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Adjusting Imports of Polysilicon and Its Derivatives Into the United States
This proclamation imposes minimum import prices (MIPs) and a 15% ad valorem tariff on polysilicon and downstream derivatives (ingots, wafers, solar cells, modules) effective December 4, 2026, to protect U.S. production capacity for semiconductor and solar supply chains. It also establishes an onshoring incentive program with construction deadlines by January 20, 2029, and includes differentiated tariff treatment for certain trading partners including the UK (10% rate) and EU/Japan/Korea/Taiwan/Switzerland/Liechtenstein (capped at 15% combined with Column 1 duties).
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.
Further Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum Into the United States
This proclamation creates a new investment incentive program under Section 232 to encourage domestic primary aluminum production by allowing companies that commit to building, expanding, or refurbishing U.S. primary aluminum facilities to import corresponding quantities of primary aluminum at half the standard Section 232 tariff rate. Construction must begin by January 20, 2029, and the program includes monitoring, enforcement, and potential retroactive rescission of benefits for non-compliance or fraud.
Imposing Additional Duties To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Alcoholic Beverages
This proclamation imposes an additional 50 percent ad valorem duty on certain Canadian products, effective August 19, 2026, using Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The action is framed as retaliation for Canadian provincial and territorial bans on U.S. alcoholic beverages that began in March 2025, which caused U.S. alcohol exports to Canada to drop approximately 81 percent.
Imposing Additional Duties To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Dairy
This proclamation imposes an additional 50 percent ad valorem duty on certain Canadian products, effective August 19, 2026, to offset Canada's discriminatory dairy tariff-rate quota allocation measures under USMCA that favor EU cheese exporters over U.S. exporters. The action uses Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 after finding that Canada unreasonably restricts U.S. retailers from accessing USMCA dairy TRQs while allowing EU retailers access under CETA.
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.
To Implement Certain Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and for Other Purposes
This proclamation implements trade-preference extensions and modifications passed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. It extends AGOA duty-free treatment and related apparel programs through December 31, 2026; reinstates Gabon as an AGOA beneficiary country effective January 1, 2026; extends Haiti preferential tariff treatment under CBERA through December 31, 2026; and makes technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov
This executive order directs the Treasury Secretary to establish TrumpIRA.gov by January 1, 2027—a federal website promoting low-cost private-sector IRAs for workers without employer-sponsored retirement plans, particularly independent contractors, self-employed workers, and small-business employees. The platform will highlight qualifying IRAs with expense ratios capped at 0.15%, no minimum balances, and diversified investment options, while facilitating access to the up-to-$1,000 Federal Saver's Match created by the SECURE 2.0 Act.
Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate research, regulatory review, and patient access to psychedelic drugs (including ibogaine compounds) for treating serious mental illness and reducing suicide rates. It creates FDA priority vouchers for breakthrough-designated psychedelics, establishes Right to Try access pathways, funds state-federal collaboration through ARPA-H, mandates interagency data sharing with VA, and requires timely DEA rescheduling of approved psychedelic products.
Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients Into the United States
This proclamation imposes a 100 percent ad valorem tariff on patented pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, with reduced rates for companies that commit to onshoring production (20 percent, rising to 100 percent in 2030) and for certain trade partners. It directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Health and Human Services to negotiate agreements addressing national security concerns, establishes criteria for onshoring plans, and exempts generic pharmaceuticals, biosimilars, and certain specialty products from the tariffs.
Strengthening Actions Taken To Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States
This proclamation significantly strengthens existing Section 232 tariffs on aluminum, steel, and copper imports by raising rates to 50% ad valorem on most metal articles and certain derivatives (25% for other derivatives), applying duties to full customs value regardless of metal content, eliminating prior inclusion processes, and creating a new joint authority for the Secretary of Commerce and USTR to add derivative articles on a rolling basis. It also establishes a temporary graduated tariff structure for certain Annex III products through 2027 before full rates apply in 2028, with special provisions for UK products and US-origin metals.
Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections
This executive order directs DHS to compile and share citizenship lists with states for federal election verification, requires USPS rulemaking to create tracked mail-in ballots with unique barcodes, and prioritizes prosecution of officials or entities that provide ballots to non-citizens. It mandates new federal infrastructure for voter eligibility verification and imposes compliance mechanisms including potential federal funding withholding.
Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge To Address Fundamental International Payments Problems
President Trump imposes a temporary 10 percent ad valorem import surcharge on nearly all goods entering the United States for 150 days, effective February 24, 2026, citing fundamental international payments problems including large balance-of-payments deficits. The proclamation includes extensive exceptions for critical minerals, energy products, pharmaceuticals, vehicles, electronics, agricultural products, and goods from Canada, Mexico, and CAFTA-DR countries, while empowering USTR to monitor conditions and recommend modifications.
Continuing the Suspension of Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries
This executive order continues the suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries, maintaining that low-value imports no longer qualify for automatic exemption from duties. It revises EO 14324 to apply duties to all shipments regardless of value or origin, with special provisions for international postal shipments subject to a temporary import surcharge, effective February 24, 2026.
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.
Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer
This proclamation temporarily increases the U.S. beef tariff-rate quota by 80,000 metric tons for calendar year 2026, specifically for lean beef trimmings used in ground beef. The entire additional quota is allocated to Argentina and administered in four 20,000 mt quarterly tranches beginning February 13, 2026, to address high domestic beef prices caused by drought, wildfires, and restricted cattle imports from Mexico.
Addressing Addiction Through the Great American Recovery Initiative
This executive order establishes the White House Great American Recovery Initiative, co-chaired by the Secretary of HHS and a Senior Advisor for Addiction Recovery, to coordinate federal response to substance use disorder. The Initiative brings together 15+ officials across cabinet departments and agencies to recommend steps for aligning federal programs, increasing treatment access, and integrating addiction services across health, criminal justice, workforce, education, and housing systems.
Adjusting Imports of Semiconductors, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, and Their Derivative Products Into the United States
This proclamation imposes an immediate 25 percent tariff on certain advanced computing chips and derivative products under Section 232 national security authority, effective January 15, 2026, with broad exemptions for domestic supply chain uses. It also directs the Secretary of Commerce and USTR to negotiate trade agreements within a 90-day window, with potential for broader future tariffs and a tariff offset program to incentivize domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research
This executive order directs the Attorney General to expedite rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act to facilitate medical research. It also directs multiple health agencies to develop research methods using real-world evidence for medical marijuana and hemp-derived CBD products, and tasks White House legislative staff with working Congress to update statutory definitions for hemp-derived cannabinoids.
Authorizing the General Services Administration To Modernize, Expand, and Continue To Operate and Maintain a Pedestrian and Vehicular International Border Crossing at the Lan Luis I Land Port of Entry
This Presidential Permit authorizes the General Services Administration to modernize, expand, and continue operating the San Luis I Land Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in San Luis, Arizona. The permit sets conditions for construction, environmental compliance, interagency coordination, and diplomatic notification to Mexico before work begins.
Adjusting Imports of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts, and Buses Into the United States
This Proclamation imposes Section 232 national security tariffs of 25% on medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) and key parts, and 10% on buses, effective November 1, 2025. It creates a USMCA content-based tariff system, an import adjustment offset program for U.S. assemblers through 2030, expands the scope for additional parts, and conforms with existing automobile tariff programs while also modifying steel/aluminum tariffs for Canadian/Mexican suppliers supporting U.S. vehicle production.
Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products Into the United States
This proclamation imposes tariffs on imported wood products under Section 232 national security authority, effective October 14, 2025: 10% on softwood timber/lumber, 25% on upholstered wooden products and kitchen cabinets/vanities (rising to 30% and 50% respectively on January 1, 2026). It caps tariffs for UK at 10% and EU/Japan at 15% total, directs trade negotiations with a 180-day deadline, and establishes processes to add products and address undervaluation.
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
This National Security Presidential Memorandum directs federal law enforcement to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt domestic terrorist networks and organized political violence, with particular focus on "anti-fascist" movements. It mandates the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to coordinate a comprehensive strategy targeting funding sources, radicalization networks, and organizations behind politically motivated violence including doxing, swatting, rioting, and assaults on federal officers. The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security must designate domestic terrorism as a national priority area for grant funding, while the Treasury Secretary and IRS Commissioner are directed to trace and cut off financial flows to these activities.
Modifying the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security Agreements
This executive order modifies the scope of reciprocal tariffs established under EO 14257 by updating Annex II to exclude certain goods, and creates formal procedures for implementing trade and security framework agreements and final agreements with trading partners. It specifically implements tariff reductions with the European Union under a newly announced Framework Agreement, while maintaining leverage by generally refusing to narrow tariffs before final agreements are concluded.
Implementing the United States-Japan Agreement
This executive order implements a U.S.-Japan trade agreement by establishing a 15% baseline tariff on most Japanese imports with sector-specific modifications: aerospace tariffs are eliminated, automobile tariffs are adjusted to a 15% cap, and certain natural resources and generic pharmaceuticals receive zero tariffs. The order also commits Japan to $550 billion in U.S. investments, increased agricultural purchases, and defense equipment procurement.
Authorizing Cameron County, Texas, To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Pedestrian Border Crossing at the Gateway International Bridge Land Port of Entry
This presidential permit authorizes Cameron County, Texas to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian border crossing at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, subject to extensive federal conditions including environmental compliance, inspection facility provisions, and diplomatic coordination with Mexico. The permit expires in 5 years if construction has not begun and requires multiple agency approvals before design or construction can commence.
Amendment to Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border
This executive order increases the additional ad valorem tariff rate on certain Canadian goods from 25% to 35%, effective August 1, 2025, citing Canadian retaliation and inadequate cooperation on fentanyl interdiction. It also establishes a 40% penalty rate for transshipped goods evading duties and mandates semi-annual publication of circumvention facility lists.
Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates
Executive Order 14326 modifies reciprocal tariff rates imposed under EO 14257, replacing country-specific additional ad valorem duties with new rates in Annex I effective August 7, 2025. The order creates a 15% combined duty floor for EU goods, maintains a 10% default rate for unlisted partners, imposes a 40% transshipment penalty, and requires biannual publication of circumvention facility lists.
Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries
This executive order globally suspends the $800 duty-free de minimis exemption for all countries, effective August 29, 2025. All non-postal shipments must now enter through formal customs channels with applicable duties; international postal shipments face new per-package flat duties ($80-$200) or ad valorem IEEPA tariff rates, with the flat-rate option expiring after 6 months.
Presidential Permit Authorizing the City of Eagle Pass, Texas, To Expand and Continue To Maintain and Operate a Vehicular and Pedestrian Border Crossing at the Camino Real International Bridge Land Port of Entry
This presidential permit authorizes the City of Eagle Pass, Texas to expand and continue operating the Camino Real International Bridge Land Port of Entry, adding a second span with six vehicle lanes. The permit imposes extensive conditions including environmental mitigation, federal agency inspections, donation of inspection facilities to CBP, and diplomatic coordination with Mexico before construction begins.
Authorizing the City of Laredo, Texas, To Expand and Continue To Maintain, and Operate a Vehicular Border Crossing at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge Land Port of Entry
This presidential permit authorizes the City of Laredo, Texas to expand its vehicular border crossing at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge with two new 4-lane commercial spans over the Rio Grande. The permit imposes conditions including environmental mitigation, federal inspection facility donations, diplomatic notification requirements, and a 5-year construction commencement deadline.
Authorizing Green Corridors, LLC, To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Commercial Elevated Guideway Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico
This Presidential Permit authorizes Green Corridors, LLC to build and operate a commercial elevated freight guideway crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas, connecting to Monterrey, Mexico. The permit imposes extensive conditions including environmental mitigation, indemnification of the U.S., inspection facility provisions for CBP, and multiple agency approval requirements before design or construction can begin. The permit expires if construction has not commenced within 5 years.
Adjusting Imports of Aluminum and Steel Into the United States
This proclamation doubles the existing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from 25% to 50% ad valorem, effective June 4, 2025. It modifies how Executive Order 14289's tariffs interact with these duties, subjects non-steel/non-aluminum content to reciprocal tariffs under EO 14257, mandates strict CBP compliance enforcement, and carves out the United Kingdom at 25% pending potential EPD implementation or quota adjustments after July 9, 2025.
Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients
This executive order directs the Administration to pursue most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing, requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to offer U.S. patients prices comparable to other developed nations or face potential rulemaking, importation waivers, antitrust enforcement, export reviews, and FDA approval modifications. It establishes a 30-day deadline for HHS to communicate price targets to drug makers, with escalating measures if progress is not achieved.
Regulatory Relief To Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline regulatory and permitting processes for domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing, with specific actions by FDA, EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and OMB. It also mandates increased inspections and fees on foreign manufacturing facilities and requires public disclosure of foreign inspection data, aiming to reduce domestic facility construction timelines from 5-10 years and shift production back to the United States.
Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States
This proclamation modifies the Section 232 tariff system on automobiles and automobile parts established in Proclamation 10908. It creates a two-year import adjustment offset program that reduces duties on automobile parts for manufacturers that assemble vehicles in the United States, with offsets equal to 3.75% of aggregate MSRP value for year one (April 3, 2025–April 30, 2026) and 2.5% for year two (May 1, 2026–April 30, 2027). The Secretary of Commerce must establish an application process within 30 days, and CBP will administer the offsets.
Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles
This executive order prevents tariffs on automobiles, border-related goods, steel, and aluminum from stacking cumulatively on the same imported articles. When multiple listed tariffs apply to the same product, only the highest single applicable tariff rate applies rather than adding them together, with retroactive effect to March 4, 2025.
Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits
This presidential memorandum directs multiple Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to tighten eligibility verification and fraud enforcement for Social Security Act programs, aiming to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving benefits. It mandates expanding fraud prosecutor programs to 50 U.S. Attorney Offices by October 2025, implementing a 2023 SSA Inspector General audit recommendation on death records, and reviewing resumption of civil monetary penalties within 60 days.
Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to take steps to lower prescription drug prices, primarily by modifying the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program created by the Inflation Reduction Act, promoting generic and biosimilar competition, expanding drug importation, increasing transparency in pharmacy benefit manager compensation, and conditioning health center grants on providing discounted insulin and epinephrine to low-income patients.
Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States
This proclamation imposes a 25% tariff on imported automobiles and automobile parts under Section 232 national security authority, effective April 3, 2025 for automobiles and by May 3, 2025 for parts. It establishes a USMCA content-based exemption process where tariffs apply only to non-U.S. content, creates a mechanism to add additional parts to the tariff scope, and supersedes inconsistent prior proclamations.
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections
This executive order mandates documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration, requires federal agencies to share databases with states for voter list verification, bars counting mail ballots received after Election Day, directs the Election Assistance Commission to recertify voting systems with paper-record requirements, and conditions federal election funding on compliance with these standards. It also explicitly ceases implementation of Executive Order 14019 and directs DOJ to prioritize prosecution of non-citizen voting and foreign election interference.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
This executive order establishes the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission, chaired by the HHS Secretary, to combat rising chronic disease rates in America with an initial focus on childhood chronic disease. The Commission must produce an assessment within 100 days and a strategy within 180 days on causes including diet, environmental factors, medical treatments, and corporate influence, while directing multiple agencies to prioritize disease prevention, research integrity, and healthy food production.
Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States
This proclamation raises the U.S. tariff on aluminum imports from 10% to 25% ad valorem, effective March 12, 2025, and terminates alternative tariff arrangements with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the EU, and the UK. It also expands tariffs to additional derivative aluminum products, terminates the product exclusion process, and targets transshipment through Mexico and other countries to address national security concerns about domestic aluminum industry capacity utilization.
Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States
This proclamation terminates all alternative agreements and exemptions from the 2018 Section 232 steel tariffs for Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU countries, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, imposing a uniform 25 percent ad valorem tariff on steel articles and derivative steel articles from all countries effective March 12, 2025. It also expands tariff coverage to additional downstream derivative steel articles, immediately terminates the product exclusion process, establishes a new process for adding further derivative products, and mandates stricter customs enforcement and penalties for misclassification or evasion.
Protecting the American People Against Invasion
This executive order revokes four Biden-era immigration executive orders and directs sweeping enforcement actions across federal agencies to crack down on illegal immigration. It mandates expanded detention capacity, new homeland security task forces, restrictions on sanctuary jurisdictions, elimination of public benefits for unauthorized immigrants, and rescission of prior administration parole and temporary protected status policies.
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.
Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation's Cybersecurity
This executive order mandates comprehensive cybersecurity reforms across the federal government, focusing on securing software supply chains, hardening federal systems and communications, combating identity fraud, and integrating AI into cyber defense. It establishes numerous deadlines for agencies to implement technical requirements including encrypted DNS, routing security, post-quantum cryptography, and enhanced threat-hunting capabilities. The order builds on EO 14028 and the National Cybersecurity Strategy with specific procurement rule changes and operational directives.
Authorizing Southwebb Bridge Company LLC To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Vehicular and Pedestrian Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico
This October 3, 2024 Presidential Permit authorizes Southwebb Bridge Company LLC to build, maintain, and operate a new vehicular and pedestrian border crossing (Laredo 4/5 International Bridge) near Laredo, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border. The permit imposes extensive conditions including environmental mitigation, inspection facility funding, diplomatic notification requirements, and a 5-year construction commencement deadline.
To Further Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into Other Products)
This proclamation expands the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) on imported crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells from 5 GW to 12.5 GW annually, modifying existing safeguard measures first imposed in 2018 and extended in 2022. The change responds to a domestic industry petition noting that increased U.S. module production requires more imported cells than the previous quota allowed.
Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States
This proclamation reinstates Section 232 tariffs on aluminum imports from Mexico by imposing a country of smelt and country of most recent cast requirement. Aluminum products from Mexico containing primary aluminum smelted or cast in China, Russia, Belarus, or Iran face higher duties, while eligible Mexican aluminum must be accompanied by a certificate of analysis to enter duty-free.
Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States
This proclamation reinstates Section 232 tariffs on certain Mexican steel imports by imposing a "melt and pour" requirement. Steel articles and derivative steel articles from Mexico must now be melted and poured in Mexico, Canada, or the United States to qualify for tariff exemption; products melted and poured elsewhere face increased duty rates. The action reverses Mexico's 2019 exclusion from steel tariffs due to surging imports and low domestic capacity utilization.
To Further Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into Other Products)
This proclamation revokes the exclusion of bifacial solar panels from Section 201 safeguard tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules, subjecting them to duties originally imposed in 2018 and extended in 2022. The action takes effect June 26, 2024, with limited exemptions for bifacial panels under pre-existing contracts executed before May 17, 2024, that are imported within 90 days of the effective date.
Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States
This proclamation extends through December 31, 2025 the tariff-rate quota on EU aluminum imports that was established in 2021, replacing the 10 percent Section 232 tariff for in-quota volumes. It also adds the United Kingdom to the list of countries exempted from the tariff (through 2025), requires certificates of analysis for in-quota treatment, and maintains the 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from other countries.
Authorizing the General Services Administration To Expand and Continue To Operate and Maintain a Vehicular and Pedestrian Border Crossing at the Calexico East Land Port of Entry to Mexico
This Presidential Permit authorizes the General Services Administration to expand and continue operating the Calexico East Land Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border, adding two commercial and two noncommercial lanes. The permit imposes conditions including environmental compliance, International Boundary and Water Commission concurrence, and State Department diplomatic notification with Mexico before construction begins.
Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
This executive order strengthens and extends the Biden Administration's equity mandate by requiring federal agencies to establish Equity Teams within 30 days, submit annual Equity Action Plans starting September 2023, and embed equity considerations across budgeting, procurement, AI development, and program delivery. It sets a 15% federal procurement goal for small disadvantaged businesses by FY2025, revokes Trump-era Opportunity Zone executive orders, and mandates coordination through a new White House Steering Committee on Equity.
Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
This executive order launches a whole-of-government initiative to advance U.S. biotechnology and biomanufacturing capabilities across health, climate, energy, agriculture, and national security sectors. It mandates numerous agency reports and plans with specific deadlines, establishes a Data for the Bioeconomy Initiative, creates workforce development programs with equity commitments, streamlines biotechnology regulation, strengthens biosafety and biosecurity protections, and tasks intelligence agencies with assessing foreign threats to the U.S. bioeconomy.
Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and Local Economies
This executive order directs federal agencies to inventory and conserve mature and old-growth forests on federal lands, develop reforestation targets for 2030, combat international deforestation through trade and foreign assistance reforms, and expand nature-based climate solutions across government. It emphasizes science-based forest management, indigenous knowledge, and sustainable economic development for timber communities.
Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery To Rebuild Trust in Government
This executive order directs federal agencies to modernize service delivery and reduce administrative burdens on the public, framing inefficient government processes as a "time tax" on citizens. It mandates specific digital upgrades across agencies—from online passport renewal to streamlined disaster assistance applications—and establishes a framework for designating High Impact Service Providers (HISPs) with ongoing accountability for customer experience improvements.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity for Native American students and strengthen Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). It creates a new interagency structure co-chaired by the Secretaries of Education, Interior, and Labor, revokes a 2011 Obama-era order on the same topic, and mandates specific deliverables including memoranda of agreement and annual progress reports.
Promoting Competition in the American Economy
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government competition policy to combat excessive market concentration across the economy. It creates a White House Competition Council and directs dozens of specific actions by agencies including the FTC, DOJ, USDA, HHS, DOT, FCC, and others to address anti-competitive practices in labor markets, agriculture, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and technology.
Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
This executive order directs a comprehensive review of Trump-era immigration policies to remove barriers to legal immigration, naturalization, and public benefits access. It establishes interagency task forces to coordinate integration efforts and mandates specific plans and reports to streamline citizenship processes and reverse restrictive public charge and sponsor liability policies.
Authorizing the City of Pharr, Texas, To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Bridge Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico
This presidential permit authorizes the City of Pharr, Texas to construct, connect, operate, and maintain new bridge facilities adjacent to the existing Pharr International Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border near Reynosa, Mexico. The permit includes standard conditions for inspection access, compliance with applicable laws, national security provisions, and requires the city to provide CBP inspection facilities at no cost to the federal government.
An America-First Healthcare Plan
This executive order declares a continuation of healthcare policies emphasizing patient choice, lower costs, and quality care, with specific directives to maintain existing actions and new deadlines for price transparency and surprise billing measures. It requires HHS to work with Congress on surprise billing legislation by year-end 2020, take administrative action if legislation fails, and update Medicare.gov Hospital Compare within 180 days with hospital billing quality information.
Combating Public Health Emergencies and Strengthening National Security by Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize domestic procurement of essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and their critical ingredients to reduce dependence on foreign manufacturing. It mandates supply chain vulnerability assessments, streamlines regulatory approvals for domestic producers, and authorizes use of the Defense Production Act to prioritize these materials. The order includes exceptions for public health emergencies and when domestic procurement would increase costs by more than 25 percent.
To Take Certain Actions Under the United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act and for Other Purposes
This proclamation modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) effective July 1, 2020, replacing NAFTA tariff treatment. It also makes technical corrections and updates rules of origin for existing free trade agreements with Singapore, Colombia, Korea, and Panama, and corrects prior inadvertent omissions in GSP-related tariff treatment for Thailand, Argentina, and Ukraine.
Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth
This executive order directs federal agencies to reduce regulatory barriers for domestic fishing and aquaculture, combat illegal fishing, streamline permitting for offshore aquaculture projects, establish designated aquaculture zones, and develop a comprehensive seafood trade strategy. It creates multiple task forces and deadlines across Commerce, Agriculture, Army Corps of Engineers, and other agencies to expand U.S. seafood production and reduce reliance on imports.
Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods Under Section 202A of the United States Mexico Canada Agreement Implementation Act
This executive order establishes an Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods to advise on implementing USMCA automotive provisions, including rules of origin and an alternative staging regime. The Committee is chaired by USTR and includes Commerce, Labor, USITC, CBP, and Treasury, with authority to make recommendations by consensus or majority vote.
Ensuring Safe and Lawful E-Commerce for United States Consumers, Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and Intellectual Property Rights Holders
This executive order targets e-commerce channels used to import counterfeit goods, narcotics (especially fentanyl), and other contraband through small express-carrier and international mail packages. It establishes new criteria for obtaining importer of record numbers, requires express carriers and customs brokers to report debarred persons attempting to re-establish business, creates a compliance scoring system for international postal services with escalating consequences for non-compliance, mandates prioritized prosecution of import violations, and requires analysis of whether CBP fees adequately cover inspection costs.
Establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
This executive order creates a two-year interagency Task Force co-chaired by the Attorney General and Interior Secretary to address missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, particularly women and girls. The Task Force is charged with developing protocols for law enforcement, improving data sharing, reviewing cold cases, and submitting reports at one and two years before automatically terminating.
Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation's Seniors
This executive order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to expand Medicare Advantage (MA) plan choices, reduce regulatory burdens on providers, accelerate coverage of innovative medical technologies, and inject market-based pricing into Medicare. It explicitly opposes the Medicare for All Act of 2019 and frames its policies as protecting seniors' existing choices while improving program sustainability through competition and value-based payment.
Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote National Security and Public Health
This executive order establishes a National Influenza Vaccine Task Force co-chaired by Defense and HHS to modernize U.S. influenza vaccine production away from egg-based methods toward faster, scalable cell-based and recombinant technologies. It mandates a 5-year national plan and directs multiple agencies to estimate costs, expand manufacturing capacity, and accelerate development of broadly protective vaccines.
