principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration as core values for the Obama Administration and directs the CTO, OMB Director, and GSA Administrator to develop within 120 days recommendations for an Open Government Directive that would instruct agencies to take specific implementing actions.

EO 131992001-01-29Bush

Establishment of White House Office of Faith- Based and Community Initiatives

This executive order creates a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to coordinate federal policy expanding partnerships with religious and community organizations to deliver social services. It establishes the office within the Executive Office of the President with broad authority to develop policy, reduce regulatory barriers, and integrate faith-based initiatives across federal agencies. The office must begin operations within 30 days of signing.

EO 129991996-04-17Clinton

Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for All Children in the Next Century

This executive order streamlines the donation of surplus federal computer equipment to schools and nonprofit educational organizations, with priority given to disadvantaged communities. It also encourages federal employees with technical expertise to volunteer time assisting teachers with technology integration and classroom connectivity.

Memo1995-10-03Clinton

Delegation of Authority Under the Assignment of Claims Act

This memorandum delegates presidential authority under the Assignment of Claims Act (Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994) to all federal departments and agencies. It designates all departments and agencies as subject to contract assignment provisions previously limited to DOD, GSA, and DOE, and delegates 'determination of need' authority to agency heads for their respective contracts.

Memo1994-04-29Clinton

Government-to-Government Relations With Native American Tribal Governments

This 1994 Clinton memorandum directs all executive departments and agencies to operate within a government-to-government relationship with federally recognized Native American tribal governments. It mandates consultation with tribes before taking actions affecting them, assessment of impacts on tribal trust resources, and removal of procedural impediments to direct tribal-federal cooperation.

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