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Det 2026-182026-07-16Trump

Presidential Determination on the Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

The President approved a proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, finding it promotes common defense and security without unreasonable risk. The agreement includes two side letters and an additional safeguards/verification measures agreement. The Secretary of State is directed to arrange for execution and publish the determination in the Federal Register.

EO 144132026-06-22Trump

Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation

This executive order establishes a comprehensive national quantum strategy, directing multiple agencies to accelerate U.S. leadership in quantum information science and technology (QIST) through research investment, domestic supply chain development, workforce expansion, and international alliance-building. It creates the QC-ADDS program for quantum computing development, mandates security protections against adversarial threats, and requires numerous agency plans and reports with specific deadlines spanning 30 days to 5 years.

Det 2026-132026-05-07Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

The President determined that global petroleum supplies from non-Iranian sources remain sufficient to allow countries to significantly reduce Iranian oil purchases without causing supply disruptions. This continues a long-standing sanctions mechanism that restricts foreign financial institutions from processing Iranian oil transactions. The determination maintains existing policy rather than introducing new restrictions.

Det 2026-082026-04-20Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Coal Supply Chains and Baseload Power Generation Capacity

This determination invokes the Defense Production Act to declare coal supply chains and baseload power generation capacity essential to national defense, citing financing constraints, regulatory delays, and market barriers as barriers that private industry cannot overcome alone. It authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make purchases, commitments, and provide financial support to expand coal mining, logistics, terminals, stockpiles, and power generation facilities, while waiving normal DPA procedural requirements.

Det 2026-092026-04-20Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Development, Manufacturing, and Deployment of Large- Scale Energy and Energy Related Infrastructure

This presidential determination invokes Section 303 of the Defense Production Act to declare that large-scale energy infrastructure—including manufacturing capacity, permitting, and financing instruments—is essential to national defense. It waives normal DPA procedural requirements to expedite federal purchases, commitments, and financial support for domestic energy infrastructure development, citing financing risks, regulatory delays, and market barriers that prevent private industry from meeting needs in a timely manner.

Det 2026-102026-04-20Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Grid Infrastructure, Equipment, and Supply Chain Capacity

This Defense Production Act determination declares grid infrastructure and its supply chains—including transformers, transmission components, and electrical steel—essential to national defense, citing inadequate domestic production capacity and foreign supply dependence. It authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make purchases, purchase commitments, and provide financial support to expand domestic manufacturing capability, while waiving normal DPA procedural requirements.

Det 2026-112026-04-20Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Refining, and Logistics Capacity

This presidential determination invokes Section 303 of the Defense Production Act to designate domestic petroleum production, refining, and logistics capacity as essential to national defense. It waives normal DPA procedural requirements to expedite federal purchases, purchase commitments, and financial support for expanding oil and gas infrastructure, citing constrained financing, permitting bottlenecks, and supply chain limitations.

Det 2026-122026-04-20Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Natural Gas Transmission, Processing, Storage, and Liquefied Natural Gas Capacity

This determination invokes the Defense Production Act to declare natural gas and LNG infrastructure essential to national defense, citing financing constraints, permitting delays, and infrastructure bottlenecks. It waives normal DPA procedural requirements to expedite expansion of domestic natural gas transmission, processing, storage, and LNG export capacity, and authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make purchases, commitments, and provide financial support for these projects.

EO 143912026-03-13Trump

Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act

This executive order amends EO 13603 to add the Secretary of Energy as an independent co-delegate alongside the Secretary of Commerce for Defense Production Act authorities. It also clarifies that agency heads need not recommend actions to the President under EO 14156's national energy emergency when they already have delegated authority to act themselves.

EO 143942026-03-13Trump

Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction

This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to review and revise regulations related to environmental permitting, energy efficiency standards, and housing programs to reduce barriers to residential construction. It mandates development of best practices for state and local governments to streamline permitting and promotes single-family home construction in Opportunity Zones through tax incentive alignment.

EO 143862026-02-11Trump

Strengthening United States National Defense With America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet

This executive order directs the Department of War (DOW) to prioritize coal-fired power generation for military and defense-industrial facilities by entering into long-term Power Purchase Agreements with coal plants. It frames coal as essential to national security and grid resilience, building on prior energy emergency declarations and coal-industry executive orders from 2025.

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.

EO 143632025-11-24Trump

Launching the Genesis Mission

Executive Order 14363 establishes the "Genesis Mission," a national AI-driven scientific computing initiative led by the Department of Energy to build an integrated platform using federal supercomputers, datasets, and research infrastructure. The mission targets at least 20 national science and technology challenges spanning semiconductors, biotechnology, nuclear energy, quantum computing, and critical materials, with phased implementation deadlines over 9 months and annual reporting requirements.