Collecting Information About Citizenship Status in Connection With the Decennial Census
After the Supreme Court blocked a citizenship question on the 2020 census, this EO directs all federal agencies to share administrative records with the Commerce Department to compile citizenship data through alternative means. It establishes an interagency working group to maximize data sharing and tasks the Commerce Secretary with considering a citizenship question for the 2030 census.
Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products
This executive order directs federal agencies to modernize regulations for agricultural biotechnology products, streamline oversight across USDA, EPA, and FDA, and promote both domestic public acceptance and international trade of genetically engineered crops and animals. It mandates specific plans for regulatory streamlining, a unified web-based platform for developers, consumer engagement strategies, and international trade barrier removal.
Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States
This proclamation expands the Secretary of Commerce's authority to grant exclusions from quantitative limitations (quotas) on aluminum imports under Section 232, mirroring existing tariff exclusion authority. It also amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to implement these changes, maintains existing 10% tariffs and quota levels, establishes procedures for quota exclusion requests, and creates an export certification framework for countries with quota arrangements. The modifications take effect August 30, 2018.
Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud
This executive order establishes a Department of Justice Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud to coordinate investigation and prosecution of fraud against the government and public, replacing a similar Obama-era task force. It brings together senior DOJ officials and invites participation from numerous federal agencies to address financial crimes, cyber-fraud, and consumer protection.
Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States
This proclamation temporarily exempts Australia, Argentina, South Korea, Brazil, and EU member countries from the 25 percent steel tariffs imposed on March 8, 2018, while continuing trade negotiations. The exemptions expire on May 1, 2018, unless satisfactory alternative arrangements are reached. It also amends tariff schedules and adds provisions for case-by-case exclusion relief.
Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats
This proclamation imposes country-specific entry restrictions on nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen, and additional scrutiny for Somali nationals, based on deficiencies in identity-management and information-sharing capabilities. It implements the results of a worldwide review ordered under Executive Order 13780, with tailored restrictions varying by country and visa category. The proclamation also establishes ongoing review processes and reporting requirements to assess whether restrictions should be modified or removed.
Establishment of the American Technology Council
This executive order creates the American Technology Council (ATC), a high-level interagency body chaired by the President to coordinate federal IT modernization and digital service delivery. The ATC includes cabinet secretaries, senior White House advisors, and technology officials, but excludes national security systems from its scope. The council automatically terminates on January 20, 2021.
Establishing Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws
This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen collection of unpaid antidumping and countervailing duties on imports, develop risk-based bonding requirements for importers with poor compliance records, enhance enforcement against customs and trade law violations including counterfeit goods, and prioritize prosecution of trade-related offenses. It responds to $2.3 billion in uncollected duties as of 2015.
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.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Social Security Administration
This memorandum establishes a new order of succession for the Social Security Administration, listing seven officials who would act as Commissioner if both the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner become unable to serve. It revokes the prior October 17, 2014 succession memorandum and preserves presidential discretion to depart from this order.
Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy
This executive order directs federal agencies to use their authorities to promote market competition, inform consumers and workers, and eliminate regulations that restrict competition without public benefit. It requires agencies to identify anti-competitive practices, submit action plans to the National Economic Council, and report semi-annually on pro-competition efforts.
White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force
This memorandum establishes the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, chaired by the Vice President, to coordinate federal efforts to accelerate cancer research, treatment, and prevention. The Task Force includes heads of 14 executive departments and agencies and is directed to produce findings and recommendations on accelerating research, improving patient care, reducing regulatory barriers, and developing public-private partnerships, with a report due to the President by December 31, 2016.
Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States for 2015-2020
This executive order implements the updated 2015-2020 National HIV/AIDS Strategy, directing federal agencies to develop action plans, coordinate efforts, and report progress on reducing HIV infections, improving care access, and addressing disparities. It establishes a Federal Interagency Working Group and assigns specific responsibilities to lead agencies including HHS, Defense, Justice, and others.
Student Aid Bill of Rights To Help Ensure Affordable Loan Repayment
This memorandum directs multiple federal agencies to implement stronger consumer protections for the more than 40 million Americans with student loan debt. It establishes deadlines for creating a complaint system, improving loan servicing standards, protecting distressed borrowers including those with disabilities, and exploring regulatory changes to bankruptcy and consumer protection laws.
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Social Security Administration
This memorandum establishes a new order of succession for the Social Security Administration, specifying which officials would act as Commissioner if both the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner become unable to serve. It revokes the prior 2008 succession memorandum and lists five officials in priority order, with exceptions for acting officials and preservation of presidential discretion.
Improving the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions
This executive order mandates federal agencies adopt chip-and-PIN technology for government payment cards and terminals by early 2015, streamlines identity theft victim remediation through a centralized FTC website, and requires multi-factor authentication for federal digital services within 18 months.
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
This executive order establishes a government-wide framework to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria by creating an interagency task force, a presidential advisory council, and mandating specific actions including antibiotic stewardship programs in healthcare facilities, strengthened surveillance systems, promotion of new drug development, and international cooperation. It sets concrete deadlines for a national action plan and regulatory reviews to address what the CDC identified as at least 23,000 annual U.S. deaths from resistant infections.
Establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs
This executive order creates the White House Council on Native American Affairs, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, to coordinate federal policy across 30+ agencies to support tribal self-governance and improve quality of life for Native Americans. It establishes a formal structure for interagency coordination on economic development, healthcare, education, justice, and environmental protection while mandating three annual meetings.
Improving Repayment Options for Federal Student Loan Borrowers
This memorandum directs the Secretaries of Education and Treasury to streamline the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) application process for federal student loans by creating an online system that imports IRS income data directly, develop integrated online and mobile resources to educate borrowers about repayment options, and improve notifications about IBR availability to borrowers before and after leaving school.
Federal Support for the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program
This memorandum directs all federal agencies with property management responsibilities to ensure compliance with the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program, which gives priority to blind individuals to operate vending facilities on federal properties. It also requires the Secretary of Education to submit a report on agency implementation within one year.
Reducing Prescription Drug Shortages
This executive order directs the FDA to use existing authority to require earlier notice from manufacturers about drug discontinuances that could cause shortages, expedite regulatory reviews when shortages are threatened, and refer evidence of price gouging or hoarding to the Department of Justice for potential enforcement. It responds to a near-tripling of prescription drug shortages between 2005 and 2010, particularly for cancer treatments and anesthesia drugs.
Addressing Tax Delinquency by Government Contractors
This memorandum directs the IRS Commissioner to review contractor tax-delinquency certifications required under a 2008 Federal Acquisition Regulation amendment and report back within 90 days on their accuracy. It also orders OMB, Treasury, and agency heads to evaluate contracting officer practices and recommend within 90 days process improvements to block tax-delinquent contractors from receiving new awards, including a plan for a government-wide certification database.
Designation of Officers of the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico To Act As the Commissioner of the United States Section
This memorandum establishes the order of succession for the Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, specifying two Principal Engineers who would act as Commissioner if the officeholder dies, resigns, or becomes unable to serve. It preserves presidential discretion to depart from this succession order and explicitly disclaims creating any enforceable legal rights.
To Implement The United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement And for Other Purposes
This proclamation implements the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement by modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to establish preferential tariff treatment, rules of origin, and tariff-rate quotas for Peruvian goods. It also delegates authority to the Secretary of Commerce, USTR, and CITA for various implementation functions, and makes technical corrections to prior trade agreements with Morocco, Bahrain, and CAFTA-DR countries.
Designation of Officers of the Social Security Administration to Act as the Commissioner of Social Security
This memorandum establishes a formal order of succession for the Social Security Administration, specifying which officials will act as Commissioner if both the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner are unable to serve. It supersedes a 2006 memorandum on the same topic and includes standard exceptions and disclaimers about presidential discretion and legal enforceability.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
This executive order continues 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2009, revokes the tax reform advisory panel (EO 13369), supersedes parts of EO 13385, and substantially amends EO 12994 to expand and rename the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities with new membership requirements and advisory functions.
Improving Assistance for Disaster Victims
This executive order establishes an interagency Task Force on Disaster Assistance Coordination to develop a plan streamlining federal disaster assistance delivery. The plan must include a centralized application process, a clearinghouse for assistance information, reduced duplication, and fraud controls, with phased implementation by December 31, 2008. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit the plan to the President by March 1, 2007, with quarterly progress reports thereafter until implementation is complete.
Strengthening Federal Efforts To Protect Against Identity Theft
This executive order establishes the Identity Theft Task Force, co-chaired by the Attorney General and FTC Chairman, to coordinate federal efforts against identity theft through law enforcement, public education, and data security. The Task Force must submit a strategic plan within 180 days and may be terminated by the President or Attorney General via Federal Register notice.
Designation of Officers of the Social Security Administration
This memorandum establishes a formal order of succession for the Social Security Administration, specifying which officials would temporarily assume the Commissioner's duties if both the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner become unavailable. It supersedes a 2002 memorandum on the same topic.
To Implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement
This proclamation implements the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) with respect to El Salvador, modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to provide preferential tariff treatment, establishing rules of origin, and delegating authority to the Secretary of Commerce, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), and the United States Trade Representative for various trade administration functions.
Individuals With Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness
This executive order establishes a federal policy requiring agencies to consider the unique needs of individuals with disabilities in emergency preparedness planning for disasters and terrorism. It creates an Interagency Coordinating Council within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate implementation, review agency actions, and submit annual reports to the President on progress and best practices.
Issuance of Permits With Respect to Certain Energy-Related Facilities and Land Transportation Crossings on the International Boundaries of the United States
This executive order transfers authority for approving permits for oil, gas, coal, and other fuel pipelines crossing U.S. borders from the President to the Secretary of State, while also creating a new permitting process for land transportation border crossings (roads, rail) that don't require physical construction connecting to foreign countries. It amends Executive Order 11423 to establish a 90-day interagency review process with specific consultation requirements.
Human Service Transportation Coordination
This executive order establishes an Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility to improve coordination of federal transportation services for people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and older adults. The Council, chaired by the Secretary of Transportation and comprising nine cabinet-level officials, is tasked with reducing duplication, improving access, and reporting on progress within one year.
Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals With Disabilities
This executive order directs federal agencies to assist states in implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, which requires community-based placement for individuals with disabilities when appropriate. It mandates interagency cooperation, policy reviews, and ADA enforcement to reduce unjustified institutionalization.
Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
This executive order delegates presidential authority to implement trade preference programs for sub-Saharan Africa (AGOA) and Caribbean Basin countries (CBTPA) to specific agencies. It authorizes the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, USTR, and Customs to make determinations on fabric availability, handloomed goods, interlinings, transshipment penalties, visa systems, and emergency tariff actions.
Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia
This executive order formally establishes the Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia, chaired by the OMB Director and composed of 18 cabinet-level and agency heads, to coordinate federal assistance for D.C.'s financial stability, economic growth, and self-governance. It continues and institutionalizes interagency work begun in 1995 to support the nation's capital through improved federal-local coordination.
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition
This executive order establishes a Presidential Transition Coordinating Council to facilitate the transfer of power from the Clinton administration to the incoming Bush administration following the 2000 election. It mandates coordination of orientation activities, creation of a transition directory and catalogue of presidential appointee positions, and preparation of orientation materials for new political appointees.
Improving Health Protection of Military Personnel Participating in Particular Military Operations
This executive order establishes procedures for administering investigational drugs to military personnel during particular military operations when FDA-approved alternatives are unavailable. It creates a detailed waiver process for informed consent requirements under 10 U.S.C. 1107(f), requiring presidential approval, FDA consultation, ongoing monitoring, and congressional notification.
Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on the Internet
This executive order establishes an interagency working group chaired by the Attorney General to study and report on unlawful conduct involving the Internet, including illegal sales of guns, drugs, and child pornography. The group must deliver recommendations within 120 days on whether existing federal laws are sufficient, what new tools or authorities may be needed, and how to empower parents and educators to mitigate risks.
Imposition of Restraints on Imports of Certain Steel Products From the Russian Federation
This proclamation imposes immediate import restrictions on certain steel products from Russia to address market disruption, implementing a bilateral 1999 steel trade agreement. The Secretary of Commerce is delegated authority to administer these restrictions and provide guidance to U.S. Customs. The restrictions apply to articles entered or withdrawn from warehouse on or after a date specified in the Annex and remain in effect for the duration of the agreement.
Using Technology To Improve Training Opportunities for Federal Government Employees
This executive order establishes a presidential task force and advisory committee to promote technology-based training for federal employees. It directs agencies to designate representatives, develop training technology standards, create online training databases, and explore individual training accounts for workers.
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 1998
This proclamation declares December 10, 1998 as Human Rights Day, December 15, 1998 as Bill of Rights Day, and the week beginning December 10, 1998 as Human Rights Week. Within the proclamatory text, President Clinton announces several substantive policy actions: creating an interagency working group via executive order to enforce human rights treaties, establishing a genocide early warning center, funding NGOs for rapid human rights emergency response, State Department assistance for Afghan women and girls under Taliban rule, support for ILO child labor elimination efforts, and INS guidelines for child asylum cases.
Increasing Employment of Adults With Disabilities
This executive order establishes a National Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, chaired by the Secretary of Labor, to develop coordinated federal policy recommendations for increasing employment rates of adults with disabilities. It mandates multiple agency reports and reviews due by November 15, 1998, with subsequent Task Force reports through 2002.
Internal Revenue Service Management Board
This executive order establishes a permanent Internal Revenue Service Management Board within the Treasury Department to assist the Secretary in overseeing IRS management and operations. The Board includes senior Treasury officials, OMB representatives, and other agency designees, with responsibility for reviewing strategic modernization decisions, budgetary issues, and performance metrics, and reporting semiannually to the President and Congress.
Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities
This executive order continues the President's Committee on Mental Retardation with expanded membership and responsibilities. It adds federal agency heads to the committee, sets national goals for reducing mental retardation and promoting community participation, and requires annual reports to the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Interagency Security Committee
This executive order creates a permanent Interagency Security Committee (ISC) chaired by the GSA Administrator to set government-wide security policies and standards for federal civilian facilities. It mandates cooperation from all executive agencies and authorizes the committee to develop security standards, share intelligence, assess technology, and maintain a centralized database of federal facilities.
Deterring Illegal Immigration
This 1995 presidential memorandum directs a comprehensive strategy to deter illegal immigration through border control expansion, worksite enforcement, visa overstay tracking, expedited deportation procedures, and international cooperation. It sets specific deadlines for interagency reports and plans while requesting congressional action on wiretap authority, asset seizure, and expedited exclusion procedures.
Implementation of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank
This executive order implements two binational institutions created alongside NAFTA: the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBank). It designates U.S. representatives to both bodies, delegates presidential authorities under the NAFTA Implementation Act to the Treasury Secretary and a newly created Finance Committee, and establishes coordination mechanisms across multiple federal agencies for border environmental and community investment programs.
Textile Import Program Implementation
This executive order directs the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations within 120 days to strengthen enforcement of textile import agreements, including tighter country-of-origin rules and bonded warehouse oversight. It also creates a new Textile and Apparel Task Force within Customs to coordinate enforcement, with CITA providing policy guidance.