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Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution
This executive order directs Interior, OMB, GSA, and the Domestic Policy Council to use available authorities to address alleged ideological bias at the Smithsonian Institution and its National Museum of American History, based on a prior administration report. It mandates temporary signage and exhibits on National Park Service property near the Museum to warn visitors of the report's findings and correct perceived inaccuracies.
Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument
This proclamation drastically reduces the Bears Ears National Monument from approximately 1.36 million acres to about 121,096 acres (two units: Shash Jáa and Indian Creek), excluding roughly 1.24 million acres. The excluded lands open to mineral leasing, mining, and other disposition 60 days after signing. It disbands the Bears Ears Commission, restructures the advisory committee with state and local stakeholder representation, and directs Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to prioritize grazing, recreation, access, and vegetation management in the remaining monument.
Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
President Trump issued a proclamation drastically reducing the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from approximately 1.87 million acres to about 181,541 acres, removing roughly 1.69 million acres from monument protection. The excluded lands will open to mining, mineral leasing, and other disposition 60 days after the proclamation date. The action reverses President Biden's 2021 expansion (Proclamation 10286) and reinstates a much smaller version closer to Trump's 2017 reduction, citing the Antiquities Act's "smallest area compatible" requirement and national security needs for domestic critical minerals production.
Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands
This executive order rescinds two 1970s-era orders governing off-road vehicle use on federal lands (EO 11644 and EO 11989), directing agencies to replace their vague environmental and social criteria with regulations grounded in existing statutory authorities. The action aims to reduce regulatory barriers to energy production, timber harvesting, utility maintenance, and recreational access on federal lands.
Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing
This executive order directs federal agencies to plan and facilitate an INDYCAR street race called the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. for America's 250th birthday celebration in 2026. It requires the Secretaries of Interior and Transportation to designate a race route within 14 days and expedite permits, with the Interior Department bearing publication costs.
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.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order continues 22 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2027, and assigns FACA compliance responsibilities to designated agency heads. It supersedes the prior continuance order (EO 14109) from 2023.
Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
This executive order expands federal intervention in Washington D.C. following a declared crime emergency two weeks prior. It directs multiple agencies to create specialized law enforcement units, hire additional personnel, establish a recruitment portal, ready National Guard forces for civil disturbance response, investigate HUD housing safety compliance, and review D.C. police procedures.
Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline licensing, environmental reviews, and regulatory requirements for U.S. commercial space launches, reentries, and spaceport infrastructure. It sets specific deadlines for regulatory reforms at DOT, FAA, Commerce, DOD, and NASA, and creates new leadership positions to accelerate commercial space activity by 2030.
Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
This executive order accelerates federal permitting for large-scale AI data center infrastructure by streamlining environmental reviews, expanding FAST-41 coverage, making federal lands available, and creating financial support mechanisms for qualifying projects exceeding $500 million or 100 MW of load. It revokes the prior administration's EO 14141 on AI infrastructure and directs multiple agencies to establish new categorical exclusions, programmatic consultations, and expedited permitting pathways.
Revoking PPD-6 on U.S. Global Development Policy
This memorandum revokes Presidential Policy Directive-6 (PPD-6), the 2010 Obama-era policy on U.S. Global Development Policy, on grounds that it conflicts with the current administration's executive orders on America First foreign policy, WHO withdrawal, international environmental agreements, and foreign aid realignment. The revocation directs a broad set of cabinet officials and agency heads but imposes no new affirmative mandates or deadlines.
Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources
This executive order directs the Treasury and Interior Departments to terminate clean-energy tax credits for wind and solar projects and to eliminate regulatory preferences for those sources over dispatchable energy. It builds on the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' by imposing strict enforcement of Foreign Entity of Concern restrictions and tightening 'beginning of construction' rules to prevent eligibility gaming.
Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission
This executive order establishes the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, to advise on conservation policy, expand public lands access for recreation and hunting, reduce regulatory barriers, and address deferred maintenance in national parks and forests. The Commission includes Cabinet secretaries and senior White House officials but has no independent enforcement authority and is subject to appropriations.
Making America Beautiful Again by Improving Our National Parks
This executive order directs the Interior Secretary to increase national park entrance fees for foreign tourists while improving affordability and access for U.S. residents, revokes a 2017 Obama-era diversity and inclusion memorandum for public lands, and mandates review of recreational access rules with preferential treatment for American residents. It also requires full implementation of the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund and scrutiny of prior administration restrictions.
Reissuance of and Amendments to National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba
This memorandum reissues and amends Trump-era NSPM-5 to tighten U.S. policy toward Cuba, directing agencies to restrict financial transactions with Cuban military-controlled entities, enforce the tourism ban, expand internet access for Cubans, and oppose international efforts to lift the embargo. It sets multiple deadlines for regulatory adjustments and reports while explicitly maintaining the statutory embargo framework.
Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline wildfire programs, expand local preparedness partnerships, develop AI and technology roadmaps for firefighting, ease regulations on prescribed burns and fire retardants, reduce wildfire risks from power lines, and modernize response capabilities through declassified satellite data and performance metrics. It responds to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires by targeting what it describes as bureaucratic barriers and mismanagement in wildfire prevention and response.
Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to accelerate U.S. development of seabed critical minerals through streamlined permitting, mapping, international partnerships, and supply chain investment. It aims to reduce dependence on foreign adversaries—specifically China—for minerals essential to defense, energy, and manufacturing.
Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific
This proclamation lifts the commercial fishing ban in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) for U.S.-flagged vessels between 50-200 nautical miles from landward boundaries where the monument overlaps with the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. It modifies Proclamation 9173's management provisions, directs the Secretary of Commerce to expeditiously publish new rules amending or repealing restrictive regulations, and maintains existing environmental and wildlife protections under laws like the Magnuson-Stevens Act and Endangered Species Act.
Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
This executive order directs federal agencies to reduce regulatory burdens on U.S. commercial fishing, aquaculture, and fish processing industries; combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; and develop trade strategies to address unfair foreign competition. It mandates reviews of marine national monuments for potential commercial fishing access, updates to seafood import monitoring, and development of an "America First Seafood Strategy" to boost domestic production and exports.
Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241
This executive order designates coal as a 'mineral' under EO 14241, directs federal agencies to identify and eliminate regulations that discourage coal production and use, prioritizes coal leasing on federal lands, promotes coal exports, accelerates coal technology development including for AI data centers and steel production, and requires multiple agency reports on coal resources and infrastructure within 30-90 days.
Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful
This executive order establishes a federal interagency task force to combat crime in Washington, D.C. through enhanced immigration enforcement, police support, and prosecution policies, while directing the Interior Secretary to implement a beautification program including monument restoration, encampment removal, and graffiti cleanup. It reinstates enforcement priorities from a prior Trump-era monument protection order and explicitly targets the District's sanctuary-city policies.
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
This executive order directs the Vice President to use his role on the Smithsonian Board of Regents to remove what the administration characterizes as divisive ideological content from Smithsonian institutions. It mandates the Secretary of the Interior to review and restore monuments altered since 2020, and requires OMB and Interior to ensure future Smithsonian appropriations exclude exhibits deemed to degrade American values or divide by race. Independence National Historical Park is to receive infrastructure improvements by July 4, 2026.
Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production
This executive order directs federal agencies to expedite domestic mineral production through accelerated permitting, prioritized federal land use for mining, Defense Production Act financing, and new investment vehicles. It delegates presidential DPA authorities to the Secretary of Defense and DFC CEO, waives statutory requirements for emergency mineral production, and mandates multiple agency actions within 10-45 days to identify projects, streamline approvals, and mobilize public-private capital.
Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production
This executive order directs federal agencies to dramatically increase domestic timber production from federal lands by streamlining environmental reviews, expanding categorical exclusions under NEPA, accelerating Endangered Species Act consultations, and targeting reduced reliance on imported lumber. It mandates specific timelines for new guidance, strategies, and production targets across the Departments of Interior and Agriculture.
Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper
This executive order launches a Section 232 national security investigation into copper imports, directing the Secretary of Commerce to assess whether imports of copper in all forms—including raw, refined, scrap, and derivative products—threaten U.S. national security. The investigation must examine supply chain vulnerabilities, foreign dominance (particularly by a single producer controlling over 50% of global smelting), and potential remedies including tariffs, quotas, export controls, and domestic production incentives.
Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council
This executive order establishes the National Energy Dominance Council within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior with the Secretary of Energy as vice chair. The council comprises 18 cabinet-level and senior White House officials to advise the president on expanding domestic energy production across all sources including fossil fuels, nuclear, and critical minerals, with a mandate to deliver a National Energy Dominance Strategy and specific recommendations within 100 days.
Celebrating America's 250th Birthday
This executive order establishes a White House task force to plan the 250th anniversary celebration of American Independence on July 4, 2026, housed in the Department of Defense. It also reinstates prior Trump-era executive orders creating the National Garden of American Heroes and protecting monuments from vandalism, reversing their revocation by EO 14029 from the Biden administration.
Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
This executive order directs multiple Cabinet secretaries to issue guidance and plans expanding K-12 educational choice, including private and faith-based school options, through federal formula funds, discretionary grants, and existing block grant programs. It targets military families, low-income working families receiving child care subsidies, and Bureau of Indian Education-eligible students, with most actions due within 60-90 days.
Emergency Measures To Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
This executive order directs federal agencies to override California state water policies to maximize water deliveries to Southern California for wildfire response, while also expediting disaster relief for Los Angeles wildfire survivors and North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims. It mandates reviews of federal funding to California, fast-tracks environmental compliance for water projects, and requires housing and debris removal plans for affected communities.
Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
This memorandum directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop within 90 days a plan to achieve full federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, including access to federal benefits currently denied under the 1956 Lumbee Act. The plan must examine legislative, judicial, and administrative pathways to recognition.
Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects
This memorandum withdraws all Outer Continental Shelf areas from offshore wind energy leasing indefinitely starting January 21, 2025, while explicitly preserving oil, gas, and mineral leasing rights. It also halts all new or renewed federal approvals, permits, and leases for both onshore and offshore wind projects pending a comprehensive interagency review of environmental and economic impacts, places a specific moratorium on the Lava Ridge Wind Project, and mandates assessment of decommissioning costs for idle wind turbines.
Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern California
This presidential memorandum directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to immediately restart water rerouting efforts from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Central and Southern California, overriding environmental protections for species like the Delta smelt. The action frames recent Southern California wildfires as underscoring urgent water supply needs and treats prior state litigation blocking such infrastructure as "radical environmentalism." A 90-day progress report is required.
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential
This executive order directs federal agencies to aggressively reverse Biden-era restrictions on Alaska resource development, including oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the National Petroleum Reserve, and Tongass National Forest protections. It mandates expedited permitting for LNG infrastructure, reinstates Trump-era environmental reviews and land management plans, and prioritizes Alaska's energy exports to domestic and Pacific allied markets.
Unleashing American Energy
This executive order revokes numerous Biden-era climate and environmental executive orders, pauses Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure spending, directs agencies to rescind regulations burdening domestic energy and mineral development, eliminates the social cost of carbon, expedites LNG export approvals and federal permitting, terminates the American Climate Corps, and mandates review of state EV emissions waivers and appliance efficiency standards.
Declaring a National Energy Emergency
President Trump declares a national energy emergency under the National Emergencies Act, directing federal agencies to use emergency authorities to expedite domestic energy production, infrastructure, and permitting. The order invokes emergency provisions under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and Defense Production Act, with specific focus on addressing energy vulnerabilities in the Northeast, West Coast, and Alaska.
Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
This executive order reinstates the name "Mount McKinley" for North America's highest peak (reversing its 2015 renaming to "Denali") and renames the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." It also directs agency heads to review and potentially replace their appointees to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names within seven days, and instructs the Board to advance a policy of honoring "visionary and patriotic Americans" in federal naming decisions.
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.
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.
Establishment of the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument
President Biden designated approximately 224,676 acres in northern California as the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument under the Antiquities Act, protecting lands sacred to multiple Tribal Nations including the Pit River and Modoc Peoples. The proclamation withdraws federal lands from entry, sale, mining, and mineral/geothermal leasing, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture through the Forest Service to develop a management plan within 3 years with extensive Tribal consultation and co-stewardship opportunities.
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.
Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Oil or Natural Gas Leasing
President Biden withdrew remaining unleased areas of the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area from oil and natural gas leasing indefinitely, using authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The action protects marine ecosystems and coastal communities from oil spill risks and climate change impacts, while preserving existing lease rights.
Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Oil and Natural Gas Leasing
President withdraws Atlantic, Pacific, and portions of Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf areas from oil and natural gas leasing indefinitely under section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The withdrawal covers specific Bureau of Ocean Energy Management planning areas and Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act zones, protecting existing lease rights but blocking future exploration, development, and production leasing.
Establishment of the Frances Perkins National Monument
President Biden used the Antiquities Act to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine, protecting approximately 2.3 acres of the Perkins Homestead. The National Park Service will manage the site and develop a management plan to preserve historic objects and interpret Frances Perkins' legacy as the first woman Cabinet Secretary and architect of New Deal labor and social programs. The Frances Perkins Center retains reserved occupancy and use rights for up to 25 years.
Establishment of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
This proclamation designates approximately 24.5 acres at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania as the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument under the Antiquities Act. It transfers administrative jurisdiction of the School Road Gateposts to the National Park Service while the Army retains control of remaining lands, mandates a management plan within 3 years with Tribal co-stewardship, and permanently withdraws monument lands from development or disposition.
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.
Establishment of the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
President Biden designated approximately 1.57 acres in Springfield, Illinois as the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument under the Antiquities Act. The monument preserves archaeological remains from a white mob's violent attack on the Black community that catalyzed the founding of the NAACP, with management assigned to the National Park Service.
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.
Boundary Enlargement of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
President Biden enlarged the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument by approximately 13,696 acres to include the full Molok Luyuk area, a sacred ridgeline for Patwin Tribes in northern California. The proclamation protects additional scientific, historic, and cultural resources under the Antiquities Act, renames the geographic feature to Molok Luyuk, mandates co-stewardship exploration with Tribal Nations, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop management plans including travel management and wildland fire agreements.
Boundary Enlargement of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
President Biden enlarged the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by approximately 105,919 acres using the Antiquities Act, expanding protections to additional federal lands in the Angeles National Forest south and west of the existing monument boundary. The proclamation directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to manage the expansion area and develop a management plan in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, Tribal Nations, Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders. The expansion withdraws the reserved federal lands from entry, sale, mining, and mineral/geothermal leasing, while incorporating by reference the management terms of President Obama's original 2014 proclamation.