Det 2026-012025-11-05Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

This presidential determination finds that global petroleum markets have sufficient non-Iranian supply to allow significant reductions in Iranian oil purchases through foreign financial institutions. It continues the sanctions framework under NDAA FY2012 that restricts foreign financial institutions from processing Iranian oil transactions. The determination maintains existing policy without imposing new restrictions or lifting current ones.

EO 143542025-09-29Trump

Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

This executive order continues 22 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2027, and assigns FACA compliance responsibilities to designated agency heads. It supersedes the prior continuance order (EO 14109) from 2023.

EO 143182025-07-23Trump

Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure

This executive order accelerates federal permitting for large-scale AI data center infrastructure by streamlining environmental reviews, expanding FAST-41 coverage, making federal lands available, and creating financial support mechanisms for qualifying projects exceeding $500 million or 100 MW of load. It revokes the prior administration's EO 14141 on AI infrastructure and directs multiple agencies to establish new categorical exclusions, programmatic consultations, and expedited permitting pathways.

EO 143202025-07-23Trump

Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack

This executive order establishes the American AI Exports Program to promote global deployment of U.S.-origin AI technologies through industry-led consortia offering full-stack packages (hardware, cloud, models, applications). It mobilizes federal financing tools including loans, equity investments, and diplomatic coordination to counter adversary AI influence and extend American technological leadership.

EO 143082025-06-12Trump

Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response

This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline wildfire programs, expand local preparedness partnerships, develop AI and technology roadmaps for firefighting, ease regulations on prescribed burns and fire retardants, reduce wildfire risks from power lines, and modernize response capabilities through declassified satellite data and performance metrics. It responds to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires by targeting what it describes as bureaucratic barriers and mismanagement in wildfire prevention and response.

EO 143062025-06-06Trump

Sustaining Select Efforts To Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144

This executive order amends two prior cybersecurity orders: it narrows the scope of sanctions under EO 13694 to target only foreign persons, and substantially revises EO 14144 by removing several Biden-era provisions while adding new deadlines for NIST guidance, post-quantum cryptography transition, AI vulnerability management, and Federal Acquisition Regulation updates for IoT security labeling.

EO 143072025-06-06Trump

Unleashing American Drone Dominance

This executive order accelerates U.S. drone industry growth by mandating FAA rulemaking for beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial operations, establishing an eVTOL pilot program, prioritizing domestic drone procurement across federal agencies and the military, restricting foreign supply chain risks, and expanding export financing for American-made unmanned aircraft systems.

EO 142992025-05-23Trump

Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security

This executive order accelerates deployment of advanced nuclear reactors at military installations and DOE sites to power AI infrastructure and critical defense facilities, while streamlining export approvals and financing to compete globally against adversaries. It sets hard deadlines for reactor operations by 2028, HALEU fuel bank establishment, and aggressive diplomatic targets for new nuclear cooperation agreements. The order also directs NEPA streamlining, security clearance prioritization, and interagency coordination to overcome regulatory and supply chain barriers.

EO 143002025-05-23Trump

Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

This executive order directs comprehensive reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to accelerate nuclear power deployment, including structural reorganization, workforce reductions, new fixed licensing deadlines (18 months for new reactors, 1 year for renewals), abandonment of the linear no-threshold radiation model, and streamlined regulations for advanced reactors. The order sets targets to expand U.S. nuclear capacity from ~100 GW to 400 GW by 2050 and establishes an expedited pathway for DOD/DOE-tested reactor designs.

EO 143012025-05-23Trump

Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy

This executive order directs the Department of Energy to dramatically accelerate testing and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors by streamlining approval processes, creating a pilot program for non-laboratory reactors, and reforming environmental reviews. It sets a goal of achieving criticality in three pilot reactors by July 4, 2026, and aims to enable qualified test reactors to become operational within 2 years of application submission.

EO 143022025-05-23Trump

Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base

This executive order directs a comprehensive federal effort to rebuild the U.S. nuclear industrial base, including expanding domestic uranium conversion and enrichment capabilities, restarting closed nuclear plants, accelerating advanced reactor licensing, developing nuclear workforce training, and establishing spent fuel recycling and reprocessing programs. It sets specific capacity targets of 5 gigawatts in reactor uprates and 10 new large reactors under construction by 2030, while invoking Defense Production Act authorities to secure nuclear fuel supply chains.

Det 2025-042025-05-12Trump

Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

The President determined that global petroleum supplies from non-Iranian sources remain sufficient to allow countries to significantly reduce their purchases of Iranian oil, continuing a sanctions mechanism under the 2012 NDAA. This maintains the legal foundation for pressuring foreign financial institutions that facilitate Iranian oil transactions.

