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Helping Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government approach to coordinate federal economic development programs for economically distressed, rural, Tribal, and disaster-affected communities. It directs 11 agencies to improve community engagement, create a unified technical assistance network, and give preference to covered communities in funding opportunities, with specific deliverables due within one year.
Orderly Implementation of the Air Toxics Standards for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilizers
This memorandum establishes a formal process for commercial sterilizers to request Presidential exemptions from EPA's April 2024 ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions standards when compliance technology is unavailable and facility shutdown would disrupt medical device/pharmaceutical supplies. It directs EPA and HHS to coordinate on reviewing exemption requests with strict timelines, and requires HHS to report within 2 years on progress toward reducing EtO exposure and developing alternative sterilization methods.
Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure
This executive order directs federal agencies to identify and lease government land for private-sector construction of frontier AI data centers and associated clean energy facilities by 2027. It establishes competitive solicitation processes, mandates clean power procurement, imposes security and labor standards, and requires frameworks to ensure national security access to AI capabilities while fostering competitive markets.
Amendments to Executive Orders Relating to Certain Certificates and Badges
This executive order amends two existing executive orders governing ceremonial military awards. It updates eligibility criteria and administrative procedures for the Presidential Service Certificate/Badge (EO 12793) and the Vice Presidential Service Badge (EO 11926), primarily by adding assignment to "other direct support positions within the Executive Office of the President" as qualifying service and clarifying that the Vice Presidential Service Badge may be worn both during and after assignment.
Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group
This memorandum establishes the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, an interagency task force led by the National Security Advisor and National Economic Council Director to monitor and counter PRC censorship or intimidation of U.S. persons exercising free speech. The task force must produce an integrated federal strategy and annual reports on these efforts, with membership spanning 12+ agencies including State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Commerce, DHS, and intelligence agencies.
Establishment of the Countering Economic Coercion Task Force
This memorandum establishes an interagency Countering Economic Coercion Task Force within the Executive Office of the President, co-chaired by the National Security Advisor and National Economic Council Director, to coordinate U.S. strategy against economic coercion by countries of concern, particularly the People's Republic of China. The Task Force must submit an initial report to Congress within 180 days, followed by interim and final reports, and provide periodic policy recommendations to the President.
Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
President Biden established a second emergency board to investigate an unresolved labor dispute between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and its locomotive engineers union (BLET) under the Railway Labor Act. The first emergency board's recommendations were rejected by the parties, triggering this second board which will select the most reasonable final offer from each side.
Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills
This executive order establishes an interagency task force to develop strategies against emerging firearms threats, specifically machinegun conversion devices and 3D printed ghost guns, requiring reports within 90 days. It also directs the Departments of Education and Homeland Security to publish guidance on improving school-based active-shooter drills within 110 days, with attention to trauma reduction and civil rights compliance.
Investing in America and Investing in American Workers
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize high labor standards—including prevailing wages, project labor agreements, union neutrality, and workforce development—when awarding federal financial assistance under the Investing in America agenda (infrastructure, CHIPS, and clean energy laws). It establishes an interagency task force to coordinate implementation and requires agencies to embed job quality criteria into grant-making processes.
Delegation of Authority To Designate an Existing Official To Serve Within the Executive Branch as the Coordinator for Detained ISIS Members and Relevant Displaced Populations in Syria
This memorandum delegates presidential authority to the Secretary of State to designate an existing executive branch official as Coordinator for Detained ISIS Members and Relevant Displaced Populations in Syria. The Coordinator will carry out responsibilities under NDAA FY2020 section 1224 as amended by NDAA FY2024 section 1262, with required consultation across national security agencies and notice to the President through the National Security Advisor upon designation.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Hispanic-Serving Institutions
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education and a President's Board of Advisors to strengthen Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) by improving their access to federal resources, promoting best practices, and expanding educational and economic opportunities for Hispanic and Latino students. The Initiative focuses on addressing funding disparities, improving infrastructure, aligning programs with workforce needs, and building partnerships with public and private organizations.