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.
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.
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.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive Orders
This executive order extends 37 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2025, delegates presidential FACA functions to agency heads, and amends two prior executive orders—expanding the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander commission's outreach role and increasing the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities membership from 25 to 30 while adding similar liaison functions.
Restoring Healthy and Abundant Salmon, Steelhead, and Other Native Fish Populations in the Columbia River Basin
This memorandum directs federal agencies to prioritize restoring salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin, honoring tribal treaty rights and balancing energy, agriculture, and environmental needs. It requires agency program reviews, budget assessments, and development of an intergovernmental partnership with states and tribal nations within specified timeframes.
Establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument
President Biden established the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, protecting approximately 917,618 acres of federal lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. The proclamation withdraws these lands from mining, mineral leasing, and most forms of disposition under public land laws, mandates co-stewardship with Tribal Nations, and directs the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to develop a joint management plan through BLM and Forest Service.
Establishment of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till- Mobley National Monument
This proclamation establishes the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument under the Antiquities Act, designating approximately 5.7 acres across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi—the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse, and Graball Landing—to preserve and interpret the history of Emmett Till's murder and its role in galvanizing the Civil Rights Movement. The National Park Service will manage the monument and develop a management plan in consultation with local communities and organizations.
Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government framework to advance environmental justice by requiring federal agencies to identify and address disproportionate environmental and health burdens on underserved communities. It mandates new Environmental Justice Strategic Plans, creates a White House Office of Environmental Justice with a Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer, expands the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council to 25 cabinet-level and agency members, and establishes new requirements for data collection, community engagement, and toxic chemical release notification.
Conserving the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Pacific Remote Islands
This memorandum directs the Commerce Secretary to consider initiating a National Marine Sanctuary designation for waters around the Pacific Remote Islands within 30 days, and mandates collaboration between Interior and Commerce on conservation. It also requires development of Indigenous naming processes and cultural recognition recommendations within 2 years, including potential renaming of the existing monument.
Establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument
President Biden established the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada, protecting approximately 506,814 acres of federal land under the Antiquities Act. The monument safeguards sacred tribal lands, significant geological and archaeological resources, and critical wildlife habitat, with co-management by BLM and National Park Service and mandated tribal co-stewardship.
Establishment of the Castner Range National Monument
President Biden used the Antiquities Act to designate approximately 6,672 acres of former military land at Fort Bliss, Texas as the Castner Range National Monument, protecting archaeological sites, rare desert habitat, and geological features. The proclamation withdraws the land from development, mining, and mineral leasing while directing the Secretary of the Army to manage remediation of military munitions, develop a management plan with tribal consultation, and eventually allow public access and recreational use.
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.
Uniform Standards for Tribal Consultation
This memorandum establishes uniform minimum standards for how federal agencies conduct Tribal consultation, building on Executive Order 13175. It mandates designated agency points of contact, 30-day notice requirements, annual training, and record-keeping for consultations with Tribal Nations. The Director of OPM must report within 180 days on progress toward developing Tribal consultation training modules.
Establishment of the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument
President Biden used the Antiquities Act to designate approximately 53,804 acres in north-central Colorado as the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, protecting historic military training grounds, Indigenous cultural sites, and rare alpine ecosystems. The proclamation withdraws the lands from mining, mineral leasing, and public land disposal, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan with Tribal consultation and co-stewardship opportunities.
Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services
This executive order establishes the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities within the Institute of Museum and Library Services to advise on cultural policy, and directs 25 federal agencies and White House offices to coordinate with the NEA, NEH, and IMLS on arts and humanities initiatives. The Committee is advisory, composed of federal agency heads and up to 25 presidential appointees, and terminates after two years unless extended.
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.
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.
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.
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended
This Defense Production Act determination invokes emergency authority to boost domestic mining and processing of battery-critical materials (lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, manganese) for large-capacity batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage. It directs the Secretary of Defense to support feasibility studies, modernization, and production expansion while requiring consultation with Interior, Agriculture, Energy, and other agencies, plus annual industrial base surveys to Congress and the President.
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.
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.
Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People
This executive order directs federal agencies to develop coordinated strategies to address violence against Native Americans, particularly missing and murdered Indigenous people. It mandates new law enforcement protocols, improved data collection, expanded victim services, and stronger Tribal consultation, with multiple agency reports due within 180-240 days.
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.
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.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
This proclamation restores the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to its original boundaries of approximately 1.87 million acres as they existed before December 4, 2017, revoking the reduction made by President Trump in Proclamation 9682. It reinstates full Antiquities Act protection, withdraws lands from mining and mineral leasing, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the monument through the Bureau of Land Management.
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
This proclamation restores the prohibition on commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, reversing Proclamation 10049 issued by President Trump in 2020. It reinstates the management framework of Proclamation 9496, with a phase-out deadline of September 15, 2023 for red crab and American lobster commercial fishing, and directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to prepare a joint management plan by that same date.
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.
Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council
This executive order establishes the White House Gender Policy Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal efforts advancing gender equity and equality across domestic and foreign policy. The Council, led by two presidentially designated Co-Chairs and comprising cabinet members and senior officials from 36 agencies, must develop a government-wide strategy within 200 days and requires agencies to designate senior gender equity coordinators within 30 days. The order also mandates creation of a National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and terminates a prior administration's working group on women's global development.
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.
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Executive Order 14008 establishes climate change as a central pillar of U.S. foreign policy and national security while creating a sweeping government-wide domestic climate framework. It creates new White House offices and interagency bodies, sets a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, pauses new oil and gas leasing on federal lands pending review, and mandates numerous agency reports and plans within 60-120 days. The order also establishes a Civilian Climate Corps, targets conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, and creates mechanisms to prioritize environmental justice and economic revitalization of fossil fuel communities.
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.
Building the National Garden of American Heroes
This executive order, signed two days before the end of the Trump presidency, amends a prior order to advance construction of the National Garden of American Heroes—a proposed statuary park featuring 244 named historical figures. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to identify a site and proceed with construction, requires annual public progress reports until completion, and encourages the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities to allocate one-twelfth of their discretionary funds toward commissioning statues.
Establishing the Wildland Fire Management Policy Committee
This executive order creates an interagency Wildland Fire Subcabinet co-chaired by the Agriculture and Interior Secretaries to improve federal coordination on wildland fire policy, reduce duplication across agencies, and develop a strategic plan with measurable goals for fire suppression, hazardous fuels management, and workforce development.
The National Space Policy
This December 9, 2020 memorandum establishes a comprehensive National Space Policy that supersedes the 2010 Obama-era policy (PPD-4). It directs federal agencies to promote commercial space industry growth, strengthen the domestic space industrial base, ensure assured access to space, develop space nuclear power, improve cybersecurity for space systems, and advance international cooperation. The policy sets specific goals including returning Americans to the Moon by 2024 with sustained presence by 2028, and eventual human missions to Mars, while emphasizing protection of space assets and deterrence of hostile interference.