EO 142852025-04-24Trump

Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources

This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to accelerate U.S. development of seabed critical minerals through streamlined permitting, mapping, international partnerships, and supply chain investment. It aims to reduce dependence on foreign adversaries—specifically China—for minerals essential to defense, energy, and manufacturing.

EO 142772025-04-23Trump

Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth

This executive order establishes a White House Task Force on AI Education and directs multiple federal agencies to expand AI literacy and training across K-12 education, teacher professional development, and workforce apprenticeship programs. It creates a Presidential AI Challenge competition, mandates public-private partnerships for educational resources, and requires agency heads to prioritize AI in existing grant programs within 90-180 days.

EO 142642025-04-09Trump

Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads

This executive order directs the Secretary of Energy to rescind a 2021 regulation defining "showerhead" under the Energy Conservation Program, eliminating a 13,000-word rule the order characterizes as overregulation. The rescission takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication and explicitly waives notice-and-comment requirements.

EO 142612025-04-08Trump

Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241

This executive order designates coal as a 'mineral' under EO 14241, directs federal agencies to identify and eliminate regulations that discourage coal production and use, prioritizes coal leasing on federal lands, promotes coal exports, accelerates coal technology development including for AI data centers and steel production, and requires multiple agency reports on coal resources and infrastructure within 30-90 days.

EO 142622025-04-08Trump

Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid

This executive order directs the Secretary of Energy to strengthen electric grid reliability by streamlining emergency authority under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, developing a uniform reserve margin methodology within 30 days, and establishing protocols to prevent critical generation resources from leaving the grid or converting to less reliable fuel sources. It responds to surging electricity demand from AI data centers and manufacturing growth, building on the national energy emergency declared in EO 14156.

EO 142412025-03-20Trump

Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production

This executive order directs federal agencies to expedite domestic mineral production through accelerated permitting, prioritized federal land use for mining, Defense Production Act financing, and new investment vehicles. It delegates presidential DPA authorities to the Secretary of Defense and DFC CEO, waives statutory requirements for emergency mineral production, and mandates multiple agency actions within 10-45 days to identify projects, streamline approvals, and mobilize public-private capital.

EO 142202025-02-25Trump

Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper

This executive order launches a Section 232 national security investigation into copper imports, directing the Secretary of Commerce to assess whether imports of copper in all forms—including raw, refined, scrap, and derivative products—threaten U.S. national security. The investigation must examine supply chain vulnerabilities, foreign dominance (particularly by a single producer controlling over 50% of global smelting), and potential remedies including tariffs, quotas, export controls, and domestic production incentives.

EO 142132025-02-14Trump

Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council

This executive order establishes the National Energy Dominance Council within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior with the Secretary of Energy as vice chair. The council comprises 18 cabinet-level and senior White House officials to advise the president on expanding domestic energy production across all sources including fossil fuels, nuclear, and critical minerals, with a mandate to deliver a National Energy Dominance Strategy and specific recommendations within 100 days.

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.

Memo2025-01-20Trump

Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects

This memorandum withdraws all Outer Continental Shelf areas from offshore wind energy leasing indefinitely starting January 21, 2025, while explicitly preserving oil, gas, and mineral leasing rights. It also halts all new or renewed federal approvals, permits, and leases for both onshore and offshore wind projects pending a comprehensive interagency review of environmental and economic impacts, places a specific moratorium on the Lava Ridge Wind Project, and mandates assessment of decommissioning costs for idle wind turbines.

EO 141542025-01-20Trump

Unleashing American Energy

This executive order revokes numerous Biden-era climate and environmental executive orders, pauses Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure spending, directs agencies to rescind regulations burdening domestic energy and mineral development, eliminates the social cost of carbon, expedites LNG export approvals and federal permitting, terminates the American Climate Corps, and mandates review of state EV emissions waivers and appliance efficiency standards.

EO 141562025-01-20Trump

Declaring a National Energy Emergency

President Trump declares a national energy emergency under the National Emergencies Act, directing federal agencies to use emergency authorities to expedite domestic energy production, infrastructure, and permitting. The order invokes emergency provisions under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and Defense Production Act, with specific focus on addressing energy vulnerabilities in the Northeast, West Coast, and Alaska.

EO 141622025-01-20Trump

Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements

This executive order withdraws the United States from the Paris Agreement and all related UN climate commitments, revokes the International Climate Finance Plan, freezes and rescinds climate-related foreign funding, and directs agencies to prioritize economic efficiency over environmental objectives in future international energy agreements.

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