Establishment of the Economic Diplomacy Action Group and Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019
This memorandum establishes the Economic Diplomacy Action Group (EDAG) and delegates presidential authority under the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 to cabinet secretaries and agency heads, allowing them to appoint senior officials to the EDAG. The Secretary of State is tasked with coordinating these appointments across agencies.
White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience
This executive order establishes the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, co-chaired by the National Security Advisor and the President's economic policy advisor, with membership from 31 cabinet-level officials and agency heads. The Council is tasked with coordinating federal efforts to strengthen supply chain resilience, conducting quadrennial reviews of critical industries, and submitting its first report to the President by December 31, 2024. The order supersedes the review process from the prior administration's EO 14017 while reaffirming its underlying supply chain principles.
COVID-19 and Public Health Preparedness and Response
This executive order revokes three COVID-19-era executive orders related to hoarding prevention, federal workforce masking, and travel safety. It terminates the COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator positions, transferring their responsibilities to the Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), a congressionally established office within the Executive Office of the President.
Recognizing and Honoring Women's History
This executive order directs the Department of the Interior to strengthen federal recognition of women's history through National Park Service theme studies, site assessments, and advisory recommendations over the next decade. It requires reports on existing sites related to women's history, new theme studies covering diverse women across historical periods, and input for the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
Advancing Women's Health Research and Innovation
This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen women's health research by integrating it across federal research programs, prioritizing funding, launching a menopause research assessment, and identifying budget gaps. It establishes reporting timelines and interagency coordination through the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research.
Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums
This executive order establishes a White House interagency working group to expand Registered Apprenticeship programs across federal agencies and their grant/procurement processes, while also revoking a 2017 Trump order to restore Labor-Management Forums for federal employee union collaboration. It requires agencies to review procurement and grants for apprenticeship opportunities, develop workforce plans incorporating apprenticeships, and submit implementation plans for labor-management forums within 180 days.
Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern
This executive order restricts countries of concern from accessing Americans' bulk sensitive personal data and U.S. government-related data through new regulations on data transactions, submarine cable licensing, and federal research funding. It directs the Attorney General and Homeland Security to issue regulations within 180 days to prohibit or restrict high-risk data transfers while avoiding broad data localization requirements or commercial decoupling. The order also mandates reports on genomic data risks and prior data transfers, with security requirements based on NIST cybersecurity frameworks.
Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations To Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination
This executive order directs federal agencies to reform how they administer funding and programs for Tribal Nations, with the goal of reducing bureaucratic burdens, increasing flexibility, and better fulfilling trust responsibilities. It mandates a multi-year assessment of unmet federal obligations led by OMB and the Domestic Policy Advisor, and requires agencies to streamline application processes, respect Tribal data sovereignty, and promote self-governance through compacts and co-management agreements.
Interagency Security Committee
This executive order reestablishes the Interagency Security Committee (ISC), revoking the 1995 version, to set government-wide security policies and standards for federal facilities occupied by federal employees or contractors for nonmilitary activities. The Committee, chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, includes representatives from 18 agencies and 5 key officials, with duties spanning policy development, compliance monitoring, intelligence sharing, technology assessment, and biennial reporting.
Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy
This memorandum directs the Department of Commerce and NTIA to modernize U.S. spectrum policy by establishing an Interagency Spectrum Advisory Council, developing a National Spectrum Strategy by December 31, 2023, and creating an Implementation Plan within 120 days of Strategy submission. It revokes a 2018 Trump-era spectrum memorandum and establishes new coordination requirements between NTIA, FCC, and federal agencies on spectrum allocation and management decisions.
Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
This executive order establishes a comprehensive, government-wide framework for governing AI development and use, directing federal agencies to develop safety standards, require reporting from companies building large AI models, protect against AI-enabled cyber and biological threats, safeguard civil rights and privacy, and build federal AI workforce capacity. It invokes the Defense Production Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose reporting obligations on AI developers and cloud infrastructure providers regarding dual-use foundation models and foreign user transactions.
Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern
This executive order establishes a new outbound investment screening program requiring U.S. persons to notify Treasury of certain investments in semiconductors, quantum technologies, and AI in "countries of concern," and prohibiting other transactions deemed to pose acute national security risks. The order delegates authority to Treasury to issue implementing regulations after public notice and comment, with periodic review and reporting requirements.
Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize domestic manufacturing when commercializing technologies developed with federal R&D funding. It establishes new reporting requirements, tightens waiver processes for Bayh-Dole Act domestic manufacturing requirements, and creates coordination mechanisms across defense, energy, health, and other research agencies to strengthen U.S. industrial competitiveness and supply chain resilience.
Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons Destabilizing Sudan and Undermining the Goal of a Democratic Transition
This executive order expands existing sanctions authorities against Sudan to target foreign persons destabilizing the country and undermining democratic transition. It blocks property of individuals and entities involved in threatening Sudan's stability, obstructing civilian government formation, committing human rights abuses, or interfering with humanitarian assistance, while also suspending U.S. entry for covered noncitizens.
Prohibition on Use by the United States Government of Commercial Spyware That Poses Risks to National Security
This executive order prohibits U.S. government agencies from operationally using commercial spyware that poses significant counterintelligence, security, or human rights risks. It establishes a framework for interagency coordination through intelligence assessments, certification requirements, due diligence procedures, and reporting to ensure government use of spyware aligns with national security interests and democratic values.
Supporting Access to Leave for Federal Employees
This memorandum directs federal agencies to expand access to unpaid leave for employees, particularly during their first year of service, for bonding with new children, caregiving, serious health conditions, military family needs, and bereavement. It also requires OPM to recommend within 180 days how to provide paid or unpaid leave for employees seeking safety from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Certifications Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
This memorandum certifies continued postponement of some JFK assassination records while ordering release of others. It sets a June 30, 2023 deadline for temporary withholding of certain redacted records, requires review completion by May 1, 2023, and mandates release of non-postponed information by December 15, 2022.
Establishing the President's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States
This executive order creates a 12-member advisory council within the State Department to advise the President on strengthening U.S. ties with African Diaspora communities, including African Americans and African immigrants. The council is tasked with recommending strategies on equity, cultural exchange, trade, and socioeconomic well-being, with quarterly meetings required.
Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National Security Risks by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
This executive order directs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to expand its national security reviews of foreign investments by adding new factors: supply chain resilience, technological leadership in sectors like AI and quantum computing, aggregate industry investment trends, cybersecurity risks, and sensitive data access. It also requires CFIUS to periodically review its processes and report to the National Security Advisor.
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.
Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
This executive order establishes a new White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation to coordinate implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's energy and infrastructure provisions. It also restructures interagency coordination by amending previous executive orders to expand the National Climate Task Force's mission, add the new Senior Advisor to multiple interagency bodies, and prioritize clean energy deployment, environmental justice, and domestic manufacturing.
Implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022
This executive order establishes an interagency steering council to coordinate implementation of the CHIPS Act of 2022, directing agencies to prioritize domestic semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain security, workforce development, and taxpayer accountability. It creates governance structures but does not itself allocate funds or establish new regulatory requirements.
Bolstering Efforts To Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained United States Nationals Home
This executive order declares a national emergency over hostage-taking and wrongful detention of U.S. nationals abroad, expanding existing hostage recovery infrastructure to cover state-sponsored wrongful detentions. It authorizes sanctions—including asset blocking and visa bans—against foreign persons involved in such acts, and mandates enhanced interagency coordination, family engagement, and diplomatic strategies led by the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
President Biden established an Emergency Board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate unresolved labor disputes between major freight railroads and their unions. The three-member board was tasked with producing a report within 30 days to prevent a strike that would disrupt interstate commerce and essential transportation services.
Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
This executive order directs federal agencies to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare services following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It mandates reports on abortion and contraception access, convenes legal support for patients and providers, addresses safety and privacy concerns, and establishes an interagency task force on reproductive healthcare access.
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
This memorandum establishes the Biden Administration's policy and organizational framework for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), a G7-aligned initiative to mobilize public and private financing for high-standard infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries. It directs a whole-of-government approach across multiple agencies, with four priority areas: climate and energy security, digital connectivity, health and health security, and gender equality and equity. The memorandum creates a Special Presidential Coordinator role, mandates specific strategy development by multiple cabinet secretaries, and requires a presidential report within 180 days.
Establishment of the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse
This memorandum establishes a White House Task Force co-chaired by the Gender Policy Council and National Security Council to coordinate federal efforts against technology-facilitated gender-based violence, including online harassment, deepfakes, and doxing targeting women and LGBTQI+ individuals. The Task Force must deliver an Initial Blueprint within 180 days, a 1-Year Report within one year of that blueprint, and annual follow-up reports thereafter.
Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals
This executive order directs federal agencies to advance equality for LGBTQI+ individuals through a comprehensive set of initiatives addressing healthcare access, education, housing, child welfare, and data collection. It establishes specific deadlines for agencies to develop policies, guidance, and reports aimed at combating discrimination, ending conversion therapy, improving federal benefits access, and strengthening supports for LGBTQI+ youth, older adults, and families.
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.
Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets
This executive order establishes the first comprehensive federal framework for U.S. digital asset policy, directing agencies to study and report on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), consumer protections, financial stability risks, illicit finance, energy impacts, and international competitiveness. It mandates numerous interagency reports with deadlines ranging from 90 days to over a year, but does not itself create new regulations or a CBDC.
Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
This executive order directs the federal government to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 through transforming federal procurement and operations, including 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030, 100% zero-emission vehicle acquisitions by 2035, and net-zero emissions buildings by 2045. It establishes new governance structures including a Federal Chief Sustainability Officer and requires agencies to set targets, develop sustainability plans, and incorporate environmental justice considerations.
The National Space Council
This executive order reconstitutes the National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President, with a broad membership of cabinet secretaries and senior officials. It establishes the Council's advisory and coordination functions for national space policy across civil, commercial, and national security sectors, creates a Users' Advisory Group of non-Federal industry representatives, and revokes two Trump-era executive orders on the same body.
Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
This executive order establishes an Infrastructure Implementation Task Force within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It directs agencies to prioritize efficient spending, domestic manufacturing, high labor standards, equitable investment through the Justice40 Initiative, climate resilience, and coordination with state/local/Tribal/territorial governments.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity and economic opportunity for Black Americans through interagency coordination, evidence-based policy, and a Presidential Advisory Commission. It revokes a 2012 Obama-era initiative on the same topic, expanding the scope to explicitly include economic opportunity and workforce development alongside K-12 and higher education.
Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
This executive order requires federal contractors and subcontractors to follow COVID-19 workplace safety guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force in contracts entered into, extended, or renewed on or after October 15, 2021. The order mandates that agencies include a compliance clause in covered contracts and that the OMB Director approve any such guidance before it takes effect.
Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees
This executive order mandates COVID-19 vaccination for all federal employees across executive agencies, with exceptions only as required by law. The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force must issue implementation guidance within 7 days, and each agency must then create its own vaccination program.
Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
This executive order mandates a phased declassification review of FBI and other agency documents related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, prioritizing transparency for survivors and victims' families while protecting national security. The Attorney General and relevant agency heads must complete reviews of specific records on rolling deadlines between September 11, 2021 and approximately March 2022.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a new White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity and economic opportunity for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It creates a new President's Board of Advisors on HBCUs, mandates annual agency plans from federal agencies on HBCU participation in federal programs, and establishes an interagency working group to coordinate government-wide efforts.