Delegation of Authority for Fiscal Year 2021 Cost Estimates and Annual Reports to the Congress for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
This memorandum delegates presidential authority to the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to submit FY 2021 cost estimates and annual reports to Congress for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, as required by the Great American Outdoors Act. It is a routine administrative delegation for statutory reporting obligations.
Establishing the President's Advisory 1776 Commission
This executive order creates a 20-member advisory commission to promote patriotic education about America's 1776 founding, requiring a report within one year and prioritizing federal grants toward civics programs. It also directs agencies to monitor Constitution Day compliance in federally funded schools and affirms federal non-interference in local curriculum control.
Protecting Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and National Security for All Americans by Ensuring Appropriate Support of Innovative Technologies for Using Our Domestic Natural Resources
This October 31, 2020 memorandum directs the Secretary of Energy to produce two reports within 70 days assessing the economic, trade, and national security impacts of banning or restricting hydraulic fracturing and related technologies. It also directs OMB to review agency compliance with Executive Order 13211 (energy effects statements for regulations) and identify priority agencies within 30 days.
Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council
This executive order creates the United States One Trillion Trees Interagency Council, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, to coordinate federal efforts supporting the World Economic Forum's global initiative to grow and conserve one trillion trees by 2030. The Council is tasked with developing tracking methodologies, identifying legal barriers, finding funding opportunities, and requiring member agencies to report regularly on tree-related activities.
Modernizing America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure
This executive order establishes a Water Subcabinet co-chaired by the Interior Secretary and EPA Administrator to coordinate federal water resource management across agencies. It mandates reports and recommendations to reduce duplication among hundreds of federal water working groups, improve water storage and quality, modernize infrastructure planning, and address workforce shortages in the water sector through fiscal year 2025 milestones.
Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain From Reliance on Critical Minerals From Foreign Adversaries and Supporting the Domestic Mining and Processing Industries
This executive order declares a national emergency over U.S. dependence on critical minerals from foreign adversaries, particularly China. It mandates multiple agency reports on supply chain vulnerabilities, directs faster permitting for domestic mining and processing, and tasks the Energy Secretary with revising loan guarantee rules to support domestic mineral supply chains.
Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force to create a "National Garden of American Heroes" featuring realistic statues of historically significant Americans, with a target opening before July 4, 2026. It also directs federal agencies to prioritize funding for new monuments and educational programs about American founding ideals, while requiring lifelike rather than abstract artistic representations.
Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence
This executive order directs federal prosecution of individuals who damage monuments, memorials, statues, or religious property, and authorizes withholding federal grants from state/local governments and law enforcement agencies that fail to protect such structures. It also allows deployment of federal personnel to protect federal monuments upon request, with this authority terminating after 6 months unless extended.
Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities
This executive order directs federal agencies to use emergency authorities to expedite infrastructure projects and environmental permitting in response to COVID-19 economic damage. It mandates reporting on expedited transportation, Army Corps, and federal lands projects, and encourages use of emergency procedures under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Water Act to accelerate approvals.
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.
Securing the United States Bulk-Power System
This executive order declares a national emergency over foreign adversary threats to the U.S. bulk-power system, prohibiting the acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of foreign-supplied electric equipment deemed to pose national security risks. It establishes a multi-agency Task Force to develop federal procurement policies and directs rulemaking to implement these restrictions.
Establishment of the Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement Under Section 811 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
This executive order establishes an Interagency Environment Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement to coordinate U.S. efforts to monitor and enforce environmental obligations under the USMCA trade agreement, specifically assessing Mexico's and Canada's environmental laws and policies and requesting enforcement actions when needed. The Committee is chaired by the U.S. Trade Representative and includes representatives from 10 federal agencies plus optional additional agencies.
Developing and Delivering More Water Supplies to California
This memorandum directs the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce to supplement a newly issued Plan of Operations and Record of Decision for California's Central Valley Project and State Water Project, aiming to increase water deliveries while protecting species. It mandates implementation of water storage and storm capture provisions under the WIIN Act, application of recent Endangered Species Act management improvements, and quarterly progress reporting to the Council on Environmental Quality.
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.
Ocean Mapping of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and the Shoreline and Nearshore of Alaska
This memorandum directs development of national strategies to map and characterize the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and Alaska's shoreline, aiming to advance economic, security, and environmental interests through ocean exploration. It requires three proposed strategies within 180 days covering EEZ mapping, Alaska shoreline mapping, and streamlined permitting for ocean research activities.
Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
This executive order creates a White House Council chaired by HUD to identify and reduce federal, state, local, and tribal regulatory barriers to affordable housing development. The Council must report within 12 months on its findings and recommendations, and is scheduled to terminate on January 21, 2021 unless extended.
Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline permitting and reduce regulatory barriers for energy infrastructure projects, particularly oil, gas, and LNG facilities. It mandates specific rulemakings and guidance updates regarding Clean Water Act Section 401 certifications, LNG safety regulations and rail transport, rights-of-way renewals on federal lands, and requires multiple reports on regional energy market barriers and investment trends.
Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government framework to improve U.S. resilience against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs), whether from nuclear detonations, solar events, or other sources. It assigns specific roles to Cabinet departments for risk assessment, research and development, vulnerability testing, international coordination, and critical infrastructure protection, with multiple phased deadlines spanning from 90 days to 4 years.
Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities
This executive order directs federal agencies to tie higher education grant funding to campus free speech protections and mandates new transparency tools for student borrowers. It requires the Education Department to launch a loan information website by January 1, 2020, expand the College Scorecard with program-level earnings and debt data, and report on risk-sharing options for student loans.
Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border under the National Emergencies Act, invoking military construction authority (10 U.S.C. § 2808) and Ready Reserve activation authority (10 U.S.C. § 12302) to enable Department of Defense support for border security, including potential border wall construction and troop deployment.
Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands To Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk
This executive order directs the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to increase active management of federal forests and rangelands to reduce wildfire risk through expanded timber harvesting, streamlined environmental reviews, and new partnerships with states and tribes. It sets specific acreage treatment targets for 2019 and mandates development of a comprehensive wildfire strategy by December 2020.
Establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council
This executive order establishes the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, chaired by the Secretary of HUD, to coordinate across federal agencies to promote investment in economically distressed communities and qualified opportunity zones created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Council is tasked with assessing agency actions, streamlining regulations, and producing multiple reports with recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes.
Establishment of the Camp Nelson National Monument
President Trump used the Antiquities Act to establish the Camp Nelson National Monument in Kentucky, withdrawing approximately 380 acres of federal land from development and placing it under National Park Service management. The proclamation directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a management plan within 3 years and authorizes NPS to cooperate with Jessamine County on preservation, interpretation, and visitor services.
Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West
This October 19, 2018 memorandum directs multiple Cabinet secretaries to streamline environmental regulatory processes for major water infrastructure projects in the western United States, particularly California's Central Valley Project and State Water Project. It establishes specific deadlines for completing biological assessments and opinions, requires identification of regulatory burdens within 30 days, and mandates development of schedules for Columbia River Basin and Klamath Irrigation Project environmental reviews.
Ocean Policy To Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States
This executive order revokes the 2010 National Ocean Policy (EO 13547) and establishes a new interagency Ocean Policy Committee co-chaired by CEQ and OSTP to coordinate federal ocean activities. It prioritizes economic growth, security, and environmental interests in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters while requiring agencies to review their regulations for consistency within 90 days.
Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry
This executive order establishes a Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry, co-chaired by the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and a White House innovation advisor. The Council is tasked with developing evidence-based recommendations to reduce crime, lower recidivism, and improve reentry outcomes through coordination across 11 federal agencies, with initial and full reports due within 90 days and one year respectively. The order revokes a 2016 Obama memorandum on reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals and automatically terminates after three years.
Supporting Broadband Tower Facilities in Rural America on Federal Properties Managed by the Department of the Interior
This memorandum directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to increase rural broadband deployment by making Department of the Interior tower facilities and infrastructure assets more available for broadband use. It requires a progress report within 180 days on identifying usable assets, with model terms to be drafted for facility access agreements.
A Federal Strategy To Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals
This executive order directs the federal government to identify critical minerals essential to U.S. economic and national security, then develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce reliance on foreign sources by expanding domestic mining, improving geological data access, streamlining permitting, and advancing recycling and alternative technologies.
Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument
This proclamation reduces the Bears Ears National Monument from approximately 1.35 million acres to about 201,876 acres, creating two smaller units (Shash Jáa and Indian Creek). It opens the excluded lands to mineral leasing, mining, and other commercial uses 60 days after signing. It also revises the tribal commission's scope and modifies management provisions from the original Obama-era proclamation.
Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
This proclamation reduces the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from approximately 1.7 million acres to about 1 million acres, removing roughly 862,000 acres from monument status. The reduced monument is reorganized into three units (Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyons), and the excluded lands are opened to mining, mineral leasing, and other disposition after a 60-day waiting period.
Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure Projects
This executive order overhauls federal environmental review and permitting for infrastructure projects by establishing a "One Federal Decision" framework, setting a two-year goal for completing reviews of major projects, creating performance accountability scorecards tracked by OMB, and revoking the previous administration's Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. It mandates interagency coordination through lead agencies, quarterly permitting timetables, and automatic escalation of missed milestones to senior officials, with potential budgetary penalties for poor performance.
Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States
This executive order directs a comprehensive assessment of U.S. manufacturing capacity, defense industrial base, and supply chain resiliency to identify vulnerabilities and recommend policy changes. The Secretary of Defense must deliver a report within 270 days evaluating critical materials, manufacturing gaps, workforce skills, foreign supply dependencies, and contingency risks.
Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy
This executive order directs federal agencies to expand offshore oil and gas leasing in multiple ocean regions, streamline permitting for seismic surveys, review and potentially weaken recent offshore drilling safety and environmental regulations, and modify previous presidential withdrawals of Outer Continental Shelf areas from leasing. It also requires accounting for energy resource potential before designating new marine sanctuaries and reviews recent marine monument designations.
Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act
This executive order directs the Secretary of the Interior to review all national monument designations or expansions under the Antiquities Act since January 1, 1996, that exceed 100,000 acres or lacked adequate public outreach. The review must assess whether these designations balance conservation with economic uses of federal lands, with interim and final reports due to the President. The order specifically prioritizes review of the Bears Ears National Monument established in December 2016.
Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture with 21+ agency heads as members. The Task Force must identify and recommend legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to promote agriculture, economic development, and quality of life in rural America, submitting a report within 180 days. It also revokes the Obama-era White House Rural Council (EO 13575).
Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth
This executive order directs federal agencies to review and roll back regulations that burden domestic energy production, particularly for coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy. It revokes several Obama-era climate change policies, disbands the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, and mandates specific reviews of EPA rules including the Clean Power Plan and various oil and gas regulations.
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.
Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline
This presidential memorandum invites TransCanada to re-submit its application for the Keystone XL Pipeline and directs the Secretaries of State, Army, and Interior to expedite all permitting and environmental reviews. It waives certain procedural requirements of Executive Order 13337 and treats the 2014 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement as sufficient to satisfy NEPA and Endangered Species Act requirements.
Continuing To Expand Opportunity for All Young People
This memorandum amends a 2014 Obama-era initiative by renaming the 'My Brother's Keeper' program to the 'Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and Young Men of Color and Underserved Youth,' expanding its membership to include 23 specified agency heads and officials, adding reporting requirements including annual status reports and biennial reviews, and broadening the scope to explicitly include 'underserved youth' alongside boys and young men of color.
Boundary Enlargement of the California Coastal National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to expand the California Coastal National Monument by approximately 6,230 acres, adding six new units (Trinidad Head, Waluplh-Lighthouse Ranch, Lost Coast Headlands, Cotoni-Coast Dairies, Piedras Blancas, and Orange County Rocks and Islands). The proclamation withdraws these federal lands from development, mining, and mineral leasing, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the expansion through the Bureau of Land Management.
Boundary Enlargement of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to expand the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument by approximately 48,000 acres in Oregon and California, adding ecologically significant lands including Horseshoe Ranch, Jenny Creek watershed, and Grizzly Peak area to protect biodiversity, habitat connectivity, and historic resources. The proclamation withdraws these federal lands from entry, mining, and mineral leasing, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the expansion through the Bureau of Land Management.
Establishment of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, designating approximately 0.88 acres including the historic A.G. Gaston Motel as a National Park Service unit. The proclamation withdraws federal lands from development and directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the monument and prepare a management plan within 3 years.
Establishment of the Freedom Riders National Monument
President Obama established the Freedom Riders National Monument in Anniston, Alabama under the Antiquities Act, protecting approximately 5.96 acres including the former Greyhound bus station and the site of the 1961 bus burning. The monument commemorates the civil rights activists who challenged segregation in interstate travel. The Secretary of the Interior must prepare a management plan within 3 years through the National Park Service.
Establishment of the Reconstruction Era National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Reconstruction Era National Monument in Beaufort County, South Carolina, protecting approximately 15.56 acres of historic sites including Darrah Hall, Brick Baptist Church, Camp Saxton, and the Old Beaufort Firehouse. The monument, managed by the National Park Service with a required management plan within 3 years, commemorates the first experiments in African American freedom, education, and political participation during and after the Civil War.
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Our National Parks, National Forests, and Other Public Lands and Waters
This memorandum directs four land and water management agencies to promote diversity and inclusion both in their federal workforces and in public access to national parks, forests, and other public lands. It mandates specific actions including workforce development programs, unconscious bias training, public liaison identification, and action plans to reduce barriers for minority, low-income, disabled, and tribal populations.
Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate approximately 1.35 million acres in southeastern Utah as the Bears Ears National Monument, withdrawing federal lands from mineral leasing, mining, and other disposition. The proclamation establishes a tribal commission to advise on management and directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to develop a joint management plan through the USFS and BLM.
Establishment of the Gold Butte National Monument
President Obama established the Gold Butte National Monument in southeast Nevada under the Antiquities Act, withdrawing approximately 296,937 federal acres from development, mining, and new grazing permits. The proclamation transfers Bureau of Reclamation lands to Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction, mandates a management plan with public involvement, and establishes an advisory committee while preserving tribal access rights and existing infrastructure.
Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience
This executive order establishes the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area to protect marine ecosystems and Alaska Native subsistence communities from climate change impacts. It withdraws specified offshore areas from oil and gas leasing, creates an interagency task force and tribal advisory council, mandates consideration of traditional knowledge in federal decisionmaking, and directs the Coast Guard to develop shipping route protections and update spill response plans.
