Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
10 shown · Jan '18
This executive order revokes the 2009 directive to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, affirming that detention operations there will continue indefinitely. It also authorizes transporting additional detainees to Guantánamo Bay and requires the Secretary of Defense to recommend disposition policies within 90 days.
This determination invokes the Defense Production Act to address a shortfall in domestic production of trusted advanced photomasks, declaring it critical to national defense. It authorizes purchases, purchase commitments, or other actions under DPA Section 4533 as the preferred method to meet this defense industrial base need.
This determination invokes Section 4533(a)(5) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to address critical shortfalls in thin-wall castings for military applications, finding that without presidential action the defense industrial base cannot adequately meet national defense needs. It authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use DPA authorities to make purchases or purchase commitments as the most cost-effective method to address this specific defense industrial base gap.
This proclamation imposes four-year safeguard tariffs on imported crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) solar cells and modules, including a tariff-rate quota on cells and increased duties on modules, following an ITC finding of serious injury to domestic producers. It also excludes certain developing WTO countries below import thresholds, establishes procedures for product exclusions, and makes technical corrections to Argentina's GSP beneficiary status.
This proclamation imposes safeguard tariffs and tariff-rate quotas on imported large residential washers and certain washer parts for 3 years plus 1 day, following an ITC finding of serious injury to domestic industry. Canada is excluded entirely; Mexico and most WTO developing countries are initially excluded but subject to surge monitoring. The measure takes effect February 7, 2018.
This notice continues for one year a national emergency first declared in 1995 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, targeting foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process. The continuation extends sanctions and related emergency measures beyond their January 23, 2018 expiration date.
This executive order directs the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security to develop a joint action plan within 60 days to improve mental healthcare and suicide prevention resources for veterans during their first year after leaving military service, when suicide rates are approximately double the overall veteran rate. A status report on implementation progress is due within 180 days.
This memorandum directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to increase rural broadband deployment by making Department of the Interior tower facilities and infrastructure assets more available for broadband use. It requires a progress report within 180 days on identifying usable assets, with model terms to be drafted for facility access agreements.
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate rural broadband deployment by streamlining the process for installing wireless broadband facilities on federal property. It mandates use of a standardized GSA Common Form Application for siting requests, requires agencies to report quarterly on application processing, and sets deadlines for evaluating and improving the application system.
This executive order revokes the previous order that established the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, effectively disbanding the commission created in May 2017 to investigate alleged voter fraud. The termination is immediate with standard administrative provisions preserving existing agency authorities.