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.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce
This executive order establishes a government-wide initiative to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the federal workforce. It mandates strategic planning, data collection, paid internships, partnerships with minority-serving institutions, and specific equity measures for employees with disabilities, LGBTQ+ employees, and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western Balkans
This notice continues for one year a national emergency first declared in 2001 regarding extremist violence and obstructionist activities in the Western Balkans region. The continuation maintains sanctions authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act against persons threatening peace and stabilization efforts in North Macedonia, Bosnia, and Kosovo.
Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
This executive order establishes a new President's Advisory Commission and White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) within the Department of Health and Human Services. It creates a whole-of-government framework to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for these communities through interagency coordination, data disaggregation, language access, hate crimes tracking, and annual reporting on measurable progress across federal agencies.
Climate-Related Financial Risk
This executive order directs federal agencies to assess and disclose climate-related financial risks across government programs, financial markets, and pensions. It mandates development of a government-wide climate risk strategy, requires financial regulators to evaluate systemic climate risks, and reinstates flood risk standards for federally funded projects.
Restoring the Department of Justice's Access-to- Justice Function and Reinvigorating the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable
This memorandum reinvigorates the Department of Justice's access-to-justice function and reconvenes the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR) as a White House initiative. It directs the Attorney General to submit a plan within 120 days for expanding DOJ's access-to-justice work and requires LAIR to report annually, with its first report due in 120 days focusing on COVID-19's impact on access to justice.
Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity
This executive order mandates comprehensive cybersecurity reforms across the federal government, requiring adoption of zero-trust architecture, cloud modernization, multi-factor authentication, and encryption. It establishes new software supply chain security standards including Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) requirements, creates a Cyber Safety Review Board for incident review, and removes contractual barriers to threat information sharing between IT/OT service providers and federal agencies.
Worker Organizing and Empowerment
This executive order establishes a White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, chaired by the Vice President and comprising 23+ cabinet and agency officials, to identify and recommend federal policies that promote union organizing and collective bargaining. It revokes two Trump-era workforce councils and directs the new task force to submit recommendations within 180 days.
Promoting Access to Voting
This executive order directs federal agencies to expand voter registration access and election information, particularly for historically underserved groups including people of color, people with disabilities, military personnel overseas, Native Americans, and individuals in federal custody. It mandates strategic plans, website modernization, and interagency coordination to reduce barriers to voting.
America's Supply Chains
This executive order directs a comprehensive, two-phase review of U.S. supply chain vulnerabilities across critical sectors including semiconductors, batteries, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals (100-day review), followed by deeper one-year assessments of defense, public health, ICT, energy, transportation, and agricultural supply chains. It establishes a coordinated interagency process to identify risks and recommend policies to strengthen domestic manufacturing, reduce foreign dependencies, and build resilient, diverse supply chains.
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration
This executive order revokes Trump-era restrictions on refugee resettlement and directs a comprehensive rebuilding and expansion of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). It mandates multiple reviews and reports to streamline vetting, reduce backlogs, improve protections for vulnerable groups, and address Special Immigrant Visa delays for Iraqi and Afghan allies. It also orders the first-ever U.S. government report on climate change's impact on migration.
Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border
This executive order establishes a comprehensive regional approach to migration from Central America by directing the creation of two major strategies—one addressing root causes of migration in the Northern Triangle and another for collaborative regional migration management. It also restores and expands asylum processing at the U.S. border, revokes multiple Trump-era immigration policies including the Migrant Protection Protocols and border wall construction orders, and sets specific deadlines for regulatory reviews on asylum eligibility and expedited removal procedures.
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
This executive order re-establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), an external advisory body of up to 26 members to counsel the President on science, technology, and innovation policy. It replaces a Trump-era version and assigns administrative support to the Department of Energy with a two-year sunset unless extended.
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.
Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats
This executive order directs federal agencies to improve data collection, sharing, and publication of COVID-19-related information to support evidence-based pandemic response and build stronger public health infrastructure for future threats. It mandates senior data leads across multiple departments, requires reviews of public health data systems and federal hiring capabilities for data roles, and tasks OMB with issuing guidance on open data and de-identification.
Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery
This executive order establishes a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force within HHS to address disproportionate pandemic impacts on communities of color and underserved populations. It directs federal agencies to assess and modify pandemic response plans for equitable resource allocation, strengthen data collection, and conduct targeted outreach for vaccine trust.
Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats
This executive order establishes a COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board to coordinate federal testing efforts and reduce disparities in access, while also creating plans for a U.S. Public Health Job Corps and a sustainable public health workforce to address the pandemic and future biological threats. It directs multiple agencies to facilitate free testing for uninsured individuals, clarify insurance coverage obligations, and provide technical support to state and local health agencies.
Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19
This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate COVID-19 treatment development, expand healthcare system capacity through targeted surge assistance to long-term care facilities, and improve access to affordable care by evaluating insurance coverage programs and establishing production targets for therapeutics. It emphasizes supporting rural hospitals, historically underrepresented clinical trial populations, and patients with long-term COVID effects.
Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel
This executive order mandates mask-wearing on domestic public transportation and at airports, and establishes policies for COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements for international travelers entering the United States. It directs multiple federal agencies to implement these public health measures consistent with CDC guidelines and to submit implementation plans within specified timeframes.
Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers
This executive order directs federal agencies to support safe reopening and continued operation of K-12 schools, early childhood education providers, and higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. It mandates evidence-based guidance, data collection on disparate impacts, equitable distribution of COVID-19 supplies, and development of strategies to address learning loss and educational inequities exacerbated by the pandemic.
A Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain
This executive order directs federal agencies to immediately assess and address COVID-19 supply shortages, including PPE and vaccine production materials, while invoking the Defense Production Act to fill gaps. It also mandates a 180-day strategy for building long-term domestic pandemic supply chain resilience and addresses pricing concerns and Tribal access to the Strategic National Stockpile.
Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Southern Border of the United States and Redirection of Funds Diverted to Border Wall Construction
This proclamation terminates the national emergency declared by the prior administration regarding the southern border (Proclamation 9844), halts border wall construction, and redirects funds previously diverted for that purpose. It directs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to pause construction within seven days, pause obligations of funds immediately, and develop a plan within 60 days for redirecting funds and repurposing contracts.
Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government equity agenda requiring federal agencies to assess whether their policies and programs perpetuate systemic barriers for underserved communities. It mandates equity assessments, creates an interagency data working group, revokes Trump-era orders on race and sex stereotyping and the 1776 Commission, and directs OMB to study methods for embedding equity in federal budgeting and decision-making.
Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government To Provide a Unified and Effective Response To Combat COVID-19 and To Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security
This executive order establishes a White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator to unify federal pandemic response efforts, including vaccine distribution, testing expansion, PPE production, and school reopening support. It also creates an NSC Directorate on Global Health Security and Biodefense, assigns the APNSA responsibility for national biodefense preparedness, and mandates a 180-day review of biological threats and biopreparedness policies.
Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel
This executive order establishes binding ethics pledges for all presidential appointees in executive agencies appointed on or after January 20, 2021. It imposes strict revolving door restrictions, bans on lobbyist gifts and golden parachutes, and creates enforcement mechanisms including debarment and civil penalties for violations.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
This executive order establishes climate action and environmental justice as core federal priorities, directing agencies to review and reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks from 2017-2021. It revokes the Keystone XL pipeline permit, restores Arctic drilling protections, initiates national monument boundary reviews, creates an Interagency Working Group to establish social costs of greenhouse gases, and suspends or revokes numerous prior executive orders on energy infrastructure and environmental regulation.
Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
This executive order mandates that on-duty or on-site federal employees, contractors, and visitors wear masks and follow CDC public health guidelines in federal buildings and on federal lands. It also establishes the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to provide ongoing guidance on COVID-19 workplace safety and requires federal agencies to report on their implementation progress.