Safeguarding the Nation From the Impacts of Invasive Species
This executive order updates and strengthens federal coordination on invasive species by amending Executive Order 13112. It maintains the National Invasive Species Council with expanded membership, adds new priorities including climate change and public health impacts, and mandates a new management plan with specific reporting requirements.
Establishing a Community Solutions Council
This executive order establishes a new Community Solutions Council to coordinate federal community investment programs across agencies, replacing two prior Obama-era councils. The Council is led by two Co-Chairs (one from the White House/OMB, one rotating among eight major agencies every four years) and includes 34+ members spanning nearly the entire Cabinet and key White House offices. It builds on existing place-based initiatives like Promise Zones and StrikeForce, with a mandate to foster interagency collaboration, scale evidence-based practices, and center locally led visions in federal policymaking.
Coordinating Efforts To Prepare the Nation for Space Weather Events
This executive order establishes a coordinated federal framework to prepare for and mitigate space weather events such as solar flares and geomagnetic disturbances that threaten critical infrastructure including GPS, satellites, aviation, and the electrical power grid. It assigns specific roles to multiple agencies, creates a new NSTC subcommittee for coordination, and mandates several plans and assessments within 60-180 days to enhance forecasting, infrastructure protection, and emergency response capabilities.
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
President Obama designated approximately 4,913 square miles of Atlantic Ocean as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument under the Antiquities Act, permanently protecting three submarine canyons and four seamounts from commercial extraction, oil and gas development, and most fishing, with limited exceptions for red crab and lobster fishing for 7 years. The proclamation establishes a dual-management structure between Commerce (NOAA) and Interior (FWS) and mandates a joint management plan within 3 years.
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Expansion
President Obama expanded the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument by approximately 442,781 square miles, making it the world's largest marine protected area at the time. The proclamation prohibits commercial fishing, oil and gas exploration, and mineral extraction in the expanded area while allowing regulated scientific research, Native Hawaiian cultural practices, and non-commercial fishing.
Establishment of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
President Obama designated approximately 87,500 acres in north central Maine as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument under the Antiquities Act, withdrawing the federal lands from entry, mining, and mineral leasing. The monument will be managed by the National Park Service, with hunting permitted on eastern parcels and a management plan required within 3 years.
Establishment of the Stonewall National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate Christopher Park in New York City as the Stonewall National Monument, the first national monument dedicated to LGBT civil rights history. The approximately 0.12-acre site, across from the Stonewall Inn, is placed under National Park Service management with a required management plan within 3 years. The proclamation withdraws federal lands within the monument boundaries from public land, mining, and mineral leasing laws.
Promoting Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
This memorandum establishes a Federal Interagency Reentry Council co-chaired by the Attorney General and the White House Domestic Policy Council Director to coordinate federal efforts reducing recidivism and removing barriers to employment, housing, and reintegration for formerly incarcerated individuals. It directs agencies to review hiring and occupational licensing procedures to avoid automatic disqualification based on criminal records, and requires a federal strategic plan within 100 days.
Establishment of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate the Sewall-Belmont House in Washington, D.C. as the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, transferring approximately 0.34 acres to federal control under National Park Service management. The proclamation establishes cooperative management with the National Woman's Party and requires a management plan within 3 years to preserve historic objects and interpret the women's rights movement.
Building National Capabilities for Long-Term Drought Resilience
This memorandum institutionalizes the National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP) as an interagency task force to coordinate federal drought resilience efforts. It directs agencies to take specific actions by December 31, 2016, across six goal areas including data integration, drought planning, critical infrastructure risk communication, federal coordination, market-based water approaches, and water efficiency technology. The NDRP is housed at USDA with co-chairs from Agriculture and rotating Commerce leadership, and must produce a charter within 90 days and an initial progress report within 150 days.
Establishment of the Castle Mountains National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Castle Mountains National Monument in California, withdrawing approximately 20,920 federal acres from development and placing them under National Park Service management. The proclamation protects natural and cultural resources including wildlife corridors, groundwater systems, Native American sacred sites, and historic mining structures, while imposing a 3-year deadline for a management plan and conditions for eventual transfer of an adjacent mining area.
Establishment of the Mojave Trails National Monument
President Obama established the Mojave Trails National Monument under the Antiquities Act, withdrawing approximately 1.6 million federal acres in California from mineral entry, mining, and geothermal leasing. The proclamation directs the Secretary of the Interior through BLM to manage the monument and prepare a management plan within 3 years, while preserving existing rights for utilities, grazing, military training, tribal access, and state wildlife jurisdiction.
Establishment of the Sand to Snow National Monument
President Obama established the Sand to Snow National Monument in southern California under the Antiquities Act, withdrawing approximately 154,000 federal acres from development, mining, and mineral leasing. The monument will be jointly managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, with a required management plan developed with tribal, state, and local consultation.
Strengthening the Senior Executive Service
This executive order reforms the Senior Executive Service (SES) by creating a PMC Subcommittee to oversee changes including: capping performance award spending at 7.5%, streamlining hiring processes, requiring SES pay to exceed subordinate GS employees, establishing a 15% rotation goal for SES members, and phasing in talent management and succession planning across all agencies by FY 2018.
Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources From Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment
This 2015 presidential memorandum directs five federal agencies to adopt consistent policies for mitigating environmental impacts from development, with emphasis on avoiding and minimizing harm before compensating for it. It establishes principles for advance compensation, mitigation banking, and private investment in restoration, and sets specific deadlines for agencies to develop new guidance and regulations.
Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order continues or reestablishes 40 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2017, transferring FACA compliance responsibilities to designated agency heads and updating administrative oversight for the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee.
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.
Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
This executive order delegates presidential authorities and assigns functions under the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) law to specific officials, primarily the U.S. Trade Representative, while reserving certain authorities to the President. It establishes interagency processes for environmental reviews, employment impact assessments, labor rights reports, and implementation planning for trade agreements.
Establishment of the Basin and Range National Monument
President Obama established the Basin and Range National Monument in southeastern Nevada, withdrawing approximately 704,000 acres of federal land from mining, mineral leasing, and other disposition under public land laws. The proclamation directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the monument through BLM and prepare a management plan within 3 years with public involvement, while preserving existing rights including livestock grazing, water rights, tribal access to sacred sites, and military training uses.
Establishment of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
President Obama designated approximately 330,780 acres in northern California as the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument under the Antiquities Act. The proclamation withdraws federal lands from mining, mineral leasing, and public land disposition, directing the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to jointly manage the area through the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management with a required management plan.
Establishment of the Waco Mammoth National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Waco Mammoth National Monument, withdrawing approximately 7.11 federal acres in Texas from development and directing the National Park Service to manage the site. The proclamation preserves a unique nursery herd of Columbian Mammoths and requires a management plan within 3 years.
Establishment of the Honouliuli National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Honouliuli National Monument, preserving a former World War II internment camp in Hawai'i where Japanese Americans and others were unjustly detained. The 123-acre monument will be managed by the National Park Service with a management plan due within 3 years.
Establishment of the Browns Canyon National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate approximately 21,586 acres in central Colorado as the Browns Canyon National Monument, withdrawing federal lands from mining, mineral leasing, and most new motorized vehicle use. The Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture must jointly develop a management plan for the monument, with BLM and USFS dividing management responsibilities. Valid existing rights including grazing permits, water rights, railroad corridors, and cooperative agreements for the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area are preserved.
Establishment of the Pullman National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Pullman National Monument in Chicago, reserving approximately 0.24 acres of federal land to protect historic structures related to industrial history, labor movements, and urban planning. The proclamation directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the monument through the National Park Service and prepare a management plan within 3 years.
Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic
This executive order establishes an Arctic Executive Steering Committee to coordinate federal Arctic policy across agencies during the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It mandates improved interagency coordination, tribal consultation with Alaska Native governments, and a report identifying overlaps and gaps in Arctic policy implementation.
Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition
This executive order creates an interagency working group to review and standardize federal programs that provide military-style equipment to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. The group must develop recommendations for controlled equipment lists, training requirements, civil rights compliance, and oversight mechanisms, with initial reports due in 60 days and final recommendations in 120 days.
Establishment of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
President Obama established the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument under the Antiquities Act, withdrawing approximately 346,177 acres of federal land from development, mining, and mineral leasing. The proclamation directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage the monument through the Forest Service and prepare a management plan within 3 years, with consultation from the Secretary of the Interior and maximum public involvement.
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expansion
President Obama expanded the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by approximately 308,316 square nautical miles around Jarvis Island, Wake Island, and Johnston Atoll, extending protection to the seaward limit of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. The proclamation prohibits commercial fishing in the expanded area while allowing noncommercial fishing, scientific research, and military activities, and directs the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce to prepare management plans within two years.
Climate-Resilient International Development
This executive order requires federal agencies with international development programs to systematically integrate climate-resilience considerations into their strategies, planning, and funding decisions. It establishes a Working Group co-chaired by Treasury and USAID to develop guidelines, tools, and metrics, while also directing agencies to promote similar practices in multilateral development institutions.
Establishment of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
President Obama established the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico, withdrawing approximately 496,330 acres of federal land from development, mining, and other disposition under public land laws. The monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management to protect scientific, historic, prehistoric, and cultural resources, with restrictions on motorized vehicle use and requirements for tribal consultation and public involvement in management planning.
Boundary Enlargement of the California Coastal National Monument
President Obama enlarged the California Coastal National Monument by adding approximately 1,665 acres of Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands in Mendocino County as the first shoreline unit, permanently withdrawing these federal lands from development, mining, and mineral leasing under the Antiquities Act.
Creating and Expanding Ladders of Opportunity for Boys and Young Men of Color
President Obama established the My Brother's Keeper Task Force, an interagency initiative chaired by the Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary with the Deputy Secretary of Education as Executive Director, to improve life outcomes for boys and young men of color through better coordination of federal programs, data sharing, and public-private partnerships. The Task Force is directed to create assessment tools, evaluate federal policy impacts, and report back with recommendations within 90 days and a status report within one year.
Establishing a White House Task Force To Protect Students From Sexual Assault
President Obama established a White House Task Force co-chaired by the Office of the Vice President and the White House Council on Women and Girls to coordinate federal efforts addressing campus sexual assault. The Task Force must develop recommendations within 90 days and provide annual implementation reports, focusing on improving institutional compliance, transparency, and evidence-based prevention practices at colleges and universities receiving federal financial aid.
Reserving Certain Submerged Lands in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
President Obama issued a proclamation on January 15, 2014, excepting certain submerged lands around five islands in the Northern Mariana Islands from transfer to the Commonwealth government under Public Law 93-435. The proclamation permanently protects marine national monument lands around three islands and preserves military training areas near two leased islands, with provisions for future conveyance if management agreements are reached.
Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review
This memorandum establishes a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force co-chaired by the OSTP and Domestic Policy Council directors to produce a comprehensive energy policy review every four years, with the first report due January 31, 2015 focusing on U.S. energy infrastructure challenges. The Task Force includes representatives from 23 agencies and is directed to engage stakeholders and recommend executive and legislative actions.
Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change
This executive order directs federal agencies to integrate climate change preparedness and resilience into their operations, programs, and investments. It establishes a new interagency Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, creates a State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force, mandates updated Agency Adaptation Plans, and requires modernization of federal programs to remove barriers to climate-resilient investment.
Continuance Of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order extends 26 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2015, and makes technical amendments to several prior executive orders governing the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, President's Management Advisory Board, President's Global Development Council, and President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. It also delegates presidential functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to designated agency heads.
Expanding National Service Through Partnerships to Advance Government Priorities
This memorandum establishes an interagency Task Force on Expanding National Service, co-chaired by the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council. It directs federal agencies to develop partnerships with CNCS to expand national service and volunteer opportunities aligned with the six focus areas of the Serve America Act, and requires specific reports and guidance within set timeframes.
Combating Wildlife Trafficking
This executive order establishes a Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking co-chaired by the State Department, Interior Department, and Attorney General to develop a national strategy against wildlife trafficking. It also creates an Advisory Council of non-governmental experts to advise the Task Force, with specific deadlines for initial meetings, strategy production, and council establishment.
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.
Transforming Our Nation's Electric Grid Through Improved Siting, Permitting, and Review
This 2013 memorandum directs federal agencies to modernize the electric transmission grid by improving siting, permitting, and review processes for energy corridors on federal lands. It establishes specific deadlines for studies, assessments, and implementation plans to expedite renewable energy transmission while minimizing environmental and cultural impacts.
Modernizing Federal Infrastructure Review and Permitting Regulations, Policies, and Procedures
This memorandum directs federal agencies to modernize infrastructure permitting and review regulations to cut aggregate timelines for major projects in half while improving environmental and community outcomes. It mandates a 60-day prioritization effort and 120-day comprehensive modernization plan by an interagency steering committee, building on Executive Order 13604 reforms.
Establishment of the Harriet TubmanUnderground Railroad National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the Harriet Tubman—Underground Railroad National Monument in Dorchester County, Maryland, withdrawing approximately 11,750 acres of federal land from development and directing the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jointly manage the site. The proclamation requires a management plan within 3 years to preserve historic resources, commemorate Tubman's life, and interpret the Underground Railroad's significance.
Establishment of the First State National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the First State National Monument in Delaware, protecting approximately 1,108 acres of historic sites including New Castle Court House, Dover Green, and the Woodlawn property in the Brandywine Valley. The monument preserves objects related to early European settlement, Delaware's role as the first state to ratify the Constitution, and a historically significant rural landscape. The Secretary of the Interior must prepare a management plan within 3 years, with the National Park Service managing the monument.
Establishment of the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
President Obama established the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Wilberforce, Ohio, using the Antiquities Act to protect 59.65 acres including Colonel Charles Young's home ('Youngsholm'). The proclamation directs the National Park Service to manage the site and prepare a management plan within 3 years to preserve historic objects, commemorate Young's life, and interpret the Buffalo Soldiers' legacy.
Establishment of the R[iacute]o Grande del Norte National Monument
President Obama designated approximately 242,555 acres in northern New Mexico as the Río Grande del Norte National Monument under the Antiquities Act. The proclamation withdraws federal lands from mineral leasing, mining, and other disposition, directs BLM management with tribal consultation, and imposes restrictions on motorized vehicle use while preserving existing grazing rights, utility rights-of-way, and traditional tribal access.
Establishment of the San Juan Islands National Monument
President Obama established the San Juan Islands National Monument under the Antiquities Act, withdrawing approximately 970 acres of BLM-administered federal lands in Washington State's Puget Sound from development, mining, and mineral leasing. The proclamation mandates BLM management through the National Landscape Conservation System, requires a management plan and advisory committee, restricts motorized vehicle use to designated roads, and protects tribal cultural and religious sites.
Amendments to Executive Order 12777
This executive order re-delegates authority for adjusting oil spill liability limits under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. It assigns specific responsibilities to different cabinet secretaries based on facility type—Coast Guard department for vessels and marine facilities, EPA Administrator for non-transportation onshore facilities, Transportation Secretary for non-marine transportation facilities, and Interior Secretary for offshore facilities—each with CPI adjustment authority and congressional reporting duties.
Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force
This executive order establishes a cabinet-level task force chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate long-term rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Sandy. The task force is required to produce a comprehensive rebuilding strategy within 180 days of its first meeting, after which it will terminate 60 days later.
Establishing the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council
This executive order creates the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council and its Steering Committee to institutionalize collaboration between federal field offices and local partners—including state/local/tribal governments, private sector, and nonprofits—to address homeland security challenges ranging from disaster response to terrorism prevention. The Council advises on priorities, promotes best practices, and convenes annually, while the Steering Committee sets its scope, selects members, and reports to the President yearly.
Establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to establish the César E. Chávez National Monument at La Paz in Keene, California, a 10.5-acre site that served as the United Farm Workers headquarters and César Chávez's home and workplace. The monument will be managed by the National Park Service, which must develop a management plan within 3 years to preserve historic resources, commemorate Chávez's life and work, and interpret the broader farm worker movement.
Establishment of the Chimney Rock National Monument
President Obama established the Chimney Rock National Monument in southwestern Colorado under the Antiquities Act, protecting approximately 4,726 acres of federal land containing significant Ancestral Pueblo archaeological, astronomical, and cultural resources. The proclamation withdraws the lands from development and assigns management to the Secretary of Agriculture through the Forest Service, with requirements for a management plan within 3 years and protections for tribal access.
Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
This executive order establishes a federal working group and mandates coordinated procedures to accelerate broadband infrastructure deployment on federal lands, buildings, and rights of way, with special attention to tribal lands and underserved communities. It requires agencies to develop uniform contract templates, improve permitting efficiency, and implement 'dig once' policies for highway construction projects.
Establishment of the Fort Ord National Monument
President Obama designated approximately 14,651 acres of former military land at Fort Ord, California as the Fort Ord National Monument under the Antiquities Act. The proclamation withdraws federal lands from development, establishes management responsibilities between the Department of the Interior (BLM) and Department of the Army, and mandates a transportation plan for visitor access while preserving the area's natural, historic, and scientific resources.
Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources
This executive order creates an interagency working group chaired by the Domestic Policy Council Director to coordinate federal agency efforts supporting safe and responsible development of unconventional domestic natural gas resources, such as shale gas. It aims to streamline policy coordination across 13+ agencies while maintaining environmental and public health safeguards.
Establishing a Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence Against Women and Girls, and Gender-related Health Disparities
This memorandum establishes a White House Working Group co-chaired by the Advisor on Violence Against Women and the Director of National AIDS Policy to coordinate federal efforts addressing the intersection of HIV/AIDS, violence against women and girls, and gender-related health disparities. The group must convene within 60 days and includes representatives from eight agencies plus advisory roles for State, USAID, and PEPFAR.
Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects
This executive order creates a Steering Committee to streamline federal permitting and review processes for infrastructure projects, requiring agencies to develop performance plans with measurable timelines and track progress on a public dashboard. It mandates coordination across federal agencies, state/local/tribal governments, and stakeholders to reduce decision times while maintaining environmental and community protections.
National Defense Resources Preparedness
This executive order delegates authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to various cabinet secretaries for prioritizing and allocating resources (food, energy, health, transportation, water, and other materials) in support of national defense. It establishes frameworks for loan guarantees, industrial base expansion, voluntary agreements, a National Defense Executive Reserve, and labor coordination during emergencies, while revoking and replacing Executive Order 12919 from 1994.
Establishing a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities
This executive order establishes a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) within HUD to coordinate federal technical assistance to local communities, helping them compete for federal resources and develop economic strategies. The Council is co-chaired by the HUD Secretary and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with broad membership across federal agencies.
Proposed Revised Habitat for the Spotted Owl: Minimizing Regulatory Burdens
This memorandum directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise regulations and procedures for designating critical habitat for the northern spotted owl, emphasizing economic impact analysis, active forest management including logging, and potential exclusions of private and state lands to minimize regulatory burdens. It requires a full economic analysis within 90 days and proposes changing the 1984 rule so economic analysis occurs simultaneously with rather than after scientific assessment.
Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force On Travel and Competitiveness
This executive order establishes visa processing targets to boost U.S. travel and tourism, including a 40% capacity increase in China and Brazil and 80% of applicants interviewed within 3 weeks. It also creates a Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness to develop a National Travel and Tourism Strategy within 90 days.
Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Education and Interior, to improve educational outcomes for AI/AN students across all educational settings. It mandates interagency coordination, requires a Memorandum of Understanding between Education and Interior within 120 days, and directs federal agencies to develop four-year implementation plans with annual performance reporting.
Establishment of the Fort Monroe National Monument
President Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate approximately 325 acres at Fort Monroe, Virginia as a national monument, withdrawing federal lands from development and directing the Secretaries of the Army and Interior to negotiate a transfer of management to the National Park Service. The proclamation also requires a management plan within 3 years and preserves Coast Guard control of the Old Point Comfort Lighthouse while allowing National Park Service interpretation.
Interagency Working Group on Coordination of Domestic Energy Development and Permitting in Alaska
This executive order establishes an interagency working group led by the Department of the Interior to coordinate federal permitting and environmental review processes for oil and gas development in Alaska, both onshore and offshore. The group brings together deputy-level officials from multiple agencies to streamline decision-making while maintaining health, safety, and environmental standards.
Establishment of the SelectUSA Initiative
This executive order establishes SelectUSA, a Department of Commerce-based initiative to coordinate federal efforts to attract and retain domestic and foreign business investment in the United States. It creates a Federal Interagency Investment Working Group spanning nearly every cabinet department and major economic agency to promote the U.S. as a business location, serve as an investment ombudsman, and provide information to investors.
Establishment of the White House Rural Council
This executive order creates the White House Rural Council, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture and comprising 25 federal agencies, to coordinate federal policy and investment in rural communities. The Council is tasked with streamlining federal spending, improving economic opportunities, and enhancing quality of life in rural America through better interagency collaboration.
Establishing the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
This executive order creates an intergovernmental task force to coordinate restoration of Gulf Coast ecosystems damaged by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and address long-term ecological decline. The Task Force includes federal agencies, five Gulf State representatives, and tribal representatives, and is charged with developing a regional restoration strategy within one year.
Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes
This executive order establishes a National Ocean Council to coordinate federal stewardship of oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes, implementing recommendations from the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. It creates a framework for coastal and marine spatial planning to manage competing uses of marine environments while promoting ecosystem-based conservation. The order directs executive agencies to align their decisions with national ocean policy priorities and to participate in regional planning processes.